My Aquaman review

My Aquaman review 

 

Intro: OK despite being happy that DC and WB are introducing us to another DC character I'm worried that this movie will fall on its face. The only thing the general public knows about Aquaman is that he can talk to sea creatures, it's an uphill battle to sell a character that can do something that lame. I doubt that the Justice League movie did this character any justice. (no pun intended.) 

Also judging from the trailers, it looks like this movie will be similar to these movies. 

      

So, is this movie a success, or will DC and WB have to go back to Batman as their bread and butter? Let's find out... 

Aquaman: The movie takes place after the events in the Justice League movie and Arthur Curry/Aquaman is doing his part to keep the earth safe. One day one of the Atlantean leaders attack the surface world to warn them that they will start a war. So, Arthur has to go to Atlantis to sword things out with the Atlantean before they draw first blood.

Sadly, this movie will not create Aquaman fans anytime soon. I don't think the movie is bad however the writers needed to do more with the screenplay. I didn't care about this movie not because I've seen it before it's because the writers and director don't do anything new with this story. Atlantic is wasted, I mean we don't know any of the Atlanteans except for the ones in authority. I'm having a hard time buying that pollution is the reason why the Atlanteans have issues with the surface dwellers because the movie doesn't focus on that. I don't care if you grow up on Captain Planet and you're sick of hearing about pollution this is big deal unless you don't care about your health. The movie is also all over the place as far as trying to be different genres.

Arthur Curry/Aquaman is a reluctant hero, we learn that he has a chip on his shoulder due to him feeling alienated by the Altanteans and losing someone close to him. has to My beef with him is that he doesn't do much to try to become king of Atlantic like earn the trust and respect of the Atlanteans. All he has to do is to try a find the MacGuffin. Also, his abilities should be limited due to him being half Atlantean.

Arthur's father is a hopeless romantic.

Mera is a blank slide for me because we don't know anything about her or why she wants to help Arthur. The only thing we know about her is she's powerful.

Nuidis Vuiko is Arthur's mentor and adviser to the king of Atlantic. 

I'm outraged that this movie underused David Kane/Black Manta because he is Aquaman's Arch Nemesis. Why couldn't the writers save him for the sequel? 

King Orm Marius (the main villain.) is another bland adversary. My gripe with him is his lack of conviction in his motivation to start a war, it seems like he's doing this out of spite. 

Here are the things I like about this movie. So far this is the only DCEU movie that has a consistent story from beginning to end. The CGI and visuals are nice to look at. The movie embraces the comic book look. I enjoy the dynamic between the hero and villain because both of them lost someone and they both blame each other for it. 

Overall this is an OK movie it could have been better if it had smaller stakes and we knew how the Altantean feel about their society and the surface world. If you wonder what Black Panther and National Treasure. would look like if both movies are combined you would get this. 

Rating = Rental     
  

My review of Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse

My review of Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse 

 

Intro: Were finally introduced to Miles Morales as Spider-man, However people are not hyped to see this movie like they were when Black Panther came out huh. 

Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse: This movie is centered on a boy name Miles Morales who's living an ordinary life. That change when he discovers that he has superpowers from a spider bite. After realizing this he bumps into Spider-man while he tries to stop The Kingpin from using a machine that can destroy New York City. So Miles aides Spider-man to stop him with the help of other people with his abilities. 

Sony has redeemed itself with this movie! ( By redeem I mean how Sony handled Spider-man, not as a company.) Marvel Studios need to take notes because this film is a comedy, the movie knows when to be funny and when to be serious. When were introduced to new characters the movie tells us what we need to know about them. This movie feels like a love letter to everything Spider-man-related. It pokes fun at itself and the mistakes Sony has made with the past Spider-man films. I'm impressed with the animation (Even though I've seen it before in video games.), it blends 3D, 2D and comic book panels. 

Miles Morales is a typical teen as far as learning how to talk to girls and being torn between what he wants to do with his life and the exception of his family. My issue with him is when he learns something about a family member he should have mixed emotions about it but he doesn't.  

If you're not fond of how Luke Skywalker was portrayed in The Last Jedi, You'll not be happy with how Peter Parker/Spider-man is portrayed in this movie. Don't worry whatever The Last Jedi tried to do with Luke is done better here.  

Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen is kind-hearted and sarcastic. The plot hole with this character bugs me. 

I don't have much to say about the rest of the Spider-people they feel like comic relief for the most part. 

Aunt May reminds me of Madame Web. 

Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin is a merciless crime lord. My beef with this character besides how he looks in this movie is that I couldn't sympathize with him. I mean the movie wants me to feel sorry for him but I couldn't. 

One of the many problems I have with this movie is that this could have the theme of letting go of the past and moving on however the movie doesn't take advantage of that idea. When characters see someone that they knew they don't have a strong reaction from that for the most part. Some of the visuals are a little bit blurry. The movie makes cliche jokes about Miles having a hard time controlling his powers, I wouldn't mind this if the writers did that with all of his powers instead of one of them. Also, I wish Miles would learn how to control his powers on his own, sorry I can't elaborate on that without coming off as a conspiracy theory. Miles's backstory could have been told better.     

I can't say that this is the best Spider-man movie because this movie has some similarities to Spider-man 2. However this movie breathes new life into the Spider-man franchise, I would recommend this movie to Spider-man fans. 

Rating = Worth Seeing    

My Netflix Voltron review

My Netflix Voltron review 

Intro: Wow! Eight seasons in two years, either the people who worked on this series don't enjoy it or the creators are spoiling us. 

Voltron: This series is centered on four cadets from the Galaxy Garrison, they free one of their senior officers for the Garrison. After that, they discover a Blue robot Lion that took them to meet a Princess name Allura. They learn that the universe is being conquered by an alien race called the Galra, so the five pilots have to find the other four lions to form Voltron to stop the Galra's reign of terror.  

This is another good example of how to reboot a franchise! That's saying a lot because I grew up watching Voltron however I don't have fond memories of it. I like that the Loins don't let anyone pilot them the person has to earn that right and unlock new abilities later on in the series. You can argue that the theme of this show is letting go of the past and moving on, however, how this series handles that theme is hit or miss. This series has a little bit of every genre except for romance kind of.    

Let's talk about the characters. 

Shiro (the Paladin of the black lion.) is a level-headed leader, when he boost the team's morale he sounds cheesy. My issue with him is that we learn two things about him, I'm not crazy about one of the things we learn about him and the second thing doesn't add anything to the story. Plus he doesn't serve much of a purpose after season six. 

Hunk (Paladin of the yellow lion.) is the voice of reason, that's due to him being scared. He's also smart in his own right and likes to cook. 

Pidge (Paladin of the green lion.) is the intelligent geek of the team. My gripe with this character is that the series pulled an Iron Man 3 on this character, you'll see what I mean when you watch this series. 

Lance (Paladin of the blue lion.) is the goofball and ladies man of the bunch, later on, in the show, we see that there's more to him than that. Besides the plot hole with him at the end of this series, his pick-up lines are lame. Also, his rivalry with Keith seems forced. The writers are not consistent with developing him.  

Speaking of Keith (Paladin of the red lion.) he's the hothead and longer of the group who has baggage. There is a subplot of him taking up the mantle of leader of Voltron, he's rough around the edges at first but he gets better later on. If you don't like characters who are inconsistent then you will find Keith annoying.   

Princess Allura is kind-hearted and tough when she needs to be. My grievance with her is that she does things that made it hard for me to feel sorry for her. Plus I don't buy her dynamic with Lance because she finds him obnoxious.  

Coran is the advisor of the team, he's also the comic relief. There is no reason for you to not love this character. 

Zarkon (the main villain.) is a tyrant leader of the Galra empire. You'll see why he took on one of the lions single-handedly. The only complaint I have with him is he serves no purpose after season two. 

Lotor (another baddie.) is a manipulative charmer. After seeing his backstory I don't understand why he's a villain. 

Hagger ( Zarkon's sorcerer.) is ruthless and scary. I mean make you wet yourself scary, I say that because of how powerful she is. I couldn't feel bad for her after learning more about her because she brought her issues on herself. 

One of my many problems with this series is the identity politics in this show, the series doesn't do anything with it so what's the point of having it in this series? The fan base drives me nuts because they focus on the wrong things, I mean one would think that story and character development would matter more than the sexual orientation of characters but that's not the case. Man, I thought comic book fans are bad but this really takes the cake. 

I'm not convinced of the relationships of all the characters because all of them don't interact with each other, plus they can be jerks to each other. For example, if I was one of the Paladins I would not be happy with Keith being the leader because of his short temper. I'm not crazy about the substitute Voltron because it undermines the purpose of Voltron. Season 7 could have worked as a series finale despite the loose ends. How this series handles prejudices is juvenile. Overall this is a good series I would recommend this to both kids and adults.                         

My Bumblebee movie review

My Bumblebee movie review 

 

Intro: I was skeptical about giving this movie a chance because it has three things working against it. First of all this is a prequel to the first Transformers movie, Hollywood hasn't mastered the art of producing good prequels. Second the other movies are garbage, enough said. 

Finally this movie looks like it's going to be a knockoff of a better movie. 

   

The reason why I'm giving this movie a shot is because it's centered on Bumblebee, he's the only good thing about these movies. Like I said when I reviewed Transformers G1 I don't understand why Bumblebee is a fan favorite because he doesn't stand out they way he does in these movies, he's only known for being one of the smallest autobots. Also I'm interested seeing what kind of story the writers will tell in this movie. So do we finally get a good Transformers movie or is this as bad as the rest, let's find out... 

Bumblebee: This movie takes place twenty years before the first movie. It focus on an autobot name Bumblebee leaving Cybertron during the war between autobots and the decepticons. He crash lands on planet earth and manage to keep a low profile. That change when he's discovered by a girl name Charlie, Sector 7 becomes aware of him and two decepticons follow him to earth, so he has to avoid them to protect what the decepticons are looking for.   

This movie is a breath of fresh air! It doesn't have things that plagued Mr. Bay's film's like racial stereotypes, animals humping each other and cameras up a woman's butt. This film feels more like a reboot then a prequel, you'll see what I mean when you watch this movie. I appreciate the little things in this movie like when the transformers transform it's simple, it doesn't look like a million pieces are moving around. Also we can see the action scenes and we have an explanation to why Bumblebee is the only autobot on earth. The movie has a G1 vibe to it. People say that this movie is a rip off of E.T., I can't comment on that because I don't remember that movie.  

Bumblebee is like a child in this movie as far as being curious and timid. I'm not crazy about how he got the name Bumblebee, how he lost his voice and why he's a far cry from what he was in the later films. 

Charlie is a tomboy with baggage. It's sad that she's a tomboy because she's cute. Seriously I would nail her... ( My editor throws a book at me.) Picture! I was going to say nail her picture on my walk. I enjoy the relationship between her and Bumblebee because they help each other with their problems. My issue with her is that she kind of overshadows the transformers stuff. 

I don't have much to say about the rest of the characters 

Memo ( Charlie's neighbor.) is a supporting character who's shy. 

Agent Burns is typical soldier. 

The decepticon's Dropkick and Shatter are nothing to brag about they do what deceptions do. 

One of the many gripes I have with this movie is the lack of action in this movie and some of the jokes don't work. If you think Optimus Prime is an idiot in G1 you might feel the same way about Optimus Prime in this movie. The Sector 7 Agents are dumb dumbs I mean one would think that working with giant robots who are called decepticons would be a bad idea but that's not the case. This movie has continuity flaws if this is a prequel. I wish Bumblebee would use the radio to communicate sooner and more often. 

Overall this movie is a step in the right direction for this franchise. I would recommend this if you like family films. 

Rating: Rental          

My rant about MeToo

My rant about MeToo 

For those of you who don't know, MeToo started in 2006. Originally, it was a movement to empower rape victims. Now it's a movement that is against rape and sexual harassment, plus it makes people aware of these things. Since people became aware of this movement over a year ago, we have had plenty of women coming forward about being harassed and raped. I'm sorry this issue has been around for years; it's just that there wasn't a name for it. Is this a joke!?! I mean, we know these things are bad, so why do we need a movement to reinforce that rape and sexual harassment is wrong? If you can't get away with hitting a woman, what makes you think you can get away with rape? My point is the world is full of White Knights that will defend women even if she's in the wrong. 

I find it hard to believe that this happens to American women as often as women who live in Congo, Pakistan, or any other foreign country. I don't think every woman is lying about being a victim, and I can't prove that they're lying. However, some women will misuse this movement just like they misuse their femininity, but I'm getting ahead of myself. I don't see the point of MeToo, I mean, what's wrong with going to a rape crisis center? Also, how is this helping the male victims? As far as I know, Kevin Spacey is the only actor accused of raping boys. How can society convince boys and men to come forward when they've been told to shut up and man up whenever they have issues? Heck, society doesn't make a big deal about prison rape. If you can answer that question, I'll take back any bad thing I've said about MeToo.  

As far as statutory rape goes, it's hard to take that seriously for two reasons. First of all, there are men who have fantasies about getting with underage girls subconsciously. If that's not true, then why are schoolgirl outfits popular in the adult industry? Second, I hear men say they view women as children. Heck, even Jack Nicholson said that in one of his films. If that's the case, then all of us should be in jail for statutory rape. I understand why middle-aged men would hook up with a nineteen-year-old; however, it's still problematic for reasons I already explained. So if you engage in any of these two things, you don't have the right to get upset when you hear a teacher, coach, or pastor take advantage of minors.   

Does anyone find it suspicious that it took women all these years to come forward, and they have no problem sharing their stories on social media? People on social media are savages. What made you think that's a good place to tell your story? They're not therapists! One of the many reasons why it's hard for me to take these rape and sexual harassment accusations seriously is that women usually put men on blast for doing something they don't like or they think you're not good enough for them, so why would they wait to say anything? 

So, the alleged victim can't remember the details of the rape or harassment, but can remember the person's name, huh? Let me get this straight, if women can work and handle the stress of Law Enforcement, the Army, Fire Fighter, and running a company. Why can't they speak up about being raped or harassed as soon as it happens? That's another reason why MeToo is crap; it's because the men who are being accused are not mobsters. Even if they are, why would you be around someone like that? 

I'll give women one good reason why they should speak up about being harassed or raped ASAP, and that's credibility. You don't think waiting years after the fact will damage your credibility, especially since you manage to move on with your life? Also, when you're drugged or go through a traumatic event, it messes with your mind. How often do people remember every detail of a traumatic event years after the fact? Heck, women don't know who's the father of their kids; ask Maury if you don't believe me. 

If you were a victim of rape as a child 10, 20, or 30 years ago, I'm sorry that happened to you; however, you have to live with that. (The same thing goes for the other victims who weren't raped as children.) MeToo is going to do more harm than good. I'll elaborate on that later. How will MeToo help you remove that trauma from your mind, stop rapists, spot rapists, and help you get justice? (Lawyers are not cheap!) Another thing, consent is not going to do much to help you either. I'll get back to that later. Also, women are making it hard for almost anyone to feel sorry for them because A, they don't take responsibility for why they are put in these situations. Whenever someone tries to help them not to become victims of rape, they say you're victim-blaming. B women don't make a big deal about them assaulting men or raping a man's wallet. 

I refuse to believe that rape is about power for two reasons. First of all, there are other ways you can have power over someone, like blackmailing them. Second, if most of the rape victims are not obese or Muslim women, attraction shouldn't be a factor if it's all about power. Speaking of Muslims, I have more sympathy for them because they do everything to avoid attracting unwanted attention. If they had a theme song, it would be... 

No, you're never gonna get it
Never, ever gonna get it
No, you're never gonna get it
Never, ever gonna get it
Ooh, bop

But I digress. Also, do you think you will be able to focus on doing anything or care what people want if you're starving and sleep-deprived? If the answer is no, then what made you think sex is excluded from that? 

Going back to victim-blaming, it's not about blaming the victim; it's about learning from your mistakes, so you won't be put in that situation again. How many times do you have to get robbed in the ghetto to realize that area is not safe? I wanna ask women something, do you think that this would happen if you were around men that you don't desire, like Poindexter, the average joe, and guys who are 4 foot 8? I doubt that you turn them down because you didn't feel safe around them.    

Women are playing semantics with what is considered harassment or rape. We have standards for these things. If a man forces himself on you or drugs you, that's rape! Everything else isn't rape. If you were tricked into having sex with the wrong person, had sex out of grief, got drunk and hooked up with the wrong person, those are not rapes. You can argue that being forced into having sex with someone because he or she threatened to kill a loved one is rape, but that's tricky. Having bad sex is not rape because, like I said, sex has its growing pains. Also, if you and your partner are having sex and he's taking it too far, you can prevent that with the safe word.   

As far as sexual harassment goes, men should be allowed to look at you and catcall you; we have eyes for a reason. We can look but not touch! Now, if you encourage a guy that you know or don't know, he makes a move, and you don't like it. You need to let him know and make sure he understands. If he still does it, that's sexual harassment. It's not fair to get any man in trouble for being unaware that you don't like his advances, he got carried away, and you're being picky about who you want to hit on you. That's why sexual harassment is hard to prove because women are selective about who they want to be touchy-feely towards them. If you're not ready to have sex, deal with men looking at you or coming on to you, then don't go on dates, clubs, bars, male space, show off your body, or interact with men in a flirtatious manner.

It's hard for men to protect themselves from these allegations because we don't get the benefit of the doubt from anyone. (Besides friends and family.) Also, men are drawn to women who make us feel wanted; that's not hard to do. This is why I say you need to take time to get to know her before you sweep her off her feet. For example, if you turn a woman down and have boundaries for her, and she reacts in an uncivilized manner, that's a red flag. Another thing don't do anything alone with her if you don't know or trust her that well. What about underage girls going to clubs and lying about their age to older men? What are we going to do to protect men from that?

The reason why it's difficult for me to take Metoo seriously in Hollywood is because of the term casting couch. Women can't look me in the eyes and tell me that they didn't use or consider using their feminine wiles to get by in life or get out of a jam. Heck, you're guilty of using it regardless of whether it was intentional or not. If a man finds you attractive, you have him hooked, line, and sinker. This is what I mean when I said consent won't do much to help because communication is not always verbal; we wouldn't have hand signals and sign language if that were the case. For example, when you ask someone to help you move furniture and the person looks annoyed, what does that tell you? That's called reading between the lines. If you gave a man any impression that you like him, he should be allowed to act on it. Do you have any idea how awkward it is to consent to sex every step of the way? 

Here's an example

Excuse me can I carry you up to my bedroom? Can I kiss your neck? Rip off your clothes? Find your G spot? Kiss you down low? Lick wipe cream off your back? Can we do a, b or c? 

If that doesn't kill the mood, I don't know what will. Women should be ashamed of themselves that the casting couch exists because acting is a job that can play to women's strengths. Women can act better than men because they're more emotional than men. This shows me how lazy women are. If you want to be successful in Hollywood, you need to have talent. You can't always rely on your body because you're competing with other attractive women, so you have to rival them by being good at something that people will pay to see. 

Also, men in Hollywood have deep pockets; they have no reason to rape anyone. I'm not saying that men with money are not above rape; however, people might have a hard time buying it because that's the type of man women want. Just like people don't want to believe that there are mothers who kill their children. Now, if you're rich and you look like Chucky, I would buy women accusing you of rape. If the men in Hollywood are innocent, do you think it's messed up that these women would throw them under the bus after they made them famous?

Like I said before, I don't think every woman who came forward is lying; however, they're not above lying. How often do you hear women say they want a good man, but they get knocked up by bums and criminals? Women lie about their appearance by wearing make-up and wigs. Heck, women lie about the father beating or raping their kids to get custody. Do I really have to comment on them faking orgasms? 

What about all the blood they have on their hands? I mean, how many men have died from proxy violence because women lied about being harassed or raped? We live in a society that caters to women at men's expense, and women have gotten away with murder because of that. Why is it hard for you to believe that feminists can use Metoo to accuse any man of rape? This is why I'm happy that Hillary Clinton didn't win the election. How is having a female President going to make things better? 

If women want to convince me that they were harassed or raped, file a police report ASAP and take him to court instead of taking hush money. That's another thing feminists and SJWs want to undermine the Defense Attorney by not having the alleged victim's sexual history brought up in court, and have a Bench trial. Are you kidding me? (To be fair, you can't bring up her sex life due to rape shield laws.) You draw the line with not telling a jury your story, but telling people on social media? Also, you don't think slandering a man online and not facing him in court makes you look bad? Do you know what else can damage your credibility? Having rape fantasies. Yes! Women have rape fantasies, why do you think they want the biggest or tallest man? I'm not saying that's an excuse to rape them, however, it's not helping your case.

That's the Defense Attorney's job to make you look less credible. It's a good thing I'm not a lawyer because I can do that without bringing up your love life. For example, I can start a bait-and-switch movement, where men can tell stories about how women play us. Have women even appeared pleasant, and once you let her into your house or marry her, she lets herself go? Then again, it doesn't matter what defense strategy I come up with; all she has to do is put on crocodile tears. I mean, cry to make herself look sympathetic. This is what you have to go through if you want justice. If you can't deal with that, then what's the point of MeToo? 

The bottom line is that MeToo could be the downfall of men and women being able to co-exist casually, romantically, and in business. (To be fair, this was an issue before MeToo.) Men's lives shouldn't be ruined because of an accusation or because they said something that you're not fond of. If it were up to me, I would protect both the accused and the accuser's identity until the whole thing is straightened out. The only thing MeToo has done (Besides ruining drunk and angry sex, plus putting bars and nightclubs out of business) is weaponize victimhood. Also, deconstruct how men and women interact with each other, as far as I know. I'm glad that there's backlash from MeToo as far as men keeping their distance from women and not hiring them. I bet they were happy that women didn't go to work during the women's march earlier this year. 

If I were running a business, I would have a policy that says if you come to work wearing tight or revealing clothing, you can't make sexual harassment claims to HR. I hope women are proud of themselves because MeToo will hurt your chances of getting a sucker, I mean, the man of your dreams. How can women expect to have any kind of relationship with men if men can't take anything women say seriously? There's almost nothing a man won't do for women; now, women are slowly burning that bridge. Don't expect men to come back to pick up the pieces. I can't wait to see how Law and Order is going to parody this nonsense.