Pride & Prejudice 2005 by AverageMansReviews

Pride & Prejudice 2005 by AverageMansReviews

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Time to marry off my daughters: briefly; in the 18th Century England we meet the Bennett family; Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet [Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn:] Mr Bennett is the head of the house and when the time comes you may or may not give consent for his daughters to be married, while Mrs Bennett is solely focused on getting her daughter's married and speaking of one of their daughters brings me onto Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bennet [Keira Knightley:] she is a bright woman that has the mouth match, consequently it is going to be difficult to pair her with someone that is of her standing, while that was until Mr Darcy appeared; Mr Darcy [Matthew Macfadyen:] he is a very wealthy individual that owns  Pemberley a country estate and he is a very uptight person as well; this is their story.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 127 minutes is broadly speaking good, but there is somewhere for a section of the film, things noticeably just drop off the pace, but it does recover for the rest of the film, it just doesn't feel like the rest of the film for a while.

Art; obviously the landscapes, scenery, wardrobe and accessories and all that are the highest qualities as they do a fantastic job of transporting their audience from our technological age, back to a much simpler life.

Comedy, character developments and performances; the vast majority of comedy lays in the dialogue exchanges such as for one example Elizabeth Bennett quickly discussing with one of her sisters; in our language did she just agreed to dance with Mr Darcy even though she really doesn't think too highly of him, which her sister reassured her that this happened or/and we have this for a recurring theme of characters trying to listen through doors to hear what is happening in the room; with sometimes the door being opened with these characters still there or they can't wait to come in; so they come in. The character developments are just following their character models as in what they should be, but it is down to this excellent assembled cast of performers that make this interpretation is found out as there is no weakling in particular I have to give a special mention to Knightley, because without her being articulate, verbally free-flowing and ever so slightly sassy this film falls apart and of course I am going to bring a Mr Bennett/Sutherland; especially in Elizabeth you can see him in her and you can see why they get along very closely, I should just point out he loves all of his children; but I have decided to award this film on reflection another mark based on the casting.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; as I was just illustrating it is very much down to the assembled cast, their high excellent performances and chemistry which is the bedrock success of this interpretation, I had the pleasure of watching this film at the cinema very recently on its 20th anniversary. Yes it has some awards accredited to its name such as 13 Winner New York Film Critics, Online NYFCO Award 2005 Best Actress Keira Knightley and Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2005 Best Ensemble Cast and 59 Nominees with also includes but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 2006 Oscar  Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Keira Knightley, Best Achievement in Art Direction Sarah Greenwood (art director) Katie Spencer (set decorator,) Best Achievement in Costume Design Jacqueline Durran and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Dario Marianelli

 

Bullitt 1968 by AverageMansReviews

Bullitt 1968 by AverageMansReviews

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Slow and steady; trying not to fall asleep: briefly; after this very important and integral information witness gets taken out from a secret location; Lieutenant Frank Bullitt [Steve McQueen:] he is a solemn individual that has became hard to fighting crime and he is the head of this unit which was meant to be protecting this individual and now wants to find out who took this individual out. Walter Chalmers. Vaughn [Robert Vaughn:] he is an attorney that is working on this case for this organisation and this evidence giving individual is crucial to his case and I should point out he does come across as a little bit sinister. Weissberg [Robert Duvall:] he is a taxi driver for the company known as Sunshine Cabs [I should very quickly point out: his role is limited, extremely limited for any fans of his.]

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 116 minutes film well it is so slow I almost fell asleep note once but twice, it focuses on the characters and the cast of performers and that is it; as you will see there are other things to talk about but not much.

Art and action; there is a good opening sequence with the title and main characters being shown when the title gets closer to the screen to create this walking through this door or looking through a window to see what was inside; complemented with"Bullitt (Main Title)" by Lalo Schifrin and there are two in one way or another chasing sequences; to begin with they are both positives, but especially the first one the novelty wears off that is how long they are, even though the second one is shorter; you will be like "Here we go again."

Character developments and performances; they are solidly good versions of what they are meant to be, but it is the performances of this cast of be it a small or a main role that really does make these characters three-dimensional with substance and meaning and let's be honest are; they do a lot of the heavy lifting to keep this film is going.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; as I have already illustrated I found it to be a bit boring, as it never really actually scratch never gets out of first gear and even the long chasing sequences go on that long that they even become monotonous, don't you are wrong if you like any of the performers I have mentioned, by all means watch or take a look at this film. Yet this film has some awards accredited to its name; such as 7 Winners that includes Academy Awards, USA 1969 Oscars Best Film Editing Frank P. Keller. 9 Nominees from the same awards ceremony/event Best Sound Recipient: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department

Training Day 2001 by AverageMansReviews

Training Day 2001 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/drugs/shooting/sexual assault/underage/police brutality/bodily functions/torture/medical/choking/drinking and driving/references to Russia, capital punishment, racism, gay, lesbian and transgender

What a day: briefly; this LAPD Police Officer Jake Hoyt [Ethan Hawke:] he is a good man which just wants to do his best takes this new job opportunity in narcotics; But his partner LAPD Det. Alonzo Harris [Denzel Washington:] he is a loose cannon and this is just the first day of their partnership.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 122 minutes film is functional, I mean it does get better but for the first section it is really slow out there is that much going on.

Action and comedy; the action is very much the kind of things that you would expect from this crime streets film title and one chasing down sequence involving a wheelchair this was funny [just cover my back; I can find this funny because I am disabled and in one.]

Character developments and performance; broadly speaking they are on both counts; good versions of what they are meant to be, complemented with good chemistry throughout this cast. But I should imagine you know where I am heading with this; between LAPD Det. Harris/Washington and LAPD Police Officer Hoyt; we have this whole without saying too much; this too long in the streets and/versus fresh meat to the streets thing/chemistry going on which is excellently executed by both members of this partnership. Just something a little bit different there are a number of musicians that in some way or another have/appear in this film such as for one example; B-Real [from Cypress Hill: I think actually I am pretty sure he is in this section of the film where the viewers hear "Superstar" released 2000,] I have just looked it up just to make sure he is in this film roughly where I am indicating.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; as I have already indicated it just felt a bit longer than what it actually is and not much for the first heavy amount of this title goes on, but if you're a fan of either Washington or/and Hawke take a look at this film it is good enough for a one-time viewing or/and if you haven't seen it for a long time, I fall into the category of one-time viewing as I have never seen it before until now. This film does have some awards to its name such as 18 Winners that includes Academy Awards, USA 2002 Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role Denzel Washington and 18 Nominees from the same award ceremony/event Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ethan Hawke

 

Paddington in Peru 2024 by AverageMansReviews

Paddington in Peru 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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Peru here we come: basically the Brown family with Paddington Bear/other names [voiced by Ben Whishaw:] he has been long-term settled with and is a member of the Brown family, but has come to Peru to visit his Aunt Lucy [voiced by Imelda Staunton:] she has unfortunately got lost in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian mountains; so the Browns are on the trail to find her.

Generally speaking: the framework, pacing, comedy, action and art of this 106 minutes film is in hindsight really quite annoying, in actual fact the more time I spend thinking about it, the more I can't believe they actually did it again. They took the old outlay from Paddington 2014 where it was very much geared towards being sketched scene/skit comedy where it was locational comedy where in the previous instalment with Paddington 2 2017; the focus began with Paddington instead of the location; so in a broad example if you went to go and do something like shade someone's head he had the best sentence to not screw it up, but something went wrong. But I come to this instalment of 2024; I have to be completely honest I was nodding off now and again throughout the vast majority of this instalment. You see I was patient and understanding with the 2014 version because it was the original of this trilogy so far and it was in was an outlay for this franchise to be built on. But as we are in the third instalment I am not so lenient with things going backwards.

But much later on we comedy, action and art which is more like Paddington 2 2017 as Paddington is without giving too much away running away from these bolder something like Dr. Indian Jones from Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981; basically when you get this point in the film the sequel actually wakes up and begins to look and feel like a third instalment of a trilogy and likewise it really does look and feel like a lot of fun and the art throughout this film is to be fair and balanced a consistent positive as we still have this looking inside the dollhouse approach of the Brown family home and unit and the moving paint Art.

Character developments, performances and voice performances; now as it relates to the character developments and the performances these are individually problematic as without giving too much away but obviously they need to make this point in the first two instalments Paddington had an evildoer, but here they came up with something different; which doesn't work because we don't have meanwhile something else is going on which will contribute to the framework and pacing feeling slow and empty and on top of that we have a integral recasting issue Sally Hawkins as Mary Brown was replaced by Emily Mortimer; in a nutshell  Hawkins chose to step down as Mary Brown and boy howdy she was missed greatly, as I have already alluded to she as Mary Brown she was an integral member of this family and cast; I mean I know they had to, but reshooting some scenes from Paddington 2014 these were just tacky. I wish they just gave her as in Mary Brown the character massive diarrhoea so that she could stay at home but she gives the rest of the family are a blessing to go on this holiday of sorts; so she could write a letter and post it underneath the bathroom door, through her sounds of vomiting so they could write out the rest of the film. So being polite or as best they can this recasting didn't work for me in the slightest, but once again to be fair and balanced I would say Mortimer did okay as in she really tried to fit in, but she hasn't got the chemistry of the two previous instalment behind her. But for the rest of the character developments and performances I would say they were predictable versions of what they were meant to be and the voice performances were all good.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; I was going to give this film something a little bit higher than this; but when you start to think and talk about with the person I watch some of this content with which this individual went to see this film with me in fact they have now done the trilogy with me as well, but I digress; this film and that higher mark just got slightly difficult to justify with everything I have discussed in this content, one last thing I should tell you that is not this film is; that in one way or another it has up to three extra credits.

 

Paddington 2 2017 by AverageMansReviews

Paddington 2 2017 by AverageMansReviews

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12 landmarks of London: basically Paddington Bear/other name [voice by Ben Whishaw:] he wants to get this pop-up book, which is priced at £1000 for a birthday present for someone very special to him, consequently he has to get a job. But sadly he is convicted of a crime he did not commit, but when he is inside he meets; Knuckles McGinty [Brendan Gleeson:] he is a reputation, it is vindicated he can be violent, he is also the prison's chef. Meanwhile this strange actor Phoenix Buchanan/other characters [Hugh Grant:] is trying to get his project off the ground and finally Henry Brown/other main [Hugh Bonneville:] he is still in the world of insurance as a risk analyst, but is going through a midlife crisis as he in short someone else got the promotion and work.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 104 minutes film is excellent, it does have that feeling we have a lot to get through so we don't have any time to waste on unnecessary stuff.

Art, comedy and action; the art is amazing eye-catching and smooth as we have Paddington and his Auntie Lucy [voiced by Imelda Staunton:] she adopted him and raised him alongside her husband Uncle Pastuzo [Michael Gambon:] they always wanted to make it to London; I should also point out that they are all so bears. But I digress; Paddington and his Auntie [imaginary] meet up in this pop-up book and they basically experience would London has to offer through these pages of this pop-up book. Whomever came up with this idea/concept has to be given the most highest of praise, I mean it must be one thing to have these imaginative ideas/concepts, but to actually make the entire sequence of events must be a completely different kettle of fish altogether. Yes we still have Mary Brown [Sally Hawkins:] she is still doing her illustrations, but Paddington is going to need her support more than ever this time around; mental drawing avenue and on top of that we still have; the little world in a bigger world concept; but in this sequel it is used when Paddington and his criminal friends escape from prison.

I am delighted to see that with this title; they changed the sketch scene/skit emphasis around from it being quite flat in comparison to this project where this time around Paddington is seemingly much more in control accidentally; meaning best intentions be it; giving someone a haircut or put this red item in with this load of whitewash, he does realise he has done it but in a nutshell he thinks what can go wrong or/and a little later on spitting on someone's hand, because he is not aware of this British custom; where many years ago on reaching a deal with someone; you used to spit on each other's hand and shake on it, but as I have just pointed out Paddington is not familiar with this custom.

The action is a lively affair likewise be it in the air in this hot air balloon or/and Paddington trying to get from danger between these two trains and this elegant ladder system that he gets from his suitcase; where Paddington has to keep turning this handle for this ladder to keep extending then has to stretch out because it has fully extended and likewise yet again this very beautiful underwater sequence with real danger involved.

Character developments, performances and voice performance; the returning characters/performers/voice performance; these are all fluently evolved as yes we have had time away from them, so of course they are going to evolve, the newcomers are a welcome addition to the cast of characters/performers; for an example Gleeson as Knuckles McGinty; he just put in a flawless performance as this prison hard man chef type of character.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it as I have spoke about has in one way or another built more around Paddington Bear/Paddington Brown instead of being built around the scene the other way around which in turn gives this sequel more of a lively outlay and there are some extra bits and pieces in one way or another in the first section of the ending credits. 15 Winners that includes London Critics Circle Film Awards 2018 ALFS Award Supporting Actor of the Year Hugh Grant and 2018 Winner ALFS Award British/Irish Actress of the Year Sally Hawkins Shared with: The Shape of Water · Maudie. 52 Nominees which such as; are from the same award ceremony/event British/Irish Film of the Year, Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year Simon Farnaby as Barry: in this sequel he is a security guard for St. Paul's Cathedral: yes he was in the previous instalment as the same character different and likewise in the future instalment of this franchise; with Paddington in Peru 2024 on some research: Geographers Guild and Technical Achievement of the Year Pablo Grillo (visual effects)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paddington 2014 by AverageMansReviews

Paddington 2014 by AverageMansReviews

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From deepest darkest Peru to London: other name/Paddington Bear [voice by Ben Whishaw:] a friendly bear that has come to London in search of an individual by the name of Montgomery Clyde [Tim Downie:] he is an animal hunter that couldn't bring himself to hunt these bears. But he did say whenever you are in London look me up or something to that effect and that is precisely what Paddington is doing here. But he needs somewhere to stay in the meantime fortunate enough; a sweet lady goes to check on him; her name is Mary Brown [Sally Hawkins:] she is a member of the Brown family and she is a illustrator for the story books and she will become Paddington's biggest supporter. Now looking at the cast list; an individual cross my path by the name of Michael Bond as the kindly gentleman: he is the creator/author of Paddington Bear, but sadly he is no longer with us, you may be gone but Paddington will keep your memory alive; RIP Michael Bond 1926-2017

Generally speaking: the framework and the pacing of this 95 minute film is a straightforward as it knows what it wants to do and get on with it; it find another gear from the third quarter until the ending credits.

Art, comedy and action; I have to be honest I really do prefer when this film breaks away from the norm as it relates to a family built film and yes I know, I know I have been around long enough to know; why should they are precisely their target audience, which I can't blame for that, you have to make money in the film industry or any industry really, but especially the film industry. So for me I prefer it when this title breaks away from its usual such as going inside this am just going to say this old dolls house; when it is opened up; it mimics the Brown's household as these family members are in their own room and space doing their own things or another sequence without giving too much away; is basically set on this train; I like the idea and I can really appreciate the imagination of creating a little world within a bigger world; it is incredibly elegant and also very charming or/and these memory imagery and/or this mental recap of a previous situation in black and white. I also really appreciated the information system of this location [I did think about dropping the name here, but to be safe I am not going to because it is a integral part of the storyline.]

Paddington and in a nutshell another member of the Brown's family have got into this location, where they can find out this information; now unfortunately Paddington being Paddington on clearing up accidentally insert his long roll/sandwich down one of these pipes, which of course causes this whole system to clog up, which accidentally turned into an excellent diversion for them to escape don't worry Paddington still gets the long roll/sandwich back as it fire from this location and he grab down; he could play wide receiver in the NFL with hand control like that or/and much later on we have a reference to Mission Impossible -Ghost Protocol 2011 climbing up with these gloves; but in this case they are handheld hoovers instead inside this a light furnace heading towards the roof [ yes we do get the familiar theme music of Mission Impossible.]

Character developments, performances and voice performances; they are all mostly solidly good versions of what they are meant to be; this is one of those occasions where be it performer or/and voice performer; some have to grow into their roles, whilst we have someone like Julie Walters as Mrs Bird: the housekeeper and the third cousin of Mary Brown: well as everyone should know by now, you know what you get with Walters; a high level of performance whatever she does and she doesn't disappoint here as usual or we get reliable versions of this character types and their performances reflect those.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; as I have already referenced at one point or another; it is a sturdy beginning to this franchise; it also has some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Winners; Writers' Guild of Great Britain 2016 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award Best Screenplay Paul King, Empire Awards, UK 2015 Empire Award Best Comedy, British Screenwriters' Awards British Screenwriters' Award and Best British Feature Film Writing Paul King (director). 7 Nominees that includes BAFTA Awards 2015 BAFTA Film Award Best Adapted Screenplay Paul King and from the same award ceremony/event Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film Paul King David Heyman and Behind the Voice Actors Awards 2015 BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film Ben Whishaw As the voice of "Paddington Bear"

 

Calling It Out of: Dwayne "The Rock/The Final Boss" Johnson Road to WrestleMania 41/2025: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Calling It Out of: Dwayne "The Rock/The Final Boss" Johnson Road to WrestleMania 41/2025: Part 2 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

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Calling It Out of: Dwayne "The Rock/The Final Boss" Johnson: Part 2: I don't know about everyone else, but I am really getting the idea that the WWE are really struggling with the backlash of WrestleMania 41/2025: Night 2 and that now infamously ghastly main event and its closing angle and its historical importance which turned out to be a right balls up.

What with Triple H now saying broadly speaking of those that didn't like WrestleMania to Suck It. Which I find this to be very pitiful, because he can't come out with that stuff anymore unless he is on TV doing his shtick, but other than that he is 55 years old and on top of that he holds a very senior position within the WWE of: Chief Creator Officer of the WWE.

Now we have Johnson showing his true colours as well what with this 99.9% and edited message to Dave from @BustedOpenRadio

Hi Dave, the business is a complete work. Always has been, always will be. Every aspect of it. Every match. Every interview. Please join me, Cody, Cena, Brian and the rest of us for our creative discussions so you can explain your perspective. Until then, stop ranting, it's not healthy my friend. Enjoy the show. PS, tell Bubba I have Ground Mariner hush puppies for all of us [Beer & rolling around crying with laughter Emojis.] I mean I have heard of this Johnson from the film industry [behind closed doors and on sets,] but finally we get to see it in all its glory, Dave over the past less than a week has actually said nothing wrong, in fact he has just been passionate about wrestling and I'm not speaking for him, but my take is on what he broadly has to say is: the WWE has self-destructed the past three years of character building for Cody Rhodes, Johnson has actively made himself a massive part of this feud heading into Mania 41, then to decide 7 weeks before this event, that he wouldn't be showing up even though he had built himself up to as I have already said or indicated be an integral part of this feud, consequently building up the expectation of he should be there without question as it is Mania to finish off if he wants his part in this feud. But we didn't get any of that; we just did not get any of that but instead we got Travis Scott with this 101 beginners level heel style of match outlay, turning what should have been a momentous occasion of a record-breaking 17th World Championship in to a horror show and then for Johnson to go on to the Pat McAfee self titled show and expose the business and everything else is just so fudgin' wrong. But then to have the arrogance to put out this message is so much fudgin' worst.

Because it shows that Johnson has now decided to not give two dumplings and show his true colours and it is all about the money. TKO have as far as I can see it two massive problems in H and Johnson, because in one way or another they have indicated that they can't deal with the backlash or/and the criticism and it is worthwhile pointing out that Johnson is also now 52 years old and also holds a very high position as a member of the board of TKO in this case the overseers of the WWE, so he can't be seen to be immature either; this is just not a good look for the WWE, H and Johnson have now turned themselves into Tony Khan [the head of AEW] and his outbursts on social media as it relates to criticism even though the criticism sometimes may have been harsh or not he would let everyone know.

Dave has responded to Johnson by saying: I love professional wrestling, I love professional wrestling cause it is unlike any other form of entertainment or sport because I am passionate about it, because I dive into it and it's not about oh it's real to me damn it. But man it is; it is you guys put your bodies on, every time you step into a wrestling ring, you put your health and your bodies on the line. It is no more real than that, that's a real and is it can possibly be. So when you say it is the work, I don't need to be reminded I know that. I'm trying to fight off from everybody outside of our circle, I don't need somebody inside the circle, who sits at the highest mountain in this business which is the WWE, to tell me it's not real, I already know that; I know that not real. But let me buy into the magic that is professional wrestling. So when you say it's all work and that it's fake then what are we doing here, what are we doing. The reason why I rant and rave like I do it is because I'm passionate about it, I don't like what I saw at the end of WrestleMania 41. Just like if my Cowboys lose or my Yankees lose I'm going to rant and rave about that, it doesn't mean I hate it; it's because I love it I get so passionate that I yell and scream about it. Don't tell me it's a work I don't need you to tell me, that is supposed to be from Dick or Jane down the street that doesn't like professional wrestling, they're the ones that tell me it's a work and it's fake not somebody within the business believe in the magic, it's the magic that makes people buy a ticket to go see WrestleMania or to sit on their a** for to watch Mondays Night RAW or SmackDown, because it is real to them, they don't need to be reminded it's fake, it is real to them, so all respect Rock, all respect Mr Dwayne Johnson, I appreciate what you have done for me and for the business, but what you put in that response I fell was wrong and it hurt me it; it actually I'm not angry about it; it I'm actually hurt and disappointed with the response. [I have tried the best intentions to get a complete transcript of this response, but I just wanted to cover my back by saying there may or may not be little mistakes in here somewhere, I have as I have already said done this unintentionally and trying my best to get 100% of the transcript.]

It is becoming more and more noticeable/uncomfortable that the WWE especially over this short period of time they are unnecessarily moving away from what they have always tried to be and that is inspiring or escapism, where on one hand you could be somebody that hasn't had the best start in life, goes to a wrestling show and goes I want to do that, so in essence they become the dream makers of the future or on the other hand you could have somebody working a dead-end job, a dead-end life but is happy to have this standard of life just to watch wrestling throughout their week including possibly spending time with their family watching it, so it becomes a family generational thing of wrestling fans.

So trust me when I say I get it when Dave makes reference to its work and everything he says about it, we know is in the work, but we don't need someone from Mount Olympus telling us it is work. But whatever is going on behind the scenes of the WWE hierarchy including TKO, it clearly isn't one big happy family at the moment.

One final thing: RIP Steve "Mongo" McMichael 1957-2025 at the least you are now reunited with Pepe the Chihuahua.

Calling It Out of: Dwayne "The Rock/The Final Boss" Johnson Road to WrestleMania 41/2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Calling It Out of: Dwayne "The Rock/The Final Boss" Johnson Road to WrestleMania 41/2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

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Calling It Out of: Dwayne "The Rock/The Final Boss" Johnson: from the outset of what I understand from the wrestling community Johnson being interviewed by Pat McAfee on his self titled program on Tuesday 22/04/2025 is in itself of what I have found out to be roughly 38 minutes long so if or when I have the time I will watch it and give it its own content. But that is not to say I will not be making references to it as far as I understand it in this content.

The WWE clearly now has a massive Rock issue around its neck, because of my knowledge of two worlds; the film industry and in a wrestling both of a broad sense. Meaning in both worlds Johnson does not have the best reputation I mean just go and ask Vin Diesel [one of the founding cast members of the Fast & Furious franchise] and it is clearly evident in the WWE now, where he pretty much shows up and does what he wants, going over schedule in his segments when he appears, consequently putting the show on a rewriting or taking bits out to cater for him.

But I have a feeling that Triple H is either based on my opinion feeling the heat or being stuck in the middle or just doesn't know how to deal with the situation, because I have seen some of his outburst about the wrestling community as a whole and yet again based on my opinion I don't think he can't handle the pressure, roughly speaking you don't say or indicate what he had indicated over this past weekend and I will give you a sentiment of what he basically has indicated: enjoy the ride and if you don't you can get stepping.

I think the WWE and Mr H has forgotten one little detail and that is consumer rights, meaning if you have people spending large sums of money to come and see your product, then by definition they are allowed to express their feedback and no you have to be deluded and arrogant to believe that you have a right to take their money and for them to shut up, it doesn't work that way I mean putting the closing main event to one side for a minute, the card and build up to a good selection of your match slots was no way good enough end of story and briefly; there was a classy move treating Bayley like manure; the sooner she realises that she is vastly more capable and talented than Charlotte Flair and Mercedes Moné combined then I mean this in the right way I don't care where she goes as long as she is away from the WWE.

But I digress; back onto our original topic; Johnson in this interview broke the number one rule of; you try your best not to break kayfabe, but in this interview not only does he break it not once but twice; he completely obliterated it, actually I will go on record and say this; he killed it here stone dead.

I mean us experience wrestling fans or people within the community know of these such things, as in we know it happens, they know, we know, they know we know. But the difference is and this is massive whatever you do you don't come out and say it and confirm it such as basically; TK0 reached out to Johnson to come to WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 because the ticket sales were low where he and Travis Scott very much got involved in the feud between John Cena and the Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes; where Scott almost put this main event in jeopardy and it needs to be stressed that Johnson even at this early stage had made himself an integral part of this feud [which this is very important to understand of for later on.]

So WWE Wrestle Mania 2025/41: Night 2 rolls around Sunday 20/04/2025: this main event is going to its conclusion yet there is no Johnson: you know the person that made himself an integral part of this feud is a no-show, but we still get Scott and just like that Cena is your new and record-breaking 17 time world champion. I don't care who is to blame here the WWE really messed the bed on this one without question.

This is one of those rare occasions where I don't give two dumplings if Johnson had other commitments, this is WrestleMania the biggest stage of all in professional wrestling and for those that don't know it is where it is a pivotal/crucial part of the wrestling calendar, it is where feuds usually end but also possibly begin a new chapter for the following year of content so you know it is as big as it can get in wrestling terms and based on what I've seen of the closing stages this was complete manure, I don't mind the heel tactics because Cena is a heel, but could we not come up with anything better than without giving too much away heel tactics for beginners.

Then back to this interview; the second thing that Johnson discloses which he shouldn't have is basically after the Elimination Chamber he decided to be done with this feud. So hold on you arrogant motherfudger you make yourself an integral part of this feud by saying to Rhodes I want your soul and for that I will make all your dreams come true, Cena takes you up apparently on your offer, but we don't know why? He turns heel, you don't show up at the biggest stage and Cena becomes a record-breaking world champion. I mean the WWE hierarchy should know and understand that this is just massive chunks of manure. I mean off the tilt my head: Johnson on the go home episode SmackDown released this video of him explaining how things went down in summary I offered John the same deal and as you can clearly see he took it, so have fun this Sunday I will be watching so watch your back, or Johnson could just show up to cause the destruction or Johnson could show up as an emergency referee just to ensure the 3 count, or Johnson's music hits it goes pitch black and the lights come back on from out of nowhere Roman Reigns spears Rhodes to ensure Cena is the new champion and in the coming week on Raw after being betrayed by Paul Heyman Reigns was given this opportunity by his cousin; do this one favour from me and when WrestleMania 42/2026 rolls round, you have a open contract for the main event championship of your choosing against anyone with any stipulation, basically it is one blank check for a WrestleMania main event spot, which in turn feeds back into the idea that if you side with Johnson he can and will make your dreams come true for a price and he doesn't have to be there for this one.

But because he decided to basically withdraw himself so the focus could be on the other two, when as I have alluded to already he had already made himself a crucial and integral part; this makes no sense and furthermore it now we must the WWE in not one but two catastrophic situations either individually or together. Because this main event was received incredibly badly it sets up the whole following year to have garbage in the main event as it relates to Cena and trust me when I say I have seen this already for the vast majority of his career I didn't like it then, I don't like it now and separately but also consequently they have in one night single-handedly through three years of character building and storyline down the toilet as it relates to Rhodes; it is so bad that I don't know how if at all he can recover from it, you know there are some situations where wrestlers can recover from situations, but even for someone in the stature of Rhodes this maybe even one step too far for him, I'm not saying he can't recover some extent. But why what I am saying is; this is one of those wrestling moments that no one will ever forget and it will be not for good reason; as Rhodes will be remembered as the guy that gave Cena  his 17^th and breaking world championship and if I was Rhodes I would really not like to be associated with this mess that is for sure . I did feel a little bit sorry for Mr H, because Johnson may have the luxury of disappearing and then coming back but for H, he has got to somehow the wheels back on the bus and repair the damage and not only that the trust that he once had is somewhat tarnished.

But then again the least one positive thing has come out of this mess and there is the wrestling community find some common ground of disdain for the WWE in this entire manure show.

Moana 2 2024 by AverageMansReviews

Moana 2 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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She hits the waves again: basically; Moana [voiced by Auliʻi Cravalho:] she is a Princess of Motunui - yes even though at one point in this sequel she says she isn’t, but by bloodline she is/Wave-rider, she now has a little sister by the name of Simea [Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda:] she is about 5 years old or maybe 6, she is bright. But her sister is hitting the waves again on another adventure, but this time with a few more people such as Moni [voiced by Hualālai Chung/Hualalai Chung:] he is a strong historian, which is a big fan of Maui but we still have everyone's favourite tattoo wearing, demigod Maui [voiced by Dwayne Johnson:] and don't worry he has brought his Manaiakalani so he can shape-shift; so off we go on another adventure, but this one seems more dangerous than the last time we were here with this community.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 100 minute film is good; basically without being disrespectful, but also just telling you how is it is; this film has a similar outlay to its predecessor; so it very much follows the Walt Disney/Disney; storyline/musical number approach.

Art, action and comedy; so as you come to expect with an animated sequel we do get the standard practice of computer animation upgrade consequently overhaul of the project with still maintaining a vibrant outlook throughout; obviously broadly speaking; character faces for an example look much more naturally facial as in curves where there are meant to be and ageing. But putting that to one side. The music numbers have been given a wider appeal obviously I fully expect there to be some Persian theme music in there somewhere, but what I really did appreciate from this sequel is elements of fusion such as elements of rap in musical number "Can I Get a Chee Ho?" Sung by Johnson as Maui, I mean I am from the alternative lifestyle so my music tastes is vast, I mean I'm not expecting anything from the metal pyramid of sub genres, but I do feel that it is important to introduce children to different styles of music and obviously different cultures as well, you see from time to time it does my head in when you have a family-based film with musical numbers or music in it and it predominantly comes from the mainstream popular industry, because all it does is laid down the ground work for potentially in individual to think and act a certain way. But this sequel doesn't have to worry about this because as I have already said it; it does try to fuse elements of different genres in little ways, which is the best way to go really, so that there is a little something in here/there for everybody of your viewing audiences.

The action and seemingly seems to be more adventure based or is it just me? I am probably wrong anyway, I am not complaining just speaking from an observation perspective and don't worry we do get some combat elements as we did from the previous instalment as well. But for here and now; it just seems to be more like; we need to get out of this location, by doing so we go through this location and this is all in reference to escaping from being inside this living location and finally for the comedy there is comical bits and pieces such as Maui's tattoo twisting his nipple [I will discuss the comedy again momentarily.]

Character developments and voice performances; the character developments have been yet again nicely progressed as it relates to time between films, the possible reason that there is less of a comical tone and material in this sequel, is because of precisely that meaning maturity of our characters and also a role reversal as it relates to Moana and Maui [I don't want to say too much about this; just because it gets referenced in the film, but then again I have to date knowledge it] and likewise the voice performances of the returning performers reflect the stage of their characters growth at this time of this sequel and the newcomers are a welcoming addition to this franchise as they just perfectly slot into the cast of characters and their voices. Before this franchise is all said and done they should really consider bringing all of the Anoaʻi family on board, now briefly for those people that don't know this would be Johnson's family a lot of them are or have been professional wrestlers but obviously like Johnson they have a Persian background, it would be nice just to see them/hear from them all throughout this franchise at one point or another: which again for those people that don't know a good selection of them have been involved in this; The Bloodline storyline in the WWE in these modern times which has elements of the person using it.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; it moves and progresses things nicely, as I have already indicated it basically uses the same template as its previous instalment, so why fix something that isn't broken. There are extra bits and pieces throughout the ending credits; be it pictures, an ending credit or Persian music.

This film also has some awards accredited to its name; 1 Winner Critics Choice Awards Celebration of Cinema & Television  Animation Award AAPI Cinema & Television Yvett Merino Christina Chen Dana Ledoux Miller Jason Hand David G. Derrick Jr. 2 Nominees Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) 2024 HMMA Award Best Original Song - Animated Film Emily Bear Abigail Barlow Auli'i Cravalho Song: "Beyond" and from the same award ceremony/event Best Original Song - Animated Film Dwayne Johnson Emily Bear Abigail Barlow Song: "Can I Get a Chee Ho?"

 

Moana 2016 by AverageMansReviews

Moana 2016 by AverageMansReviews

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To save her island she needs to hit the waves: basically; Moana [voiced by Auliʻi Cravalho:] she is a Princess of Motunui, she has been chosen by the Sea to undertake this task against her father's wishes which involves Maui [voiced by Dwayne Johnson:] a demigod of the Wind and Sea that it has been foretold he is not a nice individual, he communicates with one of his many tattoos, he knows a very powerful weapon at his disposal; it is a Manaiakalani [fish hook] that gives him the ability to be a shape-shifter; this is her/their quest to hopefully save her island.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 107 minutes film is good; as I will make abundantly clear throughout this content in some way and I don't say this angrily or negatively, but it is just the way things are; this title has been set out to follow a foundation level of a film title which to base other potential instalments to be built on in the future.

Art and action; it is a highly colourful engaging experience of Polynesian culture as I have some knowledge on this already based on my wrestling knowledge and yes for those long-term wrestling fans I know, I know some of this experience is based on racist stereotypes and even when Johnson debuted in wrestling 1996 was based on his culture which that gimmick didn't last too long even though it was to pay respect to his father and grandfather, which it took the WWF/WWE until the 2010's to actually show Polynesian/Hawaiian wrestlers more respect than apparently just having thick skulls and being dimwitted; when they gave Jimmy and Jey Uso; the Siva Tau; the Samoan war dance, which yes on a very, very, very basic level it is similar to the Haka performed by people from New Zealand, but it is completely different, I know I have slightly contradicted myself here, but my point was to give you a basis of what kind of style of dance this was and yes for those people that don't know these two wrestlers are also family related to Johnson as cousins; but I digress; we also have a musical aspects, yes we do get to hear Johnson as Maui; which he does this very naturally and easily too.

So as you have already read already we do get a strong sense of spirituality and respecting the land as this community is happily function as a community, but it is able to show that when it's environment changes it drastically alters this community. But without giving too much away the art and action come together as one to create this massive action sequence as we have our own lead partnership taking on in a nutshell fire; it is quick fire with a satisfying conclusion.

Character developments, comedy and voice performances; they follow a standard character model on which to base a franchise on; basically Disney had gone back to what they know with essentially in this case a lead partnership that at first doesn't get a long, but gradually they find common ground and get a long and build a friendship during with not forgetting the standard breakdown in his relationship also, consequently from Disney doing this kind of character outlay which they know very well; let's be honest it is their bread, which the comedy is intertwined in this also so broadly speaking it is comical. But obviously by doing this; in turn it creates fully well rounded characters and their voice performances synonymous with these characters; which obviously has only one downfall if for whatever reason these voice performers are unable to fulfil this voice performance/duty; their replacements do tend to stick out or if you have someone like me that has very good hearing more often than not I will pick up on something isn't quite the same. But these voice performances from this cast regardless of size of voice role had been given the level of irreplaceable obviously in particular Auliʻi Cravalho as the voice of Moana, Dwayne Johnson as the voice of Maui and my personal favourite Rachel House as the voice of Tala: Moana's Granma, that is wise but quite often seen as the crazy lady of the island.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; as I have already indicated it does follow the origin outlay to a tee, but hopefully it has left things in a good place for the sequel to carry on and lay upon this instalment's sturdy foundation, in one way or another there are little bits and pieces at the ending credits stages; be it little drawings, an ending credit or a voice right at the end and yes this film does have quite a lot of awards accredited to its name such as 22 Winners that includes Annie Awards 2017 Annie Outstanding Achievement in Animated Effects in an Animated Production Marlon West Erin Ramos Blair Pierpont Ian J. Coony John Kosnik and from the same award ceremony/event Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Auli'i Cravalho As the voice of "Moana". 90 Nominees that includes Academy Awards, USA 2017 Oscar Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Ron Clements John Musker Osnat Shurer and from the same award ceremony/event Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

Calling It Out of: El Grande Americano a.k.a. Chadd Gable 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Calling It Out of: El Grande Americano a.k.a. Chadd Gable 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Related content: The current state of wrestling April 2025 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-current-state-of-wrestling-april.html and then The current state of wrestling April 2025: Part 2 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-current-state-of-wrestling-april_19.html

Warning: there will be the usage of softer censored/or adult language censored in some way or another.

The story behind this new series: which will be getting consistently updated, so as you can see from the related content, I am getting fed up of the hypocritical nature of wrestling and because of some individuals, which I should say thank you to is individuals because they inspired this series; so thank you.

Calling It Out of: El Grande Americano: as soon as I saw his first video package with his back story, I was like I am done, because it is and was cultural appropriation and then with Gable not being Spanish is racist and the final straw is the fact that this gimmick is a comedy gimmick what with the language dubbing, this is a gimmick dusted off from the 1980's.

Now let's talk about the real substance of this new content which is much deeper than you are probably thinking of; such as as far as I'm aware AEW fans cannot criticise the WWE in any way shape or form, but people such as their fan base from AEW can receive abuse with adult language references such as for one example/one thread:

Me: It is racist garbage

1 individual: Shut the f**k up you fake a** virtue signaler.  Go be fat and stupid somewhere else.

Me: I have just said this twice before: if AEW did this garbage you would revel in telling us all about it for a week or more so the truth hurts.

I would like to now defend myself for apparently virtual signalling; this is a lie, I am just holding the WWE to the same standard that they criticise others for such as AEW and let's be completely fudgin' honest about this; this has been all over 5 years in the making. Where even if Tony Khan expresses the hypocritical nature that his promotion is under when at best the WWE gets a lighter telling off if they do anything wrong, by comparison to what AEW get.

Just for the record as it relates to this situation with El Grande Americano, I have received 3 unpleasant comments; 2 conversations of disagreement which resulted in 1 individual blocking me and a small number of people liking my call out of this being racist.

Final points; this is not me defending AEW, because I will and have criticise them and will continue to do so when it is appropriate, but general wrestling fans but like WWE and also may like AEW or/and other promotions may or may not agree with me that AEW are under a ridiculous level of scrutiny when as I have said in other content this build towards Wrestle Mania 41/2025 has been so bad that beginning from WWE Royal Rumble 2025, I have done the basics to keep an eye on what is happening, but that is it and I can't believe they handed Rey Fénix his first loss within the WWE last night [Saturday 19/04/2025] put to over this terrible gimmick; but as long as you all sit there and just be on the absolute garbage that this promotion gives you then everything is okay then, as I keep saying instead of criticising AEW, maybe you should look in your own backyard.