Excellent movie. The pacing was noticeably better than most other DCAU movies, the art style looks fantastic, and the action scenes are exciting.
I loved this movies portrayal of Wonder Woman (personally I think she's written and developed than in either live action adaptations) and the relationship between her and Steve feels so natural.
As for the Flash, finally he has a portrayal where the writers remembered that he's a genius and can do things other than go fast.
I also enjoyed Superman, with the callback to how the 1940s version of him was just super strong and invincible, so they never show him flying or using any of his other powers.
As for the other characters I was plesently surprised with how well developed they are for being side characters, with Hourman feeling like he doesn't belong on the team cause his powers only last 1 hour, or the romance between Canary and Hawkman. With Barry and Jay Garrick teaching each other Flash tricks they never realised they could do before.
The one thing i'm a bit iffy on is the ending. having the movie go from fighting Nazis to for some reason fighting Atlantis felt like a bit of a weird U-turn and I feel like they did it just so they could have Wonder Woman fight Aquaman and not have to end the film on them winning the war. but what they did with Doctor Fate and the mysterious "Advisor", as well as the very end of the movie, make me think that this is the second step (after Superman: Man of Tomorrow) in another connected universe with a much more long-game threat.
What I find so compelling about Dark isn't just the veiled allegory for fascism and evil lurking behind society--although that's interesting. I love how the show pulls from a multitude of references, combining what has worked for other shows and films and making something unique from it. The first season was billed and marketed (at least in the US) as "Netflix's German Stranger Things. The further into this show I get, the more interesting of a selling point that becomes. Not just because it's not really true, but because it seems so aware of people having it as a point of comparison. There's similar elements--80s setting (although only partially here), children banding together, a veiled group behind the scenes covered up by an energy-related industrial complex--but for everything similar, the execution could not be more different. And I'm not even talking only about the time-travel versus monster stuff. Tonally, too.
Each show feels to be a product of it's country. Each show has something to say about the place it's produced. Stranger Things is more a twisted love letter for what we perceive as a period of American excellence and a subtle critique of how that period probably had more issues than we think of it. It's done in a very heavy allegorical context, aside from the whole governmental cover-up business--very similar to Hollywood Blockbuster filmmaking. There's the classic Stephen King paranoia about child disappearances, the small Anytown, USA vibe, etc. etc. It works well for the type of show that it wants to be, even if the later seasons have to radically change its tone to keep up with the rapidly expanding premise. There's some growing pains, but they're manageable.
Dark, however, seems to match its allegory with it's tone and subject matter. It's about paranoia on a more mass scale because the evil isn't just lurking within Winden, it's lurking within it's own citizens--and it only becomes more insidious as we learn that different characters are the same person, just at different times. It's scary to think that you can't trust yourself because you see what you will become. This slow, twisty, methodical burn of a sci-fi concept is as much about Winden as it is about cold-war fears and German history itself. It's really quite stunning.
Oh lord. My mind just blew. I can't wait to see next episode but I need to digest this one first. Otherwise I think I won't sleep tonight.
Who would've told me that Egon Tiedemann's timeline would be the one that I'd be more interested in! I didn't quite like the character back in season 1. Now, all I want is for him to tie everything up and find out the truth before dying.
One of the parts that I loved the most was Egon's relationship with Claudia. I seriously got the goosebumps when old Claudia apologized to him. "Die Welt hat dich nicht verdient". And those three scenes in a row with Claudia and Egon, in 3 different rimelines. Damn, it was too good.
That poor family can't catch a break. His dad had cancer and now she sees her poor daughter going through the same. My heart broke when Claudia saw Regina. And only a couple of minutes ago she complemented her hair. Damn.
Noah and Agnes. I can't wait to see what's gonna happen next. And Noah mentioned Charlotte. Could he be her father? He looked really shocked and then he lied to Adam. Also, maybe it's just me but since everyone seems to be related to one another somehow, I'm starting to even doubt that Tronte's dad is dead. Maybe I'm overthinking it but, could it be possible that both Noah and Agnes are her parents?
Also, my heart hurts for Ulrich. I just hope he gets reunited with Mikkel. I'm just thinking now that Ulrich und Adam are connected somehow. Or maybe Ulrich is Adam. I remember he said something along the lines of "We all get what we deserve" last episode and Adam, at the end, said the same. "Am Ende bekommen wir alle, was wir verdient haben". Maybe it's just a stretch, but who knows with this show.
I'm sick and tired of Helge's mom. Her coldness really freaks me out. She reminds me of Serena Joy in The Handmaid's Tale. And also, there's something really wrong with her and Noah. It's like she's deeply in love with the guy.
Blade Runner, without a doubt a visual masterpiece with one of the best cinematography I have seen in a movie ever clearly ahead of it's time. The score is also terrific, combined with the atmosphere it immerses the viewer into this dystopian world with intricate world building and our main characters. The movie itself looks so cool and elegant, but besides all of the beauty it barely manages to pack a powerful punch in terms of storytelling. The movie tackles some important topics such as the mere existence of humanity and our future. Ridley Scott tries to immerse the user with some deep quotes such as Roy's "Tears in Rain" hypothesis. Although a really deep and a thought provoking quote it was and how subtly well it was, it should have had more development. Personally I liked Deckard's character and wished to see more of Roy. I think Deckard, brilliantly played by Harrison Ford was plain blank and boring. There's zero backstory that makes you care about him as a character despise the stellar performance by Harrison Ford. Throughout the runtime we see him going through the "generic cop solving crime". The pacing was also handled pretty okay, its not terrible nor it is amazing. Some parts were so slow and had no intention of hooking me, I wish they would have given Deckard more backstory and development during the runtime. The movie also tries to play with the viewer's mind by adding the mystery to see if Deckard is a replicant or not, but it failed to intrigue me to even the slightest due to the lack of context and development. Blade Runner is much like Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" which I thought was a huge bore-fest. I might need to rewatch both those movies to appreciate them or even understand the hype they get. You might say I haven't watched enough movies but I really do not understand the hype any of these 2 movies get. Overall "Blade Runner" got stunning visuals and a great score which deserves all the praise it gets. However, it tries too hard on establishing deep themes which ends up being more of a style over substance movie. The movie as a whole is in the middle of Great and Meh. I might improve my rating in the future after watching 2049 thus for now I give it a solid 6/10 rating.
