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Home Alone 3 (1997)
Oh boy! Here we go but a little worse
This sequel isn't likable at all, it's not because of a change in the protagonist, it's rather because of the way the characters are written, and the way the traps are shown. The kid is unnecessarily annoying and annoyingly too smart for his age or even type. He is cheeky and nothing shows he's a nerdy electronics engineer throughout the plot. Some of his traps require at least one adult on it, consider the weight on top of the roof for example. Too many things require a complete suspension of disbelief in order to even partly make sense.
The antagonists are shown to be smart and tech savvy in the first half but absolutely careless idiots when it comes to even trying to handle the child's traps (which also require that the antagonists do exactly the very specific thing, like placing their hand on a mouse trap after skiing the stairs specifically in a straight line, I MEAN WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!).
In conclusion, it's a stupid movie specifically made because the formula works.
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)
Mixed feelings with a happy ending
This is indeed an excellent continuation to Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, but it doesn't have enough focus on any single character, and true to its title, there indeed is the battle of the realms happening.
Some of the great aspects maintained by this movie is that it portrays gore well, the essence of the Mortal Kombat games are upheld extremely well, even far better than the live action movie, even the finishing signatures of some have been well executed. The voice actors did a fantastic job as well.
Some of the problematic things most noticeable about this movie are the writing inconsistencies. Some characters, like Liu Kang, fight too well, and are even given advantage and plot convenience (curing a curse just by activating powers?), whereas others like Kung Lao are treated as punching bags. Raiden who is said to be the originator of Wu Shu doesn't demonstrate it enough in the movie. Shao Kahn is merciful towards some but not towards some others. Scorpion and Kung Lao have been very conservative about teleporting, and Sub Zero on using ice substitutes or shields.
The ending gives some hope as Raiden is shown to have probably resurrected as the thunder god again. So overall the movie still remains very much recommendable and enjoyable.
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020)
Enjoyable though not always logical
For those preferring an unbiased and honest review, here it goes; I'll start with the positive aspects of the series: it's fun, it's worth watching at least once as it gives a parallel story to the Jurassic World movie, it has great visuals as expected from DreamWorks animation, and also the background score is fantastic, if you feel the tension in the series, it's because of the immersive visuals and music, mute them out and this could pass on as laughable, character development is impressive as is the overall direction of the plot as it gives an alternate version to the events which simultaneously were happening, except there's a new competitor to Hammond / InGen corporations wanting to get their hands on Dino DNA.
Now here's the list of things which went wrong; the series should have been named Jurassic World: Invincible Kids, because no matter the odds, danger or even possible death scenarios, they come back ever more powerful than Harry Potter did in Deathly Hallows 2. The kids also have a natural immunity towards dinosaurs who eat everyone else without remorse or from falling from heights that would kill even Glass from The Revenant. The point where Ben was shown to have fallen to his death was realistic but at the end we're shown he hasn't really passed on yet. All of this indicates bad scripting, lots of plot holes. Now every Jurassic Park/World series had its share of plot holes and convenient survival of protagonists, but most of them could be explained better than Camp Cretaceous' bestowal of invincibility on kids. Indominus Rex in this movie is pretty dumb and cannot even detect the kids by smell or heat sensing as portrayed in the movie. Even the game shown at the beginning of episode 1 is rigged as it shows the T-Rex being slower than a running kid (exact opposite of what is portrayed in original Jurassic Park 1 movie) and the raptors being dumb enough to let the kid survive for no reason while killing the older guy.
Overall it's a great series if you're a kid or if you watch this without really watching the Jurassic Park series multiple times like I did.
Pokémon Sun and Moon Abridged (2016)
An unnecessary shift in art style
The Sun and Moon series perfectly embodies Noddy visiting Pokémon world and impersonating Ash... It's an abomination to an avid watcher whose childhood was spent watching Pokémon; might be acceptable to the newer generations.