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Saints Row IV (2013)
Sucked
Saints Row: The Third is one of my most favorite games. Saints Row IV? HUGE disappointment. It's like you're on god mode the entire game. Too much explosions, ridiculous moments, stupid plot, boring gameplay, redundant, uninteresting. This game is so easy and dull that it gets boring extremely quickly. I really tried to enjoy the game, but it's just too hard. I managed to play for four hours before I couldn't take it anymore. God it sucks so bad. The people who rate this game high are the ones who love explosions and chaos and like to feel like an awesome, unstoppable hero or whatever, not people who try to appreciate a game's mechanics, story, and execution. SR4 is just really lame and typical. Stick to SR3. SR3 is full of explosions and awesomeness, but at least it's very enjoyable and interesting and has good gameplay.
Story 3/10 Gameplay 5/10 Graphics 7/10 Difficulty 2/10 Enjoyment 3/10
Overall 4/10
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Don't forget a box of tissues
You know how really good books are often adapted into crappy movies that don't do the story justice? The Fault in Our Stars is not one of them.
It's hard to describe the plot of TFIOS to convince someone to see it. I mean what else could you really say besides "The Fault in Our Stars is a romance comedy about two teenagers with cancer who fall in love" that doesn't make it seem like a typical sappy romance film that most of us are tired of by now? How else could we try to distinguish the unique quality of TFIOS as we know it besides following up on that plot summary with, "But really, it's John Green. You just have to trust me on this!"?
I was honestly skeptical about seeing this movie at all. The cast didn't seem very exceptional from what I've seen from the trailers. I was afraid, like many others, that seeing the movie would replace my vision of the book as when you thinks Harry Potter, you instantly imagine Daniel Radcliffe. And I didn't trust the performances of the actors, especially having last seen Maleficent, in which all the cast were extremely bad with the exception of Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning.
It wasn't until I saw John Green's tweets about sneaking into the theater to see TFIOS with oblivious movie goers, learned about his close involvement with the movie adaption, and discovered that it was the official opening day that I got really excited and asked some friends to see the movie with me. I was skeptical throughout the entire movie until an involuntary teardrop ran down my face, and when it was difficult to stop myself from sobbing, I knew, this was extremely good. Shailene Woodley (Hazel) and Ansel Elgort (Augustus Waters) were absolutely phenomenal. Everything was extraordinary - the pacing, execution, cast, story content (what they included and didn't leave out from the book in the movie), music selection - not to mention hilarious. Well worth a watch. You'd be missing out if you didn't. I'm going to see TFIOS for a second time tomorrow because it's just that good.
I suggest reading the book first and then watching this. Make sure your heart can handle the tears. You'll be glad to be a part of Hazel and Gus's little infinity.
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Maleficent (2014)
Hmm
mixed feelings. It was extremely linear and straightforward, especially predictable, and all the actors were pretty crap. Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning (and Sam Riley, the crow dude) were spectacular though. The movie had several unnecessary parts and dumb, flat af characters, and a bunch more things I can list off but that would be mean. A good amount of the time was just like "WHY?" Too many ridiculous moments to be dismissed which were mostly ridiculous due to the bad acting and stuff BUT
The animation and scenery (it's scenery porn I tell you) were incredible. All the parts with Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) and Elle Fanning (Aurora) were amazing. I laughed so much. I actually cried a little. They made up for all the bad acting from the other people. And oh my god the fluff. The dialogue between the two aslkfjasldfh
The beginning lagged a lot. The whole time I was just like, "This is a bad movie. Will this turn out to be like what Frozen is to me? Nope, this is a bad movie." Mostly because of bad acting and more bad acting and even more bad acting jfc. And partially because it was super linear and straightforward, simply laid out when it could have been awesomely presented. I guess it worked out in the end now that I look back on it. They made it work somehow with the approach they took for the storytelling. But once Angelina Jolie appeared with her good acting skills and gorgeous cheekbones and stunning eyes and awesome stuff happened, it was pretty enjoyable
Overall, it could have been a lot better if they, you know, actually had a more effective plot execution and good casting (other than the obvious two), but Angelina Jolie makes it all better with Elle Fanning and the fluff was simply wonderful and the pacing is actually spot on and the animation is oomph. Worth watching. Maybe for a second time too.
Yeah. Mixed feelings