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As someone, who didn't really like Vikings (it was average for me, most of the time it was boring), but loved Ivar and the overall concept of the original show, I didn't really had any expectations about this one. And I think this is the only thing that saved Valhalla from being rated 1 star.
Sadly this show was the definition of boredom. It lacked tension, it lacked really anything. The characters were too weak, they didn't stood out, however they wanted to - except Jarl Haakon, but only because she was portrayed as a black woman. If she would have been portrayed as any other viking, she could have been an other one of those average characters as her companions. Not even the main characters were interesting enough. Leif was too silent for most of the time, Prince Harald was just too much, and the actor played his role too badly, and he had the cringest scene of all time. Freydis... well, with her, her character arc could have been better, too bad this show lacks the same as its origin: good time management. Freydis was a hunter, and overnight she became a fearsome shield maiden. Prince Harald and Leif became insta-brothers just because our Prince lay with Leif's sister. One moment Freydis doesn't like Prince Harald, the next she is in love with him...
Not much is going on on the english side too, unless you count Edmond. I think he could have been a great character, but thanks to Godwin... well, let's not say just anything. And of course Godwin, I don't think he has any logic behind his acts. I mean I couldn't figure out his motives. I thknk they wanted to create somebody like the Kingmaker in Henry VIII's time, but though they chose a good actor for him, Godwin (and the whole series) has the main issue: we don't get to see their inner motives, the behind the scenes. With that, the show could be better.
So lack of good story telling, bad dramaturgy, and boring characters with average actors - Valhalla could have been a great show, the main story behind it is interesting (chatolic vs. pagan vikings), sadly it lacked even those tiny good things that the original show could stand out with (great characters, interesting myths and worldbuilding).
Not sure, if I'm going to continue with this one.

I only giving it 8 stars because I acutely feel the same as Cyrano, and his story resonated with me too accurately: here I am 33 years old, and I have a crush, but my looks are bad, and I know he doesn't like me back - so I'm loving him from afar, and my pride is keeping me to tell him my feelings. I don't think this will change - it keeps me safe and hurting at the same time.
Anyway, I've waited for this movie for a long, long time ever since I saw the trailer. This was my most hyped movie of the year, and while I loved it, I saw its faults: the emotions weren't as deeply portrayed as they should have been, they were mostly superficial (especially with Christian); the pacing felt too fast at times, and I really missed those romantic lines Roxanne and Cyrano exchanged in their letters. But apart from this, I think this was a good romantic musical, the music was superb (you can not go wrong with the Nationals), the actors great, the story in itself was just awesome. I especially liked the way Cyrano spoke, his rhythm, it was a good point.
I know there's a movie with Gérard Depardieu who played Cyrano in the french version, and I know a lot of people adore that version, but I think this was good too - probably mainly for the younger generation, this can act as a gate between the original story and modern era.
So all in all I liked Cyrano, I loved Peter Dinklage and everybody else (Ben Mendelsohn was just awesome!), and I loved the story, the dancing, the clothes, the style, everything. The ending was especially rewarding and satisfying, it suited the whole movie, and it was somewhat realistic - and for that alone this movie deserves a high praise.

Okay, so we know this was a good show at one point. I loved season 1, and the second and third one was okay too.
This 4th season was just pure crap.
Story was not so well written, it was cliché, you knew at the first sight how this will turn out - if not, you live under a rock.
Apart from the story, the dramaturgy was boring as hell. We spent way too much time on useless things, on brooding, on lamenting, it was really painful to watch.
Apart from... okay, so the story was lame, the dramaturgy was boring, but it could have been saved, but the editing and cutting was crap as hell - I can't comprehend why you had to cut at every peak point of a scene, why couldn't you just let it play out - feelings were lost in this editing, emotions didn't impact as they should have. What I mean is that we should have been focusing on the big fight with Max and El, but we had to jump to Hopper once in a while, just to see him run.
I think this 4th season's biggest mistake was that it wanted to grasp way too much than it could handle. We followed too many characters, and sadly most of them just weren't as interesting to watch them as it should be in a tv show. It was boring as hell.
So I think this is way overhyped - just because it has all of the 80's songs, this shouldn't be looked upon as a great show. It's fair and okay if you enjoy it, I enjoyed some parts too, but to say that this is a good show is like stating that you don't consume any entertainment, and your standards are waaaaay below the avarage.
Of course you can disagree with me, but try to convince me.

I was very much interested how they going to bring back Chris Pine, and for this, I got a great answer. Sadly apart from this, everything else felt really poor.
The story was weak, the ending too cheap. The action scenes could have been better, the CGI was really bad at some points (yes, I'm talking about that scene when WW saved the two kids in Egypt or wherever they were), and they lacked tension. There were no twists at any point in the movie, and I really missed them - not that this is a bad thing, you need those feel-good movies once in a while, but we are talking about a big budget movie here.Have some courage to surprise your audience!! It can be rewarding!
At least the actors and actresses were good. You can't really say anything for Gal Gadot, she plays Diana greatly, but you have to admit, her character doesn't need a lot of acting. Kristen Wiig was a welcome, and Pedro Pascal did a great job within the limits his character gave him.
So all in all, this was not that great. I love DC, I prefer them to the Marvel, but there's something missing from their movies. I really hope the next chapter will be better.

I do like korean shows, and this was supposed to be a top tier one, at least with choosing top rated actors, the effort that went into the effects, the music, and the story. Sadly the last bit sank really deep.
I love sci-fi stories, and when this one started, the music reminded me of Interstellar. I thought here we go, this will be an amazing show, but sadly there were a lot of stuff that was made illogically. Like there was no one who could have consulted NASA or Space X as to how the stuff they were implementing to the story works starting from the rocket that launched them, the spaceship, and overall everything. It should have been much believable if somebody worked on these kind of stuff. Also they shaped the characters illogically, I mean they acted like they weren't thinking a lot of the times.
So I'm a little disappointed, but overall I liked this show, it was a fairly good sci-fi survival horror with a cool twist with Lunar Water. The story was stupid at times (people died when they shouldn't have, and there were no factual science here in anything), but at least the actors were great, and the ending was kind of satisfactory. Not the best, but good enough for one time.

A few months ago my sister watched this in the cinema, and was raving about it - I had a huge exam coming up that time, and wasn't in the mood, I didn't even care about this movie, altough I do love Spiderman. In fact I didn't even watch the trailer for it, so I wasn't hyped at all. All I knew that this movie will be the door to the multiverse, and we will see Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield too. I grew up on Toby Maguire's Spiderman, and I loved Garfield's version of it, so I was glad to hear this, but I had my doubts. I was afraid of how they will handle them, what kind of characters they will play - in my mind, Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse was the best story of the multiverse with Spidey.
So last night I watched this one, and I have to say, Garfield took the spotlight for me. Though I liked the story (no matter how dumb it was), and I was glad that we got to see Strange, but man, the emotional rollercoaster with Garfield was spot on. His redemption arc was the best and the most satisfying scene of all time, and the fact that he could bring up a whole lot more emotions with only a few hold-back tears is telling something. It was amazing. He truly deserves everything good in his carreer.
Overall I did find the story stupid - I totally agreed with Strange. They should have just sent back all the multiverse's characters. Holland did a good job with his arc, but nobody could deny that without Maguire and Garfield, this movie would have been nothing. All those intertextuality, all those references (not only to Maguire's and Garfield's universum, but to the Spider-verse's too), the chemistry between the three Spiderman was everything the fans were dreaming.
So all in all I did love this movie - hugely for Maguire and Garfield. It was exciting, emotional, amazing. I wish we could see more with this trio.

I really liked this one! At first it seemed like an average zombie show with average characters, but with each episode they get to make me like every person - so I got invested, and this made the show really exciting. I love how koreans think out of the box, so you don't know who will survive or not. These kind of twists made the show much more intense, and I loved it for this. For me, this show had a good balance of rom-com with brutal, tragical scenes, they mixed it really well. I don't think this was a teen drama, it was much more bloody and gorey, and I especially loved how logical and unexpected the solution to this virus was - all in all, the story was interesting, unexpected at times, and exciting. Something always happened, the kids had a few really good and a few really bad ideas as to how to save themselves, and overall I think the focus was on the best part: a little bit on the virus and the zombies, but the majority was on the main theme: how to stay human in a world full of monsters.
Also I don't think you should compare this to Kingdom - just because of the zombies, that one was a historical show, and this one was a contemporary. Of course the two wont be the same at all. In its' genre, this is a really awesome show!

Binged all 3 seasons.

First things first: this was my first Star Trek series, I've never watched any other, only the original one's first episode. Apart from that, I've watched the 3 Star Trek movie with Chris Pine, and while I've enjoyed those, I've never took myself as a fan, didn't know where the story is originated from.
After 3 seasons of Discovery, I'm still not sure if I've became a "true" fan or not, but after all I've enjoyed this 3 seasons as a whole. I guess (from reading comments on youtube) fans of the previous tv shows' are won't agree with me, but I have to say that this is a fair sci-fi series.
But of course let's break this down further.

1st season: My overall thoughts were good, I loved the series, especially how Burnham was a different kind of character. I loved her for being unemotional, for being so rational, she embodied the Vulcan culture alone. She was fresh, she was the kind of character whom I've wanted to see on tv for a long time. I loved her relationship with Sarek, and the story was enjoyable too. Because I didn't have previous knowledge about the Klingons, I found them ultimately great and fascinating. I even loved the story arc however tangled and weird it became from one moment to the other (I'm thinking about the abuse of Ash Tyler, and his relationship with his captor over the time). So I guess there were some inconsistencies, some really bizarre storylines, but overall I thought that this first season was fantastic with its' faults too. I gave it 8/10.

2nd season: And so I've ventured to the internet, read a few comments, and was disappointed immediately. Fans demanded changes, the outcry for Burnham's lack of tears were shocking. I was flabbergasted. I didn't understand this, I still don't, because something being different is not a fault, and it shouldn't be bad. I know, I can't understand this, because I haven't watched the original tv shows, but for me, the first season had an awesome message: no matter who you are, no matter where you're from, no matter what color is your skin, as long as you are welcoming, you are welcomed in return too. It had a cute, whole-hearted feel to the series, and while that didn't dissipate, I've felt that everything changed. The story became flatter - rouge AI is a cliché - Burnham became too emotional for me (she cried every time somebody told her something), and she started to get on the Space Jesus path. I had to totally agree with this. No matter what kind of problem have risen, the crew "solved everything together" while Burnham did everything alone. She became the ultimateMary Sue character, and I've felt a great deal of apathy from this. Still, the other characters were great at least, and the story wasn't a total fail (with introducing time travel), so all in all it was saved. I only felt sorry for the actor who played Spock, because he is such an iconic character, he couldn't do justice for him - not that his character in overall wasn't in vain, I still think it was a huge gamble from a creators to bring him in, and I think it didn't work out for anybody at all. Anyway, it was a solid season, so I gave it 6/10.

3rd season: And oh boi, we went to the future, almost 900 hundred years flew by, and there were so much potential in it, I'm shocked that it flapped so hard. The story was plain boring - at first I felt it exciting, everything should have been new, fresh, and while it served some of that, after Burnham started to investigate the Burn, it became the same old recipe: she started to solve the universe's huge problem, so she could've continue on being Space Jesus - and she did that of course, not that it was a riddle she could do it or not. At least her relationship with Book was genuine, there was some chemistry between them (with Ash, it was forced), so I'm glad they changed the love interest. Book is far more suited to Burnham than Tyler was.
So the story sucked, it was boring, the antagonist was a joke, she reminded me of the Grinch all the time. The new characters were plain, we didn't get to know them better, and Tal was the biggest miss of this season. Also the biggest fail I've ever seen when it comes to a tv show becoming politicly accurate. I mean... I get it why it's so important for LGBTQI+ members to be represented, but the show failed so much to incorporate non-binaries, that scene with Paul and Adira was the biggest cringe of my life - and because this show wants to represent equalness, acceptance and all of that wholesomeness, it's a huge mystery why they couldn't make a fair scene to get the viewers understand why a human prefers to be called 'they' or 'them'.
But apart from that, Adira's storyline was the most interesting, and that's why I'm wondering why the creators haven't made anything with that. Being a symbiont when Adira biologically couldn't have been one, is much more interesting for me than the Burn. So because of these misses, because the story fell flat, because the creators kind of forgot about the first season and all of its' glory, I gave it 4/10.

Overall I have to say that while this is a good show with great potential and with good actors, there were definitely some miserably outstanding points: for example I think that Anthony Rapp is the worst actor in the world. His mimicry at this point is non-existant, he only has one face, and even when he is smiling, his eyes are burning with the boringness of his life.
Focusing on the characters are: Tilly was awesome, I wish she wasn't backburned in this third season, that wasn't justice for her character. Apart from Tilly, I don't really have a favorite character, all of the crew are awesome, I really love them, especially the crew on the bridge. I hope everybody will have an episode for themselves, becase they deserve it - so that's why I was sad that Michelle Yeoh left, her character was the sole star in this series. She was brutal, she was a true tactician, a warrior through and through.
Also we can't forget Doug Jones, I mean he is just perfect, and I really hope we will see him from time to time. His acting was very welcoming, his character was an awesome, interesting addition.

So all in all I liked this show, and I'm eagerly waiting for the next season, but I see its' faults. I hope it will progress well, that Burnham maybe change back, but if that wont happen, at least I still have a fairly written sci-fi tv show, and that will be enough for me for a while.

Good, interesting story with a time travel twist - I really liked the idea behind the TVA. Great scenery, it shows that they spent a lot of money on CGI, music is also good, compelling, erie, sets the tone of the story.
I loved the idea of multiple Lokis, it was fun to see how they interacted with each other. Sadly Tom Hiddleston seemed like he forgot how to act, his scenes were the poorest of all. Even Owen Wilson was brilliant next to Hiddleston. On top of that, it was really sad to see how they "pruned" this Loki character, he could have been anybody, a mere human, because there was nothing in his character that reminded me of the original Loki. The always-schemeing, always-plotting Loki. The awesomely intelligent, yet funny, goofy Loki. This Loki was a really boring and bad Loki.
Anyway, the story was good, third episode was the most boring IMO, it was a filler to the max - and strangely the last episode missed its climax for me, it fell flat all that conversation with He Who Remains. Most of all, I couldn't take the guy seriously, and if that was the purpose, they did an excellent job, but I think they should've gone with a more dangerous looking somebody. Well, maybe next season?
Apart from that, there were some inconsistencies in the plot, and I find it really boring if the ultimate enemy will be the same as in this season, but we'll see if this show can improve upon, or descend into chaos.
What would fit Loki well I think.

The hype was much bigger than I anticipated. Watching 6 seasons in a row was tedious, but at least nothing was lost - though it took some time to finish this series.
It pains me, but I don't think that Vikings is an awesome show. It was average. It was boring for a lot of time, and the dramaturgy was often crap. Important moments were lost in scenes because everything good was condensed in the last 2 or 3 episodes of a season. Characters acted irrational so death scenes weresenseless - such was the case with Lagertha.
And if we are talking about characters, let's mention a few of them: for me, Ivar was the best character. He was ruthless, he had a great character arc, he improved himself over the time. He was my absolute favorite, and I will dearly miss him and Igor together.
Bjorn also became a much loved character - his was the only one whom I cared about, and his fate deeply saddened me. Probably he was the only one in the series who stayed true to himself from start to finish.
Apart from this two, nobody really stood out - and that's just a shame, because we are talking about a 6 season show with a lot of...
Oh, did I forget Torvi? TORVI? THE WOMAN WHO JUST COULD NOT, DID NOT WANT TO DIE?
Not that she did not die - when she was portrayed dead in the attack of Kattegat with Lagertha's rule in one of the episode (she layed in a ditch with a few arrows sticking out of her) - in fact she never aged at all which is just stupid as hell. I mean come on, I get it, she's Hirst's daughter, but that doesn't mean that you can do anything. Or at least it shouldn't have mean this.
Anyway, not much to tell. The fight scenes were good, the cultural differences were very exciting, but most of the time we just stood still and bored ourself to death. The couldn't really write a good and suspensful story which is a shame, because there are a lot of potential in the Viking era. So all in all, I say this is a good show if you really don't have anything else, but if you are interested in norse culture and mythology, maybe just skip this one - it does not worth your time.