The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 by AverageMansReviews

The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 by AverageMansReviews

Previously instalment: Twilight 2008 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/11/twilight-2008-by-averagemansreviews.html

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/biting/bodily functions/dismemberment/animal cruelty/drowning/regeneration/disfigurement/burning/medical/references to domestic violence, suicide and drugs

I have to leave town: briefly; Edward Cullen [Robert Pattinson:] he is the vampire boyfriend of Bella Swan [Kersten Stewart:] she is devastated by this turn of events, but Edward believes it is for the best based on previous events. This leaves Bella alone, confused and like I said devastated, but she has one person that she can rely on Jacob Black [Taylor Lautner: but he to has some problems at the moment, as he seems to be going through puberty twice

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 130 minutes film is broadly good; we have this coming full circle outlay in this sequel; the framework and pacing can also simultaneously sync with the character developments and the performances meaning in a nutshell; when they are going through a good patch or jarring or lacklustre this sequel has intermittent flow to it.

Art, action, character developments and comedy; we still have the nature of Forks and all that, the action has a good variety such as Bella tries new things such as a motorcycle, just so that she can see Edward, we now get to see more of Edward's abilities/talents as he can send telepathic/spiritual representations of himself to Bella which they can communicate with one another; which are represented by spirit [I know, I know it is weird that I am talking about spiritual/spirit as it relates to Edward considering he is a vampire, but there we go: these elements are a glowing positive to this sequel, Bella, Jacob and Michael Welch as Mike Newton: he is a member of Bella's high school friendship group, that attempts to get her to go on a date to the cinema, but she opens it up to the friendship group, where Jacob tags along to see this; of what we understand and what is implied is this graphic action film by the name of Face Punch where Mike struggles to keep his lunch down.

Character developments, art and performances; the surrounding characters and performances are all good and show some level of growth in one way or another and the newcomers just slot in to this instalment with ease and comfort, I don't know what they were going for as it relates to Pattinson as his character has clearly aged, which obviously is physically going to happen in reality, but as Edward makes reference to it in the first film broadly speaking he has been a certain age in our world for a while, they did a poor job slowing down his physical ageing. The vital performances of our trio of Pattinson as Edward, Stewart as Bella and Lautner as Jacob: individually or in different combinations or altogether; they can all be described as patchy at best; sometimes they are in sync with what is happening at that specific time and it can be good, but at other times it can be jarring; even with their characters not being mature as it relates to Edward being monotone about going away [I know what they were trying to do here: what with him not doing too much emotion away and being cold as to protect Bella:] so I get it but it fell really flat, Stewart as Bella: having these bad dreams or night terrors; these are extremely over the top and poorly acted and Lautner as Jacob: has a similar problem to Edward in fact the over arching chemistry between the trio is mixed at best.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; after everything is said and done this instalment finds itself in this section of my marking system, I am really disappointed that this is the only instalment I couldn't watch at the cinema, because I was double booked, but I digress; it moves things on nicely to the following instalment which is Eclipse, I mean if you want the full title is;  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 2010 and usually I don't give this away but this is the only ending credit detail at the end of the ending credits. This film has 23 Winners to its name and I have to be honest they are a mixed bag positive and negative awards, which includes but not limited to: Kids' Choice Awards, USA 2010  Blimp Award Favorite Movie Actor Taylor Lautner and Cutest Couple Taylor Lautner Kristen Stewart as Jacob Black & Bella Swan. 24 Nominees which also include but not limited to from the same Awards event/ceremony Favorite Movie and  Cutest Couple Robert Pattinson Kristen Stewart as Edward Cullen & Bella Swan. Negative Winners Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 WFCC Award Hall of Shame "Bella (lead human female) is completely pathetic, the whole giving up one's soul thing. How sad is it when a gal in a small town picks two boys she likes, one is a vampire and one is a werewolf" and Yoga Awards 2010  Yoga Award Worst Foreign Actor Robert Pattinson. Negative Nominees which include but not limited to Razzie Awards 2010 Razzie Award Worst Screen Couple Kristen Stewart Robert Pattinson Taylor Lautner Kristin Stewart and either Robert Pattinson or Taylor Whatz-His-Fang and Worst Screenplay Melissa Rosenberg Based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer.

One final thing: I am sure no one is going to mind, but I'm going to dedicate this content to Graham Greene as Harry Clearwater: he is a Quileute elder/Native American and Charlie's friend, but he clearly knows more than what he is letting on. Unfortunately Greene has very recently passed on in the last time I saw him in a project it was Marvel Studios Echo 2024 as Skully: without giving too much away he is a grandpa figure and Greene still had it: in every scene he was a part of he took it and ran with whatever they gave him this; so RIP Graham Greene 1952-2025

Calling It Out of: AEW taking over the WWE Universe in 2025: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews

Calling It Out of: AEW taking over the WWE Universe in 2025: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there will be some adult content references in this content at one point or another.

I would have left this alone: but this is one of those rare occasions where a moment in time sums up everything perfectly as it relates to the related content section and just for the record no originally I didn't go looking for this, because I have other content to attend to; but however when it conveniently comes up on a social media platform in a nutshell when someone gives you some eggs you make some omelettes and yes I am fully aware that people are entitled to their opinion, but let's make sure it is somewhat accurate at the very least shall we?

So this statement comes from @JobberNationTV 

"Cody Rhodes created AEW, yet they pushed him out

CM Punk was AEW's biggest draw, yet they pushed him out

Jade Cargill legitamized AEWs women division, yet they pushed her out 

Ricky Starks was a future pillar of AEW, yet they kicked him out

Moral of the Tweet: AEW has nobody to blame but themselves for their historic downfall."

Now this is where I should point out in his bio it says: The Reality Check for the IWC WWE/AEW/Impact/ROH

NO BIASES HERE

When Jobber speaks, Wrestling Twitter listens

NOT A TROLL.

Once again I will say this everyone is entitled to their opinion; but at the same time it would really help if it was remotely true, I feel sorry for anyone that responds to this individual, because I have learned not to and yes I learnt the hard way. Because this individual seems to revel in negative or/and Troll discourse.

But for now let's take a look at this points in this statement; Rhodes did not create AEW; yes by all means he is a founding member alongside Tony Khan, Kenny Omega, Matt and Nick Jackson, like it or not Rhodes' became difficult to book for and here is a pipe bomb [wrestling terminology: meaning unfiltered reality] for you; they indeed may be all founding members and they can float ideas around, but at the end of the day is TK that is the main guy and that rubbed Rhodes up the wrong way, arguably one of the biggest headaches of the history of AEW well up to this point anyway would probably be a mixture between Punk and the other WWE talent that led to this politely whatever reason didn't play ball with others that didn't have an association with WWE in their history, so whatever positive he had of being a big draw was eroded away.

If anyone knows of the Jade Cargill situation; meaning there wasn't any situation, yes as it relates to the second link I was not best pleased at the time that she used AEW as a stepping stone without giving a little back to AEW first and as it goes for Ricky Starks/Staints; I think he believes his hype too much and don't get me wrong if you are going to be a professional wrestler you are going to have to believe in yourself and believe in the hype a little, but for me of what I have still seen in NXT/WWE; there isn't anything absolute about him, but my final link in this content would probably signifier the moment that Stark's career in AEW was done and what decline? They are still here and as far as I can tell they have gotten back to being what they should have always been doing which is doing their own thing.

The sad thing about this individual known as @JobberNationTV: this individual company has comfortably over 16,000 followers on a platform and yes I am somewhere around 300 which I am delighted with and on a quick side note thank you to those that follow me and in my content. But I think any genuine short or long-term creator of any description  would know the underpinning point of this content is going to be next [other than showing yet again it is perfectly fine for WWE to do whatever they want, but when it comes to outside the WWE as it relates to other promotions they don't get the same kind of grace or/and leeway;] which is regardless of 50 or 300 or 16,000 or 3 million followers or so on and so forth; we are all obligated to put out a respectable content or/and decent or at minimum on average decent social media presence and obviously I am very much aware that I have put myself in the crosshairs of some people, so I fully expect to receive some kind of manure for this, but here's the thing I don't give two dumplings.

 

 

Roofman 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Roofman 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/religion/transformation/shooting/burning/bodily functions/medical/references to racism and sexuality.

Strange things are going on at Toys "R" Us: briefly;  Jeffrey Manchester/Roofman/other name [Channing Tatum:] he is a father to 3 children, former U.S. Army Reserves Sargent, turned criminal that escapes from prison, he kind of laids low at this Toys "R" Us; meaning he gets a job there as well as lives there, he/we meet Leigh "Lee" Wainscott, [Kirsten Dunst:] she is an employee of Toys "R" Us and a single mother of two children. Meanwhile Mitch Haygunn [Peter Dinklage:] he is a manager of a Toys "R" Us store.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 126 minutes film is to begin with and for the vast majority of this title; it is predominantly really very slow and only roughly around just before the final quarter or somewhere around here does it find some get up and go to it.

Character developments, comedy and action; basically because of the way Manchester presents himself to be as in nice, for an example before putting these people/captives in somewhere like a fridge he would make sure they would have a coat and at some point Manchester decides to do his impersonation of Tom Cruise as Joel Goodsen [from Risky Business 1983: if you have been around films of long as I have you may not have seen the film like myself, you know this sequence, basic description; it is where Goodsen/Cruise slides onto this in; in his socks, underwear and shirt] and for the action, is also feeds into his character developments as he builds a habitat for himself to live in; also include things running, shooting and an explosion.

Character developments and performances; the character developments and performances are very much linked into the framework or/and pacing of this film; so broadly speaking they fulfil their purpose on both counts, but there is enough blame to go around that on top of this character developments or/and performances are not particularly noteworthy and I have to question in all fairness and was Manchester a nice guy? Because I am very street smart and incredibly cynical; how can these people say or reference he was something to the effect of a nice guy? When used to rob them, don’t get me wrong I should imagine it is somewhat difficult when someone is holding a gun, but for the fact he is robbing you even though it may not be yours he is stealing, because he was nice about it that doesn’t automatically make him a nice guy and/or took advantage of their kind nature and finally on to that he is a repeat offender.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; I think after taking everything into consideration, this mark is a fair reflection, by all means if you are a fan of any of the names referenced in the section at the top, go and see this film, but I would go in with reasonable expectations and there are some extra bits and pieces in the closing credits of this film.

 

Calling It Out of: AEW taking over the WWE Universe in 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Calling It Out of: AEW taking over the WWE Universe in 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Well that was the final nail in my coffin that I thought this new WWE was going to be different: am I surprised at this turn of events? Kind of like I said I thought things were going to be different, but they aren't and you may have noticed as it relates to wrestling I have been somewhat distant over this year: it is a mixture between the WWE have been coming out with some real garbage and by the vast majority I am fed up with the online community of the wrestling community. You know with those of any subject you receive heavy negative comments of a relentless nature and when there is real manure happening, wrestling isn't so important and yes I am fully aware I will probably receive some form of negativity for this; but only if you knew I don't actually care.

Because I now convinced that most WWE fans have short-term memory issues, based on any subject it is okay for them to do it, but not anyone else case in point; when AEW first started out the WWE fan base were pointing out relentlessly that they were just hiring ex-WWE talent or rejects and fast-forward to Saturday 01/11/2025: King Rhodes is the Undisputed WWE Champion [founding member of AEW,] CM Punk WWE Heavyweight Champion [without AEW he would have still been retired,] Jade Cargill is WWE Woman's Champion [without AEW it would be Cargill who?,] Ricky Starks is the NXT Champion [without AEW it would be Staints who?, Ethan Page is the Men's NXT North American Champion [without AEW it would be Page who?] and the Women's North American Champion Blake Munroe [without a shadow of doubt without it would be Mariah May who?]

Before you go but, but, but Cody Rhodes was one of ours first? Okay you really want to go there okay... stupid argument, but sure if you want to go there let's go there. The reality is if Rhodes didn't step away from the WWE at best he would have been stuck in the mid-card under various gimmicks like Stardust and wouldn't have become the main eventer and for Punk as I have already said he would have still been retired from wrestling, commentating on MMA and/also still trying not to completely get his head kicked in from being in the octagon.

So you want to revel in Tony Khan fumbled these wrestlers, the only one that never really had a decent stretch would be Paige, but the rest either had good rounds or fumbled themselves. Now let's flip the coin shall we as far as I can tell Triple H. has no idea how to book Alister Black or Rusev and you can pretty much forget either/or Lucha Brothers: Penta &/or Rey Fénix and/or Motor City Machine Guns: Chris Sabin &/or Alex Shelley: individually or obviously together these guys can wrestle and together as their respective tag teams they are the modern day tag team elite specialists.

I mean here is the big question how many talents has Papa H. fumbled just to assemble this situation I mean straight off the bat I can think in one Tiffany Stratton shouldn't be getting squashed full disclosure I haven't seen the match slot, but going off the match time of just over 5 minutes long, I didn't do much as soon she got squashed or mostly squashed at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLI/2025: she deserved the match outlay of a fighting champion going down fighting, I can pretty much guess that doesn't happen here in reality, because if they were going to tell this story it would need to be a respectable 15 minutes or somewhere around here as Stratton was champion for 300+ days and to see her get this treatment is just wrong. I swear the more things change the more they stay the same, because if you have been around wrestling long enough Triple H. is now going exactly what Vince did when he was in control, basically in one way or another screwing with the competition, to say look what we have here all this ex-wrestling talent from that other place and now we have made into superstars and for some reason they universe is being the usual sheep's lapping it up like true sheep zombies.

But then again if you still want to revel in the way the WWE is doing business just remember I can't remember where is WrestleMania 43/2027 going to be held again?... For the life of me I can't remember Oh yes in the region of the Middle East where those of the rainbow community are not safe enough said.

 

 

Twilight 2008 by AverageMansReviews

Twilight 2008 by AverageMansReviews

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In a small town called Forks: briefly; we meet Bella Swan [Younger: Catherine Grimme/Older:Kristen Stewart:] she has moved here from Phoenix Arizona and moved in with her dad; Chief Charlie Swan [Billy Burke:] he is Forks' Chief of Police and people will look at him to deal with this murder and Jessica Stanley [Anna Kendrick:] she attends Forks High School, she is one of Swan's friends/in the same group of friends, but Swan is unaware that her life is never going to be the same again living here.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is an origin script to this franchise, with framework narration from Bella/Stewart, we have this really dominating background music in particular to attempt to create these character developments/this on-screen chemistry between our lead partnership and on top of that we have these flash memory recall thing going on and maybe once as Bella is trying to be something together; this works as it is very best and another occasion where this situation it just didn't happen, but for the rest of the time; it is cheap and tacky and garbage, but luckily somewhere between the ending stages of the beginning section or slightly a bit more, they stop this garbage until much later on, where they can build their natural chemistry between characters and more importantly the lead partnership and throughout the rest of the cast as well: the pacing of this 121 minutes film is as I have already indicated good when they just allow their film to breathe and move forward naturally.

Art, character developments, action and comedy; putting the flashy memory/chemistry building things to one side for a minute; the landscapes and set designs of Forks: brings the whole idea of there are strange goings-on in this small piece of America to life in a very natural way, with the idea/concept these creatures that live here for most parts want to live in peace: Edward Cullen [Robert Pattinson:] he is a vampire which does not feed on humans, that at first rubs Swan the wrong way, but eventually you will show the awesome power that his kind as at their disposal in some cases, each vampire has their own unique abilities and they shine like gold and glitter in sunlight, Marvel and DC yet referenced earlier on in this title and Edward shows Bella what it is really like for a month this massive tree and to see the world from this glorious perspective and then of course we have this game of baseball Cullen family which has to be played under certain whether conditions.

Character developments and performances; the character developments are like the performances of this cast: all is good, as it is the first instalment of this franchise, they do set down all of the foundation work for the oncoming instalments to build upon, so as things stand as I have already said all is good.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; in its entirety after everything is said and done; it finds itself in this bracket of my marking system, I had the pleasure of watching this film at the cinema with the person I watch some of this content with, they seem to highly enjoy this film as well, there are some extra bits and pieces in the closing credits of this instalment. This film also has some awards accredited to its name 34 Winners which includes but not limited to MTV Movie + TV Awards 2009 MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance Kristen Stewart, Breakthrough Performance Male Robert Pattinson, Best Kiss Kristen Stewart Robert Pattinson and Young Hollywood Awards 2009 Young Hollywood Award Director Catherine Hardwicke andScream Awards 2009 Scream Award Breakout Performance - Male Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black: he is Native American living on a reservation, that there is back with Swan quite a few years when they were children. Negative Winners Golden Schmoes Awards 2008 Most Overrated Movie of the Year and Yoga Awards 2009 Yoga Award Worst Foreign Director Catherine Hardwicke. 16 Nominees which include but not limited to Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2009 Saturn Award Best Fantasy Film, Kids' Choice Awards, USA 2010  Blimp Award Favorite Book Stephenie Meyer (written by,) back to the MTV Movie + TV Awards 2009 MTV Movie Award Best Song from a Movie Paramore For the song "Decode,"Scream Awards 2009  Best Villain Cam Gigandet as James: he is a very strong, relentless vampire that hunts Bella, Best Ensemble and Negative Nominees Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2009 Chainsaw Award Worst Film

 

 

Rust 2024/2025 by AverageMansReviews

Rust 2024/2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is child abuse/shooting/animal cruelty/animal waste/burning/capital punishment/stabbing/medical/references to racism and slavery

Journey to somewhere in Mexico: briefly; we meet Lucas Hollister/other name [Patrick Scott McDermott:] he is the oldest brother looking after his little brother, but after an accident he is sentenced to death. Harland Rust [ Alec Baldwin:] he is an old outlaw which is also her grandfather to these two nephews, but he takes Lucas on this journey to safety

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 139 minutes long is best described as torture; it just drifts along without any kind of get up and go, in fact it got up and left us way behind; this film was hard work to watch and my interest in it, very much switched off at somewhere throughout.

Art and action; there are some beautiful artistic visions throughout this project and let's be completely honest here they are one of the biggest consistent assets alongside another which I will discuss later, but for now the artistic eye throughout this film is to be given high praise indeed and Halyna Hutchins as cinematographer on this title, should be delighted with the finished article of this title and the action sequences are very much the standard for a western genre project, so they are at least solid.

Character developments and performances; the character developments are broadly speaking for the vast majority of them; solid versions of what they are meant to be, but the character developments of Lucas Hollister/other name are just incredibly insufferable as at no point does he seem to grasp what kind of trouble/world he now finds himself in; you know it is okay for awhile to have this kind of character development, because he is young but some point the penny has dropped at some point, I mean really character developments he expresses of growth is the standard for this kind of outlay, which is getting closer to his family member. I mean if they wanted this kind of character developments where he doesn't learn they have hit the nail on the head, consequently if this is what they were going for Scott McDermott puts in a good performance. Baldwin as Harland Rust: essentially puts this film on his back and carries it as best as he can, without Baldwin putting in this strong performance to try and make something out of very little without any assistance from the framework or/and pacing of this film, he still shows that he can still offer a lot to the film industry.

This film receives: 2/10,  this film is poor; as I have already referenced this film is not only a averagely long film, but it actually feels much longer am incredibly tiresome and likewise the character developments of one main character is insufferable as well. there is words on-screen referencing Hutchins an extra credit scene and a section focused on Hutchins' family [that accidentally got shot and subsequently died on 21/11/2021] and this film does have 1 Winner award accredited to its name, which is massive negative Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2022 EDA Special Mention Award Hall of Shame Producers, crew and cast of RUST for not following proper safety protocol and causing the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. 

Out on respect I will dedicate this content to Halyna Hutchins: RIP Halyna Hutchins 1979-2021

 

Average Extra of: Rust 2024/2025 have now been released in 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Rust 2024/2025 have now been released in 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there will be some censored adult language references and including speculation.

I think this is a terrible fudgin' turn of events: now let's make things crystal clear I'm not getting on the back of any innocent party here, but having said that I do wish they would have shelved this project. Because here comes the speculation, if they have not the blessing or something to that effect of Halyna Hutchins' family [as she was the cinematographer that accidentally got shot and subsequently died on 21/11/2021;] then what the hell is this film doing seeing the light of day? Because on the other side of the coin Alec Baldwin had to fight a case of involuntary manslaughter charges that he was cleared of in 2024. So my point here is; we have two families that their lives were turned upside down over this tragic situation. On some research right at the end of this film there is a section focusing on Hutchins where briefly it does state that I am paraphrasing here that it was the wishes of her family to complete this project and to show her gives for the last time, which I can completely understand and respect.

So I cannot go up against the wishes of the family, before people bring up the legend known as Brendan Lee: two things: the first being; show some class and the second and much more important thing is; the main reason I would have liked this film to have been shelved: without giving too much away is unfortunately without giving too much away; the plot centres around someone being accidentally shot and no I'm not making this up, this is definitely one of those situations where you have to believe in through your teeth as being respectful life imitates art here, so if this wasn't a part of the plot, I would be generally okay with it, but as I said earlier or referenced earlier if the family is let's go with reasonably okay with it then I have to be as well. 

So I wish the innocent parties the best and RIP Halyna Hutchins 1979-2021