If like me you've recently lost a child, this is not a Movie for you. I thought it was a horror, not a psychological film about grief. Many horrors touch on grief as a basis, but this was in poor taste.
Either way, it didn't deliver anything except disappointment and leaving you feeling horrible inside. Not exactly what you want when escaping into a film for a couple of hours.
I could say a lot, but I feel it's wasted enough of my time.
Do yourself a favour and find something else to watch.
I may be unfair giving this only a 6, especially given I was enjoying it for the majority of the film. However, towards the end it became ridiculous and so obvious, delivering the usual basic crap.
I knew nothing of this film when I decided to watch and I felt it did really well with the storyline, build up of suspense and the paranormal scares. I was actually surprised when it revealed what was going on. After this point, it went quickly downhill, as though they rushed the ending without thought and finished with a ridiculous ending.
I would have loved an ending where the star doesn't escape, it would even make a good basis for another film.
After the reveal towards the end we find out that some of these entities (I won't reveal what they are) have been around for at least 500 years. Cunning, incredibly strong and evil enough to remain hidden and thrive all this time, yet a young female with zero skills, kills them off with almost no effort in a short time. Even if she had all the luck in the world behind her, I doubt she'd have been able to escape. It literally made the entities appear like they didn't have a brain between them. Completely and utterly spoiled the film.
The actors, acting, effects, etc were all fab. Literally a nonsensical ending!
The actor who played Walt... yummy :yum: lol.
As a fan of the original movie, I had high hopes for the series.
Tragically, I’m sorely disappointed :cry:
I’m at a loss to how Disney could have made such an utter mess.
The original movie is funny, magical and told so well. It’s one of my favourite children’s fantasy movies. But, the series hasn’t captured even 10% of what made it so special and loved by so many.
There’s only two people holding the series together and they are of course Warwick Davis and Amar Chadha-Patel.
I’m also disappointed how grumpy they’ve made the character, Willow and well, everyone. Where’s the light hearted comedy?
They’ve literally ignored that unique charm the original film possessed. It’s tragic :cry:
It’s actually difficult to write this review; I know I’ve not paid attention whilst watching, due to boredom. Although at times, even when I felt I’d missed something and rewinded, it still felt as though the story hadn’t been told properly.
Is it just me? Or have they crammed in too much information in a short space of time? 20 years ish has passed and there’s numerous new characters and so many events passed, such a lot of information thrown at us incoherently. They’ve also failed to build up characters, for the audience to bond with.
This may not be a popular opinion, however I do feel they’ve tried too hard and spent too much time trying to be politically correct regarding the LGBTQ community, rather than on the actual story. The relationships come across forced, there’s no chemistry, it all feels too awkward.
I’ve no objection to them having romance in the show, between whoever, after all part of the original film’s magic was the romance between Elora’s parents. But, it was fun and enjoyable, something they failed on epically. Not only on the romance, but overall. It’s actually depressing!
I could go on and on with my disgruntled rant, there’s so much wrong with the show :cry:
Perhaps, if you’ve not had the opportunity to watch the movie, the series may not seem that bad.
However, I do implore you to find the time to watch the film, you will not be disappointed.
Fingers crossed, if there’s a second season, Disney will make a humongous effort to write the wrongs of season one and make any future seasons worthy to be called Willow.
I can’t unfortunately say I’ve enjoyed this overall. I initially watched believing it was a comedy, which in parts it is amusing, but overall it’s quite depressing.
My favourite episode is S02 E08 where Big, the policeman gets high. Apart from this episode, there’s very few laughs elsewhere.
I mainly carried on watching out of interest in to a glimpse of how Native American’s may live. Being in the UK it’s not something we know much about.
It is however well made and solid acting all round.
Sadly, there’s nothing else positive I can say. It’s really a teen drama rather than a comedy.
Previously, I wrote a short, but positive review at the end of Season 1, stating how excited I was for Season 2.
I absolutely despise when great shows are cancelled. However, in this instance I truly wish it had been cancelled after Season 1. At least we would have been left with a positive memory and with our imaginations running wild.
It’s difficult to review Season 2, without giving anything away, therefore I will try and keep my words brief…
WTF! The last episode was an absolute joke and a huge cop out. Who on earth came up with it? Someone very lazy or maybe with an axe to grind? I was literally spitting feathers. There were many amazing possibilities to explain the show to date.
Maybe they were told unexpectedly towards the end of Season 2 it was to be cancelled and they had to come up with something very quickly?
In honesty, I did find Season 2 a tad boring even before reaching the worst ever final episode in history. I felt the show wasn’t progressing , even a tad repetitive. But, I wasn’t put off, due to many shows having their boring episodes.
Wrapping things up; I really don’t feel like wasting anymore of my time, especially given the horrendous ending…PLEASE DO NOT WATCH SEASON 2. You will be sorely disappointed and in danger of being furious.
It made me remember an American TV Show from the 80’s I think, who pulled the same stunt. The media had a field day, with nothing nice to say. If I state the name of this well known show, I imagine you’ll guess what fate awaits you, in the final episode. But, my lips are sealed.
Do you dare watch? Or finish on Season 1, with your happiness intact?
Good luck :)
PS. Not related to the show, but thought I’d point out I’m Dyslexic. Please forgive any mistakes I make. I do check my rants before clicking submit, but alas I still miss too many blunders.
How on earth can this be related to The Witcher, with regards director, acting, storyline, production etc, basically everything. Quite simply…awful.
I’m sure I wasn’t alone in expecting something spectacular if a fan of The Witcher? Why didn’t they use the same people to make this show? How could they actually think this was worthy to be released?
Straight away you could tell there was something very wrong, something very disjointed in comparison to what we’d become accustomed to in The Witcher, it was blazingly obvious we were going to be sorely disappointed.
One of their biggest mistakes, one of many was one of the lead female characters, the warrior who had strangely laid down her violent ways to become a singing storyteller. Hey, maybe it could have worked if they’d casted someone who could act :woman_shrugging: But, even so her character was inconsistent, perhaps early menopause? One moment she’s soft and tender, next biting off heads to anyone who dared look at her. Her only saving Grace was her ability to sing, however, I was quickly bored with the dullest music and nonsensical lyrics, if anything they actually sent me to sleep. Why did they feel the need to have so many songs?
In fairness, it wasn’t simply the songs sending me off in to an afternoon nap, but the whole show. I was desperately fighting to remain awake and find out how this tied in to The Witcher, but one moment I was awake, the next, waking to find I’d missed 30 mins. I lost count of the times I had to rewind. My day turned in to torture from hitting the rewind button.
I could actually write a book if I wanted to list everything awful about this show, but I will not traumatise you further by reliving the events.
It may have been worth it, but alas no, there was nothing new or revolutionary, absolutely no information in the slightest we needed to know from watching this.
After watching a fantastic movie or TV show and becoming involved in our favourite characters, there’s nothing better than finding out about their origin story. However, in this instance, please do not watch this show, leave it entirely to your imagination.
I refuse to watch this. They shouldn’t be making this man’s name anymore well known. Let his name be forgotten!
It literally makes me feel sick. I was a young girl when he was at the height of his career. I remember worshiping him and repeatedly writing in to be on his show.
I’m personally boycotting anything to do with him!
‘Vile’ is literally in his surname.
Seriously, any person with crimes such as his should not be given screen time. There’s so many other subjects, one’s that don’t trigger victims.
I’m extremely disappointed :cry:
I really enjoyed the first two seasons, which led me to rate it 9 out of 10. But, wait what happened to the subsequent seasons of 3 and 4?
Season 3 definitely took a noticeable nose dive, however it was still reasonable to watch, believing it was leading up to what we’d expected in the first two seasons.
Season 4…wow, what an utter s**t show! I’m unbelievably bored and even worse…insulted with their slow and basic storylines of morality. Spelling everything out to us as though we are preschool children, then ending each episode with a speech to summarise the lesson of the show.
To make it worse, it’s changed from an exciting science fiction, fantasy show in to a relationship drama. Why do we have to hear in such detail from every character regarding how they feel and why they did what they chose to do, followed by tears or drawn out depressing scenes.
Do the current writers of the show need a long break or counselling? Or are they trying to make their viewers deeply depressed.
I suspect Sonequa Martin-Green is pregnant again and I wish her all the best, however the show shouldn’t be taking it easy to accommodate her personal situation. I’m sure they could continue with the speed of action in seasons 1 and 2, bringing forward other characters to fill in whilst the Commander of the Discovery takes a back seat. I may be wrong, but I can’t think of anything else that would effect the show as much.
I’m on S04 E08 and I don’t even want to watch it.
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I rarely score 10 out of 10, but I loved it.
Any Doctor Who fans will immediately notice this is basically a modern version of the episode The Waters of Mars. Which on its own was a fantastic episode.
They’ve actually transformed the story in to an action packed and well written Sci-fi Adventure.
My only gripe was the last 20 minutes of the final episode which dragged on trying to appeal to your emotions.
I won’t say anything further, except to encourage you to watch in the hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Don’t be put off with the fact it’s foreign and dubbed. South Korean films and Tv shows are on the whole brilliant and on parr with blockbuster movies etc. They have such refreshing and new ideas for sci-fi and fantasy, albeit this was taken from Doctor Who, which is their most popular foreign TV Show. For well dubbed copies use Netflix, after 5 mins you won’t notice it’s dubbed, except for an odd few films etc.
Enjoy :)
After S1E7 I’m still undecided on how I feel about this show.
There’s no doubt to the brilliant production and high budget. The vast majority of the actors are of high calibre too, which is why I can’t understand the actress who plays the main female part in the first few episodes. Her acting is very weak in comparison to everyone else and it actually makes it very difficult to watch; I’m getting to annoyed with her acting rather than concentrating on the show.
My other main gripe is the pace. Is so slow, too often. Why are there so many long pauses of no one speaking or doing anything of any interest or importance? I find myself constantly rewinding as I’ve actually dozed off, it really does get that mind numbingly boring.
However, the saving grace is when there is talking, action etc, it is worth watching. If all the boring parts were removed, there would probably be only 4 episodes and not 8.
Will I continue to watch? Yes, but only when I’ve exhausted everything else I want to catch up on. Or this is how I’ve naturally progressed without thought. Which is a great shame as it’s got huge potential.
I had no idea until 30 minutes ago it was a well known book series, I’m ashamed to say I don’t read. In my defence I’m dyslexic and by the time I’ve read something, not only have I taken ten times longer than I should, it doesn’t make sense. I and many others are reliant on shows and movies and Im jealous of what reader’s experience as they immerse themselves. It’s therefore far more important for TV & Film to get things right and do justice to well written novels.
I digress…there’s a lot of positives for this show and I will continue to watch as I feel I’d be disappointed if it was cancelled. I hope they are listening to reviews and will tweak the show. Outstanding shows such as GTO went from incredible to diabolical, Foundation could go from a rocky start fo phenomenal. We shall see.
It’s okay to watch and fill in the time, or watch in the background. It’s light hearted and most of the characters and cast are likeable.
However, I didn’t like the actress who played Myka. Her standard of acting was poor in comparison to the rest of the cast and I found her annoying for many reasons.
The character Leena was more or less a waste of time. I felt as though they intended to have her as a main part, but quickly she didn’t contribute anything. Most of the time I wasn’t sure why she was there at all. It’s a shame as they gave her a type of power, but it wasn’t included.
The digital art throughout was extremely annoying and really cheapened the series. I realise it was low budget, but it was still awful!
Hey, there’s a lot wrong with this show, but yet I still enjoyed it as a bit of light relief.
I honestly wasn’t expecting much nor did I know anything about it, but I absolutely loved it.
From early in the film, I found it gripping and tense which kept me glued to the screen.
There’s a lot going on in this film and I see some have called it a mess, however I thought it all worked really well together. Just don’t read too much in to it and enjoy it for what it is.
I especially loved watching the old footage during the credits at the end. As a family we watch a lot of WW history and real footage, but I’d never seen any of that before. Without being sexist or trying to be a feminist etc, it’s rare to see footage of woman contributing during the WW’s and it was amazing to see.
Excellent film, definitely worth watching
The premise for this film is good, but sadly they didn’t deliver it favourably.
I highly agree with other comments regarding Mark W as being the wrong person for this role. The character is someone with far more than pasts lives and a leader, I suppose almost spiritual, however not one of these were delivered in the slightest. In fact Mark was very wooden and there was no depth of feeling.
Unfortunately, with Mark as the main character it did spoil the entire film and everyone else’s performances.
Overall, the other actors were fine, but the director let them down. Again, like others have commented here, the film was TRYING to be deep and meaningful similar to the Matrix and Highlander, but they failed miserably. From the onset there was no real connection with any other the characters to make you feel invested in the story.
In the end it was just another action film and even still I found myself bored and picking up my phone for something to do.
I tried hard to concentrate, but alas it couldn’t hold my attention for long. I think the only part that really took my interest was the end scene with the youngsters sword fighting, but it ended a couple of minutes later :person_shrugging:♀
???? I’m in complete confusion with this episode. Not only did it not make any sense/fit in anywhere with the storyline, it was completely awful too.
It felt as though it was made by someone else, different script writers, storyline, music etc.
Even if it was a filler episode, it doesn’t explain why it was so darn awful.
I’m generally not a fan of musical shows, but I actually enjoy the musical episodes of Riverdale, that was until this episode! My ears are now bleeding from the awful music.
I’ve actually not one single good word for this episode. I wasted my precious time watching it.
If anyone is reading this before watching this episode: skip it! It has zero relevance to the rest of the season. Save yourself from 45mins of upset
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I enjoyed the trilogy, the second was my favourite and the first half of the 3rd film.
It had its ups and downs, but overall enjoyable to watch.
Certainly something different to have a story in 3 films, which were released about a month apart. I also enjoyed that they had a twist which wasn’t revealed until almost half way through the finale.
My main gripe is the parts in modern day, didn’t match up to standards with the rest, it was more childish and satire and I wasn’t sure if they remembered who the target audience was. I felt like I was watching something completely different and not connected to the rest.
Overall, I’d still recommend watching.
My ratings for each of the trilogy:
1) 1994 - 7
2) 1978 - 8
3) 1966 - 1st half 8 - 2nd half 7
I thought this was absolutely brilliant and a brilliant origin story for the series; Kingdom.
I want to say so much, but I don’t wish to let anything slip.
As far as zombie films/shows, South Korea are the best: Train to Busan, Kingdom and now this. They do excellent movies and show generally, if you haven’t already watched any others, I highly recommend you do.
When I start to watch a film, regardless of how poor, I watch it to the end. 30 minutes in and I had to turn if off!
I’m not sure of the target audience; certainly not adults. I’ve had children 11 years apart and I’ve watched more than my share of kids tv and enjoyed a lot of it, but I can’t see it fitting in to this category either.
The basic concept isn’t awful, it’s the delivery. I’m not sure how or why it was aired.
If you’d not guessed, it’s a humongous no from me
I wasn’t too keen on the first one, which put me off watching this, the 2nd of 3. Plus, it’s about a summer camp; how many horror and slasher films have been there and done that.
To my amazement, I actually enjoyed this. It was well done and held my attention.
I enjoyed the characters and the pace of everything going on. Plus it was a bigger build up to how all 3 films come together.
I’m actually looking forward to watching the 3rd.
I’m still confused that the first has anything to do with this, not due to the storyline, but done to how mediocre the first was. They are like chalk and cheese.
A shout out to Sadie Sink, a rising star :dizzy:
Rated 10 by my 19yr old son.
Regardless of all the holes in the story and lots of ridiculous fight scenes, overall I still kind of enjoyed it.
It was dragged out too long and I took breaks from watching it, as I came bored.
The fight scenes were beyond ridiculous, especially at the beginning when about 20 - 30 men tried to storm a tiny flat. Why? :person_shrugging::female_sign:
I did like the fact they tried to make it complicated with layers, even although they didn’t pull it off. It was enough for my imagination to take over.
Unfortunately for me the ending spoilt it. They should have stopped about 5 mins earlier and let the main female character fade away. However, I did like that they brought Eddie in at this point to show the future still remains, even although there’s a new protagonist. But, practically everything after was ludicrous. How did the starring couple actually make it...the plane scene? I’m completely confused with that. If they met as a result of her growing up, he’d be quite old. After all, she is 9 when he’s an adult. I really don’t understand how they got there.
Despite the faults, it was still fun to watch.
This is a fantastic show. It’s not a high budget production and a little rough around the edges, but that actually makes it more enjoyable.I love how they don’t use CGI or special effects.
The suspense and fear is done so well, without a huge plot or 100’s of people everywhere.
I’m personally fully immersed with the characters and their situations. It’s far more realistic, showing the fear and how you’d run and hide rather than in other films, where everyone turns in to Rambo.
Brilliantly done and one of my favourite zombie shows/films.
I’ve just rewatched Season 1, ready for Season 2 in a few weeks.
Do give it a chance and don’t be put off by the low budget.
I cringed through out this, especially at the silly voice Nicol Kidman put on throughout the film :grimacing:
Don’t hate me...but, I don’t get it? I really didn’t like it :grimacing:
I would have liked to have given this an 8, but something just didn’t sit right for me.
I found the film creepy scary, rather than normal horror scary, if that made any sense. I suppose it made me uneasy in a bad way.
I had a quick read on Google and it’s based on a true story, but they’ve chosen to change things in a peculiar way.
It’s still a decent horror film to watch.
I do love Zombie flicks, new, old, corny, comedy and even awful. I was excited when I first heard this was coming to Netflix, but I didn’t hold out huge expectations, after all most zombie films aren’t well done.
I was even less hopeful when I saw the cover art and thought it would fall in to the category of corny or comedy. Then, 5 minutes in to the film, my heart sunk and I expected bad things.
However, in fairness it’s not a bad film overall, but it’s not exactly a typical zombie film. It’s more of an action adventure about a heist with zombies thrown in for good measure. A great zombie horror, is about the fear of being eaten alive, your loved ones turning and the suspense etc; this film didn’t have any of this.
It wasn’t a disaster at all, I still enjoyed their take on zombies. I definitely felt a ‘Silent Hill’, ‘Michael Corvin - Underworld’ and ‘Legend’ influence.
Sadly, it went too far when the main zombie was riding a horse, especially with such poise and he was wearing a cloak, this spoilt it for me.
Generally, I thought they did a decent attempt at the zombies, but they either took too much on or ran out of budget. There were a couple of spotlight scenes on the zombies, where apart from ripped clothes, they were missing makeup and simply looked like people jumping about. The first time it happened was when the main zombie went with his hoard to rescue his mate. That spoilt things slightly for me and I lost my concentration.
I was quite annoyed towards the end; our main character left the roof to fly directly to another building. The main zombie at this point is downstairs, deep in the building, outside the safe. Seconds later, our main zombie is galloping on his horse, moments from reaching the building which the main character was on route too, in his helicopter. And above, but behind the zombie on a horse, is the helicopter :helicopter:? How on earth did the zombie get ahead? There were a few errors such as this, I’m not sure how these weren’t rectified.
I did enjoy the wee twist at the end. They made you feel it was going to have a predictable end with certain characters, but it didn’t. But, only swapped it for another predictable ending, which left it wide open for a sequel. Very corny, but fun.
I’m being picky obviously, I give the film an 8. But, that’s more for overall enjoyment. It was fun to watch.
It’s a good, solid, enjoyable, fun film, but if you’re a die hard zombie fanatic, please don’t watch it expecting that fix you need, it will be a disappointment.
Excited that Season 2 will be shown next week. I’ve rewatched season 1, it’s been nearly 1.5yrs. I enjoyed it just as much as the first time.
If you haven’t seen this...turn it on now!
Overall, I did love the show, but it was extremely difficult to push past the first couple of episodes and that’s why I’ve only given it 8 out of 10.
Don’t get me wrong, I think it was a spark of genius and incredibly well done. I actually love old shows and recently rewatched, I dream of Jeannie and Bewitched, but for me they dragged it on a tad too long.
Don’t give up if you’re struggling too with the first few episodes, it is worth it and don’t turn off after the credits of the final episode; there’s another minute or so of further viewing. Which is perhaps a clue to what maybe next.
Absolutely adore Billie Piper and loved this show too :)
A MUST Watch...absolutely brilliant!
It’s a British show and I had hopes, but I was sadly disappointed. It seems to have a decent budget from the sets, props etc, but the story is weak, as are some of the characters and actors.
I did wonder, if perhaps this is a show with a target audience for older children, if so, then it would be fair to rate it higher. However, I’m sure there’s swearing and unlikely to be a children’s show.
The main cast are all meant to be about 17yrs of age in the show, but it’s awkward watching them play characters 15yrs+ older than they are. It was really cringe worthy during the first episode when a character panicked and said she would be with harden, crazed criminals. Then she was placed with other teenagers who acted as though they were extremely mentally deranged, rather than harden criminals. Unfortunately, this scenario went on too long!
On the plus side, the storyline gets better and stronger during episode 3 and eventually the characters settle as the show goes on, becoming more realistic, likeable and enjoyable.
I don’t like to give up on shows early on and I wait for them to develop, but as of watching the whole first season, I really don’t think I would watch another season. I feel it’s a show aimed at older children.
