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The Human Tornado - Pretty much the main inspiration for Black Dynamite. Everything that's in Black Dynamite is in this movie, showing how much of an influence Rudy Ray Moore and his Dolemite character was. This movie feels like a parody of Blaxploitation films, but yet it came out in the midst of that boom. This is a horrible movie with bad acting, gratuitous nudity, unhinged editing, lack of continuity, lack of focus with the plot, terrible dialogue, some racism and gay stereotypes, shitty action sequences that are mostly sped up, and stunts that you know were very risky on account of how low budget the movie was. Animal handling? This movie has no idea about that. These flaws and so many more make Dolemite into not only a trash movie, but hilarious! This is easily a "so bad it's good" movie and I had an absolute blast watching it! The title of the movie is fitting as this was a tornado of nonsense. This is the kind of storm I love to chase. 9/10

Predator 2 - A major downgrade from the original movie. From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Danny Glover. From John McTiernan to Stephen Hopkins. From the exotic jungle to Los Angeles. There was just no way for the movie to be at the level of the first movie. It didn't help that Predator 2 had some blatant nods to the first movie, repeating certain things, certain lines even. What saves Predator 2 is how laughably stupid it is, with some cartoonish characters and animated performances. Those help carry the first 2/3 of the movie. The final third becomes a long battle and chase that was sweet, even though it wasn't as iconic as the first movie. The action's not as great as the first movie, the suspense is not there either. Much of the cast is decent though the most animated characters should've had more screen time, such as Bill Paxton and Gary Busey. Some interesting advancement of the Predator lore, and I was pleased to see the Xenomorph skull! Overall, it's a decent movie. 7/10.

Predators - I was skeptical of Adrien Brody leading an action movie, but he wound up doing well. I liked that the movie jumped straight into the action, even though the CGI was rough. The actors did a fine job even though the writing was very thin. The action sequences were decent and the movie had a great pacing with escalating momentum. I like this slightly more than Predator 2. 7.5/10

The Predator - A total mess of a movie. Bad editing, hollow and annoying characters, a gross studio-mandated direction, bad dialogue, awkward comedic moments, lore expansion that felt like franchise fodder, inconsistent pacing, boring at times, compromised as fuck, weak CGI, a very muddy look during nighttime scenes, an an artificial look in daytime scenes. This movie should've been shelved. Shane Black really lost the juice here. The depiction of autism is very tacky and almost feels like a fetishizing of the spectrum. Sterling K. Brown chewed through his bad dialogue and some of the kills are funny. Other than that, this movie was one huge mistake. 3/10

The Smashing Machine - This is very much the anti-biopic, a movie that is so committed to being like a documentary. I respect the attempt, but sometimes I wish there was some conventional stuff. It's kind of a loose movie with plot points raised and then quickly dropped. Benny Safdie essentially took the Smashing Machine documentary and configured it into acting exercises for Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Both of them succeeded, but I wouldn't go so far as to give them Oscar nominations. Emily Blunt tries, but holy crap did they make Dawn a bad character. And I know this was an exaggeration. Apparently she's not a big presence in the documentary and they added stuff here, but it led to her being pretty obnoxious. Mark and Dawn's relationship were so undercooked. This movie is lowkey an advertisement for the documentary. 7/10

The Smashing Machine (documentary) - I watched the documentary and yeah, it's better than the movie. It gives a bit more insight into Mark Kerr, it's very raw, gritty, and unflinching. Dawn Staples has less presence here than the movie, but she's actually more fleshed out in the doc than the movie! The fight footage is brutal, the movie is edited nicely. It is very lo-fi, but it still gets the job done. It peels back the curtain into the MMA fighting world and shows that these fighters are not sadistic barbarians. They're people who love the sport and also have financial aspirations. It's an unglamorous documentary, which was necessary. 8/10
 
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The Human Tornado - Pretty much the main inspiration for Black Dynamite. Everything that's in Black Dynamite is in this movie, showing how much of an influence Rudy Ray Moore and his Dolemite character was. This movie feels like a parody of Blaxploitation films, but yet it came out in the midst of that boom. This is a horrible movie with bad acting, gratuitous nudity, unhinged editing, lack of continuity, lack of focus with the plot, terrible dialogue, some racism and gay stereotypes, shitty action sequences that are mostly sped up, and stunts that you know were very risky on account of how low budget the movie was. Animal handling? This movie has no idea about that. These flaws and so many more make Dolemite into not only a trash movie, but hilarious! This is easily a "so bad it's good" movie and I had an absolute blast watching it! The title of the movie is fitting as this was a tornado of nonsense. This is the kind of storm I love to chase. 9/10

Predator 2 - A major downgrade from the original movie. From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Danny Glover. From John McTiernan to Stephen Hopkins. From the exotic jungle to Los Angeles. There was just no way for the movie to be at the level of the first movie. It didn't help that Predator 2 had some blatant nods to the first movie, repeating certain things, certain lines even. What saves Predator 2 is how laughably stupid it is, with some cartoonish characters and animated performances. Those help carry the first 2/3 of the movie. The final third becomes a long battle and chase that was sweet, even though it wasn't as iconic as the first movie. The action's not as great as the first movie, the suspense is not there either. Much of the cast is decent though the most animated characters should've had more screen time, such as Bill Paxton and Gary Busey. Some interesting advancement of the Predator lore, and I was pleased to see the Xenomorph skull! Overall, it's a decent movie. 7/10.

Predators - I was skeptical of Adrien Brody leading an action movie, but he wound up doing well. I liked that the movie jumped straight into the action, even though the CGI was rough. The actors did a fine job even though the writing was very thin. The action sequences were decent and the movie had a great pacing with escalating momentum. I like this slightly more than Predator 2. 7.5/10

The Predator - A total mess of a movie. Bad editing, hollow and annoying characters, a gross studio-mandated direction, bad dialogue, awkward comedic moments, lore expansion that felt like franchise fodder, inconsistent pacing, boring at times, compromised as fuck, weak CGI, a very muddy look during nighttime scenes, an an artificial look in daytime scenes. This movie should've been shelved. Shane Black really lost the juice here. The depiction of autism is very tacky and almost feels like a fetishizing of the spectrum. Sterling K. Brown chewed through his bad dialogue and some of the kills are funny. Other than that, this movie was one huge mistake. 3/10

The Smashing Machine - This is very much the anti-biopic, a movie that is so committed to being like a documentary. I respect the attempt, but sometimes I wish there was some conventional stuff. It's kind of a loose movie with plot points raised and then quickly dropped. Benny Safdie essentially took the Smashing Machine documentary and configured it into acting exercises for Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Both of them succeeded, but I wouldn't go so far as to give them Oscar nominations. Emily Blunt tries, but holy crap did they make Dawn a bad character. And I know this was an exaggeration. Apparently she's not a big presence in the documentary and they added stuff here, but it led to her being pretty obnoxious. Mark and Dawn's relationship were so undercooked. This movie is lowkey an advertisement for the documentary. 7/10

The Smashing Machine (documentary) - I watched the documentary and yeah, it's better than the movie. It gives a bit more insight into Mark Kerr, it's very raw, gritty, and unflinching. Dawn Staples has less presence here than the movie, but she's actually more fleshed out in the doc than the movie! The fight footage is brutal, the movie is edited nicely. It is very lo-fi, but it still gets the job done. It peels back the curtain into the MMA fighting world and shows that these fighters are not sadistic barbarians. They're people who love the sport and also have financial aspirations. It's an unglamorous documentary, which was necessary. 8/10
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Have you watched Prey? We really enjoyed it, not just for the Indigenous representation.
 
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Good Fortune

Thought it'd be a good movie considering the cast, but it was painfully boring. And I couldn't watch more than 44mins, I don't know how there's an 1h37m of this trash.

3/10
 
Let's Scare Jessica to Death - A total vibe of a horror movie that also goes well with Possession since it's about a woman post-nervous breakdown. This movie's carried by the sound design and score. I think there were synthesizers used for the score, which might make this one of the first horror movies to do that, pre-dating John Carpenter's Halloween and Suspiria by a few years. It helps paint a creepy atmosphere that reeks of 70s horror, and this came out in 1971. Lead actress Zohra Lampert also does a great job. It's definitely an acquired taste, more about a descent into madness and folk horror than anything conventional, but it worked for me. 8/10

Spider Baby - I heard that this was a major inspiration for Rob Zombie. That's cool, but I doubt Rob Zombie made anything as good as this. This was a very funny horror/comedy that feels like a more adult, less accessible version of the Addams Family! It also feels like a spin on House on Haunted Hill. It came out in 1967, and feels like a 60s horror film, but also digs further back into the 50s. Lon Chaney Jr is one of the main actors in this, so I think there might've been intentional nods to the 40s. Certainly nods to him as the Wolf Man. Some other strong performances here, including Sid Haig, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, and the goofy Quinn K. Redeker. This also has great set design and music. This and Let's Scare Jessica to Death made for a sweet double feature. Both essentially are haunted house movies where the biggest threat are women. They have different vibes from each other, but still appealing. 8.5/10

Good Fortune - A pretty decent comedy where even though it was written and directed by Aziz Ansari, it's very much a vehicle for Keanu Reeves. He carries the movie as his character Gabriel was essentially a cinematic presentation of himself. Seth Rogen was basically being a rich tech-bro version of...Seth Rogen, but it worked for me. Keke Palmer was delightful and there were some smaller characters who were surprisingly lovely. To me, Aziz Ansari was actually the weakest part of the movie, and while the messages he wrote for this movie are nice, it's off-putting that they came from a guy who did that Riyadh Comedy Festival. His character in the movie sold out too basically. Art and life going so well together. 7.5/10

Gunslingers - Nic Cage had a voice that sounded like he smoked dozens of cigarettes a day while acting like a born again Christian. That's funny. Some other things about this movie's sheer incompetence is funny. Outside of that, this was total shit. CGI blood, thinly written characters, horrible dialogue, poorly edited action scenes, actors collecting checks and trying to stay or obtain SAG cards, and even some bad blocking and framing. That especially harmed the main villain, who looked like a little bitch. Scenes would go on for too long with awkward beats that should've been cut. The color correction is shit, with characters randomly looking gray while everything around them has some color. There was a brief shot of thunder that was clearly fake and plucked from an asset pack. Nepo baby shit with one of Sylvester Stallone's daughters having a role in this and absolutely being devoid of personality. The veteran actors, along with Cage, try, but this movie is just stupid. It's slop. 2/10
 
Tron Ares. Better than i thought, but my expectations were low so.

Still i want to see a sequel now.
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Have you watched Prey? We really enjoyed it, not just for the Indigenous representation.
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One of the best Predator movies imo.
 
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Last Night, on YouTube's free to watch [with ads [except I don't get any ads :D]] :

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Just as I watched it a Long time ago. I liked it but, I think if they would have [DELETE]ed the so-called "research department" guys segments, This would have been a better movie. I did NOT like it's sequal Atlantic Rim.
 
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Last Night, on YouTube's free to watch [with ads [except I don't get any ads :D]] :


Just as I watched it a Long time ago. I liked it but, I think if they would have [DELETE]ed the so-called "research department" guys segments, This would have been a better movie. I did NOT like it's sequal Atlantic Rim.
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Atlantic Rim is not a sequel. It's an Asylum title and completely unrelated. They make low budget movies to trick people into renting or buying them thinking they are the real deal. They even go as far as to use similar fonts, etc. in advertising. Others from them include Snakes on a Train, The Da Vinci Treasure, Pirates of Treasure Island, Transmorphers, AVH: Alien vs. Hunter, The Terminators, Clash of the Empires, etc. :)
 
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Atlantic Rim is not a sequel. It's an Asylum title and completely unrelated. They make low budget movies to trick people into renting or buying them thinking they are the real deal. They even go as far as to use similar fonts, etc. in advertising. Others from them include Snakes on a Train, The Da Vinci Treasure, Pirates of Treasure Island, Transmorphers, AVH: Alien vs. Hunter, The Terminators, Clash of the Empires, etc. :)
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I genuinely thought @AncientBoi was joking. The thing is, there was an actual sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising, in 2018. I didn't watch it, but I heard it wasn't as good as the first movie. Now, I know some studio evacuated a bootleg clone:

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I cannot imagine what experiencing this film would be like.
 
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I genuinely thought @AncientBoi was joking. The thing is, there was an actual sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising, in 2018. I didn't watch it, but I heard it wasn't as good as the first movie. Now, I know some studio evacuated a bootleg clone:

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Yes, and I thank you for your response.
 
One Battle After Another - Absolutely loved this film. It beat Sinners as my favorite movie of 2025. Very effective editing as I never felt the 2 hour and 42 minute runtime. Tremendous music that often was an assault to the ears with aggressive playing, it's truly a character in the movie. Brilliant cinematography with wide shots, unsettling tracking shots that fit with the rhythm of the whole movie. Great script, amazing car driving and chase sequences, sweet action sequences in general, and a very engaging father/daughter adventure story. The cast did a fantastic job, with awards-worthy performances from Leo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, and definitely Sean Penn! Holy crap, he was an absolute menace in this movie. Regina Hall was great too, even though she hardly had screen time. Paul Thomas Anderson made another masterpiece. 10/10

You Were Never Really Here - My first Lynne Ramsay film. I wasn't sure what to expect. It wound up being a very quiet, slow, and spacious thriller. The story is about an ex-military guy with PTSD who rescues a kid from trafficking and gets into deep shit. The best description I got from this movie was that it's anti-Taxi Driver. It doesn't focus on violence and outward actions, and focus more on internal stuff, PTSD itself. The directing is bold and Joaquin Phoenix's performance was very good. 8/10

Playdate - A movie stuck in the 90s with dated references, storytelling, and stupidity. On top of that, action sequences that are not exciting, and annoying needledrops, lame gags, just everything that explains it being straight to Amazon Prime. Alan Ritchson tries and the main kids are okay, and there's not much else. Most veteran comic actors did a decent job, though definitely got an easy check. Kevin James is rather asleep at the wheel and doesn't seem to care much about the script. Without Alan Ritchson, this would've been unwatchable. 3/10
 
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I loved One battle after another, but I liked Sinners more. And those are the last two movies I've seen. I really like the chase sequence going up and down in the waving roads in the former, and I really liked the idea and message of the latter. I loved both movies.

Also just watched and liked The Pitt, but that is a medical drama series so enough off topic.
 
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The Grey (2011)
This movie's a tough one to discuss, especially without spoilers. It's a good watch (to a degree), but it's a depressing watch. The big problem most people have with this movie is that it doesn't have an ending. I absolutely get that. Like Bullitt or even My Neighbor Totoro, this is a movie you have to think about and interpret. It's not exactly about the on-screen journey.

Onto the real talk:
I'm always nervous, when a movie has elements of self-??? in its storyline. However, I do appreciate the message the movie ultimately conveys: Try every single day. It's most notably delivered through the repeated poem:

"Once more into the fray,
Into the last good fight I'll ever know,
Live and die on this day,
Live and die on this day"

I guess you really can't discuss the movie without throwing that in. What bothers me deeply about the movie is the anti-survivalist techniques used by the main character. Is it poor writing, or did the main character mean to set out on a not good mission? If so, he got his allies OW THE EDGE'd in the process, which would have made him the bad guy.

You could write an essay on it all. Leaving the crash site, not utilizing the plane's fuselage as shelter, etc. etc. etc.

In the end, only Liam Neeson's character "survives," but he stumbles directly into the lion's den. Based on the last part, it seems like the character really did believe he was doing the right thing. At the very least, he was faking it 'til he made it, inadvertently making every wrong choice along the way.

Assuming the best possible faith in the main character, it becomes clear that the letter he wrote was to his deceased ladyfriend. So, him putting it aside at the end showed that he no longer wanted to give up. He had found his "fight." I appreciate that part of the presentation immensely.

If only the journey made as much sense as the message.
If you managed to read all this, thanks. I didn't set out to make such a huge post.
I even chopped it a ton just to get it to this smaller size.
 
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - It was a very intense, unsettling movie where almost everyone was unlikable, including the main character, with constant sounds that got on my nerves, and decisions from the main character that actively went against her desperate need for help. The movie is deliberately meant to be stressful, though it's also hilarious at times. It's chaotic and relentless. But it's also very captivating. Many reviewers stated they don't want to watch the film again, even though they like it. I could see myself rewatching this. This was incredibly written and directed, you can tell it's a personal story of motherhood from writer/director Mary Bronstein. Rose Byrne was able to channel this personal story brilliantly, delivering one of the best actress performances of 2025. There's even a very endearing performance from A$AP Rocky and a fascinatingly serious, yet entertaining performance from Conan O'Brien! This is also a good PSA for not having kids! 9/10
 
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Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie :mellow:

It's great if you're 7 years old.
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Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025)
This movie's a tough one to discuss, especially without spoilers. It's a good watch (to a degree), but it's a depressing watch. The big problem most people have with this movie is that it doesn't have an ending. I absolutely get that. Like Bullitt or even My Neighbor Totoro, this is a movie you have to think about and interpret. It's not exactly about the on-screen journey.

Onto the real talk:
I'm always nervous, when a movie has elements of self-??? in its storyline. However, I do appreciate the message the movie ultimately conveys: Sing every single day. It's most notably delivered through the repeated poem:

"I've got my dolls, I'll whistle a song,
Why's that lady bootleg Ada Wong,
Dance and sing in this house,
Dance and sing in this house,

I guess you really can't discuss the movie without throwing that in. What bothers me deeply about the movie is the anti-survivalist techniques used by the main character. Is it poor writing, or did the main character mean to set out on a poorly planned mission? If so, Gabby got her allies OOPSIE DAISY'd in the process, which would have made her the bad gal.

You could write an essay on it all. Leaving the dollhouse, not utilizing the wood as shelter, etc. etc. etc.

In the end, only Gabby "survives," but she stumbles directly into bootleg Ada Wong's den. Based on the last part, it seems like the character really did believe she was doing the right thing. At the very least, she was faking it 'til she made it, inadvertently making every wrong choice along the way.

Assuming the best possible faith in the main character, it becomes clear that the letter she wrote was to her deceased friend. So, her putting it aside at the end showed that she no longer wanted to give up. She had found her "fight." I appreciate that part of the presentation immensely.

If only the journey made as much sense as the message.

TL;DR: I'm such a jerk. I know I'm a jerk, but I can't help myself. This is what makes me laugh.
 
I rewatched The Edge of Tomorrow.

It was great.

I decided to order the Manga All You Need Is Kill it’s based on and I can’t wait for the Anime (even if it’s a bit weird looking).
 
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