The Review: Watchmen Episode 6

Episode 6: This Extraordinary Being

Good lord this show. This was probably my favorite episode. I will say the same thing next week because each episode manages to get progressively better. This show should not work. Seriously, its based off of a comic book that while many have read its not talked about as much as the worst superhero movies or shows. Most people know Watchmen from the movie which this show doesn't even follow. Its nuts but great. Last week was Looking Glass' episode. This week belonged to Will Reeves and his history. It starts with an episode of American Hero Story where Hooded Justice is forced to unmask with the threat of a sex tape featuring him coming out if he does not help prove them out. He kicks their asses and worries more about the fact he was cheated on by another hero.

The Review: Prime Suspect Series 1

Prime Suspect Series One 8/10

I was talking to Cam weeks ago about this show called Prime Suspect and once I heard who the star was I knew I was gonna watch it. I just had to wait for the right time since I am not super into crime shows. But I am into crime shows from overseas. In England they have very few episodes per season, or series as they call them, so they can not waste time with bullshit. This show is hardcore by the way. They show nude mutilated ass bodies and they get all up in their business. This season has just two episodes that are each the length of a movie. Jane Tennison is good at her job but looked over because of her gender. That's pretty much it. The place is full of dudes who shit on her and it gets even worse when after the death of the chief detective she is promoted. They, like, obviously don't like her specifically one guy who is straight out of a villain handbook.

The Review: Watchmen Episode 5

Episode 5: Little Fear of Lightning

This weeks episode was dedicated to Wade aka Looking Glass and I loved it. It starts off with him as a young man part of a religious group. They are aware that the US and Russia are about to blow one another up so they need to repent before it is too late. Wade walks up to some Knot Tops and tries to convert them. Just when they are about to whip his ass one of the girls leads him away to a house of mirrors. She challenges his faith and then the strength of his belt as she pulls his pants down. I was like “Dude, run!” She gets him butt booty ass naked and then runs off with his cloths. He stands there naked surrounded by mirrors and starts to yell at himself for being a sinner and a fool. Next thing you know a sound starts making the mirrors break and blood come out of Wade's ears. He heads outside and almost everyone is dead. The camera pans out and we get to see the giant squid that killed millions.

Sitting In The Aisle: Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep 9/10

Full of spoilers. Why haven't more people seen Doctor Sleep? Why aren't you all talking about how damn good this movie is? I saw this today with CK and did not expect a ton out of it and did not expect to like it as much as I did. I watch horror films but never actively seek them out. I have read the book, I watched one of the mini series, and I have seen The Shining. While this is a sequel to The Shining, both the film and the book, it creates it own thing as well that I'd actually like to see happen in the future. I would love to see the young actress star in everything. That girl was so damned good in this. And the villains. Holy crap the villains. These were some spooky ass people. This is about three stories that end up colliding.

Sitting In The Aisle: The Cave

The Cave WHOA/10

I can't give this a normal rating like I do with other films. I went to AFI Fest with Coco again. We do this every year and I told her “We are gonna see some sad ass movies...” Well, we saw The Cave which was very sad but had some humor in it and I genuinely loved seeing the way the hospital staff worked together. Some scenes reminded me of when I would get trapped in the emergency room when I worked at the hospital and there would be shouting, bleeding, and everyone needed to be a well oiled machine to save lives. Except I have never in my life had to worry about a jet dropping bombs on where I was working. Holy shit, the bombs in this documentary.

The Review: Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen 7/10

I watched Law Abiding Citizen a few days ago almost nine years to the day I had watched it for the first time. This movie walks a very fine line between cheesy unbelievability and harsh ass reality. Clyde Shelton is happily living his inventor life with his wife and daughter and moments later some dudes break in, tie him and his wife up, and do god knows what to them before killing them. Nick Rice is representing Shelton in court and mentions that one of the guys is taking a plea deal so he'll walk free. Shelton is like “But they raped and killed my family.” Rice is like “This is how it works. Sorry.” So one of the guys walks away super free and Shelton sees Rice shake the guys hand and vanishes. We fast forward ten years later and Rice has his wife and daughter and he heads off to see the execution of one of the guys. During the execution the guy says how the one that got off free is the one that did all the raping and uh killing. He gets injected and shit goes bad real fast. He starts bleeding and flailing before finally dying. Turns out someone switched the juice. Uh oh...?

The Review: Watchmen Episode 4

Episode 4: If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own

In a show full of weird this show has to do a lot of it to make me say out loud “Wow. That was weird.” This was that episode. It starts with this husband and wife trying to sell eggs on the roadside in front of their house. No one comes. Later that night after they are going to sleep this lady that has been mentioned in previous episodes shows up named Lady Trieu. She offers to buy their home and land and gives them three minutes to make a decision. They are like “Nah” and she mentions how they have no legacy and tried to have a kid but could not years ago. They want her out the house until she is like “Here's your baby. Boom.” She genetically made it for them and they sign over their shit just as three minutes pass on the hourglass. Next thing you know something crashes in the woods nearby and they ask what it is. She says “Its mine.” They fast forward and it is the location where she is building this big ass science clock.

Sitting In The Aisle: Parasite

Parasite 10/10

The hype you have heard about Parasite is worth it. I made sure not to know anything about this movie going in and saw it with Sarah today. I was not planning on heading out to see this anytime soon even though I love a few of the directors movies. But we headed out and holy shit this movie is good. I am not gonna spoil anything in this review because I would love for people to just go see this and take it in without a lot of knowledge. I will say that the story is great, the look is amazing. Dirty things look disgusting and clean things look brand damn new. Everyone was perfectly cast. I can not imagine someone seeing this and going “It was okay...” I probably wouldn't see a movie with someone again that didn't love this actually.

Sitting In The Aisle: Terminator Dark Fate

Terminator Dark Fate 0/10

Full of spoilers. This movie has no heart. There. That's all I should write. Terminator Dark Fate is one of those movies I see and after it is over ask myself “Why was this made?” That is worse than a movie just straight up being garbage. If a movie is garbage I will at least feel something even if it is anger or annoyance. Hell, it could be garbage but funny. But this movie is just a series of explosions, bad acting, and things being told/barely shown that would have been an even better movie. Let me get this shit off my chest real quick because it is a complaint I have had with every Terminator movie after T2. And forget everything else about any film after T2. None of them count or matter according to this. They pulled a fucking Halloween.

The Review: Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name 9/10

I loved this movie. I don't say the phrases “feel good movie” or “inspiring” often but that's what Dolemite Is My Name was. I saw some friends recommend it and someone I used to work with say I should watch it and I am glad I did. When I was little I saw Petey Wheatstraw and for years would try to explain just the beginning of it to people and would get looked at like I was crazy. Which is totally understandable in hindsight. If some five year old told me the plot I would have told their parents that their kid was insane. This movie was a great tribute to Rudy Ray Moore. Before he even hit it big he did a lot but this focused more on the start of his rise to fame. Even when they reenacted scenes that actually occurred in the real films it seemed like they were acting badly.

The Review: Watchmen Episode 3

Episode 3: She Was Killed By Space Junk

This episode was all about Laurie Blake and it was an episode I didn't realize I needed. I know what I think of when I think of Watchmen and her character of Silk Spectre is not that thing. I never wondered what happened to her even after this show started. But this episode shows that not only is she alive but she is a damned federal agent. It starts with her robbing a bank and a vigilante appearing and whipping ass. She reveals herself to be an agent and they capture the guy as protesters say he is a hero. She is asked to head to Tulsa and handle the murder of Judd (the captain that got hung). She hates people in masks so it makes a good mixture considering who she was and what her mother was. During the visit she quickly figures out who everyone is under their masks. She talks to Mirror and knows who he is. She easily figures out that Angela is Sister Night and wonders why Judd's body was buried so quickly as the investigation is still going. Likely cause he was on drugs. Laurie spends most of the episode talking to a phone that is supposed to be connected to Dr. Manhattan telling him a long joke about god using Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan, and Night Owl as examples.

The Review: Watchmen Episode 2

Episode 2: Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship

Holy shit this show is good! I keep putting off watching episodes of Watchmen because I know there are only nine episodes and this will be over before I know it. Hell, the newest episode comes on tonight and I'll probably wait a week before watching it. This one starts off in Germany during the war with a letter being written to be dropped out of the sky aimed at Black soldiers pointing out how America treats them like shit and how they can prosper in Germany. The soldier keeps it and it turns out it is the father of the boy that grew into the old man who somehow managed to hang a grown ass man from a tree. The note in his pocket was written on that piece of paper. Angela brings him to her bakery where he is being vague as hell about everything she asks. Angela heads to her dead captains house and finds out that he as a Klan suit hidden. Well...shit.