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What?! No, seriously. What?! I have no words for this...is this supposed to be a movie? This feels like a way to kill the franchise and run. Let's talk about this...thing, I guess. The plot has another astronaut named Brent, played by James Franciscus, crash land on the planet as well, because Charlton Heston didn't want to be in this movie all that much. The apes decide to go to war with telepathic humans who worship an atom bomb for some reason. It feels very disjointed and confusing. The acting was bland because the writing was bland. The action was okay, but without a good story to hold it up, it doesn't leave much of an impact. The mutants were confusing and I had no idea what their purpose was. The apes are barely in a movie called PLANET OF THE APES. WHY DOES THIS MOVIE EXIST?! This review is short because this movie was so bad that I literally have nothing more to say about it. It feels pointless and didn't add anything meaningful to the franchise. I'm shock...

Okay, so I wasn't sure how I would feel about this movie, but as I finally got to see it, I was pleasantly surprised. There were a lot of cool concepts that were explored in this film, and the best part was that it made me think, which is always great to see. The story concerns an astronaut named George Taylor, played by Charlton Heston, who, along with fellow astronauts Dodge and Landon, end up crash landing on a mysterious planet. After exploring it for a bit, they find that it is ruled by apes with human level intelligence, while the humans on the planet are mute and animalistic. The rest of the film talks about the rights of humans in a society where they are treated like nothing, which feels like it was very much intended to be paralleling human rights at the time of release, which was 1968, a very divisive time among people. The interesting thing about this film is that it isn't focused on action. The moments that stand out are the scenes where Taylor bonds and connects w...

I wish this was fantastic. I wish this was good. This seemed like it would be such a good series, and...it just wasn't. I'm devastated that this series was just okay, with lots of wasted potential. This is not what Lord of the Rings should be. The story is split up into several parts. We have the elf Galadriel, who teams up with a mysterious man named Halbrand to find and defeat the dark lord Sauron. There is a plotline about the Harfoots, which are basically Hobbits, whose peaceful life is shaken up when a man literally falls from the sky. We have the story of Elrond, another elf who attempts to enlist the help of the Dwarven prince Durin to help save the entire Elven race. And then we have the southlands, the viewpoint characters being an elf named Arondir and a woman named Bronwyn, and they have to contend with orcs attempting to take their lands over. Lots of plotlines, and a lot of them end up being...just okay. Like there are good scenes to all of them, except maybe the H...

What was this? No, seriously. What was this movie? What was the point of this? I thought a second watchthrough would help me gain a better understanding but...nope, this movie is still a masterclass in how not to do a movie. The plot is...confusing. Basically, Altus Dumbledore, played by Jude Law, has asked Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, and his friends to confuse Gellert Grindelwald, played by Mads Mikkelsen, because he is...gaining power...and...something about magical deer bowing to future wizard leaders and lots of lots of wizard politics. This movie makes no sense! Who thought this movie was a good idea?! The acting is...fine, I guess, and I liked getting to see into Dumbledore and Grindelwald's past, where they were former lovers, which makes the stakes, if there even were any, more personal. This movie is even more stuffed with plotlines, but then they forgot to add a reason for them to exist, like what is this movie? Like I felt disconnected the entire movie. I k...

Why is this one the best of the sequel trilogy? No, seriously. Why? This movie does so much right but at the very end. The Star Wars sequels find their identity finally in THIS ONE. What even? Let's unpack this one. The story follows Rey, Finn, and Poe, played again by Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac, as they try to find the mysterious Sith planet Exegol where Emperor Palpatine, played once again by Ian McDiarmid, who was supposed to be dead after Return of the Jedi, and who...is back...somehow, resides and runs the First Order from the shadows. Also, more tension between Rey and Kylo Ren, played again by Adam Driver. Now, this plotline is simple but insane, because it honestly makes no sense. How do they explain Palpatine coming back? Poe literally says, "Somehow Palpatine returned." How does the plot move forward? Random circumstances. It's total laziness at its finest, and it feels like...eh, I don't know or care. This movie doesn't care either. ...

This movie has not been received kindly by many people, citing a confusing plot and a lack on interesting characters. While there is merit to that, I still quite enjoyed this film all the same. The story is pretty complicated, so I won't deny that it can be confusing. It takes place about a year after the first film, and features the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, played by Johnny Depp, beginning to gather followers in Paris, specifically trying to gain the loyalty of the Obscurial known as Credence Barebone, played once again by Ezra Miller. To combat this, Albus Dumbledore, played by Jude Law, sends Newt Scamander, played again by Eddie Redmayne, accompanied by the non-magical Jacob Kowalski, played once again by Dan Fogler, to find Credence before Grindelwald does. There are also many other plotlines that go into this, such as romantic tension between Newt and Tina Goldstein, played once again by Katherine Waterston, and similarly, romantic tension between Jacob and Queenie Go...

How best to describe this film? It definitely makes more sense than the two sequel trilogy films I've reviewed so far, but I don't think it's quite on the level on Rogue One or the original trilogy. Like it had potential, but it felt like a very safe film. The story focuses on a young Han Solo, played by Alden Ehrenreich, who, after meeting Chewbacca and joining a group of smugglers led by Tobias Beckett, played by Woody Harrelson, he ends up having to smuggle a rare element called coaxium for Dryden Vos, played by Paul Bettany, an enforcer for a crime syndicate known as Crimson Dawn. Joining these three are Han's childhood friend and love interest, Qi'Ra, played by Emilia Clarke, a young Lando Calrissian, played by Donald Glover, and his droid copilot L3-37, voiced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. While this is definitely a fun movie, if you have watched the original Star Wars trilogy and are hoping to find out some new information about your favorite scoundrel, well, you...

How do I even begin to describe this film? On one hand, I think I enjoyed it more than The Force Awakens because, well, it actually tried to so its own thing with the story, but that doesn't necessarily mean that this direction necessarily worked for the film. The story is split into two different plotlines. The first one focuses on the Resistance, led by General Leia, played once again by Carrie Fisher, as they are pursued relentlessly through space by the First Order, led by the mysterious Snoke, played by Andy Serkis. In addition, three of the Resistance members, Poe Dameron, played once again by Oscar Isaac, Finn, played again by John Boyega, and Rose Tico, played by Kelly Marie Tran, attempt to destroy Snoke's ship to stop them from tracking the Resistance. This is probably the weakest plotline because it ultimately leads to nothing happening, so it ends up being an exercise in pointlessness, and it takes up half of this 2 and a half hour movie so...not off to a good start...

And the trend of actually good films continues, with a Star Wars film that doesn't feel pointless and soulless, telling a good story, giving us good characters, and expanding the world of Star Wars in a meaningful way. The story focuses on a group of rebels who race to find the plans to the Empire's new weapon, the Death Star, because one of their designers, a man named Galen Erso, played by Mads Mikkelsen, put an intentional defect in the weapon so it could be destroyed. The rebels who form our group include Galen's daughter Jyn, played by Felicity Jones, a morally gray rebel named Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna, a reformed imperial security droid named K-2SO, voiced by Alan Tudyk, an imperial pilot named Bodhi Rook, played by Riz Ahmed, and a pair of monks, Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus, played by Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen. The best thing about this movie is that it manages to tell a stand alone story while also expanding on the story of the original Star Wars trilogy....

Wow, okay, I forgot how fun this movie was. I enjoyed myself a lot, and honestly, it feels like it could fit quite nicely into the Harry Potter universe. It had been five years since we had a film in the Wizarding World, and this felt like a triumphant return, even though it is a prequel. The story follows a magizoologist named Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, who comes to America with a suitcase full of magical creatures and, through a bunch of crazy circumstances, ends up losing them, meaning he has to find them and prevent them from wreaking havoc on New York. Joining him is the Auror (basically the law enforcement of the Wizarding World) Tina Goldstein, played by Katherine Waterston, her sister Queenie, played by Alison Sudol, and a muggle (Non-magical person) named Jacob Kowalski, played by Dan Fogler. In addition, there is a plotline involving a mysterious young man named Credence Barebone, played by Ezra Miller, and his mysterious relationship with another auror named P...

This was supposed to be the triumphant return of the Star Wars saga, following up on Return of the Jedi and beginning a final trilogy of films, and...honestly...this movie isn't that great. The story may sound familiar to you if you've seen the original Star Wars film from 1977. It follows a trio of new characters as they try to get a macguffin that is placed inside a droid away from the Empire, I mean, the First Order so the Rebellion, I mean, the Resistance can have a better chance to defeat them. The trio of heroes this time are Poe Dameron, a Resistance pilot played by Oscar Isaac, Finn, a defected First Order Stormtrooper played by John Boyega, and Rey, a scavenger who lives on the desert planet of Tatooine, I mean, Jakku, who is played by Daisy Ridley. Yes, they bring back Luke, Leia, and Han, played once again by Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford, and the villain this time is Darth Vader wannabe Kylo Ren, played by Adam Driver, but it feels like a rehash of t...