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The Woman King (2022)
Flat and lifeless
I wanted to like this movie. I really did. I saw the cast and the writers and the subject matter and I was ready to love this movie.
But it's simply not a good movie. The characters are one dimensional, the story is uninteresting and it seems like two hours of 'kill the white man' porn.
I will give it props for finally portraying the black slave traders and black men who sold out their own people for money. It is a part of the story that is too often overlooked.
But even then actors like John Boyega are given very little to do other than stand there and say lines that sounds like they were written by a high school sophomore.
This was rejected once. There is nothing in this that goes against your guidelines. If you are going to reject it, tell me what violates your guidelines. But you won't, because it didn't violate anything.
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018)
She's just not funny
I'm sorry but I find nothing funny about her at all. It's bland, trite jokes about lesbianism that I was hearing 20 years ago. No new ground is being covered.
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Complete and utter communist brainwashing
It's been a while since I've seen a movie that is so unabashedly and in your face communist propaganda. Usually Hollywood at least tries to hide their horrific message in sci fi, or a western. But this just comes right out with quotes from Chomsky leading the way. All it needed was a reading from the communist manifesto.
Outside the Wire (2021)
Millennials version of the military, and the world.
This movie is what happens when a millennial who has never been outside of the US, never served in the military, and thinks antifa are the good guys, writes a movie.
1. Parris island is home to the Marine Boot Camp, not basic training. Basic is for the Army.
2. Cadets do not pay their way thru cadet school.
3. There is no cadet school. There is the Naval Academy.
4. The Balkans are 1000 miles away from Ukraine.
5. A drone pilot who did what Harp did would be court martialed, no matter how good a pilot he is. He would spend the rest of his life in military prison for murder.
6. The US Military are not mindless thugs. They are not the bad guys and they don't murder innocent civilians. When a soldier does any of those things they are court martialed. Immediately.
Any very watching this movie laughs his or her ass off.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Eldritch Dark (2020)
A terrible slog of an episode.
If you enjoy endless exposition and characters sitting across from each other talking, then this episode is for you. The show has become scattered. Between The Reverend's new church, The Aunties news church, the Fright Club, Other Sabrina in hell, Mrs Wordwell's mental instability,and the monster of the week, it's a mess.
Captain Marvel (2019)
Bland story
A lifeless story that creates more potholes in the MCU than it solves.
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
Jim Henson at his finest.
I don't give out 10 stars easily, but this more than earns it. It's been a Xmas staple in our house for decades. The wonderful music of Paul Williams coupled with Henson's brilliantly updated take on The Gift of the Magi makes for a magical experience for all ages .
My parents showed it to me, and I passed it on to my kids. For years we had to watch a version we recorded off broadcast tv, because it wasn't available on tape or disc yet. I'm glad it's out on video now and is starting to get the traction it deserves as a Xmas classic.
Buy this in DVD. You won't be disappointed and you'll be glad you have it to watch every Xmas with your kids.
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Really good, but far from perfect.
I applaud Kurt Sutter for creating something wholly new and exciting, and he clearly has a love for the motorcycle culture that shows thru in every episode. Charlie Hunnam, Katie Sagal and Ron Perlman are outstanding in their roles and pretty much carry the show. It's no coincidence that when Perlman's character dies, the show was never quite the same.
Now having said that, there are some flaws. As the seasons wore on the characters seemed to reached Chuck Norris levels of hand to hand combat skill, and I cringed every time Jax started a statement with "Look, man...". But all in all some pretty minor complaints for an otherwise great show.
No, my biggest criticisms are in the presentation of what it means to ride a bike every day. As a member of a club who puts over 12k miles per year on my bike I can tell you some of the misses were glaringly obvious.
1. I know it's California, but it never rained once in 7 years? Not once? Thug life takes on a whole new meaning when you have to spend 5 minutes gearing up before you can get on the bike.
2. All the bikes are the same. Not only do they all ride Dynas, but none of them are all that customized. Not a single Heritage Softail or FatBoy in the bunch (other than Bobby's smoke belching backup bike used as comic effect). This is a California biker gang with their own garage and they all ride matte black Dynas? Sorry, not only is it unlikely from a motorcycle culture perspective, but they missed a golden opportunity to create bikes that are their own characters.Match the bike to the rider. The Mayans and the Grim Bastards did a better job of this, largely because many of them were played by actual biker gang members who brought their own bikes. The Sons' bikes smack of a production decision to use bikes that are easy to ride and to fix. Bleh,
3. Nobody was ever a victim of a stupid cager. Even in a 1% gang, the biggest danger they face on a daily basis is from soccer moms in minivans who don't look before making a move. Seems this could have been the basis of an entire 3 show arc. One of the gang is senselessly killed by a douche in a Mercedes SUV and the club has to figure out whether retribution is warranted, or smart. Maybe the douche is connected politically, or something.
Anywho, a really good show that I recommend. Just not great.
Ride with Norman Reedus (2016)
Hard to watch all the Euro bikes
In a show about exploring America on a motorcycle it seems odd that the show would be flooded with so many Triumphs and Ducatis. As best I can tell they only show 2 American bikes thru the entire show. A Confederate Hellcat (a specialty boutique bike) and a Sportster (The weeniest of the Harley's).
No Dynas or Fatboys. No Indians. No Vulcans. No Japanese bikes whatsoever. Nothing but a flood of overpriced, electrically challenged Triumphs.
I'll never understand the pervasive idea that anything from Europe must be better. And in this case it's a slap in the face to American motorcyclists.