Uncle-Feggster Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Too many 1 star ratings....somethings up

[8/10 · 15 June 2018]

Sometimes, when I read reviews about movies on IMDb, I see patterns in the writing. Similar text, similar structuring and similar indignant shouting. Read enough of them and you see that quite often there is an underlying reason why the reviews are marking a film so low. Be it political or religious. Very rarely is it actually about the quality of the film. More often it is about a personal issue that the reviewer has - and so he vents his anger in the only way that's he knows how - a screaming one star rating and a list of reasons why the film is the worst he has ever seen. Makes you wonder what kind of a strange person would do that.

However, if you read past all the silly 1 star ratings you often get to the truth. And the truth as far as this film is concerned is that it is a cracker. It draws you in like none of the other ape movies - it's pacing is superb, the visual effect stunning.

I would suggest that you ignore the ranting 1 star reviews and take them for what's they are - a few individuals with multiple accounts and strange views on the world.

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)

A wrong turn..

[1/10 · 19 December 2017]

I would like to think that the press reviewers of this film where not in some way connected to Disney, but after watching the film and reading the reviews that have been written - I just cannot come to any other conclusion.

It's as if part of Disney's budget goes towards the 'gifting' of the press reviewers. And by the time people realize that they have been taken for a ride they have already paid their money and there is nothing they can do about it.

I would honestly have loved for this film to be great - and to have continued the wonderful journey of all the Star Wars characters that we grew up with. But instead it rubs their faces in the dirt, kills some of them off in bizarre ways - and bases all of this around a wasteful plot.

The characters used to be bold and noble - the films used to warm the hearts of the fans. But now it is cold, hard and damning. Luke's treatment was especially awful.

And in a way it has not only ruined the Star Wars saga for so many - but it actually changes the way that you watch the original films. You can't root for the characters while knowing what a final pathetic end they come to. The end of ROTJ was perfect - job done. This film spoils that all - and it I one of the few films that I wished that I had never seen. I won't be seeing the next one.