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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)
Huge Godzilla fan. Not a Monarch fan now.
Saying this show is a slow burner is an understatement. I'm 4 episodes into this series and there hasn't been one new frame of Godzilla at all. Just talks of G-Day and some flashbacks to 1953 and 2014 on the bridge. I feel like it's a complete bait and switch ch from the trailers. Ok so there was a giant spider in episode 1 for maybe 30 seconds and some stupid cold monster with a hand for a face that inhales and everything freezes? Makes no sense. Oh and one other very good scene actually on a ship in the middle of the jungle and a giant pterodactyl type flying titan... that was anctually terrifying ame really well done. But again, if you are looking for Godzilla, you are going to be sorely disappointed and need a lot of patience.
The biggest fail of this show so far is at the bikini atol nuclear test. Laughably, they show an air dropped version of a nuclear weapon sitting on basically a lifeguard stand on the sand and a cable tv satellite dish next to it. That is literally the sum total of infrastructure they had on the island for this thermonuclear test. When they detonate it, they are maybe 2 miles away looking at the bomb and Godzilla thru binoculars. They would have been vaporized with nothing left of them but shadows on nearby rocks. Not to mention the device would not have been fitted with an aerodynamic casing and fins since it was a stationary surface level detonation.
Think I'll go see Godzilla Minus One instead and try to forget about this show for a while.
Infinite Storm (2022)
Can't get past the fake snow
Seriously, do they think audiences are so unsophisticated that they won't immediately recognize obviously fake snow on the lead character's face in a close-up? That and the obvious fake weather obscured any other redeeming qualities this movie had for me. Hate to be a negative Nelly but I've lived in New England since 1992 and have climbed Mt Washington (Tuckermans up and Lions Head down) and when bad weather strikes, you sure as heck cannot see the a presidential range In all its glory like every wide shot in this movie. You're lucky if you can find the next cairn 20 feet away. Watch if you're curious but the other reviews are spot on so I'll stop here.
Hancock (2008)
Will Smith gets 1 star
Everything Will Smith has ever been associated with gets one star (the lowest possible rating) from me. I will never spend another dime on anything he acts in, produces, writes for, or creates soundtrack for. I feel bad for the rest of the casts and crew that had the misfortune of collaborating with him "pre-slap" but that's just tough luck. I will not support anyone who works with Will Smith in the future either. There is just no excuse for what he did with the money he has and the platform/following he used to have. All we can do now is watch it crumble.
The Vast of Night (2019)
Sci-Fi Movie that is 99.99% Dialog?
This movie is quite literally all talk.
There is maybe 90 seconds of what I would consider sci-fi at the very end.
The rest of the movie is incessant high-speed chattering and dark sets (entire movie takes place during one night in New Mexico in the 1950's). During the first 30 minutes of the movie, the chattering is just filler and does nothing to further the plot.
In summary, I want my money back and this one was free. Don't waste your time.
Chad (2021)
We should start a dead pool for this tripe!
I so desperately want this show to fail that I'd love to give it only 3 episodes...but TBS has spent so much time assaulting us by airing a million soul crushingly unfunny spots that I fear season 1 may go the distance. The other spot-on reviews here say it all so I won't repeat except for how in the world ANYONE (actors, writers, producers, screeners, family members of these people) found it even remotely funny, worthwhile or believable to have a 40 year old woman play a 14 year old boy is simply beyond me. Just awful!