The Shawshank Redemption

 

                              Like the Godfather Part II this is one of these movies I haven't got around to watching until my brother got me into a corner and, well let’s just say he told me I need to watch this great classic. Now I question the nature of my reality mainly because this is another movie, I also question the Oscars methods of picking a winner. I used to think that Tim Robbins best movie was Bull Durham I was completely wrong, The Shawshank Redemption is his best movie ever period. It’s also Morgan Freeman's best movie as well, but to be fair I would watch Morgan Freeman in almost everything well, almost everything if you catch my meaning. As of right now I don't feel like 

                             Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality in prison life, adapts, helps the warden etc. All in 19 years.

                              I remember my early childhood watching Forrest Gump at my late Grandfathers house every time we visit him furthermore my aunt would have a VHS tape of the movie and we either watched the movie or it may have been on TV, I'm not sure so, I might be wrong its either one of those memories that I'm not quite sure. Now watching The Shawshank Redemption and learning that this film didn't win Best Picture, but Forrest Gump did moreover learn that it was also 0 out of 7 in terms of Awards won. I have to say that now, The Shawshank Redemption is a zillion times better than Forrest Gump, I'm sorry but I just can't accept Forrest Gump being better than The Shawshank Redemption I mean this film has all of the elements of hellish life in prison getting use to how insanely ruthless wardens and prison guards are when it comes to the toughest prisons and one man keeping hope that he'd one day leave the confines of prison when others wouldn't believe they would accept society living. This is one of those great films that has it all moreover I would go so far and say that this would be a great Christian movie to watch in a way, also I would go so far and say that this is a perfect movie to have the juvenile delinquents watch especially some of the High School bullies for example moreover if it were me I would head teacher of detention or summer school I would defiantly pull this movie out for all of the screw ups and say "gather around kids, its lesson learning time about prison life" just to scare all of the students off, in order for them to make good choices in life. Hell, now just thinking about it I might have to pick a day to have my nephew watch this movie. I will have a confession to make, the only good quality movie I've seen besides this film of Tim Robbins was Bull Durham that's it and granted I don't think that's a huge deal but now after watching this great film I now declare this to one of his finest performances moreover his best movie, and to be honest I really don't need to see any other movie besides Bull Durham and The Shawshank Redemption. I honestly don't know what to say on behalf of Morgan Freeman because in all fairness there not a bad movie I can think of besides the Now You See Me films and the non-Batman films he did with Michael Caine but in truthfulness that's really because he's old now, though I will say that this film, is defiantly one of his greatest performances of all time. Now after watching this amazing film, I now have a pure hatred for Forrest Gump, mainly because it beat out The Shawshank Redemption for Best Picture and that film holds a 70 percent rating at Rotten Tomatoes while Shawshank Redemption holds a 91 percent rating. So as of right now Forrest Gump I declare is the worst movie ever, but on a serious not this film alone I would highly recommend watching for everyone. Furthermore, I would even go so far and consider this in the top five best films to watch on Easter Sunday. 

       

                              

                         

Nightmare Alley

 

                                      Okay so now that I officially watched the original classic to Nightmare Alley, I decided to see director Guillermo del Toro's take on his version to Nightmare Alley and see what he brought to the table, and I must say he brought a whole lot to the table then Steven Spielberg did when he remade West Side Story. I will say after watching this great/amazing film, I'm officially going on record and apologize to Guillermo del Toro about my joke I made on my last review for which had much to do with his last movie Shape of Water, now I feel bad deep down because del Toro is a gifted storyteller and a great filmmaker hell he brought me Pacific Rim, Hell Boy and a great sequel to the 1998 Blade film. Bradley Cooper stars in the movie along with great femme fatales in Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette and Rooney Mara. Like the 1947 version I still can't stop thinking about what I just saw moreover found it astounding, so without wanting to talk more about this movie   

                                      In the 1940's New York, down on his luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to a clairvoyant (Toni Collette) and her mentalist husband (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival. Using newly acquired knowledge, Carlisle crafts a golden ticket to success by swindling the elite and wealthy. Hoping for a big score, he soon hatches a scheme to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with help from a mysterious psychologist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most formable opponent yet.

                                      Now the best way to describe which is best between the original and remake is very simple, it’s just like when the remake to 3:10 to Yuma was released in 2007 which stared Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, and both films are exceptionally good between the 1957 version and 2007 version, this is just like that were each film is exceptionally great and amazing you just cannot decide which one is better because in all honesty there both great in their own right. What makes this latest version to Nightmare Alley amazing is it shows all the horrors of carnival life and the city life, but most importantly it dives real deep into destiny and fate as well, and Coopers Stanton Carlisle, goes on this journey maybe wanting to change himself of what he once was but his hubris is so strong that he just cannot escape his destiny. And Bradley Cooper does such a great job in creating his own version of Stanton Carlisle that's the complete opposite of Tyrone Power's portrayal of Stanton Carlisle and without giving any spoilers, really the only difference between Cooper's portrayal and Power's portrayal, is that Power's Carlisle was just a regular average man that's a decent person who is trying to make a living and wanting to get out of the carnival business but after on mistake he feels so much guilt it kind of haunts him but has Molly to be his somewhat conscious and reason that keeps him from losing his sanity, while Cooper's portrayal is we don't know him at first but once we see him throughout his journey we begin to understand that he's a unremorseful person and is willing to sacrifice everything to get to the top of the ladder even if it means his soul. I've seen a good chunk of Cate Blanchett's films through the years, and I can honestly say that Nightmare Alley is hands down her best work I've seen in quite a long time, this is the first time ever that I see her play a character that's mysterious and beautiful but is far more threatening and so scary at the same time and I though she did an amazing job playing Dr. Ritter. In truth I haven't read the book yet, although it’s going to be in my many books I'm going to check out and read, but I can honestly Guillermo del Toro did an amazing job in staying true to the source material of the book and he really does a fantastic job really balancing out some of the great troupes to the film noir genre, in some of the scenes to, as always balancing out his unique style of fantasy horror. The other thing he does great at is really showing all aspects of humanity, for example when it comes to the world of the Carnival it’s really filled with people that's either trying to escape their troubled past or venerable people with nowhere else to go, while the city life you can really see that it's a far more dangerous world fill with people that are dangerous but are also incapable of seeing the good in themselves then in others and del Toro does a great job in not being afraid creating pain and flaws in people that are not all perfect. Now the last film I saw that shock me to the core that I had to step away from the movies, but also thought was amazing at the same time was Promising Young Woman, the latest remake to Nightmare Alley I felt like the guy from Leprechaun 2 where he screams OMG to the screen in terms of how amazing it was but I also felt shocked to the very core moreover just need to step away from the movies because I was beginning to hate myself, in a strange way I can't explain. Now that I watched the original Nightmare Alley I felt grateful in finding a hidden gem that really needs to be seen by tons of people moreover thought the whole scenery and story was just insane, but now after watching the 2021 version, I'm not quite sure I can watch movies or TV again for a while, I might have to start off with watching something that can take my mind off of the world to Nightmare Alley. Guillermo del Toro's version of Nightmare Alley is a dark night of the soul in such amazing way that I would highly say that it's up there with The Last Duel as one of the best movies of 2021 and I would highly recommend this to everyone including the original film.

                 

Nightmare Alley: Original Classic

 

                               After watching this year’s Oscars I've been somewhat hearing a lot of praise for Guillermo del Toro's latest film Nightmare Alley staring Bradley Cooper, unfortunately I was a little weary at first when I heard he was coming out with a new movie because mainly I haven't trusted del Toro ever since he came out with the movie about a woman falling in love with a fish man. Although, as luck would have it, his film was a remake to a 1947 classic of the same name and story, moreover as luck was on my side, I just happen to find the original on YouTube, because let’s face it YouTube is a great way to find some hidden gems from the past. So as always with nothing to do all day I decided to take the time and watch this amazing well-crafted Film Noir. Staring Tyrone Power whose most famous for The Mark of Zorro, after serving his time in WWII read the book Nightmare Alley and convinced 20th Century Fox to buy the rights to the book for which came to be one of his best works. Now, I myself never have seen any of Power's work but I can tell that this was his best movie.

                               Roustabout Stanton Carlisle (Tyrone Power) joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena (Joan Blondell) and her alcoholic husband, Pete (Ian Keith). But when Pete dies, Zeena is forced to take on Stanton as a partner, and he quickly proves more gifted than his predecessor. Ambitious to a fault, Carlisle abandons Zeena and the carney to reinvent himself as "The Great Stanton" wowing high class audiences in a Chicago hotel.

                               In all Film Noir's, they always portray the protagonist as someone with a tragic backstory or a sin they're trying to escape from or another way of putting it an anti-hero, someone who’s not a perfect hero. What makes Nightmare Alley so amazing is that it has all those elements, but shows a man being so desperate to get to the very top of success and then falling so low to the lowest pit in his life that he fears he may not come out of. And that's what Nightmare Alley provides is a con man who dubbing gullible folks out of their hard earn money by simply telling them what they want to hear. This was my first experience of Tyrone Power as an actor and the guy at first was always remembered for as a ladies man and swashbuckler but with this movie after its release, everyone didn't want to accept him as this ruthless con man who takes advantage of people which I don't understand why because I thought he did and a tremendous job playing a ruthless con man whose so obsessed with getting to the top of his game but just when it couldn't be enough becomes his worst enemy, and also they guy served in the Marine Corp furthermore wanted a change in his persona as actor that can change, for which you really can't fault him on that. Even the supporting cast of actresses do a fantastic job as well both are beautiful and visually stunning but also stands up to the star of the film, Joan Blondell whom I just now have been reminded by a MST3K joke, does a great job playing a master of manipulation for Power's character but begins to for warn him about the consequences that would lead to his downfall. Coleen Gray does a great job as well playing the love of Carlisle's life but also trying to be the conscious to Carlisle's ego, though the actress I'm more impressed in this movie was Helen Walker who plays a therapist to Power's character who sees right through him but is also an adversary to his character as well. Now, granted all the leading actresses in the movie were amazing to watch but I thought the one supporting cast member who did a great job as well was Ian Keith as Pete who is really the whole future to what Carlisle will soon turn into and the whole scene between them is really the setting up scenario of what Carlisle would turn into, and I thought Keith did a great job at that. I will keep saying this multiple times YouTube is a great way to find some old classic films that free to watch especially when it comes to movies, TV shows and even sporting events and documentaries. Hell I even found the first Basketball game between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird all because I watched the latest episode of Winning Time, but again I will keep telling all of you to use YouTube a lot because it’s a great way to find some hidden gems of classic movie moreover I will also highly recommend Nightmare Alley, this is one of the many film noir's that is up there with some of the best like The Third Man, Laura, Don't Bother to Knock and of course The Maltese Falcon. 

          

                                   

April Recommendation: Exodus: Gods and Kings

 

                                 Yes, its April but it's also the specials Holiday of Easter and sure I've already did my did my recommendation of the Chosen, but I've said back in January I was going to do a tribute to Ridley Scott and I'm a little bit behind, also I figured this would be a perfect movie to watch in the month of April. It's kind of strange looking back at Exodus: Gods and Kings, it does feel a bit of a mystery as to why Scott chose to direct this film despite the fact, he claims to be an atheist, I guess the one reason I can honestly understand was that it was a year or two after his brother Tony Scotts suicide and he obviously made this movie as a tribute for him. When I first remember the trailer for the movie moreover heard that Christian Bale was playing Moses, I thought to myself that this was obviously going to be amazing I mean hell Batman playing the hero to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt? You can't go wrong with that. Now I'll admit that yes there's a ton of flaws with this movie such as the famous actors playing so-called Egyptians, which fair but deep down doesn't bother me that much because let’s face it Hollywood has been guilty of this for quite a long time so, if you’re going to point the finger at one fall guy, point it at the producers in Hollywood, and deep down they did a good job disguising it a bit. So, let’s dive deep into Exodus: Gods and Kings.

                                 Egyptian princes Moses (Christian Bale) and Rameses (Joel Edgerton) are raised together as brothers. When Rameses becomes Pharaoh, Moses is his trusted advisor. However, Moses soon discovers his Hebrew parentage, and Rameses banishes him to the desert -- often a death sentence. But God has a mission for Moses: Free the Israelites from slavery. Moses returns home from exile and demands that Rameses lets his people go, but the arrogant ruler is unmoved, leading to a battle of divine wills.

                                 After watching this movie, I can admit that yes it has its unnatural flaws but deep down I would prefer this film over Darren Aronofsky's film Noah for which all the Angels are moving rocks which I still to this day never quite understand why he would do that, though deep-down Aronofsky is a weird dude. And in all honesty, those two films came out the same year although in different months. But now re-watching this entertaining movie I always said this before but never outspoken, majority of Ridley Scott's films are not bad in truthfulness, there mostly entertaining and Exodus is a great example of still being entertaining. A side from the fact that this is both Scott and Christian Bale's only movie in terms of working together I don't understand why they stopped working together after that because I thought they made a good team, and yes this film was two years prior to Bales final performance of Batman, but in all honesty I truly believed that he did a fantastic job as Moses and for a guy who does a great job being a method actor he really put the whole movie on his back and made it as entertaining as possible. Now everyone playing Egyptian I'll admit it was a bit on the white washing side to it but come on, Hollywood again, has been doing it for a long time so don't blame this movie when you see it in terms of it being inaccurate, in fairness blame the producers and casting directors for not doing their jobs, and also let’s not forget in 2016 director Alex Proyas directed a movie called Gods of Egypt, where Gerard Butler is a Scotsman but playing an Egyptian God but yet doesn't look a thing like Egyptian at all, so again before you try to criticize this movie just remember that Hollywood still to this day hasn't learn their lesson. Anyway, back to the main topic, I thought Ridley Scott did a great job disguising the actors in fairness and Joel Edgerton did a good job with his appearance and his performance as well because from the way some of the actors were dressed, I truly thought they all looked good in playing Egyptian. Sure this movie is not up to par with films like The Ten Commandments or The Prince of Egypt, but I honestly loved Ridley Scott's take in making the films a much grounded towards reality in some ways, but also seeing Moses as kind of a resistance leader and not dressed in the traditional robes and staff towards the end of the movie, moreover always knows how to make a grand epic movie because in all fairness this anything he makes is yes sometimes has its flaws but I still loved this film till the very end. So, for the month of April and Easter Sunday if you’re looking for something new and different, I would highly recommend giving a chance and watching Exodus: Gods and Kings and yes, it’s not traditional like The Ten Commandments but I can honestly say that you'll be entertained by Bale's performance as Moses and some of the grand epic sequences that happens throughout the film.

    

                                     

Easter Sunday Recommendation: The Chosen Season 1

 

                                I decided to spice things up a little for the month of April, which is the special day for Catholics, Easter Sunday the resurrections of our savior Jesus of Nazareth, and no this has nothing to do with the Easter Bunny because as we all know he's not a real thing only Jesus matters most. My mother has been dying me to watch this biblical show for quite some time and really when it comes to the month of April it’s in a strange sense hard to find any movies or shows based on faith when it comes to finding the right ones. So why not watch a show my mom has been begging me to watch at a perfect month. And so, to sum it up in the best sentences possible this is hands down the GOAT of all things biblical when it comes to movies and shows. Where, the Chosen has come from is in both strange and fairness as some come to see as both an independent studio's as far as I can describe, basically creator Dallas Jenkins stated in his own words about studio's "whoever owns the gold makes the golden rules", now I'm just sugar coating on how I've heard it but his way of financing this show in the best description, the show is financed via crowdfunding; the show is free to watch and viewers are asked to "pay it forward" by contributing whatever amount they wish to fund future seasons, and contributors may receive perks such as an extra in the film. As of 2021, viewers had contributed $40 million towards its production, making it by far the most successful crowdfunded entertainment project. So, lets dive deep into what I consider the GOAT of all thing’s biblical media. 

                               To sum it up the show is about the life of Jesus Christ introduces Jesus and the calling of his initial disciples, with a discussion after each episode.

                               Now I'll admit I had my doubts, but in all fairness there are a rare few of movies and television that really have the pure magic in terms of Christianity and storytelling, but what makes this show amazing and beautiful to watch at the same time is that it imbodies both real life problems of acceptance and knowing you’re not alone in the world, and all of the characters from Mary, Matthew and Simon I automatically relate to these characters once the camera focuses on them once their story come to importance. A lot of the ensembled cast where actors that have given up acting when it came to Hollywood so there are some of the actors that were in some movies or shows, though we all just didn't look hard enough but the one actor who plays Nicodemus, Erick Avari I actually did recognized from the 1999 Mummy film for which I was impressed myself, though with all of these actors I have to say Jenkins did a fantastic job in finding them. Furthermore, I will talk about Jesus and Nicodemus, but I going to talk more about the actors who I found more to be relatable in my eyes. Starting with Elizabeth Tabish who does a fantastic job as Mary Magdalene for many reasons when I first watched the first episode some time back she was the first to actually have me see the true potential behind this show, because she first starts off as a lost soul whose been possessed by inner demons until the stranger who I began to realize is Jesus comes into her life and gives her a new purpose, the actor Paras Patel does a great job as well playing Matthew who starts off as a tax collector, whose also an outsider to a lot of the people in Israel and especially his own family but is also autistic as well but what makes his performance great to me is that yes he's in outsider that no one likes, especially when he's celebrating a Holiday all by himself with a dog he found and befriends, but once he witnesses the miracles he begin to question his own surroundings he decides to take a step into a different light. Now the one character and actor I was moved by the most was Shahar Isaac's performance as Simon, because his journey starts off with being a struggling fisherman who's behind debts and frequently gambles and fights but when he's in over his head with the Romans and must pay up full or go to prison he is so distraught that he questions his own God but in his hour of need he sees Jesus for the first time and asks him to do one last fishing line and well I'll let your imagination speak for itself because then he breaks down emotionally and it really moved me because I sometimes feel like Simon in my own life where nothing is going my way and when some mysterious miracle happens its, well let’s just say Shahar Isaac's performance in the show is really moving to me and very special. Erick Avari does a great job playing Nicodemus who isn't at all offended as a Rabbi but is interested in Jesus's teachings but is also torn between two worlds one of which his own personal life and the other where he wants to go with Jesus to learn more. Now this show is defiantly the GOAT of Biblical shows but Jonathan Roumie is the GOAT, when it comes to any actor to portray Jesus of Nazareth, because most actors always portray him as a silent figure with no personality though I do love Rodrigo Santoro's portrayal in the 2016 Ben-Hur but what makes Roumie's performance amazing is that he's really down to earth and fun and loving but also more loving and caring in ways I can't describe, other than once I saw him when he makes his first appearance I was just blown away moreover felt like I was like a deer when the headlights were coming into my way, and in all honesty Roumie's performance is so powerful and moving that he really steals the spotlight in this show and that's what I love about him. This show is free on a app where you can watch it for free and pay it forward, but in closing this is of course saying this again, the GOAT of all things Biblical in media so for this Easter Sunday if you haven't seen this amazing show I would highly recommend watching this with your family.

  

The Godfather Part II

 

                                I finally sat down and watched this amazing sequel from one of the greatest gangster movies of all time, The Godfather Part II. Now before all of you say anything about what took me so long to watch it, when I was doing this adventure full time, I've seen the bottom barrel of the worst movies in Hollywood and it was so bad that I was seriously suffering from PTSD (figuratively speaking) for the fact that there were no good quality films to watch in the theaters, that's basically how bad it gotten. And yes, I've watched The Godfather some time back but that's basically the main reason as to why I've haven't continued onto the second installment. I will say this though, now after watching the movie I understand now how contrarian, the Academy Awards is especially when not picking the right award to the right category and if you’re referring to Al Pacino not getting an Oscar for his portrayal of his greatest movie role as Michael Corleone then you just won a thousand dollars in gas money. But will have to leave it there right now let’s talk about the first and only sequel to win Best Picture.

                               The compelling sequel to "The Godfather," contrasting the life of Corleone father and son. Traces the problems of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in 1958 and that of young immigrant Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) in 1917's Hell’s Kitchen. Michael survives many misfortunes and Vito is introduced into the life of crime.

                                One of the many films I will say I need to question the ways the Academy Awards does especially when it comes to picking the winner, though they were all right on the categories but deep down I'm talking about biggest robbery in Oscar’s history was not giving Al Pacino the award for his greatest performance in Cinema history. Though he was in the supporting role of the first Godfather this film is where he truly shines as Michael Corleone for one this a film where he becomes a bad person to a monster by the end of the film, and his ability to portray his emotions on screen is just amazing to watch furthermore he's really the type of person I would be scared to double cross or have him come to my house unexpected. In the first movie we see him be more of a War Hero and caring individual to his girlfriend Kate, then through the course see him become a more different and darker person. This movie he really becomes a bad person to a more of a monster by the end though sure Vito was a bad person but deep down he was a man trying to survive in America and taking more care of his family while Michael thinks more about his family business then his own family and pushing away the very people, he cares about especially his wife. And Al did an exceptional job playing a villain that's in a sense a respectable person but you have absolutely no sympathy through the course of the movie, and deep down this was the only performance other than the first Godfather I can look at and say that this was Pacino's greatest performance but yet the Academy didn't honor him well enough, for which I'm starting to realize that either the Academy Awards are a bunch of contrarian's or they don't watch movie's at all and just pick the most popular actor out there because in all reality everyone knows that Godfather Part II was his greatest performance of all time and not A Scent of a Woman. Robert De Niro I'll admit did a great job playing a young Vito Corleone, for a movie that's spans through his young life moreover speaks Italian through the whole movie is impressive on behalf of De Niro moreover I love the fact that he really does nothing facing with the character than just impersonate Marlon Brando's performance in the first Godfather movie. Both performances were amazing from Pacino and De Niro and the directing Francis Ford Coppola was outstanding as always but I believe the great surprise of this whole movie was John Cazale as Fredo Corleone, he as always was great in the first movie but he really stood out in the second film especially when he has is one on one time with Michael and spills out his emotions of having being stepped on all the time but in all honesty it really hits home with me in a strange way because I sometimes have that experience but this is between family and in all honesty I just felt for Fredo despite his bad deed he does to the family, for which I'm going to stop right there because I don't want to spoil this for anyone who haven't seen the first two Godfathers. Both Godfathers I and II are the greatest gangster films of all time except for III, they both stand the test of time in terms of what Gangster films are and what they can inspire a new generation, so if you ever feel for an adventure into the heart of crime I would highly recommend watching the Godfather Part II and keep in mind things do happen through the course of the movie despite the fact that the runtime is three hours and twenty-five minutes. 

        

Assassin's Creed Revelations: Replay Review

 

                          Finally finished the final chapter in Ezio's journey, were it combines all three stories of the Assassin's Creed series from the first game to Brotherhood and like all endings they always must have an undecided conclusion. Unfortunately, we get to see what it's like to live in Constantinople during the rise of the Ottoman Empire well even though it's still the same of gameplay as the Brotherhood game, but you still get to do some fun things. Despite not getting more story of Altair's life as an Assassin I thought it was cool to get a backstory of how Desmond past storyline but with a much complexity walkthrough. A side from not a whole lot to explain I guess where going to make this short and sweet.

                           Desmond Miles now in a induce coma must find a way to the linked memories between Ezio's final days as an Assassin and him finding clues to Altair's past and what he left behind.

                            In all honesty there's really not a whole lot to talk about the final installment to the Ezio trilogy other than, it a unique and enjoyable conclusion to the most popular Assassin throughout the Assassin's Creed series moreover I also love the fact that throughout the story that he keeps talking about living a life outside of the Creed and being more mature about the lives he tries not to bring in to his struggle, although we have very short missions with Altair I do wish we had more storylines of his continuation after the first Assassin's Creed because I still hold to him as a fascinating character and I kind of wanted to know more about what he did after the first game more of his adventures with the love of his life and well just more continuations of Altair in all truthfulness. A side from the gameplay it’s not a whole lot to say still is fun and exciting just like the Brotherhood game, I do love the fact that they have ziplines throughout the city of Constantinople and you must kill the enemies who are tearing them down which is nice but at least you don't have to worry about riding your horse into tiny space streets that's for sure. The one side mission I did take some time to play was Desmond's journey and it’s a strange puzzle game where you have to journey through the course of different dream like coma's kind of like a first person Inception, and through that time you get to understand why Desmond left and all of the events that happened that lead to him being captured in the first Assassin's Creed game and I like the fact that we get to take some good time in understanding why he did what he did. Now that I got a new PlayStation, I now can finish this review, and a side from nothing new, it was still a great story and final chapter in the Ezio journey of how a man now making peace with himself in the end of a long journey.  

  

                            

                           

The Silence of the Lambs

 

                               One of those nights of pure boredom mourning the loss of a 2006 PlayStation 3 I've had over the years, though to be truthful it wasn't a huge loss, but it was one of those things were you're like "oh god why in your finally letting go, oh well I guess I'll have to go to eBay and buy a sort of new one-ish". See it wasn't a big loss but still felt empty inside, okay now we're moving on literally, nothing better to do so then I realized that this great piece horror was going to be pulled from Amazon Prime in about ten days so I thought well I haven't seen this film so I might as well use this time to sit down and watching this modern day horror classic for the ages, The Silence of the Lambs. Now before you shame me I should point out that I lived a very sheltered life though to be fair I have seen Hannibal in 2001, I remember I was maybe in eighth grade, maybe seventh and I can remember my brother waking me up and telling me he rented Hannibal on VHS (You'll remember VHS?) and we both sat down in the dark and watched the whole movie and in all honesty the only memory I can really remember being mesmerized by Sir Anthony Hopkins portrayal of Hannibal Lector. Though granted it’s been a long time since I've seen that movie and maybe going back to that movie in October but now having watched this amazing movie it's just so great and terrifying that I can't stop thinking about it. 

                               Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lector (Sir Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who's also a violent psychopath, serving a life sentence for various acts of murder and cannibalisms. Crawford believes that Lector may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, maybe just the bait to draw him out.

                               Of course, this was one of the greatest Horror movies of all time no question about, and to be honest I didn't expect how intense this film was going to be moreover how you can't look away from some of the most horrific moments in the film. The other thing on what makes this movie amazing is there is hardly any gashes of blood when it comes to the film well in all fairness during like the second and third act but they really do is push more of the psychological horror to the audience and a lot of that comes from the many close ups of the actors giving their dialogue and more importantly giving out moments that even make you chill the very bone in your body. And Johnathan Demme did a fantastic job in creating a disturbing world for the audience to feel especially with so much intensity at every turn, moreover, doing a great job in making you as an audience member feel uncomfortable especially when we have some of these great dialogue scenes. Now of course Jodie Foster is a fantastic actress, and her resume proves that dating back to Taxi Driver and what she does in this movie is even greater while playing an FBI trainee whose being dropped into this world of darkness, insanity and most importantly psychological trauma she must endure in finding this killer. Sir Anthony Hopkins of course is amazing as Hannibal Lector, I mean just his posture and close ups whenever he's on screen it's just so disturbing and chilling at the same time but, you can't take your eyes off him at all and what makes him so great he takes a full step into the realm of evil and you just can't stop and witness the whole madness behind his eyes. Now each of them have done an amazing/fantastic job furthermore all three deserved their Oscar wins but they wouldn't have been great without their supporting main antagonists both Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill and Anthony Heald as Dr. Chilton, yes Hannibal Lector is a monster but both Levine and Heald's characters are even bigger monsters through the course of the movie and especially Levine's character of Buffalo Bill who so vicious and really scary when it came to abusing the poor girl in the well that you feel no pity for Ted's character at all and the way he treats his victim that you sometimes even feel sorry for the poor dog as well, and when it comes to Heald's portrayal as Dr. Chilton who's somewhat of an overbearing egotist who thinks the world revolves around him that he would do anything to be the big man on campus especially when it comes to being disrespectful to his prized possession Dr. Lecter. So, in all honesty you really wouldn't have the performances moreover caring for the characters in Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter without hating both Buffalo Bill and Dr. Chilton, for which I do say that both Ted Levine and Anthony Heald who I think were great antagonists of the film and deserver more praise for their work. The Silence of the Lambs is defiantly one of the top five Horror movies of all time and defiantly one of the very few films the Academy Awards got right when it comes to the Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress and Best Director furthermore I think the mid-nineties were the great years when it came for the Academy Awards when it came for appreciating the best films. So, if your ever in the mood to take a walk on the crazy/scary side of cinema I would highly recommend watch The Silence of the Lambs its creepy and menacingly scary and most importantly keep you on the edge of your seat until the final credits begin to roll. 

       

                                  

March Recommendation: Gangs of New York

 

                                     What a perfect time to pick the March Recommendation with the 20th Anniversary release of Martin Scorsese's period epic Gangs of New York, for which when I realized that the film came out in 2002 I was like well I have to recommend this movie in the month of March as well as St. Patrick's Day. This was the first of much collaboration with Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, though this was one of the two movies that defined DiCaprio as an actor. But deep down the real actor that took this movie and stole the movie like it was the perfect crime was the great Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher, but will get to him later. I will say this now, and granted that this is kind of off topic in some ways, but I will put my foot down and state that this is a far superior story than West Side Story just saying because in all honesty I'm trying to throw more jabs at Steven Spielberg sorry not sorry. 

                                     Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a young Irish Immigrant released from prison. He returns to the Five Points seeking revenge against his father’s killer, William Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Amsterdam's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people in 1860's New York.

                                     I would argue that this would most defiantly be in Scorsese's top ten best films I don't think top five but it’s a close in the range of top ten best when it comes to Scorsese's work. Sure this film follows the same story format in past Scorsese films but what I like about this film is that it focuses more on two men's goals of making 19th century New York in their own image when in doubt it's still much of a lost cause. To be honest, if there was ever a time when Mr. Scorsese was ever going to make a period piece, he sure picked the perfect story to make a movie out of it. What’s also great about the movie was that Martin wanted to make this film a long time, since the mid 1970's unfortunately there were a lot of bumps in the road to get to that point and oddly enough he finally made this movie happen. And the other thing about what makes this film still amazing to watch is that it’s one of those films that not even your school teachers would teach you, sure they teach you all there was to know about the Civil War and that North was against slavery and South was all for it, but they never teach you about some of the minor historic elements for example of how worse 19th century New York was and that it wasn't a great place to live in furthermore you had to really survive in that living environment and Scorsese does a fantastic job showing you the entire curl world of the Five Points. If there was any sense of getting you pumped up for a movie like this, the opening battle sequence was hands down the best opening to a battle sequence I've ever seen especially when you have two great actors out of Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis waging war against each other and both men screaming at the top of their longs and charging at each other. All right now I can't hold it in anymore, we're now going to go ahead and talk about the real hero that is responsible for making this film amazing and that's the king of actors, Daniel Day-Lewis, what's really sad now is that most people don't know a whole lot when it comes to Daniel Day-Lewis and in all honesty if I had the best way to describe him is that he's a modern day Marlon Brando but without the ego, for example he's very picky when it comes to finding a role and he doesn't have the famous actor life he's really all about finding the right role and then taking enough days to break away from the roles he chooses because when it comes to him, he's a very devoted actor when it comes to the character and that he won't just act he will transform himself into that character and speaking in truth if you want more example's Gangs of New York is a great one but also There will be Blood is another great example when it comes to his acting chops. Yes, Day-Lewis is in a supporting role but he's really the greatness behind this film, he is so mesmerizing to watch on film that you can't look away and there's a scene where he beats Leo to a bloody pulp he head butts him so many times that I'm confident that he literally did that. Sure Leonardo DiCaprio was around at a young age and was a heartthrob in the late 90's but I believe 2002 was a great year for him, moreover was his climb to fame in becoming a serious actor and sure his accent I'll admit was a bit off to me but I didn't care all that much because of the supporting cast he was surrounded by also Brendan Gleeson who plays Leo's mentor was in the movie so he could of at least spend numerous time with him so he can improve it more. Now when it comes to Cameron Diaz, all I can say is that this is the only movie I can point at in her filmography and say that this was her best movie. Brendan Gleeson was another actor I thought was amazing in the movie in that of all the members in Liam Neeson's gang he was the one who really showed DiCaprio's character in what it means to make a way for the Irish Immigrants that were coming to America at that time. Now I will argue with any Musical fanatic and say that this was a much better story than West Side Story for one good example is that it didn't borrow any story elements from William Shakespeare and that it was focusing more on the topics at hand then re-using story elements from Romeo and Juliet, so in case you're all looking for a movie to watch about rival Gangs pick a movie like this one that really has a much better story than a musical. Now if you're ever interested in looking into Daniel Day-Lewis's filmography I would highly recommend watching Gangs of New York and there will be Blood. Other than that I would highly recommend watching this great period epic on St. Patrick's Day, so to everyone I'd say Happy St. Patty's Day, drive safe and make good choices. 

 

The Batman

 

                                 One of the Greatest Superheroes of all Time is back on the big screen, as he always should be. Only this time it’s a different take on Batman, that's right no more Batffleck and this choice is one of those choices you've never believed would work but for some reasons does for which I'm referring Robert Pattinson and to be honest I now have full respect for the man because he does a great job playing Bruce Wayne/Batman. I know that you all find me being sarcastic, but I thought he did a great job with his take as Batman, hell I even loved Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. I'll even go so far as saying that the whole story line is great and works in the best possible way I can even go so far and say the entire casting works as well especially Colin Farrell as Penguin, though I think what really hurt the film the most was defiantly the length of the movie but will get to that latter.

                                  Batman (Robert Pattinson) ventures into Gotham City's underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues. As evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator's plans become clear, Batman must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued the metropolis.

                                   I will admit there was a lot of things they did right with this film for which I was surprised with and will start off with the cast. In all honesty, I truly thought Robert Pattinson did a fantastic playing Batman/Bruce Wayne, and as we've all learned through the course of the years in order accept an actor whose taking over the mantle of the movie or TV role of Batman, they must at least create their own unique spin on the character that's never been done before. And I like the fact that Pattinson's Batman is more secluded and is using the Batman persona as a coping mechanism to escape his trauma, moreover I love the fact that director Matt Reeves shows Bruce taking off his cowl and we get to see him using eye liner instead of just hiding like the past Batman films have done, furthermore it’s kind of nice to just except the fact that Batman has to wear eyeliner when he goes out to fight crime, also makes for good close ups for a guy whose fighting with his own past trauma. Like I said before the entire cast works, I love that the Riddler is basically the Zodiac Killer when it comes to Batman's world and again the story itself and the entire setting works it’s just one problem I have with the film. It’s just too  damn long, now most superhero films are like two hours and fifteen minutes max, this film is like three hours long and sure Avengers: Endgame was three hours long but that was in action movie this was basically a detective movie, Batman was really doing enough kicking butt, now sure you can make this film three hours, but have the film balance between Batman being a detective and fighting crime and I didn't feel he wasn't beating enough bad guys in the film. Now I will argue and say that Pattinsons Batman is a hell of a lot better than Batffleck furthermore he's earned my respect in being called by his name and not being referred to by his Twilight past, in which now I'm confident he's escaped the hellish prison and now looking to find better work elsewhere. Now would I rank this up with the Dark Knight Trilogy um, I wouldn't think it’s close, but I give a good sense to watch this movie if you’re up for a three-hour long movie, as for me I don't know if I can really go back and re-watch it again it might be a while before I'm ready to go back. 

                                     

Pam & Tommy

 

                          

                         I'm defiantly going to make this review short and somewhat sweet, if there were any mistakes I made when it comes to binge watching TV its most certainly watching Pam & Tommy. If you were alive in the mid 90's Pamela Anderson was defiantly the Babe of the century though the problem was, she was not making the best choices possible when it comes to life and one of the most horrible choices, she made was marrying Tommy Lee. For which spawned the story of the nineties, of these two crash test dummies filming themselves banging each other to death. And yet pissing off certain people that they stole certain belonging and got it out on the pre-historic world wide web. And yet for some reason this was turned into a TV series for which I still think is a horrible idea, although I admit I thought this would be somewhat intriguing but unfortunately it just failed miserably in the last three episodes.

                         I told you that this was going to be short and sweet, now before I dive deep into this was of story time my only positive comment, I can say about this show was Lily James portrayal as Pamela Anderson, for which I thought she did a great job transforming into the Baywatch Star moreover I also didn't recognize her at first. Now that being said I figured that this would be a revenge type story, but it has always didn't turn out then I'd expect, which I should of saw it coming but didn't see the crash burn coming from a mile away. In all honesty the whole show is about people who are horrible in every sense of the word but yet don't look at themselves in the mirror, and though the course of the show I was hoping for Tommy Lee getting his due but of course I never get to see that happen and yes Pamela in real life didn't make the best choices and you can say all you want but I feel like the woman put a target on her back, though I'm just going to leave it at that, but that's just my two cents. I kind of wished they stop casting Seth Rogen in movies because he's not suited for the revenge type guy he just never was to begin with. This show was really a waste of storytelling, and I could go on talking about this but sadly I desperately want to get the taste out of my mouth. 

  

The Righteous Gemstones: Season 2

 

                             Finally finished season 2 of The Righteous Gemstones everybody, praise the Lord though in the right way possible. Danny McBride's surprisingly entertaining Show about the Megachurch family who are dysfunctional on one side but all heart on the other. And of course, I was excited for season 2 and really it didn't hold any disappointments well, maybe a few moments but will get those in a little later. This season I will admit they begin to explore more into Eli Gemstones past and how he became the Walt Disney of Televangelist. But most importantly we also get more Walter Goggins playing Baby Billy who I believe is always the best part of the whole show, but were going to have to leave it there, for now let’s explore more into the second chapter in the Righteous Gemstones.

                            Set two years after the first season everything is going swell, until a mysterious stranger (Eric Roberts) appears in Eli's life as well as a journalist (Jason Schwartzman) who’s on a quest to bring down Televangelists group. Jessie and his wife Amber decide to go in business with a televangelists couple from Texas, but things become complicated as dark forces begin to emerge and so secrets are beginning reveal themselves.

                            A side from the same format that's been used in the first season I like how this time we get to see more of Eli's backstory and how he first started out on different terms and then slowly rising to a Christian man moreover I like how we slowly get to see how he started out and not know the whole story behind his rise to fame. I will admit, I find it amusing how each of the three kids don't learn any lesson from which they've learned in their last season furthermore come up with more ways of doing something outlandish and stupid at time from which comes some great comedic work from Danny McBride. If there was one thing I would have to complain about the second season, is way too many d**k jokes which is funny for like the first season but if you keep doing it more it just loses it touch and even I was predicting one of those jokes in the last couple of episodes and I was thinking to myself "I f**king knew it" which is like I get most grown men like d**k jokes because of size but 95% of the men population don't want to have that image stuck with them forever. In all honesty there's not a whole lot to say about the latest season because everything works in the best way possible the children have a great chemistry throughout the season and Walter Goggins does a great job as always playing a southern hillbilly, for which I feel bad for him because that's honestly the only thing he can do better or a short way to describe it he’s as always typecast. I would highly recommend this show though I would only have to watch this show once because this is one of these shows were I can say enough is enough.

  

Dog

 

                              I never thought in a million years I would ever again express so much emotion, especially when it's a Channing Tatum movie for which he co-directs as well as stars in the movie along with a very cute Dog. I can say and understand that sure women can get emotional when watching the movie Titanic or any Nicholas Sparks movie, well me it’s usually films about Dogs and I've had my fair share of crying when it came to Where the Red Fern Grows and Marley and Me and I've said to myself I would never want to experience that kind of pain ever again, because in fairness I'm a Dog lover and who isn't right? Well, unfortunately my loving and adoring parents wanted me to experience this movie for which I warned them about the last time this happened but with good graces my Mom told me that the Dog doesn't die. And I'll admit I rejoiced to that and I should let you all know that no Dogs died on screen nor in the story, so in case your all worried about that, but I can honestly say that I never expected what the story had for which made it amazing and again made me express all of my emotions via crying, so this may be difficult for me to type this review so let’s talk about Channing Tatum's hands down best movie ever.

                              U.S. Army Ranger Briggs (Channing Tatum) is tasked with bringing Lulu, a Belgian Malinois Military working Dog, down to the Pacific Coast from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington to Nogales, Arizona in time to attend her handler's funeral. Along the way, Briggs has to come to terms with his post-traumatic stress disorder as well as his difficulty with making emotional connections.

                              Now before I begin this review I will give a shout out to my Mother for wanting me to go see this, and also my Dad too, because in all honesty they're really the main reason of my love for different kinds of movies. I will say that this was one of the best movies and best performances by Channing Tatum, for which I find weird in finally saying something of that when it comes to Tatum's career, because really when it comes to Tatum's filmography is really, well let’s just say that the man doesn't make good choices in life but yet for some he's still to this day not making good choices because he's in a upcoming film with Sandra Bullock. But I guess sometimes fate would upmost show the best in people and goes to Tatum who co-directs this great movie as long as stars in the movie, really does a fantastic job playing a character that's suffering from PTSD moreover doesn't really know how to express emotions as well as getting along with people, and yet along comes this cute Dog whose also suffering from PTSD as well and yet the two of them share great chemistry as well as some pain and suffering they've endured through their times in the Army and through the course of the movie I've begin to understand these characters moreover did my heavy share of crying near the end of the film because, well I don't suffer from PTSD but I can honestly say I began to relate to them in a sense that even I as well have a hard time expressing my emotions as well as having a hard time getting along with people and this movie really moved me in saying that there is still love in the word as well as nurturing the hope for humanity even though it’s hard to find. And the way Tatum and his fellow director Reid Carolin are able to do, is introduce two unique characters who have the same mental disorder from their time in the Army and through the course of the story tell this story of friendship and trying to find love in happiness in a time when there is not a whole lot to find in the world. Moreover in a way when things that are happening today with all of the war and Invasion that's going on as well as the end to the pandemic, it’s nice to watch film that shows us all that there is still a hope for humanity after all, you just have to find it in the most strangest ways possible. I will put a stamp of approval and say that Dog is without a doubt, one of the best movies I've seen this year and Channing Tatum's best performances/movies he's ever done in his whole career. I would highly recommend watching this amazing movie but I would also recommend bringing a box of tissues to the theater.            

Being the Ricardos

 

                         Since we're in the final days of February, for which means the end of love, well into some degree either way you know what I mean. Anyway, I figured I check out this movie that tells the story of America's original sweethearts in the 1950's, Being the Ricardo’s, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin the man most responsible for great works like A Few Good Men and The West Wing, and a personal favorite The Newsroom. This is somewhat of a classic tale of America's Sweethearts of their behind-the-scenes life, while shooting one of their latest episodes of I Love Lucy. I would argue that Aaron Sorkin is an exceptional writer when it comes to stories and politics in general and he know doubt has some great works to back it up I have now arguments there. But when it comes to his latest film I honestly don't know where he was trying to go with in terms of storytelling and history we already know. So, let's talk about the behind the scenes of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. 

                         In 1952, Hollywood power couple Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) face personal and professional obstacles that threaten their careers, their relationship, and their hit television show.

                         I've seen a ton of Sorkin's films and the best way I can describe the many Sorkin Tropes are, in all of his films they always feel like a live play production where they’re very limited in terms of the outdoors and after every beginning or ending to an Act we have a special narration almost like a interview portion or telling a story in the style of just setting it in some kind of special event. And this film has almost all of Sorkin's Tropes when it comes to writing a story, which is fine if you’re doing it in your earlier work but this movie you can tell that he's using almost every sample of storytelling and editing technique from his past movies and to be truthful it just feels lazy a little on the boring side, for many reasons I didn't know anything about Molly Bloom's story until I saw the trailer to Molly's game and watched the movie and I defiantly looked at that movie and thought that it was fresh and interesting at the same time furthermore amazing, but with this movie I already knew about Lucy and Desi Arnaz in terms of there off screen persona moreover the real reasons why their show got cancelled was because Desi was obviously cheating on his wife that he never got fresh work ever again and I'll admit I didn't know about Lucy was branded a communist at the time but who didn't get branded with red tape during the Joseph McCarty era, but even if I didn't know that the way Sorkin directed the film and used the main topics of Lucy being a communist or is Desi cheating on her then solving these two problems all in one week just didn't set me back in surprise in all honesty. The most positive thing I can say about the movie was Nicole Kidman's performance as Lucille Ball, mainly because we've all know how she is on the TV show of I Love Lucy, but this movie we're giving a chance to see her behind the scenes and how committed she is when it comes to getting the comedic work right and I thought Kidman did a great job in not just getting the accent down but also giving her a humanized feel to the character, the other actors where okay but they weren't anything special. A side from Nicole Kidman's performance the whole movie just felt useless to watch all together moreover I can probably count the many times I was looking at my Fitbit or phone and I didn't pick up anything knew or anything different throughout the entire film. In fairness I wouldn't recommend watching this movie from the way I tried to hold on to the entire film, and really the movie would have been more interesting if the film was set after the events of the final show run then proceed to the divorce of America's Sweethearts because deep down that would of been more interesting storytelling than discovering if Lucy was a Communist or was Desi cheating on his wife, that's all I'm saying. 

     

The 355

 

                         I was at my brother's house waiting for trick or treaters and I saw the trailer scrolling through YouTube.  My girl Jessica Chastain (I have tried to see every one of her movies, she is my new Johnny Depp) starts off by giving a monolog to the winter soldier about George Washington not giving a female spy her due. I stopped the trailer only 30 seconds knowing I was sold and already going to see this movie.  Sadly I was unable to get to the theaters and had to settle for 19.99 on Amazon.  I can hear you in my head as I type this and you're saying that's just too much, says the reader.  Your right dear reader for the normal person it is too much, but if you meet me you know I am a lover of all types of bad action movies, and combine them with Jessica Chastain who is the best with condescending lectures in movies. 

                         Ok is it worth it? No, not even so bad it's a good action movie. Jessica’s performances are more and more over the top and this one I just rolled my eyes. The plot centers around Jessica trying to buy a computer virus or something. My Eyes rolled in my head when I heard that.  I started thinking about how this was similar to Under Siege 2 where the bad guy is taking over some satellite and he will RULE THE WORLD. In this, it's pretty much the same with the virus able to shut off the world.  The difference is the movie takes itself too seriously. From the trailer, you could tell they were going for a James Bond or Jason Bourne spy movie with female leads. I would like to point out that nothing would make me happier to see Jessica sleeping on a park bench to guys trying to get her to move and she goes ninja on to unexpecting cops. Or have her go full Stallone and use a fifty-caliber machine gun and waste a whole army.  

                         Look as it is, the action sequences don't go far enough.  It feels like the actress didn't want to get into shape to do the kicks or the pouches to make any of the sequences look cool. To tell you the truth it sucks. The action feels so flat because I loved Atomic Blond, Haywire, Mad Max fury road. But Charlize Theron was most likely ever invested in those roles and it showed. But instead of getting actresses who are n invested in the roles, we get very accommodating stuntmen who fall over very easily. Plots that feel like they come right out of a Bruce Willes geezer movie. By the end I was so bored it took me about a week to write this review. So here's the thing don't see this movie even when it's free it's a 1/10 okay a 0/10. PS it's also one of the biggest booms in box office history with an opening week of 5 million.  That's bad lol.

The Book of Boba Fett

 

                One of the most iconic bounty hunters in the Star Wars universe has finally got his own TV series and it’s about damn time, as you've probably notice I finally finished the first season of The Book of Boba Fett, and I must say this was worth the wait. Staring Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett and Ming-Na Wen as the bad ass Fennec Shand. When I was a kid worshiping Star Wars in my spare time there were two characters I always thought were the coolest, the first was obviously Darth Vader and the other was Boba Fett, and sure why Boba Fett was so cool was that you didn't know anything about the guy other than the fact that he looked like a space cowboy with a lot of cool gadgets and whenever I go to a toy store if I couldn't get a Darth Vader action figure, a Boba Fett action figure would be on my list. And when Episode II came out along with a short backstory to Boba Fett's past, I thought it was cool and very excited at the same time also back when PlayStation 2 was a thing Star Wars Bounty Hunter was my go-to game, that I couldn't stop playing for months. Then along with the hit TV series of The Mandalorian came out bringing Boba Fett back plus Temurera Morrison reprising his role of that character I was just overjoyed on was season 2 had to offer, then along came The Book of Boba Fett for which I wanted to watch so badly until now. So, there's no surprise that I'm one of those Star Wars fans that loved Boba Fett so let’s dive deep into the show.

               Left for Dead on the sands of Tatooine Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) becomes reeducated by the Tusken Raiders on how to survive on learns new means to life. The show itself takes place between the events of how Boba Fett escapes the Scarlacc Pitt too after the conclusion of The Mandalorian season 2, where Boba is now the new Daimyo of Jabba's Palace on Tatooine were starting out as the new boss is one thing being a respectful ruler, you must fight to reclaim what is rightfully yours.

              As a fan of Boba Fett, I didn't need a whole lot of convincing in terms of wanting to watch this show, I always thought he was the coolest especially when I first saw Temuera Morrison re don the Boba Fett costume and saw what he brought to the table in season 2 of The Mandalorian was just amazing especially when the new Mando becomes allies with Boba is even cooler. What makes this show great is that, there's a lot of questions that seemed a mystery for quite a long time and now we get answered for obvious example Fett escaping the Pitt, but most importantly what has he been doing after the events of Return of the Jedi and during the seasons of The Mandalorian, for which as a fan that gives some great closure though sure I'll admit I've read some of the books that included Boba Fett, but this is the television there's many differences in looking for answer's in writing then on the screen and I liked the way both Favreau and Dave Filoni were able to bring Fett's new adventures to life. I always liked Temuera Morrison as Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones when I was first introduced to him along with Star Wars Bounty Hunter, but now as a fan he will always be Boba Fett and sure the late Jeromy Bulloch will always be the catalyst of the creation for the legendary bounty hunter, but Morrison is really what give Fett is identity and what he truly is and what he incorporates from his own heritage into Boba Fett's character is even more awesome moreover love the fact that we get to see a more viscous Fett then we've been seeing in the Original Trilogy. Ming-Na Wen is also amazing as Fennec Shand, the fact that her character started off as just a simple character that got killed off in the first season then brought back in season two is even special and what Wen brings to the table is even more special, and I know this is my Star Wars nerdish talking but I like her better as Shand then her other character in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Speaking of Ming-Na Wen I now have the craving to go back and re watch Street Fighter for some reason. There not a whole lot to say about Jon Favreau other than I trust him more to run Star Wars than Kathleen Kennedy and the same goes to Dave Filoni so I'll just leave it at that, but I can't leave this review without giving some recognition to some great talents like Robert Rodriguez who is also a big fan of Boba Fett but really was one of the few people that understood the greatness to the former bounty hunter. Also, I'm a big fan of some of his films he did so a lot of respect goes to Rodriguez, Bryce Dallas Howard I'm starting to respect more as a director for many reasons she really shines more in working with the actors and shooting the action sequences. Ludwig Goransson I have to give shout out because his score for the show is simply outstanding, Goransson is most famous for his work in The Mandalorian and did some music work for Tenet, anyway what he does with Boba Fett's theme I can't stop listening to it I just love how he blends with a lot of western music but also with some medieval music as well and this guy is up there with both Han Zimmer and the legendary composer John Williams and I hope he continues with his career in the distant future. I've said it before if you’re a Star Wars fan, Disney + is hands down the only reasons to purchase the app itself, besides the other stuff it includes I would always use the app for Star Wars use only the other stuff I'm not always interested, so if you loved the character of Boba Fett I would highly recommend watching the show, though some people might tell you differently I still love the show because I get more stories of the former legendary Bounty Hunter.

            
 

One of the many Boba Fett action 
figures I have over the years.