Showing posts with label Jon Bass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jon Bass. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 February 2023

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law- Ribbit and Rip It

 "Why do you pretend to be blind, man? Cos that is really problematic."

Before we get to you-know-who, because it's Jen's show... this is a superb screwball comedy and equally superb as a pre-finale. I love how the episode ends with, er, a bang, and Jen blatantly lampshades to us that there are a few minutes left to go, which will be followed by a twist. And oh, what a twist. Is Jen ruined? Do the haterswant not to kill her, but to doxx and troll her? Such is the age we live in.

But yeah, Daredevil, with that retro, pre-issue #7 costume. Charlie Cox being awesome. The simultaneous rivalry and flirting, with the inevitable conclusion. Jen finally finding the right man. And, er, Leapfrog being an utterly hilarious character, although I love the prickliness of Luke Jacobson.

It's all aboit the screwball comedy, though, and both leads nail it in both acting and charisma. Also, I know we've seen Matt on the big screen in the definitely proper MCU, but this is your actual Daredevil. Let'ds not let the guest star take over, though. It its own right this is a bloody good episode in a series which has impressed but not always dazzled.,

Friday, 9 March 2018

Baywatch (2017)

“You got your beef and your biscuits stuck down there...”

I know. What can I say? It was a moment of madness. I can certainly reassure you, though: I certainly won’t be blogging the TV series. No one wants that.

Well, let’s make clear from the outset that, a few good performances aside such as, yes, Dwayne Johnson, Mrs Llamastrangler and I are both united in the view that this film is, unsurprisingly, pants. The plot is as predictable as clockwork, with cartoon baddies and a secondary hero who has to prove himself, and there are the obligatory knowing winks and amusing cameos from both Pamela Anderson and a shockingly old-looking David Hasselhoff. Mercifully unexplained is why both mentor and protege are called Mitch Buchannon.

We have a nerd character (we know at the start he’s a nerd because he wears a Donkey Kong t-shirt) who ends up getting the sexy chick and, yes, you’re not going to get a movie like this without, well, not so much the male gaze as an awful lot of perving on scantily clad women by both the camera and the script.

There are some funny one liners, especially at the start and end, but unfortunately the middle of the film is all plot and action and this is really rather dull in the way rubbish films tend to be. Yes, this film is done with a knowing wink, the fourth wall is somewhat unstable throughout, but let there be no doubt that this film is utter, absolute pants.