Hello All,
Hooray I’m finally caught up, and with time to spare for once. Before I get into the reviews, I want to say that sometime within the next few reviews, I’m going to be adding on an additional element to these reviews. I’m working on an audio review format as a companion piece to go along with the written reviews. That way if you don’t have time to read these, you can have an audio version to listen to on the move. So keep an eye out for that, plus I might try doing some variety with the written portions as well. So, without further delay, let’s review these films shall we?
The Lego Ninjago Movie Review
Plot Summary - Lloyd Garmadon (Dave Franco) is the leader of the secret ninja force, who is in constant battle with his father Lord Garmadon. When a bigger threat terrorizes the land, the two must team up and find the ultimate, ultimate secret weapon.
Pros - For me, the most interesting part of any lego movie is how creative they can get with the animations and Lego Ninjago keeps that up in spades here, managing to be creative with the designs while keeping the animation itself seamless. The film also manages to bring in some of the lego movies strangely self aware sense of humour also. It’s also nice to see Jackie Chan in a film again, even if it’s mostly just his voice.
Cons - Brace yourself because this is going to be a long one. There’s a live action scene at the start of the film that’s just awful. Chan is in it, and by god he’s doing his best, but the child actor in it is awful. His first three lines of dialogue are so mumbled I’m amazed they didn’t get him to re record them in post. The rest of the voice cast minus Chan is also just….not awful, but you can tell that they’re just not really selling the characters. Dave Franco sounds like Dave Franco, and I know that Kumail Nanjiani is in the film because he sticks out like a sore thumb. The plot is forgettable and kind of dumb if you try and think about it, with a fair amount of half assed sentiment sprinkled throughout. The whole film ends up ringing kind of hollow because of it. It doesn’t feel like it was made with other two films in mind.
Final Score - 3/10
While not torturously bad, it still can’t help but feel like the awkward misfit of the lego movies. If you do still see it though, I have a game for you to play. I want you to count how many times they say the phrase master builder in the movie. Feel free to let me know your answers.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Plot Summary - When the Kingsman find themselves attacked out of the blue, Eggsy (Taron Egerton) and Merlin (Mark Strong) must seek the help of their American cousins The Statesmen to find their attackers and save the world once again.
Pros - They bring most of the cast back and it’s clear they’re eager to be there because they knock it out of the park again. The new faces add a great share as well, and balance out the cast nicely. The film still manages to retain a fair amount of what made the first one great, while bringing in some fun and interesting changes as well. They also make some callbacks to the original, but they change some of them up for the better in this one and I can appreciate that. They manage to do a good job of throwing all this at you while also keeping the film well paced and logical within it’s own world.
Cons - While the changes are welcome, they can’t help but to underline some the flaws that stuck on from the first one. While the film is well paced, there is still a lot going on which might be too much for some. While I didn’t make note of it in the first one, the music in this one for the most part didn’t quite work (except for Saturday Night by Elton John but it’s a damn good song.)
Final Score - 7/10
Not quite as good as the first one, it’s still a pretty good movie that I easily recommend.
Next: American Made or Battle of the Sexes - Depends on my mood really.
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