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Batman Ninja (2018)

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A shit movie, like really bad in my opinion. For starters, a shit title. The writer couldn't have thought of anything even slightly better? I imagine that what happened was the director was like, "Fuck it. We callin' this mutha fucka Batman Ninja". The plot runs as follows: Batman, along with his allies and adversaries, finds himself transported from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.  The writing is truly awful. I mean dog shit. Perhaps this is because it's Japanese origin translated poorly but even still it comes off akin to fan fiction. Joker comes off as incredibly cringy, Batman sounds ridiculous and their banter just doesn't work. The dialogue just doesn't sound natural. For example, there is a constant rhyming in a lot of the dialogue which sounds horrible and unnatural forcing the viewer out of the moment. Dialogue also serves as pure exposition and each character talks like their from a 90s first-person shooter video game. There's one sc...

The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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Where do I begin? I went into the theater with a low bar of expectation set in my head. The reviews online weren't great, but some movies resonate differently with different people. I tried to put that preconception away and enjoy the movie.  I couldn't. The Rise of Skywalker is a bad movie.  I'm sure people will disagree with me on this, for instance, people who don't watch movies, but as someone who has a deep love for the Star Wars franchise, I didn't like this movie at all. It's hard to find something I like about it, but I'll try for the sake of a balanced review.  Emperor Palpatine is fucking badass, especially when he was attached to the crane. I wish they would have made a more dramatic reveal of the machinery that was keeping him alive because it was one of the coolest parts of the movie. It was grotesque and unnatural, perfect for a Sith lord. The way they skimmed over it felt like a huge waste of a big reveal. I think the whol...

Rocketman (2019)

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As a fan of Elton John's music, I was curious to see Rocketman . I got exactly what I expected, a film that strongly follows convention. The 2019 biopic on the prolific Elton John falls short as its combination of melodrama and musical elements muddle the movie's predictable story.  I have a big issue with musical biopics as they tend to follow predictable formulas where the protagonist begins as a nobody before the world is exposed to their amazing talents. What happens next is the protagonist becomes insanely rich but unfulfilled with their saturated lifestyles. They dive into drugs, sex and booze to find purpose where they then push people out of their life.  Something causes them to go sober and the best possible person they can be before reconciling with. This is step by step story of Straight Out of Compton, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Rocketman. Hollywood has the tendency to take popular and financially successful genres, like music biopics or superhero movies, and satu...