gregisroark Reviews

Waco: The Aftermath (2023)

Great acting. But very one sided

[7/10 · 9 May 2023]

Overall the acting and the storytelling is great. But I've read a good deal about Waco and the writing is very one sided. While the writers are painting the FBI/ATF and the authorities in general in an accurate negative light, they certainly are making the Branch Davidians look like innocent anti-heros. They are glossing over a great deal of the insanity that was taking place there.

I will be honest, if it wasn't for the actors I would have stopped watching by now. But they really do a great job. And the writing style and storytelling is very intriguing and keeps you interested. I just wish they were taking a more equal stance.

Willow: Beyond the Shattered Sea (2023) Season 1, Episode 7

Terrible directing and editing

[5/10 · 10 January 2023]

The story just bounces around and suddenly a scene completely changes without any understanding of what just happened and why. It's just so scatterbrained and all over the place that I can't understand how Disney is not firing the entire team and replacing them with competant writers and directors. I really want to like this show but it's just so inconsistent. In one episode willow uses a single spell and is so exhausted he can't move to save his best friend. In this episode he has a full on wizard battle training session and is fit as a fiddle and full of energy. Not to mention the one dude is now suddenly a wizard out of nowhere. I have no clue where that came from.

Willow (2022–2023)

Prepare to be underwhelmed

[4/10 · 16 December 2022]

Starts off bad. So I watched the entire first season with hopes that they would get it together and shape up the writing and character development, tighten down on acting and directing, and bring it on home for a great show. My mistake for being optimistic.

The writing is just sub par at best. They don't bother to develop the story in a way that makes you interested, or even makes sense. Everything just skips along like 10 different people were writing scenes and never discussed how they will all link together. They just said let them figure it out on post, and walked away. There are so many moments where I go "wait, I don't get what happened. Did I miss something?" and I rewind to find out, nope, didn't.

And the dialog kills me. One minute the writing is set for the time and place in this world, another minute a character starts acting like it's a modern sitcom and using modern lingo and phrases.

Zen: Grogu and Dust Bunnies (2022)

3 minutes of my life I'll never get back

[1/10 · 18 November 2022]

It's pretty boring. I really can't think of anything positive to say about this short except it's 3 minutes too long. It reminds me of a great school art thesis but without the deep meaning. Maybe the people were on something when they made it. I'm not even sure how Disney could out it out there? Why wouldn't they bury it deep in the vault? It's pretty boring and I have to write 600 word, but honestly the movie is only 3 minutes and it will take longer to ready this then it would to just watch it. So go watch it.. Save yourself.. Hurry I'm almost at 600. Almost there! It's your last chance.. done.

The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm (2022) Season 1, Episode 4

As bad as a 90s action movie

[3/10 · 23 January 2022]

Plot holes, inconsistencies, physics bending in favor of the hero, all the staples of a bad 90s action movie and this episode of Boba Fett. I'll skip the first 2 dozen problems and get to the point where they look for his armor in a place where S1E1 established he didn't lose it.. then he flies his ship into the ground (yeah.. why?) and detonates a large bomb 20 feet away and somehow are unscathed. Then suddenly the director remembers the current timeline and rushes to slam a few disconnected scenes together.

The Wonder Years: Goodbye (1990) Season 3, Episode 20

One of the best episodes in TV history

[10/10 · 30 September 2020]

We've all had that one teacher who made a difference.

The Wonder Years: The Unnatural (1990) Season 3, Episode 19

Great Episode

[9/10 · 30 September 2020]

One of my favorite "flashbacks" ever. Kevin imagines during the war, his dad saving the baseball coaches life, and makes him promise one day if he has a son to make him a starter on his baseball team.

The Expendables (2010)

Not Very Strong

[5/10 · 15 August 2010]

To summarize this film: Tons of knives, guns & explosions, mildly satisfactory acting, and strained actors in fight scenes that are covered up by quick edits and scores of CGI blood splatters. It was fun to a degree, but it wasn't a good movie. I felt that the acting was attempting to be more serious (stress the word attempting) in a movie that's anchor was a death count. It had more kills than all 4 Rambo's combined. And the plot... where was it? Why was Mickey Rourke in this film at all? So he could deliver a pointless emotional scene that was supposed to support the storyline but in fact the storyline went nowhere.