#waveyreview

[waveycat]

DAY SHIFT 2022

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[Waveyreviews] 8.5

Maaan😂 the moment I saw the cast and a bit of the trailer I knew I was going to love it and maaaaaan I absolutely love it🔥🔥🔥

I love the fact that, honestly, as a vampire movie, they don't bother trying to explain a lot about how vampires work, or how they came about😂 we don't need that anymore. They're just there... Among us😂 we get like one scene where we get an explanation of the types of Vamps (and a bad guy that wasn't shown in the movie - which leads me to believe there will be a sequel).🤔

The action was incredible!! 😂😂 John Wick style fights, with incredible gunplay, knife-play, environment-play😂 all the fight scenes were a joy to watch.

There's wasn't anything visually "over-the-bar", no awesome camera moments (aside from some failed attempt to move a camera from a car into the air😂that looked terrible) but otherwise the camera work was great.

The Nezarian Brothers😭😭🔥🔥🔥😂😂 YES!! Aside from Jamie Foxx maintaining a comedic vibe (that didn't overshadow the intensity of the movie) The brothers are easily the best thing in this movie😂😂 The hive scene was an Action Masterpiece!! Not too much going on... But just enough to make things WOW and funny at the same time😂 I rewinded that scene a couple times.

The ending was awesome... Bringing us back to the roots of the vampire hunter🔥 masterful. All in all, this was an absolute joy to watch. I hope there's a sequel. Fully recommend.

8.5/10

[waveycat]

LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS [SEASON 3] 2022

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[Waveyreviews] 7.8

Y'know... I think it's rare for any series to have seasons better than the first 😂 but I'll give it to LDR... They're trying. Season 2 was rather trash for me, but season 3 I thoroughly enjoyed almost as much as season 1.

Generally, as a lover of animation, I was looking forward to seeing the different art styles that they were going to give us in the series. I gotta say though...🤔 I wasn't exactly wowed by any of the art styles, they all seemed a little regular. Of course with exception of Jibaro😂 I've got no idea WTF that was but I loved it.

Actually Jibaro is probably my favourite episode🔥 it was so... 😅😅Yes. It encompassed that original WTF energy that season 1 first had. I remember comparing season one of LDR to (an animated version) of Black Mirror.

Anyway... The stories in each episode of LDR3 maintained the weird and existential themes that we love and I enjoyed it all. Binged it all at once!😊

I had a great experience and I'm looking forward to more seasons with more weird stories🔥🔥

7.8/10

[waveycat]

BULLET TRAIN 2022

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[Waveyreviews] 7.7

Now... I would have rated this higher😂 but honestly we have to take into account that aside from the CGI, this was seemingly a low budget movie... AND it was also relatively a foolish movie 😂😂

That being said, this movie is relatively awesome😂😂 it was a wonderful first 45 minutes trying to figure out WTF was going on!!❓

So many stories tangled up into one➰. And the fact that there genuinely directed the sequence towards "fate" and not simply chance😂 even though the shit seemed so unlikely.

The comedy was beautiful😂😂 all the characters are clowns🤡 but they don't overdo it. No scene lasts so long that it gets annoying. They made sure to slip in the comedy at the right times🎭

On the part of the action⚔️ genuinely I've seen better. BUT that's not to say that the action was poor or anything... Some of my favourite characters didn't have enough arc for me to love them enough😔 like Japanese John Wick...

But I genuinely love how they brought everything full circle⭕ it was a great watch, and being that it's been a while since we had a 6 Underground-y, Hitman's Bodyguard-y comedy action movie... This was a breath of fresh air 🌬️ I recommend.

7.7/10

[waveycat]

BEAST 2022

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[Waveyreviews] 8.3

First of all. Idris Elba 😂 doing well at the moment so... Yeah. Secondly... The setting of the whole movie🔥🔥 yes!! South Africa? 🔥😀 Yes!

The beginning was so immersive for me. Like, it felt like somewhere I wanna go. They captured the natural, earthy tone of Africa, while maintaining a certain feel of comfortability 🔥🔥 like... It's not all just jungle!

That house? 🔥🔥 Yes. A place I'd genuinely go to vacation. No WiFi etc. I loved the way they really placed Americans in Africa, and didn't necessarily diminish how Africans truly are.

That being said😂😂 we really didn't get to see much😂 honestly,💁🏿‍♂️ they tried with some of the footage, but a whole lot of it seemed like it was shot in a warehouse and not actually in the plains & mountains of Africa😂

Like... 😂 There's no background substance to most of the cinematography up until the action starts, and even then, it's like the jungle only has 3 locations📍

I do love the one-shot camera though. Hella dedication🔥 camera man basically spends the whole time moving through locations with the actors without breaking the scene 🎥 and they use this constantly in the movie. That's cool🔥

I love that the movie kept my ass cheeks clenched though 😂 that feeling I used to get when watching shark movies🦈 I was already over 1 hour in expecting another hour of action😂

Also... I don't know if this is really how people talk during panic😂 but damn!! These people can not take a second to shut TF up and listen😂 everyone always trying talk above the next person!

Also... Idris in the final battle almost rivals Leonardo DiCaprio's THE REVENANT against that bear 🐻 it looks so real. So gritty🔥

All in all, it was an awesome movie to watch🔥 it did what it had to do, there wasn't much else I would have expected (aside from a little more of Africa). But yeah, definitely watch it.

8.3/10

[waveycat]

ELYSIUM 2013

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[Waveyreviews] 7

I watched this way back when it has come out, and it never really left a mark on me at the time😅 just felt like another futuristic sci-fi movie. I decided to take another run at it now, after coming across it in some Top 10 list.

Honestly, I actually love it 😂🔥 it's not a super-wow, but I feel like they had a great concept here. I started thinking about how I would love to play it as a video game😂 then I remembered COD: Advanced Warfare.

The idea was great, I feel like they could have done much better with the cinematography. There was opportunity to build a better "landscape" but they just sorta flooded the world with obvious CGI😂

The villains lacked substance😂 like... There was nothing about them that made them seem worthwhile, aside from the psychopathic South African😂 but even he got a little annoying. They were hard to "love" as villains.

That little dynamic camera thing they did TWICE in the whole movie😂 it looked cool... But it was poorly used.

I'm throwing a lot of negatives hey... Ok. The story did actually captivate me. The protagonist had every reason to behave as he did, which was awesome🔥 almost predictable at times, but good enough to keep me going🔥😂

All in all, it was an awesome cheesy movie😂 coz practically speaking, the world would fall into chaos at the end there... But it's definitely worth a watch.

7/10

[waveycat]

Looper 2012 ---------------------- [Waveyreviews] 5 I know... I know. I'm absolutely late to the party 😅 but in my defense. I had tried to watch Looper as soon as it came out back in 2012 and I got soooo bored. It's coz I didn't know what I was getting into😂 I've always seen it among lists of "movies like Interstellar" and "Mind-bending movies" but I just wasn't convinced. All in all... I'm still not totally convinced😂 It's a good movie with a great story line, but personally not one i would go and watch twice.💆🏿‍♂️ The premise is interesting coz it's different, the time travel killings and all... But I felt like I wasn't really drawn into the "world" of Looper... Rather just the story of this guy... which was predictable AF really🥱 Then there was the TK 😂😂 that felt like an afterthought... Like... It felt nearly pointless... Like "what can we do to make the certain people special?" Ooooh give em superpowers😂 and a superpower that has absolutely fuck all to do with the movie. It could have been replaced by anything... A gun even. But all that aside. It's definitely a movie worth watching. The fact that they tried to play around with time travel without actually telling us the science that would mess things up 😂 ACTIVELY AVOIDING telling us the science 😂 Anyway, it's a movie you should watch but I don't think it's going to capture the hearts and minds of everyone. It breeds curiosity, but delivers little satisfaction. So... 5.5/10

[waveycat]

The King's Man 2022 ---------------------- [Waveyreviews] 5 It took me a while to actually get into this one because I kept hearing negative reviews and I generally wasn't in the best space to watch crappy movies this year😂...so after a long wait, and nothing else important to watch, I finally got into it. This movie is.....boring😂 I mean... I've been searching for something to keep me going and aside from references into the world war... There's no substance here. No idea what this has to do with the King's Man. Over 30 minutes in, and nothing of consequence has actually occured😂 Now .. We go through most of this movie, not really knowing what the hell this movie is about 😂 or who it's about... I mean... There's the big picture... The war... But there's so much useless stuff going on.😂 I think this thing actually spent an hour trying to build character backgrounds. There's some nice action, here and there. Nothing too "wow" but the action is there... I was able to finish the movie though... The sense sort of reared up towards the end. But honestly, as a third installment to such a great series of movies, I feel like it didn't do the Kingsman movies justice. Made me interested in rewatching the other movies, but I would not watch this movie twice. 5/10