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OhBritannia:
Maharaja is a solid 10/10 for me.

I dont know about you all but personally, this India 🇮🇳 movie is the best movie i have seen so far this year and i doubt any upcoming movie is ever going to beat this.
This movie is weird, funny, savage, emotional with an unbelievable plot twist that will get you off your seat in the end.

Movie started in a funny and weird manner, if you don't focus on details, the time jump might confuse you in a bit but when you start understanding what's going on, that is whey you realize that the storyline is top notch, an out of the world storyline and a true genius.
Movie is gore and savage, didn't know Indians can be this gore and savage in thier movies.

What is more beautiful about this movie are the many life's lessons it teaches the audience.
The movie is like a school.

The plot twist in the end is the best plot twist i have ever seen in any movie or series in my entire life.
I was dumbfounded, speechless, i couldn't believe what just happened.
Like the twist at the end was simply extraordinary, nobody born of a woman will ever expect such an ending.

Kudos to the producers, directors, casts and all crew members, they made a masterpiece.

Best movie in 2024 so far.

Pass me the weed bro.

pu7pl3:
Deadpool and Wolverine was in universe (i.e. the MCU) with the help of all the TVA shenanigans so it's not the same thing. You can't make Superman evil in the same universe where he is good unless it's some type of mind control that'll later be broken or something.

Spoken like a woke DC movie writer.......


Bro, the flash or a warp machine can cause the evil superman or injustice league to appear in the good superman's universe. A little creativity and fan service can take art a long way.....

pu7pl3:
If they do that it'll be an elseworld movie that's not set in the current DCU and frankly I don't think they will, not now at least cos there is absolutely no need to.

And there was need for Deadpool and Wolverine?

It does not have to be a strictly elseworld adaptation.

Deadpool and Wolverine movie is not a strict adaptation of the similarly named comic book.

pu7pl3:
That Universe is dead, this is a new one so the hate is unprecedented. The people at the helm have shown that they listen to the fans to an extent cos no be everything fans talk you go do.

DC can still do an evil Superman movie

armadeo:
If they had done this and had the movie flash and TV flash meet as alternates with a little rewrite that movie would have been a hit.

Gbam!! You know it.

It would have been a very good fan service to bring in the TV flash.

pu7pl3:
Why?

Why? Because DC has wasted so much opportunities in the past. They never give the fans what they want. Deadpool and Wolverine is an example of fan service- Marvel brought two well-loved characters together for the fans.

Just look at the last Flash movie- would it have killed them to add the TV series flash actor (Grant Gustin)? That would have gotten a lot of fans' interest.

What about evil superman? Look at how people love homelander and omniman. Why cant DC do an evil superman movie. Even evil superwoman (earth 3) is interesting.

DC deserves to fail

johnyace:
Josh brolin as Hal Jordan is not good to me at all, same with that booster gold casting news, James Gunn should fix up abeg these two casting are not it
There's much better roles that Josh brolin would fit in the DCU, I can't even imagine his voice as Hal GOD Abeg, let him reject the role pls

DC flops loading. I'm praying for DC to flop even more. Nonsense.

Baddestguyp:
The Rose of Versailles (1979).....8.5/10


Synopsis -
The story is centered on the true life events leading up to the French Revolution of 1789 and also covers the Revolution itself whereby the commoners and some other factions sought to take back political power over France from the ruling class/monarchy. This led to countless loss of life and so much human cruelty.

The story is about 90% based on true life events but it's major protagonist is a completely fictional character called Oscar François de Jarjayes. Oscar was a member of the Jarjayes family who have been loyal to the Monarchy.

Oscar, due the her father lacking a male heir was raised by her father as a man to succeed him. As a result, she joined the Royal guards.

It is a tragic tale that retells the events leading up to the French revolution and many characters who played different roles in it.
I had to do a little research on the French revolution after I finished watching and while the series isn't 100% accurate, it is mostly accurate and many of the major events and characters were captured in this 40 episodes anime series.

It captures many major events like the Affair of the diamond necklace during which the people completely lost faith in the ruling class. ..

When I started the story, I thought it would be like the usual Hollywood female power show with Mary Sue characters but the deeper I went, it became clear that this wasn't the case.

Every character stands out with their own strength and weaknesses. Oscar struggling with her own identity and romance as someone who was raised as a man and who had fully accepted that identity, even if it meant depriving herself of love and attempting to shut out her feminine side and feminine emotions.

Andre who loved and was loyal to Oscar but would not hesitate to call her out when he disagreed with her choices.

Marie Antoiniette, the Dauphine of Austrian origin who entered a political marriage at the tender age of 14 with the French Dauphin (who became King Louis XVI). She was mostly portrayed as a timid but ignorant Queen easily manipulated and swayed by her own emotions and thus failing to see the plight of the common people.

The way the story captures many events is brilliant. The soundtrack too was brilliant and fitting.

The only downside is the animation. Since it was animated in 1979, the animation is not great.

Beautiful review.

joseph1832:
Abeg watch, make you let us no weda e worth am, make we no waste data.

Broke negro

Chibudollar:
i have asked this same question here a while back. There'll never be a new idea again. Anything you can think of has already been made before

You are very very wrong.


There will always be new ideas. As new technology and discoveries come up, so do new ideas. The problem is that Hollywood are very cautious about new ideas given that audiences seem to react better to familiar IPs.


Take for instance, there was no social media movie before 1999. Now we have horror movies where serial killers stalk prey online. We have thriller/mystery movies based on social media etc.

Furthermore, the possibilities with animated movies are endless. Just look at the creativity in anime and some animated movies like inside out, up etc.

Hollywood has not even made a movie about our very own Jagaban- A crime documentary about Tinubu- "THE COCAINE POLITICIAN" or "Naija Narcos"

Palehair:
Yep, you are right....... it's not that hard but it's not called the movie Business for nothing and new stories are always out but they don't take the spotlight the way existing IPs do. Audiences scream and beg for new stories but tends to disappear immediately they are out and the movie flops, the director pays for it in director jail. how on earth is this motivating for filmmakers?

When faced with original ideas in movies, the same people will call it boring. Most original ideas now do better in series because of more time to do world-building.

How many Nigerians went to watch bladerunner and its sequel? Even when inception came out, I watched it in the UK and came to Nigeria. It was as if I was talking gibberish when I was hailing the movie- until six months to a year later when shalaye masters went to download it.


As new technology comes out, there will be more original ideas but they will be chased cautiously. No investor/producer/director wants a box office failure.

If a movie fails, these same shalaye masters will come and be laughing at the movie. Can you imagine the basterds? That same shalaye goat that is asking for original ideas was hyping Barbie non-stop while not realising that the Barbie movie was not an original idea (as it is not the first Barbie movie).

NaijaMemes:
Alien Romulus 7.5/10


Finally, the Alien franchise went back to its horror roots!!

I like some subtle references to the earlier movies.

The lighting (or lack thereof) added to the scary vibes.

One drawback that the film does have is a "final girl trope". Cliche, isn't it?

Great movie. I'm going to see the whole Alien franchise again, even though I know that this movie is mostly related to the first movie in the franchise

So, I was too tired to point out some other things in the movie.

1. In every Alien movie, there is usually a new type of xenomorph. Sha , it is understandable because the Alien DNA parasitically strong enough to mutate and overwhelm any other being's DNA.

2. Aforementioned final girl trope.

3. It's best to watch in a cinema that has great sound- IMAX? Because the sound gets loud at intense scenes.

4. Space.....I'm inspired by space. Maybe I'll give Joseph1832 a run for his money in poetry about space.

Alien Romulus 7.5/10


Finally, the Alien franchise went back to its horror roots!!

I like some subtle references to the earlier movies.

The lighting (or lack thereof) added to the scary vibes.

One drawback that the film does have is a "final girl trope". Cliche, isn't it?

Great movie. I'm going to see the whole Alien franchise again, even though I know that this movie is mostly related to the first movie in the franchise

RepoMan007:
Lol.
Why won't they take jobs? They are more trustworthy and hardworking. More competent on the average. Better trained. Less annoying to work with. Efficient overall.

Even the ones that are racist?

Palehair:
Lol, na everybody be man/woman of the hour for abduleez1 eyes even when Margot Robbie was having flops back to back before Barbie saved her from being labelled "box office poison", she was still woman of the hour. It's really funny how people think "starpower" in this day and age is working when most of us know that the marketing is the one doing all the work

I just checked. Between wolf of Wall Street and Suicide Squad, she was in many flops. Interesting.....her career was not as straightforward as many think it is

abduleez1:
Twisters destroying predictions with ease.
Glen Powell.....the man of the hour.

abduleez1:
Not really bruh.

TWISTERS is overperforming and the two animation films of the summer are still legging superbly all week long.

Yet another example of "hyping the hype" shalaye.

Twisters 2024 is not exactly a financial success. Twisters needed to make a minimum of $400 million. It made only $338 million, approximately.

Twisters was only a hit in America. Globally, it didnt make up to $100 million.

Typical shalaye masters of Nairaland will be hyping a movie because many websites are hyping it.

Hazardfan1:
These twin girls deserve to win BBN 9, they are too dramatic and entertaining.

I feel like slapping you through my phone.

Illusioneffect:
He never criticises if the content is good or bad - it is not a review channel

What is the meaning of "review"?

A breakdown is a review.

Illusioneffect:
This is what is wrong with criticism - you make up points to defend your point and that's wrong 🤦🏽‍♂️.
You can totally separate it - merit over race- don't you think it's racist to even say you can't seperate it👀 it's like saying you can't condemn a piece of content because the group who made it is black👀
Get over yourselves abeg

Bro. I was about to argue then I watched the Democrat Party Convention. They brought all the black and Indian celebrities.

What kind of patronising, race hustling crappie os that?

Are we voting for a president or black family feud TV show?

Maybe this woke thing is getting too far. I stand corrected.

But I won't vote Trump sha if I were American

Illusioneffect:
Bro😂😂😂😂 I just said Sex Education was one of my best series until s4 came out. I just think trying to preach above entertainment is not what movies are for

There is nothing wrong in preaching in movies. Just don't let it overshadow the plot. There is a difference between Disney and Marvel movies.

Disney preaches too much

Illusioneffect:
Like I said - I watched the Boys S4 and it wasn't great👀 it was good close to avg - personal biases most of the times determines how you take a series - Sex Education is one is my favourite series of all times but most people here hate it because it's gay leaving out its story🤷🏽‍♂️. You can't single out The Drinker because he does the same thing. The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto was totally hated by people in the United States not because of its story but because of the director and its message- imagine those movies coming out today! Most people in Europe and the US who actually like the movie would say they don't because they don't want to offend folks - the same for Black Panther


It wasn't just antiwoke right wing movie critics saying this - normal people were saying it too.
The story was rough and had no balance and unlike previous The Boys seasons- it wasn't meshed with reality at all - what was the point of Annie having an abortion storyline except to get rightists talking 😂😂 or the hospital scene where hundreds of normal people were killed with no repercussions whatsoever just to get clips to post on X😂😂

Just admit that you dont like wokeness.................

Illusioneffect:
You're totally right with his take on black panther but it wasn't foolish- rewatching it over the years shows how overhyped it was - the only reason it was very successful was because it was Marvel combined with black people and white deniers supporting black folks- it doesn't have anything to do with its story🤷🏽‍♂️. But nonetheless, it was still a fun movie to watch

Black Panther was not just a movie, it was a movement. You cannot separate both. The Critical Drinker wants to separate both because he doesnt like the black woke movement.

Illusioneffect:
You watch heavy spoilers -for reviews?👀 When has he ever reviewed a movie

Heavy Spoiler guy does breakdowns, easter eggs and hidden meanings in movies and series. Still a kind of review sha.

Illusioneffect:
It's not, through mass hysteria on rotten tomatoes and X, there have been different clips on the Boys choosing gore and offending right wingers over substance and story - if millions of folks tell me not to watch something THAT I'VE ALREADY PREDICTED WOULD BE ASS! why would I need to watch it and waste 7 + hours when I could be watching something else 🤷🏽‍♂️


I sincerely don't know anything about that 🤷🏽‍♂️ and can't comment on it. As a cinema goer, I still rely on movie critics to watch a movie- I can always tell when there's personal bias towards a film- critical drinker sightly hated the movie but I still went to watch it🤷🏽‍♂️ and it was my thing - he never said don't watch this film

Bro, you just proved Palehair's point.

The Boys Season 4 was good. Of course, it wasn't as good as the earlier seasons, which is natural for any superhero series. Please, tell me a superhero series that season 4 is better than the previous season (*cough* the flash).

However, you were swayed by anti-woke right wing movie critics that THE BOYS season 4 is not good. It is still great, even though earlier seasons are better.

Palehair:
Like it's getting redundant at this point because I don't even listen to critics in the first place and if I did, drinker will be the last one

The Drinker is quite funny at times when he bashes Disney.

I confess that I still watch him for laughs. But for serious critiques or critics, I watch the following-

1. Heavy Spoilers
2. Brain plot

Deadpool 1 and 2. 7/10


Rewatching the franchise. Typical funny Ryan Reynolds. Fun, action and funny. Brings back good memories for me.

The Union (2024) 4/10

Boring, repetitive and cliche. Netflix trash movie

Jackpot (2024) 5.5/10

Stupid fun. But still stupid.

I'm really starting to dislike Akwafina.

abduleez1:
Been trying to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey and man that thing is boring as Bleep!!

I'm about 1hr into the movie and I still don't even know the point of the story I'm watching so far for the past two days. Slept off in the first 30 mins. Continued the next day, another dosing off in the next 30 mins and I no know wetin dey occur. 👀👀

It has nice visuals/VFX that somehow holds up to this day but I hate the sound scoring or sound engineering of this movie. The sounds are just jarring and off-putting. Sharp sounds just comes out from nowhere I begin to wonder if it's meant to scare me or something. Cos this type of technique is what is synonymous to horror genre. This one doesn't even blends it well. The sounds just comes too sharp and at times too loud it doesn't match the previous sound score at the background.

Omo, I no know how people enjoyed this film and it's rated highly amongst all time top films. Me I never see anything unique yet asides from the visuals that's very good for a 1968 flick. Still don't even know the point of that 18 minutes scene with the Apes in the opening sequence. 🤦🏽‍♂️
Or I'm probably the weird one. Make I sha try watch am finish.

This is easily the weakest I've watched of Stanley Kubrick so far.

MC shalaye strikes again.


Rating 1968 with 2024 mind.

DC flopping is going well this year.

Here are some DC trash
1. DC Tomorrowverse- JL Crisis on infinite earths 1
2. DC Tomorrowverse- JL Crisis on infinite earths 2
3. DC Tomorrowverse- JL Crisis on infinite earths 3


Suicide Squad Isekai is another flop. There are hundreds of better Isekai anime from Japan. Suicide Squad Isekai has great animation but it is just average in plot and other things.

My adventures with Superman- is just for kids and light hearted.


Let me see if batman caped crusader is good. Batman normally saves DC's azz.

Shalaye masters can keep hyping DC but DC will always fail them.

Ah. The Critical Drinker debate!!

The guy has some good points about the wokeness of Hollywood. However, he can be wildly biased. If I want to laugh at Disney or a woke film, I will watch his reviews. Outside that he has a lot of trash opinions.

I remember his foolish take on the first black panther movie.....

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