Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker

And so, everyone, we've reached the end of this new sequel trilogy for Star Wars, The Rise Of Skywalker. And people's reactions to these new movies have been really crazy these past few years. And I find a lot of it ridiculous with what people are saying. I've liked a lot of things about the last two episodic movies and I found them really enjoyable. And this movie had a lot of things stacked up against it. For one, it's the last of these new movies, it's being directed by J.J Abrams again with The Last Jedi previously being directed by Rian Johnson and it's having to work out a lot in so little time. And so, did I find it super enjoyable and think it lived up to the hype? Well... no, not really. I didn't hate the film and there were some aspects to it that I thought were cool and some of it was some of the coolest Star Wars moments I think I've ever seen. The rest however is just a really huge mess that really doesn't work for what they're trying to tell. A lot of this film is either boring, doesn't amount to much or is kinda ridiculous, even by Star Wars standards. And a lot of the choices they make are so bizarre that they just don't work at all and feel like they're going out on a limb. But, before we go into all that, let's get the story out of the way. And yes, like I always do, I'm gonna do a non-spoiler section first and then I'll do all the spoilers after. So, what's the story? So after the events of The Last Jedi, Rey is being trained by Leia while Finn and Poe are busy trying to get information about the First Order in an attempt to defeat them. All the while, Kylo is looking for Rey and is now the leader of the First Order after killing Snoke in the last film. And Rey herself is feeling a pull to the Dark Side and is experiencing feelings of new powers and everything. And I'm gonna stop there. I know that didn't sound like much, but I feel like saying anymore would give away too much. So, before I get into the problems, I'll talk about the positives. So, like any of the new Star Wars movies, the main essentials are still there. The effects and performances are still great. The movies from this sequel trilogy always get those right, and out of everything in the film, Kylo Ren is by far the best part. He's always been a highlight for these movies and he's still great. Every time he's on screen, he makes up for a lot for some of the problems. The rest of the cast and characters are good, but some of them don't get a lot to do. Anyway, back to the positives, there are one or two scenes with him that don't work and are kinda weird, but everything else with him are awesome. I also liked how they had Leia in this. Obviously Carrie Fisher unfortunately passed away a couple of years ago, but what they do to have her in this, I thought they did a good job and it was nice to see her. And there were some other moments that're spread out that I really liked. The action is also cool and there are some pretty cool settings for them. However, besides all that good stuff, there are a lot of bad stuff. For one, the pacing's not good. The film can feel really fast at points and really slow which can it feel boring at points. And, I think my biggest issue with the film is the course it had to take due to the direction The Last Jedi took for it. I do still like The Last Jedi, despite a lot of people's opinions on it, but because of what they did in it, it created a lot of problems for this film because they're trying to work out how to make a story, but a lot of it doesn't make much sense because of it. I'm clearly trying to avoid going too deep into it, but there's so much in this film that doesn't work and it feels really contrived. It feels a little like another movie that came out this year already and that aspect to it was really distracting, especially towards the end. Though, I feel like I should say this, people's opinions on these movies is just totally hurtful. Obviously not to me, but I mean to the people who make them. People have been saying really horrible things about the filmmakers behind these films and it's just nonsense. I get other people have more of a connection to these Star Wars movies, but given how a lot of people work really hard on these movies, and while I am currently talking about the problems of this film, I don't consider the people who worked on it bad people, they're just filmmakers doing their job and just trying to make a bit of entertainment. I find it so crazy when people talk about how these new filmmakers for Star Wars are the worst because of it. I find it cruel when people talk about these people nowadays. Yes, they can make good or bad movies, but that's not deserving of all this ridicule. I feel I should bring that up due to me hearing so many people's opinions about these things. But back to the film itself, I feel like there was definitely a lot of great ideas and talent behind this, but because of some of the limits that were set with the last few films, they couldn't go through with a lot of it. And, like I said, there's a lot of things in the plot that feel really contrived and as some scenes went, I kept thinking that some of these ideas just didn't work at all. Especially with one character who returns who I don't think should have. Some other characters feel like a bit like a shoe-in or just completely irreverent and eventually resolution at the end when everything is wrapping, it doesn't feel very satisfying and there's one thing that a character says that just feels out of nowhere. The film also has some scenes that they'll have in scene and then never bring up again, so that made me think why did they put it in in the first place. So to wrap up the spoiler free section here, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is definitely a disappointing conclusion to these new episodic Star Wars movies and it does have a seriously messy story, but it's not like this is an a horrible movie. There's good stuff in it, but just doesn't work as a story and I was really expecting more and better. So, really I guess I would recommend it, but it's very disappointing and I hope something comes up some time in the future that everyone can agree on and it can be considered good. There's a lot I'm looking forward to in terms of Disney and Star Wars, like The Mandalorian on Disney+ when it's available where I am. And so, everyone, that's my review for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker. Thank you all for reading and please comment to tell me what you think.
Spoilers:
Okay, so that one character who I was talking about who I felt shouldn't have been in this was The Emperor. Somehow he survived the explosion when Darth Vader threw him into that reactor and then he commands Kylo to find Rey. That part there doesn't work for me. I guess they could do that much with it considering Kylo killed Snoke in the last movie, but it didn't work for me and it's so weird when it's revealed that Snoke was just some clone that Sidious himself created and is the one who's been behind everything. And then he somehow raises a whole bunch of ships that just came out of nowhere. This is one of the things I was talking about when I said there were contrived moments in this. And then with Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewie, R2 and C-3PO, they're looking for something called a Sith Wayfinder to find Sidious. That was just so bizarre and weird that that's apparently a thing. And then they meet Lando and it was nice to see him. He was cool even if it did feel a little odd. The scene I was mentioning about what's put into the movie and then never brought up again is the fact that wen they're on the dessert planet, the five of them are sinking and as they are, it's obvious that Finn was gonna say that he loves Rey, but he gets cut off and then that's never mentioned again. And then we even see Rey's power of the Dark Side when she accidentally uses Force Lightning on the ship they thought Chewie was on and they even think he's dead. I do actually think that scene was well done. I felt the stakes there and it was pretty chilling when it happened. Then we meet an old friend of Poe's who manages to help them when C-3PO has information about that dagger they find and they encrypt it out of him but it causes him to lose all of him memories. And I thought that was good, but then they kinda recon it when R2 restores it. I guess that was supposed to be a joke. But then they find out that Chewie is still alive and they go to find him on the ship where Kylo finds Rey and they have a fight through the Force like how they were indicating in The Last Jedi. And I liked how they had that, a Lightsaber fight through the same Force ability they were showing in the last movie. But, what I don't like about that scene on the ship is the eventual reveal. So, apparently Rey is Sidious's granddaughter. That just doesn't work at all. I was watching the movie as that was revealed and I thought to myself "What?" Because that doesn't work for me. I guess it would explain how she's so powerful, but it still doesn't make much sense to me. And then Rey and the others go to this planet where the remains of the Death Star are and they discover that a Sith Wayfinder is on it, so Rey decides to go and get it by herself. Again, the fact that that's a thing is still weird, and the fact that it was in the Death Star is even weirder. But then Kylo arrives and destroys it which leads to a fight between the two of them. And that action scene was awesome. I loved everything that happens in this scene. The fight, the fact that Rey almost kills Kylo, but then Leia dies and she senses it too, the fact that she heals him and saves him, her taking his ship and then, easily, the best part of this movie is with Han. Because Kylo, or Ben at this point, sees him and it's like the talk they had on the bridge in The Force Awakens. I loved that and I love how you feel for Ben because he tries to say "I love you" to him, and I was really sympathising with him there. And it was really cool the way he threw his old Lightsaber away and he turns good. And Rey even takes his ship and flies to the planet where Luke was and plans on staying there because of the pull she was feeling to the Dark Side. But then Luke's Force Ghost arrives and even catches the Lightsaber she was about to throw into the ship fire. And it was nice that Luke admits that he was wrong and that he's changed. And she even gets Leia's Lightsaber and she uses Luke's ship to fly to Sidious and then begins the climax. And there's a lot I liked and disliked about the climax. For one, starting with the positives, the actual reveal about Rey's parents being people who were trying to protect her was nice and the ship to ship fights were cool. We even see Ben arrive and Rey uses the Force transfer to give him the Lightsaber. That was really cool. On the other side though, on the contrived parts again, this is where a lot of things don't make much sense. Because, somehow, a whole bunch of ships arrive, by shear coincidence and it doesn't make any sense at all. Poe just says they'll come and they do. And, with Rey, we get, what I consider, the big copy of this movie. As Sidious pushes her and Ben down, she hears all the previous Jedi rooting for her as she's getting up with Luke and Leia's Lightsabers and Sidious says "I am all the Sith" and then Rey says "I am all the Jedi." I can't be the only one who thought that was just like Endgame this year when Tony said "I am Iron Man." And then she uses his own Force Lightning against him and disintegrates him. That's also like when Tony dusted Thanos. Anyway, this also kinda causes her to die until Kylo saves her and then he dies. But before that, she kisses him. I so did not need that to happen. She should not have done that. But, anyway, then the movie ends with Rey going to Tatooine and burying Luke and Leia's Lightsabers and it's even revealed that her staff is a Lightsaber too. She also tells some person there that she's deciding to call herself Rey Skywalker. I thought that both kinda nice, but also really weird. And that's really it. The eventual resolution, as I said, is still kinda weird there and doesn't feel very satisfying. I'm not exactly sure what could have fixed it, but there's so much in this that doesn't work and I feel they had lot of opportunities with these films, but they didn't use them. So, overall, I didn't hate this film. I had fun with some scenes and there are some things here that're really well handled, but the rest of the film is very messy and it doesn't work as a climactic finale for these films. It's kinda hard to talk about how I'm feeling about this film exactly, but I feel like they should have at least thought about this trilogy more and knew what they were gonna do. So, really, everyone, that's my spoiler review for Star War Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Second Onward trailer

So, today, we got the second trailer for the Onward movie coming out in just 3 months. Gotta be honest, this trailer has sorta made me a tiny bit worried about the movie itself. Like I may have said before, the other trailers for this film have made it look like a regular road trip movie that's been done a lot of other times before and this trailer is show the situation parts of this adventure. Which isn't bad, I'm sure it'll be better in the movie, but, there is still that little bit of worry that this will be movies from other studios that have tried and failed to do this type of story. But I am still excited and it sounds like Tom Holland and Chris Pratt are having a lot of fun in these roles. And so, here it is and I hope you all like it.

My paintings of Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends characters

So, returning to my paintings of old shows I loved from my childhood, here we have some characters from Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. I will say, this was sort of a show that I definitely really liked a lot as a kid but hated some aspects about it. I'm sure if you've seen the show, you know what I'm talking about. And it does still have those elements. And while I still enjoy the show and think it's good, those are still prevalent here. And I'm glad this is a show a lot of other people like too. And so here they are and I hope you all like these.
Bloo:

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Coco:

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My Kingdom Hearts 3 Re:Mind theory

So, the other day, based on the final trailer we got for the Kingdom Hearts 3 Re:Mind D.L.C, I actually did a theory video on my channel about what I think could happen and what the basic plot could actually be and all the new things that could most likely happen due to what we've seen. And I was really happy with what I came up with and I think if I'm right, what we'll see could be really awesome. I can't wait to see what it's gonna offer. And so, here it is, I hope you all like it and please subscribe to my channel when you're finished watching.

Wonder Woman 1984 trailer

So, yesterday, we were given the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984. I know I haven't done well with keeping up with DC entries lately, mainly like not doing a review of Joker or showing the Birds Of Prey trailer, but I wasn't really interested in seeing Joker and I just never thought to show the trailer. But this is the trailer for the next Wonder Woman 1984 film. I was a little concerned that the DC.E.U was kinda stopping. Mainly because there haven't been much news about their films and the movies we have gotten, like Joker for example, have been DC movies that weren't tied into the other DC.E.U movies. But, hopefully this films is able to help with that. The first Wonder Woman movie is still awesome and I'm glad that it was a good movie. And so, this could continue that. We get to see the return of Steve Trevor in this, which is cool, but also confusing. I'm wondering how exactly he survived the explosion at the end of the first movie, but I'm glad he's back. He was easily the best part of the first movie and Chris Pine himself is a big reason why. And the rest is looking cool too. Gal Gadot is still looking great in this and the costume she has is much brighter too. We even see her using her boomerang tiara, which is something we've never seen her do before, as well as so many other cool abilities. And so, here it is and I hope you all like this.

Frozen 2

And so, everyone, we've finally arrived at the sequel to highest grossing animated movie ever and one of the greatest Disney films ever, Frozen 2. This is definitely a movie I was excited for. Especially seeing as the trailers were making this look like an awesome and fun experience. And so, was it? ... Uh... it was pretty close. It's not as good as the first and there were some things about it that were kinda bad and cringe-worthy. But I'm not saying all those things make the film bad, they just kinda drag it down a little and make it not as good as the original. Anyway, let's get into the story first. And yes, like I normally do, I'm gonna do a spoiler free section first and then move onto the spoilers after with a warning. So, first off, what's the story? It opens up with a flashback with Anna and Elsa as kids being told a story from their parents. Years later, after the events of the first movie, Arendelle is celebrating something, all the while, Elsa is hearing a voice somewhere and even Arendelle is evacuated when all sorts of weird things happen like the wind blowing everyone away, the ground shaking, fire spreading and so on. And after a word with the trolls, Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven head off into a forest to find out what's going on. And I'm gonna stop there. So first off, I wanna get those problems out of the way. First, and probably the thing I noticed within the first few minutes is that the pacing is way too fast. Not only does the opening scene kinda spoil the rest of the movie, but also everything happens way too fast. There's a lot of that, especially in the opening. There are some things in the opening I liked, but it all happened way too fast and then they just jump straight into the story. I guess some stories get away with that considering they have a lot to do, but at least those other stories give more time to feel like the audience is more into the story and it's addressed enough to get people into it, whereas this just gets into it right away and doesn't really have a proper opening. It's just a rushed few minutes and then we get into the actual plot. And that part did distract me a little. The other problem is easily the biggest problem and that's the fact that there's a subplot with a character that's really cringe-worthy and and takes too long. I won't spoil it, but it's definitely the worst aspect to the film. It also gets kind of annoying after a while. There are also songs here, obviously, and I liked a lot of them, but there is one that's kinda bad. It's like what I just said with that character's subplot and that's that it's really cringe-worthy. You could honestly take that part out and miss nothing. There's some things that don't really make sense and the film and are kinda hard to ignore, especially towards the end. And also, I guess this next point is a little more subjective than those others, but, from the trailers, I was sorta expecting this to have a huge fantasy and adventure and action aspect to it. And while there is definitely an element of that in here, there's not as much as I was hoping for. There's also something that a character does towards the end that was really weird to me. I know I'm being pretty vague with these problems, but they are better explainable in the spoiler section. And I guess this is where I can make the transition into the positives. Firstly, and this is really to be expected with any Disney movie, the animation is still amazing. Just the way everything looks and the way the movie is shot just makes everything really massive. And, while I said before that the element of fantasy isn't shown here that much, there is still a bit of feel here and that much of it is still really effective. And the characters are still super likable. I was really glad to be able to see them again and they're still great. I especially like Anna and Elsa's relationship more this time and Olaf still gets some good laughs. And a lot of the other characters are really funny too. And even though the character that I mentioned gets a cringe-worthy subplot, it doesn't mean the character is bad or unlikable at all. Also, like I said, there are also a lot of elements here that I really loved, and a lot of that came from a lot of the interactions between the characters and what they end up doing on this adventure. The songs are still as awesome as the first movie. Yes, there is one that's not great and is kinda cringe-worthy, but the rest are still amazing, especially Elsa's "Into The Unknown" song.

Elsa still gets the best songs in these Frozen movies and Indina Menzel still has an amazing singing voice. The rest of them, besides that one that I mentioned, are really great too. I immediately downloaded this song onto my iPod after seeing it. I had listened to it a ton of times before seeing the movie too. And all that good stuff definitely helped make this really entertaining. So, yeah, the film's not perfect and it does have a good amount of problems and it's not as good as the first incredible film, but I still had a fun time with this and would totally recommend it. As a humongous Disney fan, I'm satisfied with it and can't wait to see what Disney Classic is next. And so, everyone that's my review for Frozen 2. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think. And now, we're getting into the spoilers. If you haven't seen the film yet, go watch it and then come back and read the rest.
Spoiler:
Okay, so first, I want to get those problems I mentioned out of he way. That biggest one I was talking about before was the subplot with Kristoff trying to propose to Anna. Like I said, it's super unnecessary and takes up way too much time in the film and it was becoming really annoying and cringe-worthy really quickly. And his song about it is that song that I was talking about. I feel if they took that out, it would help with the film feeling not so long. But with that part out of the way, let's get to the actual plot next. So, with the opening, I liked how their parents told them about the forest and about their past, but what didn't like was how it spoiled what was gonna be coming and it made a lot of the rest of the film really predictable. As soon as they were talking about their dad being saved by someone, I immediately thought that it was their mom and I was right. And then, I guess the biggest spoiler is the whole origin of Elsa's power and what caused the spirits to be mad and all that. So, apparently, what their parents were doing that they were going to was trying to discover where Elsa's powers came from and they even find the ship wrecked up on this bit of land somewhere. And, I honestly don't really know how I felt about that. I mean, I guess it's cool to know what they were doing, but still, in terms of what they showed, I don't know how I feel about it. But, I guess moving away from that, I'd say the next biggest spoiler is the fact that Anna and Elsa's grandfather is the one who caused all this to happen. He just decided that he wanted to betray the forest tribe and kill the leader. And, what I said about the last point is the same here, I don't know how I feel about that because they present it as he was just some guy who, I guess, maybe didn't want to do things the way everyone was talking about and just wanted to be rid of this other tribe. And this is all discovered by Elsa when she decides to go off and find this island of Ice where all that's where she finds all this. And then we see what happened to Anna in the first movie happen to her where she freezes. That was actually pretty interesting. This even causes Olaf to disappear, which I thought was actually a risky move. And then, when Anna gets this message and decides to destroy the dam that's keeping a whole bunch of water together thinking that Arendelle was something that should never have been made, thinking it was based on a bad history, which, I didn't really get. This is that one decision I was talking about before. And it still doesn't make sense to me. It felt like they could have thought of another plan besides that and I don't think this one was a great idea either. And they managed to use the giants to destroy it, only for Elsa to come and save Arendelle and say that destroying it wasn't necessary. And that kinda shows that problem. I get that destroying the dam was needed to release the mist from the forest, but, I don't know, I just feel like the whole thought of destroying Arendelle didn't really make much sense. But, anyway, after that, Elsa brings Olaf back and then decides to stay with the people in the forest while Anna becomes the new queen of Arendelle. I did actually really like that and I like how they put them in those new roles like that. And, like I said, all that together made the film really enjoyable. And so, everyone, that's the spoiler review for Frozen 2. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Final Kingdom Hearts 3 Re:Mind trailer

SO, EVERYONE, WE ACTUALLY GOT THE FINAL TRAILER FOR THE RE:MIND KINGDOM HEARTS 3 DLC. AND THIS TRAILER IS AMAZING. WE SEE SO MUCH HAPPENING AND SO MUCH AMAZINGNESS. WE'RE GETTING THE FINAL FANTASY CHARACTERS IN THIS AND THAT'S A RELIEF. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE SEE ALL THE GUARDIANS OF LIGHT FIGHTING TOGETHER. WE'RE ALSO GETTING CONFIRMATION THAT SORA DID SAVE KAIRI AT THE END, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS. BUT WE DO SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO AROUND SCALA AD CAELUM AND EXPLORE IT. PLUS, IT'S FINALLY CONFIRMED THAT KAIRI IS PLAYABLE. THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE WANTED FOR A WHILE AND NOW IT'S HAPPENING. WE EVEN HEAR SORA SAYING THE WORDS FROM KINGDOM HEARTS 1'S OPENING. SO, YEAH, I'M OBVIOUSLY EXCITED AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT. AND SO, HERE IT IS AND I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THIS.

Black Widow teaser trailer

So, today, we were given the first teaser for the start of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow. Like what I said before, Black Widow is a film that me and so many other people have wanted to see for a while. Considering what a great character Natasha has been in all the other M.C.U movies, me and a lot of others were interested in what she could do with a solo movie. And this teaser looks like it'll be delivering what we want to see. First off, it's nice to see her again after she died in Endgame, and it's nice that we're getting her backstory. She's always had a fascinating side to her before, but it looks like this could be using that to its full advantage with her being the main character. Scarlett Johansson also looks like she's still amazing as the character and I always love seeing her in these movies as Natasha.We also get to see a little bit of Taskmaster here. Not enough to give my thoughts on, but it's still cool we're getting this character in the M.C.U. And the whole rest of the cast looks interesting too. The only thing I can say I don't like that much is that some of the jokes here don't land in my opinion and there are a couple of weird moments, but I still have faith in them and I'm still excited for this. And so, here it is and I hope you all like this.