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Movie Review – The Batman
After the mixed received Batfleck and the demise of the DCEU, DC decided to do what they do best – reboot. Thus “The Batman” was born. Another dark and gritty look at the masked crusader of Gotham. “This time, darker than before” and you will say “Is that possible?”. The answer “Yes, yes. It can!”. The mantle of Batman this time is given to Robert Pattinson, which sadly most people know from The Twilight saga, despite his acting success since then. Is his version of Batman better than all those before him? Let’s find out. This is “The Batman”! So let’s start with the obvious, we have two iconic Batman…
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Movie Review – “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (SPOILERS!)
With the end of Phase 3, MCU completed the stories for almost all of its A tier superheroes, amongst which Captain America (Steve Rogers), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Hulk (Bruce Banner), Thor and somewhat of Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) and Hawkeye (Clint Barton). Defeating Thanos after 10 years of build up ended the contracts of the actors, which portrayed them on the big screen. “Avengers: Endgame”, was a proper sendoff for most of these beloved characters. Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans will forever be Iron Man and Captain America. The official last movie of Phase 3 was “Spider-Man: Far From Home”. This ended the story of the main universe…
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Movie Review – The Matrix Resurrections (SPOILERS!)
In the distant 1999, a groundbreaking movie changed our perspective of the meaning “blockbuster”. In the years, where practical effects were mostly used and CGI butchered anything it touched, the Wachowski brothers took a big risk in making a movie, relying entirely on CGI. Thus The Matrix was born. A movie touching deep philosophical topics while at the same time delivering awesome action scenes. Man vs The machine is a tale as old as time, seen in numerous books and movies. But here, there was something different. The Matrix talked not so much about the war, but about the free will. Are humans happy with being ruled over or they…
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Movie Review – Venom II
The first Venom movie dropped in 2018 and despite the skepticism, it turned out to be extremely successful. Now, three years later we got the sequel, containing one of the most blood seeking symbiotes, Carnage. His name says it all. “So buckle up, get out the popcorn, hide your kids and enjoy the bloodshed!”. Well, not really. For some reason, Sony decided to tone this movie down to PG-13 rating. Why you ask? Because of what it is and what it leads to. I ain’t gonna lie, I was extremely disappointed of this decision, because the name “Let there be Carnage!” implies, well carnage and gore, which is exactly what…
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Movie Review – Old
This year, everyone’s “favorite” director – M. Night Shyamalan, returned with hist latest project – “Old”. Shyamalan’s films are in general success or failure, with no middle ground. For example, “Sixth Sense”, “Split”, “Invulnerable” are all films that have been extremely well received by audiences and critics, while “Lady in the Water”, “The Village”, “The Happening” and many others, are complete flops. On the other hand, he was the creator of a number of cinematic techniques still used in Hollywood today. For example, the “twist”, which is a kind of revelation that reverses the whole point of the movie. The problem comes, when as a director you he started using…
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Movie Review – Star Wars: Episode IX
Finally, the long-awaited episode IX of Star Wars came out. The theaters are full and fans are waiting to see if it will outgrow his predecessor, episode VIII. The movie that came out two years ago was a complete fiasco and deservedly earned the status of “worst” in the series. The recent holder of this title, episode I, remained in second place. Something that was unthinkable until that moment. Even though critics have declared episode IX a failure, viewers doesn’t seem to think like them. I will review whether or not it is successful in the following paragraphs. After Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, they immediately set about expanding the…
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Movie Review – Joker
When this movie was announced, everyone asked, “Didn’t we get enough of DC Comics and Warner Brothers failures, in every attempt they did, trying to make a feature films? Nobody wants to know how another Joker came about! “, Which in turn led to a wave of negativity on social networks. Despite this, WB decided to produce the movie, and here, a month and a half after its premiere in Vienna, people’s opinions somehow changed. Why and what this may lead to will be discussed in the following paragraphs. I can safely say that the whole movie made me think. A very interesting proverb came to mind while watchin the…
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Movie Review – The Lion King
The latest Disney remake landed in theaters. The Lion King is one of the most iconic animations of all time. I am sure there is no child from the 90’s who has not watched it with its parents. That’s why this remake is reviewed under a magnifying glass. So, after watching it, I will express my opinion on the subject in the following paragraphs. In order to evaluate the movie, there are several factors to consider. Namely, how close it is to the original, the acting/voice acting and emotional weight. These are the three factors that are most relevant to the comparison between the 1994 masterpiece and the 2019 remake.…
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Movie Review – Aladdin
Last Friday, dropped the latest live adaptation, based on a classic Disney animation. “Aladdin” stole the box office and Disney is preparing more live adaptations of its beloved classics, which at the moment can be only seen as 2D animation. The success of the movie, made me think, if the future of Disney animation is in live adaptations? I will break that down in the following paragraphs. Truth be told, this is not the first live adaptation of a classic animation. For three years now, Disney has decided to transfer the magic of animation to a feature film, creating these adaptations. Currently, Disney has featured Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty (Maleficent), Beauty…
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Movie Review – Avengers: Endgame
Eleven years after the first Iron Man movie, Phase 4 of Marvel’s Shared Universe (MCU) is over. “Avengers: Endgame” is perhaps the most anticipated movie this year. Anticipation filled with speculation and theories leading to the question: “How will the MCU finish everything?”. I will break down the answer to this question within this article. So here we are, 11 years after Iron Man’s adaptation to the big screen. This is the movie that brought us here because without it there wouldn’t be The Avengers as we know them. Marvel, who at that point did not have any film rights to their characters (X-Man were at FOX and Spider-Man at…
