How To Train Your Dragon

 

Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon I have both become massive fans of this year. I watched all the films and the Dragon series is a strong contender for best animated saga ever. All three are heart warming and touching. Did we need a remake? No, but it is from the same director so let it ride. This is a worthy adaptation. It is not quite shot for shot but feels close, it is more mature but doesn't force it. The cgi is great, the battles, while not as epic as the original still look impressive, the acting is top notch and the score is fantastic. Bring on part 2, bring on part 3. 

Snow White

 

Most live action adaptations of Disney animation has been less than stellar. Jungle Book and Cruela being the exceptions. Snow White didn't particularly look good but I wanted to see just to kinda piss off those that were so enraged with it. I agree with not doing dated angles for women so I was intrigued how this story would work.....and it didn't.  The acting, sets, musical numbers, costuming,  and cgi were all God awful with Rachel Ziegler being the stand out. She is solid here and has a presence,  just a damn shame the film wasn't what she deserved. The actress had a great stance unfortunately the film failed to meet what she wanted or we needed. 

Ballerina

Spin offs need to stop. Ballerina isn't a bad film, but it is unneeded. The John Wick saga is the best crafted action series of all time.  They are stylish, which this also is, have great action, which this also has great choreography....which this lacks. The stories had heart, this one doesn't.  It's a shoe horned attempt to milk a series with a forced fi al act thst logically makes no sense in the greater universe. I was not bored by this but I didn't particularly care for it. 

Match of May

 

Jey Uso vs Seth Rollins: World Title: Raw

Iyo Skye vs Roxanne Perez: Raw

Sheamus vs Austin Theory 

Mission Impossible Final Reckoning

 

Stop me if you have heard this, there is a new Mission Impossible film out....and it tops the previous one. Holy fuck what a film, this is how you do a blockbuster series that doesn't feel mass produced, this is a highly thought out and well crafted saga that feels like cinema. Every actor is great, all the stunts are fantastic,  the plot is a thrill ride, the kills can be shocking and there is plenty of emotion to pull the heart strings. Thank you for churning these out only when needed and not every 2 years, thanks for taking time and creating the second best pure action franchise of all time in my opinion