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Baddestguyp:
Watching 9 seasons of a sitcom?

Omo...I no fit...tastes differ...

If you don't offer good plot, I'm out lol...

Sitcoms are rarely about "plot", as each episode has it's own "plot", and as such you can watch any episode at random after your first run plus most sitcom are about 21 minutes top. The plot most times aren't "head scratchers, so with all these, i believe sitcoms are one of the easiest medias to consume.

The Office US S6 - S8 (2010 - 2012).

More warm hugs on a cloudy day this!


I am totally still enjoying this, albeit it's a bit slowed down , and i think that is expected in sitcoms, as it gradually winds down to the end, the writers begin to have less wiggle room to work and so, some episodes might didn't hit but was still a totally great watch. They threw me a massive curve ball at the end of S7 tho 😩.

I am sadly down to just one more season before i complete the show, so i think am gonna let that last season stew for a while because i am not ready to see the end of this show 😩😅.

Hall of Fame level Sitcom this 👌🏿

8/10.

armadeo:
I've watched entire seasons of series more than twice sef

Friends ( I watch this one tire )
House
Scrubs
Monk
Got
Aot
Sherlock
Atlab

Of the top of my head.

Scrubs! ❤️.

My fave sitcom of all time, An absolute delight each time i get to re see it, and i never seem to get tired or bored of it lol.

A good friend of mine, sent me all seasons, back in 2014, and ever since then, Bar S9, i think i have ran through all other seasons more than 10 times since then.

Top tier show fr ✨

Kaycee7:
And here I was hoping Scargiver would give us something substantial to continue the argument from Part 1.
Hurts to read this. Love Zack and I really pray he teams up with a good writer(s) and eventually delivers something epic for us down the line.

Maaan. i remember giving you stick on your Part 1 review, thinking Part 2 will be better but brahh "The Scar giver" wasn't giving at all.

Worse still, some of his misguided loyalist are gassing him up, saying this flick is good, so he is just gonna keep making more of it, i am hearing.

I still respect him, as a filmmaker but i can't ignore the obvious decline. When he is ready to tell a different story from this, I might be interested.

Ishilove:
I'm surprised I'm just reading about this movie. Is it available for download?

Yes it is.

Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scar giver (2024).


This is definitely for the last remaining members of the ZS fanclub

I didn't see the point of having this standalone sequel, this just dragged out the story unnecessarily and everything could in this could have been easily cramped into 30 minutes and added to the first part to make just one movie.

That been said, this is probably one of the hardest movies for me to review, cuz it isn't unnecessarily bad like the general consensus says but there is little redeeming qualities tbh. They didn't develop properly on the story or give any hoff about character development that warrant having these 2 movies. I actually defended part 1 cuz i thought part 2 will be considerably better, but is just about the same stuff, and i totally lost it when, the antagonist and protagonist were fighting with a light saber cheap knock off 😩, it stripped any form of any little authenticity that the movie had laid claim to prior. There is a good intergalactic space war franchise etched somewhere in there but it is all wrapped in a slow mo fest + amateurish prod. it ended on bait for another sequel but except your last name is Snyder, i don't really see anyone been interested in it further than this.

and i like my man ZS, but maybe it's probably time i admit to myself that he has hit his plateau and he is probably washed now 😔. With Netflix making a pact last week , that they are not gonna be funding movies with "No substance" going forward, I'm afraid ZS is never getting any serious money to back future projects.


5/10

Laroy, Taxas (2023)

A deadbeat simpleton with a cheating wife, is mistaken for a hitman for hire and things kinda just spiralled into the most funniest sequence of events ever, when the real hitman shows up 😅.

this is probably the funniest flick i have seen in awhile so if you're looking for something funny and light hearted for the weekend....look no further. i totally recommend. ☺️

7/10.

For Maria Èbún Pàtàkí (2020).


"When i no sleep, my mother no go sleep....she nor dey tire eh....oh really?"


There are times when Nollywood surprises me with thier strong storytelling which seems to always strengthen my convictions that this Industry can make gems like this, that touch on important topics without the usual trope of the "raz", crass, unnecessary loudness and prop, we have been used to in recent times.

Damilola Orimogunje's For Maria Èbún Pàtàkí, touch on a "forbidden" topic and dared where no other film maker in recent times in this clime has dared to venture. For a runtime of a little over an hour, it tells a story of "Derin", who after a traumatic birth experience, falls into postpartum depression and feels disconnected from the child, and basically everyone around her, failing to even realize what was going on and how to even help because the normal "Nigeria condition" doesn't allow for trivia stance like been "depressed" and any form of mental health check is taken with levity here, and so, our dear Aderinsola is easily just tagged as a "Bad mother".

The whole thing was done in basically one location with about 5 cast, but with this meagre resources they were able to tell a very important story with alot of takeaways. Gabriel Afolayan shines here, as he always do, but Meg Otanwa's Aderinsola portrayal of a new mother with zero emotional attachment, was the real deal.her mannerism and utterances were all too real, a clear sign of a supreme performance.

The set location and cinematography was blended in a gloomy and dark way, which horned home the narrative and made it easily relatable, they also threw in some macabre score to serenade the whole thing. They were sound editing and mixing issues but i will forgive those.

i can't promise this is a happy story, far from it, it is as gloomy and dark as they come, but it is a good watch, and i wish more Nigerian filmmakers are this bold to tell, these type of stories.

8/10.

Chibudollar:
A man with no honor whatsoever. Hated him in the beginning, started to warm up to him in the later episodes. Now my hatred for him after episode 9

Honour una lol. All this man has done is to strategically play both sides, to save his head, It is not like Lord Toranaga has his best interests at heart. So Yabushige should willing lose his head along with Lord Lord Toranaga, for a beef, Lord Toranaga alone, has against the other Reagent Lords?? Me think not o.

lol again, this man has shown from the beginning, he is as sly as a fox, so it's baffling, you lot are expressing shock over his lastest antics 😅.

Like Captain Jack Sparrow said...Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.


So Yabushige is just playing by the rules of the jungle.....

IngeniousLeez:
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Mannn...What the hell? Am i bugging or it seems replying to me for the past 2 days has got your main moniker clipped by spam bot. The bot moving mad again cuz funny enough i couldn't find anything spamy in your reply 😩.

So sorry 😔

Illusioneffect:
In the case of Monkey Man, I wasn't expecting it to make a lot of money. I just know it will be very successful on streaming

That was the original plan, only for Jordan Peele to swoop in and try a big screen gimmick, but tbf, the budget was about $10m. That is a classic archetype small budget streaming flick

IngeniousLeez:
True man. Cinema culture is somewhat dieing due to economic headwinds impacting the entire industry worldwide.

Remember seeing AQUAMAN 2 in January and we were like 10 I'm peak holiday period ooo. I'm not thinking what weekdays would be although it's box office collection in Nigerian cinema says it was a huge box office draw. So it was probably frontloaded in the first few weeks in December.
Similar experience with The Batman in March 2022.

Let's face it. Proper cinema culture [/i]wasn't really a thing here, people on here see it as some sort [i]social status climber than actual love for movies, which leads me to ask, are there reliable sources for B.O. numbers from Nigeria?

As you rightly said, the insane rate at which premium content drop on VOD platforms makes it even worse for people to go to cinema. But I feel it's economics that's the biggest pain point. If one really wanted to see something in theatres and the cost is favourable or negligible, no matter, they'll see it in theatres. NGL tho, early VOD release has eased one's pocket and the pressure of watching it in cinemas.
There's the feeling of watching something in theatres then 2 weeks later it's out in the high seas... shït be making you feel some type of way. 😂

True. I can't really explain it, except you have a dedicated cinema/media room in your house, nothing beats seeing a true blockbuster on the biggest screen and Hi-Fi sound possible which is the cinema. You'd be absolutely lying if you think you can recreate such ambience with your core i3, 13 inches laptop on top your mattress 😩. But then again, when one is being plagued by the economy of the poverty capital of world, best believe, people are definitely going to be waiting the short period for VOD to drop than spending insane amount for movie tickets

Funny trend I noticed is that normal standard theatres in North America or Europe are not even the ones benefiting from the high performing movies this year. It's IMAX Cinemas reaping the results with about 40% and above gross coming from it for films such as DUNE 2, GxK and co. The hardcore franchise watchers are opting for the premium experience while average cinema goers are showing more apathy. That's a huge problem for cinema chains like AMC, Cinemark and the likes.

And shit like this is looking to continue with upcoming franchise films like Furiosa, Kingdom of the Planet of Apes, Alien: Romulus and co.

so basically, if your movie is not IMAX shot, there is a very high chance of it hitting apathy with casual movie goers, bearing in mind, shooting in IMAX shoots budget of flicks up, and so, many flicks will fall short, because prod companies are only willing to shoot in IMAX for only true blockbusters

Anyway bro, like i have always stated, movies hit a plateau around peak COVID era, and the industry has been experiencing a diminishing return as actual good movies are a rare find these days. To put things in perspectives, Dune 2 might be the only really recent flick i have coped in a long while, all the others have been flicks i missed out on, from yester years. So as it is now, i am not even arsed about seeing any flick at the Cinema, anytime soon, so i am a big fan of these flicks dropping like flies on VOD almost immediately after cinematic release 👏🏿

lool...we start "Crimson Sky" ourselves, it seems 😩🤣🤣

IngeniousLeez:
Guess I was banned.... 😩

What i can deduce from your write up is that, WB has probably seen that DUNE: Part 2 has hit set targets and it's probably the highest grossing flick this year even, so they will rather slow thier roll on it by releasing the home media early, so that GxK can have a soft landing at the B.O.

But generally speaking the ease at which home media drops after theatrical release is baffling, Kung Fu Panda 4 is doing decent numbers at the B.O and yet within 2 weeks, the Home Media is already available...like...back in the day, when VOD wasn't really a thing, a true blockbuster blu ray release was an upwards of between 3 to 5 months after the cinematic run and so the wait was killing, that's why most people just opt for Camrip or TS because they couldn't just wait.

In hindsight, bro, i ain't even complaining cuz ngl, it's a Big W for my pocket 😩 but cinema culture, especially, in improvished places, like our clime will die down. On release day for DUNE part 2, standard ticket was going for like 7k!. My friend went to see it, last 2 weeks at prime time, and could you believe, he was the only one in the Cinema room, that could seat 1.5k people at a least. Back in the day, blockbusters were like 1.5k flat to see, at that time sef, i could use my UNI ID card to see films for 500h, even at then, people were reluctant to even come out, except maybe on weekends or public holidays, compared to now, when the economy is even in worst shape than then.

Almost nobody is paying that high to see films now, when they know there is a high chance the VOD/PVOD/Home Media drops within weeks. Folks will just be refreshing PSArips, Pahe and the likes, playing the waiting game with keen interest and just keep sailing away ☠️

Arizoner:
This is not funny. Marvel will not finish us. In the film, Madame web can relive moments as well as see the future. In the comics and wikipedia, she has visions and can see the future but cannot relive moments. I dont get it. Is it that there are two versions of madame webs that we dont know. Someone should explain to me. I'm lost

There is a reason this movie tanked and it is a miserable 12% on RT. It is bottom barrel low quality garbage. Stop stressing your head over it.

abduleez1:
My Omo is omoing.....

Although the movie did perform slightly poorly. So it's kinda understandable for me. There was a movie going apathy towards the movie.

DUNE part 2 had movie going apathy too? That was supposed to be, arguably the biggest blockbuster out this year, and Zaslav had that shii out on the streets, barely a month into it's cinema run, in full HD 😭.

The bitter fact is, generally, distribution companies might no longer rate cinema and all it's allure. Football and other pieces of media have already sold thier souls to VOD platforms, and maybe movies are slowly following suit.

I haven't studied the numbers, but it seems distributing via VOD platforms, have a better harmonised financial return these days.

The absolute dire state of cinema culture mann 😫. The wait time for blockbusters to hit VOD shelves is like one month!. At this despicable rate, no movie is clocking 1bn greens anytime soon, even gulping 500 mil, would be an absolute miracle fgs.

Ashawoman82:
Remember its just starting , got started getting interesting from season 2_3..

lmaoo. It literally has 2 episodes more to go and that's it, no further season. Now if someone is saying the show is not "intriguing" so far, then they are probably viewing it from a different "lens" because the entire political and power meanuvre that is one of the main Pillars of GOT, is basically what Shōgun has been serving us deliciously for the past 8 episodes, so people expecting some sort of "big bang" to make the show "intriguing" for them are probably seeing the wrong show.

Comparing this to GOT, side by side even, is even a mismatch imo, because GOT had a large volume of source material to chew from, hence ample time for proper world building and character development.

It brings to mind my recent reading of recent comments of people saying "DUNE: Part 2" is boring because they expected some sort of intergalactic space and desert war unending for 2hours plus!, meanwhile, it was the best adaptation of a book Hollywood has seen for a while and probably my fave film this year, thus far.

Case in point. Shōgun is almost 100% similar to one of the fundamentals that made GOT, great, which is the power tussle and political rogbodiyan. The remaining aspects of GOT outside this are the Fantasy aspect of which Shōgun is not a fantasy piece. So the comparism of Shôgun to GOT is not far fetched and is very valid!.

ositadima1:
You can check "12 monkeys" the TV series as well, very underrated.

Bookmarked. You are far too kind. Thanks 👍🏿

Chibudollar:
any little thing supakku or whatever they call it. Like you don't enjoy living or what. LMAO

lol apparently, utmost loyalty and honour is a very big part of the Japanese culture, albeit, the Seppuku bit, is a bit rare in modern times, but still happens in rural areas that still follow the old way, from what i read awhile back.

Commiting Seppuku aside, bringing shame and dishonour to one's person, place of work or family, is kind of an everlasting social stigma in Japan and that's why the average Japanese is so so disciplined to a fault, but they are becoming more liberal tho.

Catching up on the last 2 lastest episodes of Shōgun and i must say these Japanese Mfs take honour and loyalty, a little too real and overboard 😩😩.

At any slightest inconvenience....."I want to commit Seppuku"......like chill bro, 😩.

The show runners have done a good job so far, cramping a massive 1,100 page book into what would be a 10 episode limited series run, meaning they went straight to the heart of the story to capture the very essence of the book, with no unnecessary detour.

and i also like how the entirety of the show, is mostly based on political wriggling, impact of cultural clash and imperialism and all the subtle scheming and backstabbing going on, as opposed to actual pillaging, war and all out violence, like the premise would suggest, in a brilliant way i might add, that it doesn't comes off as boring or tedious to sit through.


A massive last 2 episodes in the offing i deduce. A brilliant brilliant show so far 👏🏿.

This might actually be one of the best shots in CBM history 😩😩.

Joker (2019) gave me one of the best theatrical experiences in all my years as a cinephile.

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)!.....we are so back!💐🤡

Baddestguyp:
This show has been on my watchlist forever...

But the time I tried it I was struggling with character faces...these German characters all looked the same to me...


But I will definitely give it another try someday

Really? The first i am hearing this.

In the exact opposite, this is one of the reasons why i am not much vested in Kdrama, because honestly, they could line up 10 Korean actors/actress, and not to sound like a bigot, i wouldn't for the life of me be able to tell them apart, but you seemed vested in Asian media alot so this shouldn't be a problem.

The only problem i had, was that it almost became too tedious and overwhelming to follow, because of all the knots and curves of the show, a good problem though, i might add.

Dark S1-S3 (2017 - 2020).



Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills." - Arthur Schopenhauer.





solid solid show ...an unprecedented all timer ✨ ⌛

8.5/10.

Elle (2016).

Powerful.... Provocative.... Perverted.

A psychological thriller that blurs the lines between ràpe and consent.

Michellè is violently sexually assaulted in her own home, and instead of calling the police, she took a bath and set to do things her own way. This set the tone for an unpredictable, twisted, depraved psychosexual thriller game of cat and mouse that takes the subject matter head on, in a controversial but yet unique way that keeps one seated at the edge of the seat for the entire 2hrs plus run.

Isabelle Huppert performance as Michellè/Ellè is a stellar portrayal of sexual assault victim that is grounded in total reality, her character is not written as a "saint", but rather a multi faceted personality whose moral depravity arc is not stripped away, as she might be down for a ménage à trois, which might want to infer on the audience that she deserves no sympathy but her softer humane/ emotional side is also layered in to paint a fimer picture that perhaps, she does not deserve to be assaulted, and frankly speaking nobody does. She is already a legend in French Cinema but that Oscar best actress nod in 2017, was all more deserving only bettered by Emma Stone's La La Land Stint!.

PS: The film shows in graphic details sèxual assault of a very violent and disturbing nature, and could be a trigger if you can't stomach such picture, so please be warned.

Top shelf film!

8/10.

Saint Omer (2022).

Infanticide?! An Act of Mercy or an Unforgivable atrocity?.

i am totally in my French Cinema era atm and this was among the ones, right on top of my library.

This riveting French courtroom drama centers around two women in a twisted moral quandary, setting the stage for a gripping exploration of humanity's darkest depths.

Enters Laurence Coly, totally disillusioned with life and facing a seemingly eternal cycle of uncertainties and sadness, who stands accused of murdering her 15 month old Child, an act she thinks, it's "mercy", but to the all white judicial panel, with obvious residual racial undertones, are convinced it's borders on stark insanity.

Enters Rama, a writer, observing the court case as an inspiration for her next book whilst being pregnant herself and facing similar uncertainties about life, thinking Laurence Coly might actually not be mad at all!.

For a plot based on an upsetting true life story, this was in stark contrast, cathartically beautiful to watch, no thanks to the extremely well layered acting and characters that provides multiple interpretation and dimension to the subject matter that made the whole thing so realistic and compelling to digest, and of focus, the french language is in the top 10, best language for a dialogue, so this was obviously more seasoning to an already good meal.

The film seems to ask more questions than it provides clear cut answers...but at the end...the answers becomes pretty clear...well depending on various POV anyway.

8/10.

Greatdesi:
Those guys dropped another tweet claiming their source was wrong. That it's not April fool joke.

So the release date is still to be announced.

They are like the most reliable source for VOD release dates and they are hardly ever wrong. Infact, they were the first outlet to announce "The Killers of the Flower Moon" VOD release date last year and people doubted them, and it turned out to be true.

So them announcing this, when WB even has a contractual 45 day after cinematic release clause, on the 31st of March, screams April fool to me!.

abduleez1:
Lol, premium April Fool's joke.

lol....well April 2nd is just Tomorrow, so things will become clear soon 😄

Illusioneffect:
It isn't. Zaslav don smoke something. A movie that is going to 750mil, you decided it should go directly to streaming. THat's the reason Nolan left WB

Like!!. He didn't even give the normal 45 days gap between Theatrical release and VOD, and this is arguably thier biggest title this film year. Totally absurd if true.

Ahoy?! 👀👀

It might also be an April's Fool ruse 🤷🏿‍♂️😭

SOZINN:
Warrior Season 3 (2023) - 90%

Where should I begin? I was utterly astounded. What an extraordinary experience! For more than 5 hours, I was completely engrossed in front of my screen, devoid of any interruptions. This show epitomizes excellence, as it adeptly accomplishes nearly everything it sets out to do. Although there are a few shortcomings in terms of fight choreography and minor plot inconsistencies, they are overshadowed by the overall brilliance of the production. There are numerous aspects of the show that warrant commendation, although I am unable to delve into all of them.

However, one aspect that particularly captured my attention is the exceptional equilibrium between action and drama, executed at a professional level. At no point does one element attempt to compensate for the other. It is not a slow burner. The show has massively evolved since its first season, progressively reducing the inclusion of filler scenes. In previous seasons, fillers may have been employed to meet the desired ten-episode format, but in this instance, the show stands on business from beginning to end, with a strong focus on the narrative. I hope they keep going because I can only envision the writing improving further, raising the bar even higher.

It has been cancelled.

Halo S1 (2022) and S2 (2024).


Whichever person/persons that mentioned the above named show on here, should please go to the nearest beer parlor and order his/her fav lager with 2 big headed catfish pepper-soup plate...bills on me 😩.


After much chatter about this on here for the past few weeks, i decided to give this a go and i didn't know when i consumed all 17 episodes of both seasons inside 3 days! 😩.

This is basically Sci-fi supremacy!, extremely well done to the latter. The world building and character development is totally bonkers, so good that they basically have an open ended plot line for S3 or even beyond. Since those over zealous mother/daughter scientist duo decided to bring a zombie apocalypse with a canister that was jejely resting on it's own 😩 and the MasterChief already at the Halo, S3 can follow any of these plotline and it will still be game, set and match!👏🏿.


Btw, the energy sword, that is wielded by those Covenant Mfs might actually be the coolest Sci-fi sword, since the Lightsaber 🗡️

Top Tier show

8/10.