Aquaman

Finally, a laid back superhero who is awesome



What is it about?
Arthur Curry who was born from both worlds needs to unite the nations in order to prevent an all out war.

What's good?
There are small action set pieces that convey the pace of the movie
Jason Momoa was born to play the role.
The water scene are amazing to watch. The fight scene choreograph stupendously
The bad guy motivation is easy enough to understand.
The flashback scene are handle well and it given throughout the whole movie
The end fight scene is bonkers
The story feels more like a treasure hunting chase
His final costume is awesome

What's bad?
The main bad guy is forgettable as well as the 2nd bad guy is also ok.
The movie is 20 mins to long.

The Ugly
Nothing much

After credits: Yes, but if you are not a fan of the comic, you'll probably can skip it

Verdict: One of the best superhero movies of this year and there are a lot of good ones

Ralph breaks the Internet

It’s a very well made sequel 

What is it about?

Ralph needs to save his best friend with the help of the internet. 

The Good
The story is a fun take on the Internet 

There are multiple cameos of video game characters as well as internet websites

Avatar representation is cute 

Love the Disney Princesses 

The Bad 

Less game representation 

The main characters from the first movie are not represented well

The Ugly

NothingAfter Credits: Yes. One after the main credits and the other after the end credits. That one is awesome

Verdict: A good sequel. Worth watching once 

Arrival

Finally after 2 years got to see this movie



What is it about?
Aliens land to earth and humans needs to establish the first contact

The Good
Closely lay all the plot points that intersects in the end

The Bad
Time travel sucks
Wish we could learn more

The Ugly
Nothing

After Credits: No

Verdict: A good sci fi movie

Hotel Artemis

A run down version of the Continental



What is it about?
A hotel that treats criminal when their hurt in a dangerous future

The Good
The movie is easy enough to understand
The characters are lively enough
The backstory is provided in chucks but in the end it follows through

The Bad
Not that much over the top action. All the action is grounded
Batista is a weakling in the movie

The Ugly
Ending sucks

After Credits: Yes, 5 seconds

Verdict: A good brain shutdown movie

Christopher Robin

What happens when you grow up




What is it about?
What happens to the 100 acre woods when Christoper Robin grew up

The Good
The story shows a good chunk of what happens when Christoper Robin leaves
The character between Robin and his family is very well written
Pooh and friends really light up the movie
The third act is fast paced and exciting to watch

The Bad
They don't really explain why Pooh is magical
There was not many scene with Pooh and friends
It would be interesting to see the interaction with Pooh and friends with Christoper's family

The Ugly
Nothing much

After Credits: Yes, but doesn't move the storyline

Verdict: A feel good movie but really not for young children

Fantastic Beast The Crimes of Grindlewald

Another 2 years another Harry Potter-ish movie



What is it about?
The continuation of the 2nd out 5 part of the Fantastic Beast series

The Good
The parts with the Fantastic Beast is exciting to watch
Dumbledore and Newt are the most compelling characters
Lots of cool magical spells 

The Bad
The story is long and boring with a lot of exposition
There are not that many Fantastic Beast in the movie
This is a long movie without any payout.
The action scene are few and far between 

The Ugly
They end the movie abruptly but we do know that the 3rd movie won't conclude the movie.

After Credits: No

Verdict: A watch if you want more Wizarding World movies

Red Dead Redemption II

Games are wasting your time but this one takes it the a whole new level

Genre: Action
Platform: PS4

Released Date: 2018

What is it about?

The year is 1899 and outlaws are a dying breed. You play as Arthur Morgan as you try to salvage what it's left of your gang and your outlaw life.

This game is...

- beautiful to look at. At the first start of the game you can see the physics of the snow and everything has minute details all over it. This game is really a testament of what you can do with the time and resources given.

- Everything you see in the world you can interact with. Everything has it's own animation to skinning an animal, shooting a gun or riding your hours. Everything must be done as realistically as possible. 

- Is not a game but more of an art piece on how to make an immersive western simulator.

- Not fun at all... The reasons are stated as below

Why is it not fun

- Everything moves at a snails pace from opening the drawer taking something from the shelf. Every is animated perfectly and Rockstar wants you to see him opening a drawer with 6 second animations

- The controls are not responsive and cluttered. There are a lot of button inputs you need to memorize which doesn't help since there are no tutorials or button prompts on what you are supposed to do. This game except you to understand the mechanic of the game but the slow animation provides complicated controls which makes you accidentally press the wrong button. That in turn will cause you Wanted meter to rise and everything will just be a not fun mess

- Unlike GTA 5 which has fun objectives to do, their objectives seems more like a chore than something you really want to do. I didn't want to spend a good 40 minutes to travel from point A to point B only to fetch someone back to camp.

- Speaking travelling, a horse is fickle to control and you need to be in range of your whistle. If your horse die you need to steal or walk to camp which is miles away. Man its not fun at all

- Shooting involves you cleaning a gun for better aims. Some bad guys takes 5-6 hits before going down.  

- Movement is slow and clunky   

Rockstar forgot what makes an open world game fun. Sure there are some realism involve but it doesn't need to be to real. Breath of Wild has the same mechanics as Red Dead but it makes it fun when you don't need to worry about the horse kick you in the nuts. Going from place to place needs to be fun and not like a chore. The funny thing is this game gets 10/10 and 97 on metacritic.

Status: Played around 10 plus hours in chapter 2. Decided this is not worth my time

Fun Factor: If you want the real cowboy experience I say go for it. If not there are other ways to spend your tine. This is not one of them