Mini Review - Sherlock Holmes

I have a confession to make. This was initially supposed to be the last sequel baiting with this film going up against Game of Shadows. Unfortunately, Secret Empire ended up being a much bigger project than I was envisioning, combined with some personal sh*t meant I’ve fallen behind and now I’m reducing it to a mini-review to compensate.

Yes, yes, I know, but here we are, so let’s get to it

After a few bad years for Robert Downey Jr where he was imprisoned in a rehab facility for drug users, Robert Downey Jr came back, and came back hard, winning over the audience with Iron Man in 2008 and in 2009, he was the lead star in Sherlock Holmes. It was a decision that won him a golden globe. The film was successful commercially earning $524m on a $90m budget and also critically, a 70% rating on Rotten tomatoes, and 2 academy award nominations. So, 2009 was almost 10 years ago, does it still hold up? Here’s my take on it.

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#63 - Secret Empire (part 3)

OK, I’ve had a nice rest, let’s get back to it.

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#62 - Antboy 3 (Rage Issues 4th Anniversary)

It’s the Rage Issues 4^th Anniversary!

So, this was an interesting year. I’m pursuing my career as a tutor, I actually did rage reviews of more sh*t than last year, I let Guilty Pleasures fall by the waist-side for half a year and only done 4 over the entire year anyway. There are some coming soon, in July, so you can look forward for that. I’ve started reviewing Netflix again… which means I’ve had to rewatch Iron Fist, which has been fun…

So, it’s time to bring a franchise near and dear to my heart to a close. And by near and dear to my heart, I mean let’s finish this trilogy before I lose any more brain cells: Antboy 3.

Want a quick recap of Antboy 1 and 2. I’ll try…

Pelle, Ant bite, acidic piss, spider-man, “girls ruin everything,” superhero reference, Flea, vengeance, stupid, superhero reference, more stupid, love triangle, superhero reference, pathetic motivation, generic twins, superhero reference, flea’s house, prison visit, vengeance, superhero reference, no motivation, turnaround and superhero reference.

OK, now you’re up to speed let’s dig into this sh*t one last time. (Though seriously, if you want my views on the first 2, link and link)

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#61 - Secret Empire (part 2)

OK, let’s continue our look at Secret Empire. If you want to know what happened so far, go back and read my last review you lazy f*ckers!

Too far? That’s what this comic makes me.

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Sequel Baiting #8 - Bill & Ted - Excellent Adventure vs Bogus Journey

We’re going back a bit for this one, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves star as Bill and Ted. At their heart, they’re goofy comedies about 2 dim-witted boys who need to accomplish an objective with some involvement of time travel. They’re not meant to be taken seriously, but they still hold value as movies. But which of the two Bill and Ted movies is the better one. If you believe the critics and the box office you’d believe the first one, but I propose we put ‘em against each other.

But I can only come up with 5 categories, so the bonus point is dropped for this one, I know that might be upsetting but I have what I can work with. Let’s take a look at the Bill and Ted films.

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Netflix Retrospective: Iron Fist season 1 episodes 1-2 - Snow Gives Way/Shadow Hawk Takes Flight

Iron Fist is the last of the Marvel retrospectives I’ll be doing for the time being. I’ll be doing Voltron: Legendary Defender next but before we can get a half-decent show, this… Iron Fist is widely considered the worst of the Marvel Netflix shows and believe me, there’s good reasons for that. I’ve had only a little experience with Iron Fist in the comics.

He’s the guy who said “I fart mystic powers” unfortunately the jovial nature of the character is not captured here. Let’s talk about casting, some are upset that an Asian actor wasn’t cast, I get the hatred of white saviour narratives but it doesn’t bother me as much as the fact they cast an actor with minimal experience in martial arts as one of the most martial-arts based superheroes there is. But let’s not beat about the bush and dig into the first 2 episodes of Iron Fists. Because 2 episodes is all I can take.

#60 - Secret Empire (part 1)

You may remember a while back, I covered Steve Rogers: Captain America. Written by Nick Spencer, it featured a revelation: that in bringing Cap back from being aged, the cosmic cube (Kobik) messed with reality and made him HYDRA, thinking that was for the best or something. I dropped the book after 4 issues because of its pacing, which was far too slow for my liking, but then we come to what it was all building up to, Secret Empire

Secret Empire was not a smash for Marvel sales wise with numbers dropping well below what is normal for an event comic. Why is that? Well, I’m not covering 13 issues in 1 go, especially when it’s of this sh*t, so I’ll be doing it in 3 parts making this my first and hopefully only multi-part review. Let’s take a look at Secret Empire

We’ll be looking at #0, the Free Comic Book day issue, and #1-3

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Sorry this is late but let's finish this series up, shall we