Wonder Woman 2009 by AverageMansReviews

Wonder Woman 2009 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/impaling/cutting/transformation/dismemberment/disintegrating/ritual/self harming/slavery/childbirth/suicide/medical/references of misogyny

I am free: paraphrasing/nutshell version: Ares [voiced by Alfred Molina:] he is the God of War that was imprisoned, but now wants to pick up from where he left things. Princess Diana/other names [voiced by Keri Russell:] she is an Amazonian woman that earns the right to stop Aries.

Generally speaking: the script; it is a straightforward origin storyline of how things came to be and consequently as you would expect it doesn't break away from that outlay, so yes I would say the framework and pacing of this 73 minutes film is good; you know I can't really say to much more than what I have said, I am not worried about giving too much away; it is just it is sent out to do as I have already described and that is very much it really.

Art and action; as this project comes from the world of DC as you would have come to expect like 95% of the time; the animation itself is beautifully transported as we enter the viewers from our world into theirs; be it Themyscira/Paradise Island or the world of man or/and the chaotic battle scenes/sequences or when Princess Diana/other names puts foot posterior dealing with these unpleasant individuals

Character developments, comedy and voice performances; well as I have already indicated this is a origin storyline project so the character developments for low what they are meant to at this time. They partially make the Lasso of Truth into this comedy segment now and again, which I get it, but having said that I can also say it is meh. The voice performances did a good job of bringing their characters to life on-screen.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; I mean as I have made it perfectly clear this is a origin project so it fulfils that criteria and there is artistic bits when that ended credits do their thing.

 

Average Extra of: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 2026 | Official Trailer: My Reaction by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 2026 | Official Trailer: My Reaction by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is in one way or another flashing or/and colourful effects in any of these trailers

The brothers are back!: I saw the trailer which went on for 144 seconds, I am not being lazy, but this is one those situations where I don't have too much to say really, because all they have to do is basically follow the criteria of a sequel; move things on, in this case use up-to-date computer technology to brighten things up, make it easy on the eyes, introduce/expand this film franchise as it relates to the characters roster/universe and show a little bit of what the sequel has in store and not forgetting a little bit of comedy Bowser/King Koopa [voiced by: Jack Black] loses his temper with predominantly Mario and watch another billion dollars roll in at the box office.

My prediction for this title is 9/10 and the only reason I haven't given it full marks this because I am very much aware of the stigma as it relates to this title being a sequel, you know the sequel not being as positive as its original instalment and I am slightly a bit concerned that Brie Larson as the voice of Rosalina: is connected to this franchise: I mean if you don't know basically I am hoping that the right people in the right areas are smart enough not to have her on the promotional tour, as in a nutshell she isn't the most PR savvy, can make awkward situations, potentially causing this sequel to run the risk of losing money or unless she has grown up or mellowed out or something and yes I am being extremely kind here.

 

Anaconda 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Anaconda 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is animal cruelty/drowning/decapitation/suffocating/drugs/bodily functions/shooting/medical

Let's reboot Anaconda: briefly; Ronald "Griff" Griffen Jr./others [Young Griff: Romeo Ellard/Older: Paul Rudd:] he is an performer that has done little bits and pieces and got given the IP rights to the Anaconda franchise, so he gets is school friends that were big into horror and Anaconda to reboot the franchise; in particular his best friend Doug McCallister [Younger Douglas: Jack Waters/Older: Jack Black:] he is a very talented script writer/director which is currently wasting his talents making wedding videos, after originally declining this opportunity he agrees... which I am absolutely sure nothing will or can go wrong... well fingers crossed... okay they will be lucky to get back in one piece.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is intellectually silly as we have multiple happening; it uses the intellectual other things going on to balance out the silliness and yes at one point or another they do converge, the framework and pacing of this 99 minutes film is consequently is lively, but I have to say the opening section compared to the rest of this film is a bit slow as if it really does have the handbrake on, but as I was just indicating as you can tell the handbrake does get taken off after some time

Art, action and comedy; the snakes and their visual and/or movements have been greatly updated, the action and/or comedy is plentiful, but I just have to be a little bit selective on what I put in this content; it is because of I don't want to give too much of the storyline away; but the best way for me to illustrate some examples is to; say that with the best intentions something always goes wrong for a couple of examples; we have Griff and another character going searching for a snake for the movie and obviously it doesn't go according to plan for later on we have Griff and Doug in this vehicle being chased by this snake, as they are waiting for another character to make the connection between him, them and these explosives, so they go to set off his explosive devices and it doesn't work, it is because the other character has forgotten to switch is end on; which he turns it on and everything works.

Character developments and performances; the character developments are good versions of what they are meant to be, but let's be honest it is all down to the performances and/or the chemistry; if these performances are not as you will see if or when you go to see this film or see this film; if it doesn't have an enthusiastic nature or this free-flowing chemistry from this cast; then this film really could have fallen flat on its face; if this cast believe in this film then your audiences will follow that cue and consequently get on board for whatever is in store.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; minus the opening section of this film finding itself, I don't see this as a problem because I come from a different world from the younger generations of filmgoers, but the modern generations are not going to appreciate the intellectual silliness of this project: because when it is in full swing, this film uses everything it can lay down on its table, to make this project incredibly lively as from time to time as I have already illustrated we have multiple storyline narratives, with naturally built comedy which from time to time fluently translates into an action sequence or something other, with clearly an established cast that seemingly just had good fun making this re-imagining of Anaconda 1997.

Basically this title shows what I have known for some time now and it is this; if the modern generations are not fed the content of the project in question, as of this content being first created this film has no accredited awards to its name; which is a massive miscarriage of justice as at minimum it deserves some positive nominees to its name after everything is said and done, I mean everyone complains now and again that there is nothing new coming out at the cinema and yes this may not be strictly something new, but it has been clearly as I have already said being re-imagined, so to put this nicely done complain when the film industry try something new and it gets shot down for being different and on top of that nonoffensive either, if slightly graphic and finally yes there is an extra scene in the closing credits somewhere.

 

 

Average Extra of: Potential New Year's Resolution 2026 & Celebrities weight loss medication by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Potential New Year's Resolution 2026 & Celebrities weight loss medication by AverageMansReviews

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Warning/Disclaimer: there will be centred adult language references and disclaimer I am not or never likely to be a medical professional of any capacity whatsoever, so anything I say is based on opinion or/and personal experience and anything in between and yes I will be telling you as I see it or at minimum please go and seek medical advice, before undertaking anything and any advice given, if taken I will not be held responsible for any repercussions.

I was thinking I would say something: before your New Year's resolutions, I am completely against these medical drugs in any form that are anything to do with weight loss, unless it is under medical supervision, but other than that I despise this option and have no chocolate fudgin' time for it including but not limited to anyone that undertakes this option off their own back and/or persists in partaking it.

Yes absolutely I have spent the vast majority of my life fighting the inches and I will do so for the rest of my life, I have been really heavy and/or very thin and even options has as I have learnt has its own set of issues; briefly too heavy limits my movement, too thin when I take a hit or bump the results can be much worse if I don't have any significant weight, so it took me years to realise that somewhere in the middle is good for me; which basically means bulky, which in turn means a grand total of 11 months of the year watching what I consume and even when I relax I still watch how much I eat.

You see you would learn all of this about your body if you actually put in the hard work and effort to change your life, instead of saying it isn't working or whatever or not mean committed to the journey in the first place and not forgetting how much people now love a very quick and easy fix solution; but that is your choice or choices.

But there is precisely or are predominately one type of person I wouldn't look up to or listen to and that would be any form of celebrities, now I am not going to mention any names but anyone that looks like a distant relation of Skeletor is or has been on some weight loss drug, because I have been around long enough to know and have seen it myself, that some time ago now it was predominantly female celebrities praising body positivity on any shapes or sizes, including but not limited to those that how to put this nicely running the risk of clearly having medical concerns later on in life due to their size and castrating anyone for having an difference of opinion. I mean there is always something that you need to remember about Hollywood or/and celebrities there was always a bottom line; meaning money driven and joint first is perception, so hypothetically and based on my opinion it was money driven to be of a certain size and it still is just a different size and then we have perception, which most celebrities especially the younger ones and the up-and-coming ones will make sure they are on in their prospective be on the right side of history, but the funny thing is; as they get older they are just creating a technological trail that will trip them up in the future.

This is something to remember real men and I mean real men greatly prefer getting physical with curvy parts and the only bone that you should be feeling is his.

So if it is your new year’s resolution to essentially change your life in this manner; firstly if you want to go and seek medical assistance or advice or if not, you could choose the one change method; where you pick one thing and you choose not to consume it; like for me for about 90% of the time I choose not to eat Walker's crisps [for those that are crisps connoisseurs I mean the potato varieties] and the same goes for chocolate for 70% of the time based on a year cycle, so I may be bulky nowadays but like I said earlier 11 months of the year pretty good with food consumption and exercise.

 

 

Thunderbolts* 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Thunderbolts* 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Thunderbolts Assemble: briefly; these individual characters get sent on this mission such as Yelena Belova/Black Widow [Younger Yelena: Violet McGraw/Older: Florence Pugh:] she is questioning her life and is deeply unfulfilled and at some point on this mission we get to meet Bob Reynolds/other name/other characters [Younger Bob: Clayton Cooper/Older: Lewis Pullman:] he is a lost individual as in he doesn't remember too much, but everyone agrees that they need to get out of this furnace and seek answers from Valentina Allegra de Fontaine [Younger Valentina: Chiara Stella/Older: Julia Louis-Dreyfus:] she is the current Director of the CIA, but I don't know for how much longer as she is currently also having legal issues.

Generally speaking: the framework, pacing and the script of this 126 minutes film is broadly on the whole good; it does have a lot to do in this title; from reinstalling the faith that Marvel/MCU projects are still of a high quality and worth investing your time and much more importantly separating you from your money, which even though it does feel like it just needs sometime at the beginning of the title to get itself established and settled of things full disclosure I did miss I am going to say roughly 15 minutes, because at some point I really did need to go and make myself comfortable [I will discuss more about the script later on.]

Action, art and comedy; straightaway with me Belova/Black Widow as she apparently attempts to commit suicide [to cover my back: alongside the inner monologue from her this is designed to imply this anyway.] But she doesn't; but instead she parachutes down to begin her mission: this is an elegant way to begin proceedings and what with things getting messy as she kills the type of person she needs with their clearance [with this whole kind of: I shouldn't have done that approach; which is highly comical and very much sets the tone for other comedy in this film: I will now discuss more about this project but in its entirety setting.]

The script; is phenomenally written as on one hand; we have this vibrant nature in the dialogue exchanges as it relates to these characters having to work together to escape this location, but obviously not trusting one another; which over time set the groundwork for this whole dysfunctional family dynamic hopefully to be used in other projects; for an example when Belova/Black Widow asks her father that she had ever known something to the effect of/am paraphrasing, I have gone: have you gotten any sleep? Which Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian [David Harbour:] he has had a rough time of it lately, with him being a limousine driver, but back to this sequence of events; looking a little bit wired says I will sleep when I'm dead.

But much later on: on the other hand and without giving too much away: we the viewers and our cast of misfits travel to this location to rescue some of our other misfits. Firstly the idea and the execution of this landscape is fantastic as it uses basically the concept of Inception 2010. Whilst on the other hand we get to really discuss mental health in the dialogue exchanges including metaphors or/and symbolism [I roughly know the difference between metaphors and/or symbolism: I just get confused when both might apply at some point or another or maybe not throughout this sequence of events,] but the high imagination and creativity to put this eye-catching art, hard-hitting action, dialogue exchanges and subtext altogether, what with following character developments and performances; to create this dysfunctional, yet highly functional cast of characters and their performers needs to be given higher praise indeed and everyone connected to this project should be very happy and delighted with how things turned out.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; I just needed to take a little bit off for in a nutshell this film finding its footing, but other than that; as you can clearly see/read this film has so much to offer and for those at Marvel Studios this is how you manage a sensitive subject such as mental health; now all you have to do is replicate the adult yet down to earth approach to deal with other subjects and you will be good to go, but as it relates to modern times of projects entering the MCU: this based on recent times is very much your standardbearer anything like this or more and you will be absolutely fine. There is some extra bits and pieces including 2 extra scenes; 1 is right at the end and when I am first dictating this; this film has an award accredited to its name;  Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2025 GMS Award Best Music Supervision for a Trailer (Film) Jordan Silverberg Deric Berberabe

 

 

 

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants 2025 by AverageMansReviews

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/burning/childbirth/bodily functions/biting/animal feeding/animal cruelty/squatting/vehicle crash/shooting/stabbing/medical. I will also be making reference to at minimum mature themes, but believe it or not this is one of those occasions where I can't help it, because it is actually in the film amongst other things that I don't mention

Bob and Patrick go on an adventure in the Underworld: briefly; with the Flying Dutchman [voice by/physical: Mark Hamill:] he is devious ghost that needs a good soul for something, so obviously Bob fits that criteria, but there are obstacles/tasks in their way. But don't worry Mr. Krabs/other character [voice by: Clancy Brown:] he is the boss of Bob that is responsible for him undertaking this adventure with Patrick, but they can't lose because he and other characters will be in hot pursuit in a Winnebago; yes just a quick heads up this is very much the standard of comedy we are working with here, in fact they use is commonly referenced in this project I have just very slowly adapted it to fit in this section.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 96 minutes film is broadly speaking good; but it does get noticeably more fluent when we go on this adventure, because even though I have said it was good before this I was getting a bit sleepy; it very much feel much more comfortable being enthusiastic bizarreness

Art, comedy and action; it is clear to see that they had made the computer animation highly colourful, engaging and easy to settle down with, with predominantly children based comedy such as the Winnebago reference from earlier and Bob briefly and seemingly performing oral sex on this cannon then Bob get involved in laughing when he doesn't know what they're laughing about in fact he asks what are we laughing about or something to that effect, but we also have some mature references such as Bob or Patrick may or may not producing a break when they are scared of something as in they are brickin' it or Patrick wearing a mankini with this hook getting stuck on his butt cheek and for the action Bob gets given these tasks to perform to complete this mission which they are all different and yes we do get a montage: yes it hasn't escaped my attention that even though this is lots of fun, this is just a partial shameful way of promoting the accompanying video game entitled: SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide 2025 [on a quick side note: yes we even saw a quick commercial for this videogame, before watching this film.] I mean I have been around films, TV programs and videogames not so much videogame nowadays, but let's just say it as it is; and the only reason I called it shameful, is because everyone does it; it is better known as plugging for the much younger generations, where I am guessing here you get to play out this entire film title.

Character developments, voice performances and performances; on all counts if I was anyone that works on this project I would be extremely delighted on how everything turned out, yes the character developments may indeed follow a simple yet effective outlay, but on one hand what you expect for firstly it's younger generations of audience members and on the other hand secondly there has to be something for the long-term fans of this franchise consequently maturer and/or the generations, which they achieved this with being light and breezy on everything so that you can switch gears between goofy stuff and slightly more developing character traits and everything in the middle.

The voice performances are excellent and the physical performance of Mark Hamill as Dutchman is good fun as you can tell he just wanted to have fun in this role and I am slightly confident we physical get to see Brown at the beginning of this movie physically as a pirate, it looks like him but I have no proof of it, so I need to point out that there is a possibility I could be wrong as well, but it needs to be said that in one way or another there is excellent chemistry and camaraderie throughout this cast.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; I have decided to award another mark based on this title as a complete package and it really does help if you don't take this film too seriously, this film is built for family viewing all age ranges, I think there is extra bits and pieces including an extra credit scene, I can remember the scene but I can't remember where it actually happens, I mean it's Christmas, so forgive me I have been watching a lot of content and my memory is a little bit full even though I make hieroglyphic notes.

 

Average Extra of: Madden - Official Teaser | Prime Video 2026: My Reaction by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Madden - Official Teaser | Prime Video 2026: My Reaction by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there will be adult language references and censored adult language references in one way or another in this content.

My reaction: straight from the outset I only watched roughly speaking the 41 seconds one, which man you can tell a lot even from just 41 seconds or roughly around here.

Like man this film is going to suck so hard it would give Bonnie Blue a run for her money. Like if you close your eyes like 95% Nicholas Cage might just look like John Madden, hell I am pretty sure I could get a blind person to feel around the face of a Madden statue or art work and they could tell me that Cage as Madden is nothing like, in fact if I was to be honest with you I would feel much more comfortable suggesting that it is more offensive than anything, because yes we know he was a large person, but this interpretation doesn't do him any justice whatsoever.

Moving on are you fudgin' kidding me?! You see even though we are just talking about seconds here there is something strange about this official teaser or whatever and it would be this we go for this content and something for most parts is missing and that is Cage as Madden talking until it happens in this clip and there is a very good reason based on my opinion why they waited so long, do you want to know why?... Well allow me to tell you why... It is just one very small detail, I am sure you won't even notice... it is just for you ever so small detail that Cage actually sounds nothing  fudgin' like Madden actually the truth may as well be John Madden is Nicholas Cage, because Cage based on this trailer sound like himself.

This is absolutely terrible casting what the hell was someone thinking I mean Madden was the voice of the NFL from 1979-2009 on various TV networks in that time and on radio from the 70s-2018 and I began listening to his voice many years ago on Monday Night Football towards the end of his TV career, I mean for fudge sake he appeared in an episode of The Simpsons: Season 10, Episode 12: "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" alongside Pat Summerall giving us a rundown of the episode and the football. So my point being here is; under no circumstance can you screw up on Madden's enthusiastic booming, love for the game voice, but I stand corrected because clearly you can screw it up and royally screw it up.

So my prediction for this project would be; 3/10, I should point out I am going under the theory of there may be some good sports action or/and comedy or you know surrounding components which become an asset to this project, because Cage certainly isn't one, basically you better get ready to line up your at minimum negative nominee awards for this film.

 

The Housemaid 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

The Housemaid 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/mental health/psychological abuse/domestic abuse/domestic violence/sexual assault/propositioned self harming-torture hostage/stabbing/cutting/child abuse/burning/medical. Because of the subject matter I will be discussing it in a very real tone, so yes there will be a censored adult language references in this content and I will be brutal to some extent, so you have been warned from the very beginning.

These three individuals are individually or in different pairings or/and altogether screwed up in the head: briefly; we need the Winchesters; Andrew and Nina [Brandon Sklenar and Amanda Seyfried:] they are expecting a second baby, but she hasn't told her husband yet, just based on the fact she wants the first part goes smoothly before she announces anything, so she is looking for a housemaid and that is where  Millie Calloway [Sidney Sweeney:] she is a woman that has a colourful history, but is desperate for this job, so the Winchesters take her on as their housemaid, but things quickly get out of hand.

Generally speaking: the framework, in a monologue, exposition of the character developments later on in the film; separately or together including atmosphere and pacing of this 131 minutes film has been designed to make this film deliberately uncomfortable, tiresome and garbage viewing

Action; psychological or/and physical abuse, domestic violence and forced self harm

Character developments and performances; I just don't care about them on either level or any level, I really couldn't give two dumplings about the exposition character developments, when they come into the film, usually I would somewhat try and sugarcoated by saying something slightly nicer like on both counts they were poor or something like that. But as you will read in the final section of this content, this film deals with domestic abuse on different levels or/and adult themes in a bizarre almost glorified manner and for me to attempt to sugarcoat that would be highly disrespectful to anyone that has experienced any form of abuse in the real world, so there is no genuine chemistry between this cast of characters or/and performers; they are just doing the formulaic style/approach to the character developments, consequently performances and on-screen chemistry; so if this is what they were going for here they struck gold.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; this is one of the worst films I have ever seen in my life, but then again all it is doing is; highlighting what most of us already know that if you are physically good-looking that on some level you can get away with this kind of behaviours, so it is very much falls into the category of social commentary.

But because I have been around films for a long time now, I am not surprised anymore by the hypocrisy of this project, because if any man was going to walk free in this project, I can guarantee you without a shadow of doubt the outcry/backlash would be colossal, but because of it being two women it seemingly gets high praise, even though one used the other one to escape and then forgiven for that, like I have just referenced if a man did any of this to all men hypothetically if the man was bisexual I can guarantee you the woman wouldn't be so forgiving. Maybe next time we have a feminist ball-manure film we can have them doing some scissor action and let's go 100% feminist and make sure that they are on their periods at the same time so that they can bave in each other's cycle and just for the record I cannot stomach or stand this police officer that looks the way based on she being a woman and she recalls this family related situation, once again I guarantee you if it was a man in this vulnerable situation, this female police officer wouldn’t be so eager to look the other way; I mean I am not condoning any of this film, but on a certain level it is just female feminist hollocks. I mean I get it, I am far from this film’s demographic for sure, but in the same token everyone needs to stop complaining, when they find out the hard way that this modern generation or/and upcoming generations of women are essentially emboldened by this complete garbage, to face no consequences or anything like this.

I know I am just referenced this, but I know, I know by today's standards I am an angry 40+ white dude that no one likes to hear my opinion, but in this case this is completely irrelevant based on the fact many years ago now I was in a psychological abusive relationship and apparent friendship/family circle and because of my gender no one believed or help me, in fact the vast majority of them systematically put me in a very dark hole, just before this I had been officially diagnosed with mental health illness, which I had to scratch and claw myself out of; it took me 2 years and only people that have been through something similar will know what this is like; basically if you know... you know and if you don't be thankful you don't know and/or keep your mouth shut.

So when I see films of this nature making a mockery of mental health or fast and domestic violence of any kind, you can see why I get a little bit fudged off, as I said to the person I watch some of this content with at the time in the cinema, something to the effect of; if you weren't here I would have walked out by now, on reflection I would have probably stayed just so that I could get this content better completed and incidentally their opinion broadly speaking on this project is; it is so unbelievable.

This film also has some awards accredited to its name as of first dictating this content 2 Nominees which includes but not limited to Astra Film Awards 2026 Astra Award Best Book to Screen Adaptation

 

 

The Fantastic Four: First Steps 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

The Fantastic Four: First Steps 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/birth/robotics/burning/shooting/vehicle crash/torture/environmental/medical

Welcome to Dimension Earth-828 in the 1960's: briefly; where The Fantastic Four are the world's protectors and great news Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic &  Sue Storm/Invisible Woman [Pedro Pascal & Vanessa Kirby:] this husband-and-wife are expecting their first baby, only smooth sailing from here on then for The Fantastic Four... Well No as The Fantastic Four have to defend planet Earth from firstly Herald/other names [Julia Garner:] she is an entity that rides on this surfboard; her and surfboard are completely in silver, she is in servitude to find planets for her master; that the eater of worlds to devour...  Galactus [voiced by: Ralph Ineson:] he is a cosmic being that is very knowledgeable and likewise very powerful, with only one known drawback: he needs planets to consume to keep him alive, but he may have just found a way around this...

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 115 minutes film is smooth as it glides through its script; there are different tempo changes which as I have already referenced is likewise smoothly done

Art, comedy and action: from the outset it is incredibly clear to see that they pulled out everything to create this world: it is clean and tidy and of the highest quality, they should be very proud with what they have achieved in this film and hopefully they should get some more positive at minimum nominees, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing: he is the best friend of Reed and uncle to the newborn/a very valued member of the family: the happens to be built like granite, orange and incredibly strong: they have given him a ever so slightly darker orange which fits in much better with the entire tone of the film, but it clearly still stand out, he just looks more of a older grizzled character. Herald: they gave her the same level of attention and detail, but obviously designed for in the sense of sleekness not only cosmetically, but also facial feature movements and all-round movements as well, okay let's move on to what we have been all waiting for since Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007: Galactus [for the younger generations at best you get to see this big outer space/sky entity thing moving closer to Earth, but you don't actually see him as him.]

But here we get to see him in all his glory; in Taa II/the Worldship: sitting on his chair: this scene is very smart and elegant, as it uses yes a dark colour system, but based on my viewing experience; so based on my opinion by doing this they were able to put in lots of little definitions so it is a highly detailed scene we have with a camera shot designed to be from a the right pointing diagonally up so it gives the illusion of grandeur and to incorporate everything I have just indicated: I know, I know I have already said this once already, but I will be incredibly disappointed if this project doesn't get the recognition by nominations it rightly deserves, but we also have Galactus landing/walking on Earth: which they have gone with the approach of a mixture between Godzilla and King Kong; but designed/catered for Galactus obviously.

 Johnny Storm/Human Torch [Joseph Quinn:] he is the younger brother of Sue Storm: he tries to break this code, he has this beautiful comedic back and forth with The Thing about and yes I know he isn't the only one that wants The Thing to say his catchphrase from the 1967 animated TV program of this family unit, don't worry eventually you will say it when these two team up: Torch flies The Thing in and drop him that kind of thing: but broadly speaking the action is high octane.

Character developments, performances and voice performances; all of these aspects other flushed out for their official title debut into the MCU, so of course we get the foundation character developments, but having said that three-dimensional, layered versions, which is good because I don't think I could handle another recreation of the standard Torch and Thing cheap pops at one another thing going on let's just say that was a very 2000's thing: but as I have already shown Torch has around being with intelligence, so when he has this back and forth with Thing it isn't annoying, just well placed and doesn't interrupt the flow of the movie. The performances and voice performances are absolutely spot on; as they all gel with one another/spot on cast chemistry: with the massive positive of they have gone back to the old style of character developments and character building: where this is massively important these characters/performers/voice performance could gel with anyone from another part of the MCU: so in a nutshell they have gone back to go forward as I have seen this kind of character developments/character building in Thunderbolts* 2025.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment: as it has so much to offer in different ways and finally they did Galactus justice, now only when the time is right they can do Apocalypse and Mister Sinister justice I would be a very happy boy, the uncomfortable truth is this is what DC in my honest opinion failed to achieve with Superman 2025: they both come from a similar time frame but where DC or whatever they are called nowadays, went immature and ugly the MCU went mature, smart and elegant: yes at the end of each ending credits section there is an extra credit and in the middle is either some art or this acoustic guitar song; roughly it is about if Galactus essentially got his own way. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Nominees as of this content being first created: Astra Midseason Movie Awards 2025 Astra Midseason Award Most Anticipated Film.

Now I am sure Marvel Studios will not mind me doing this: I dedicate this content to RIP Julian McMahon 1968-2025: he was  Victor Von Doom/Dr Doom in Fantastic Four 2005 and then again Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007: he has very much set the benchmark for what this character should be so I hope Robert Downey Jr. it is up for the challenge: so it again RIP Julian McMahon died at 56.   

 

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Worlds End 2025 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Worlds End 2025 by AverageMansReviews

The AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné and ROH Women's World Champion Athena vs. Champs Babes of Wrath's: Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron; Tag Team Match for the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship: my pick is Babes of Wrath. Just based on the fact these champions haven't been champion for long and it is never a good sign to have a transitional champion's especially when they are just starting out, so these champions will remain champions and this is just an exercise; a reliable exercise to bring prestige to these Championships and there are inaugural holders, should be an excellent match regardless.

Both Don Callis Family members; AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada; Continental Classic Semi-final Match: my pick is Kazuchika Okada. Just based on he is the older wrestler, so Takeshita can go again another year; meaning you can possibly win it an year.

Don Callis Family's: Kyle Fletcher vs. Death Riders: Jon Moxley; Continental Classic Semi-final Match: my pick is Kyle Fletcher. My idea is that Moxley is still going through this losing thing and I don't expect it to change here.

Both Don Callis Family members Okada vs. Kyle Fletcher Continental Classic Final Match: my pick is Okada to retain this honour from 2024 and hopefully in 2025.

Darby Allin vs. Gabe Kidd; Singles Match: my pick is Gabe Kidd. Hopefully this will be a case of Kidd showing off his skills, talents and getting the rub.

Bang Bang Gang's: Juice Robinson & Austin Gunn [with Ace Austin] vs. Champs Top Gods': FDR's: Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood [with Stokely]  Chicago Street Fight Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship: my pick is FDR. Of what I have seen online I have seen enough to possibly indicates that these contenders here will probably dethrone these champions has not here and now, as I can see someone may be debuting or returning to give the assist to the champions.

Jamie Hayter vs. Champ Kris Statlander; Singles Match for the AEW Women's World Championship: my pick is Kris Statlander. It just feels a little bit soon for a new champion here.

Swerve Strickland [with Prince Nana]  vs. "Hangman" Adam Page vs. MJF vs. Champ/One member of the AEW Trios World Champion The Opps': Samoa Joe; Four-Way Match for the AEW World Championship; This is MJF's Casino Gauntlet guaranteed championship match: my pick is Samoa Joe. Obviously I fully expect this stablemates to get involved consequently you will remain champion, but hopefully the new story going into 2026 is these three unlikely allies will team up together to become the new AEW Trios Champions, this would be an interesting storyline development and something fresh to begin 2026 with.

Additional: I know this content is not exactly in the right chronological order, but I am just trying to get it out as when this content is published it will be Christmas day and for their I would just like to say Happy Holidays, Happy New Year for 2026 and finally a Big Thank you for viewing my content this year and previous years; it means a lot to me, thank you again.

The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 by AverageMansReviews

The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/burning

These two ghosts of the Marley Brothers: basically; Jacob & Robert Marley [Muppets: Statler & Waldorf: puppeteer and voice by: Jerry Nelson & Dave Goelz: these puppeteer and voices are of other characters/Muppets as well:] come to tell their ex-business partner that if he doesn't change his ways, he will end up just like them and three ghosts will come and visit him; the past, the present and the future. But will  Ebenezer Scrooge [Younger stages of life: Edward Sanders, Theo Sanders, Kristopher Milnes, Russell Martin and Ray Coulthard/Older: Michael Caine:] he is the only surviving member of Scrooge & Marley which is in a nutshell a money lender for mortgages and such.

Generally speaking: the script, comedy, framework, pacing and art; we have on-screen narration from Muppet: The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens/puppeteer and voiced by Goelz: Dickens is the author of the book this script is based on A Christmas Carol 1843, so yes he can predict things just before they happen and he has his good friend Muppet: Rizzo the Rat as himself/puppeteer and voiced by Steve Whitmire: he is always hungry or/and eating; he asks questions of Dickens and throughout the majority of this film in one way or another they either break the fourth wall either as it relates to us the viewers or falling off the shelf or to another character to correct the line just spoken and yes they have their own kind of shtick be it for an example Rizzo climbing to the top of this gate to then jumping off hoping that Dickens will catch him falling, sadly he didn't, then Rizzo squeezing through the gate to go and retrieve some food on the other side, with Dickens pointing out that in a nutshell Rizzo could have done this originally so it makes Rizzo climbing up and falling down absolutely pointless when he could have just squeezed through a gate to begin with.

So as you can see on top of this Christmas story we have this double act of Dickens and Rizzo keeping us entertained, which consequently makes the framework and pacing of this 86 minutes film very smooth and entertaining as we are for the majority of this film not only forward but also back and forth between this double act and the actual storyline and what is happening as well with it at that time, but we aren't done yet on top of this we also have the back and forth between the storyline and a musical number as well; which my favourite has to be the musical number entitled Marley and Marley full disclosure Statler & Waldorf are both my favourite Muppets: for the younger generations; these two Muppets are two old men that usually set up in a balcony heavily mocking the show or something.

As they indicate to Scrooge these chains/shackles are the ones that they forged in life essentially they are stuck with them for eternity and he will too if he doesn't change his ways.

Obviously now broadly of the artistic visions of this film title, as you would have come to expect from this franchise; the characters as in the Muppets as all of them including the background and musical characters and just not the main Muppets every Muppet has been given the same level of priority as it relates to their presentation and/or identification as it relates to them talking or singing or anything; my point here is; at this point this franchise doesn't do anything sloppy including but not limited to the scene and so on; they just want to create a world where Muppets and that humans can live side-by-side.

Character developments, voice performances and performances; to continue my sentiment of Muppets and humans living side-by-side; the viewers can get an excellent sense of what I'm talking about; as every character be you Muppets and/or humans their personalities are defined to them even though it may be a Muppet portraying it Dickens character; so that I could use this line of essentially Gonzo's interpretation of Dickens is excellent, so much so Dickens himself would be proud, so as always the chemistry throughout this last is free-flowing regardless of voice performer or performer and obviously having Caine as Scrooge is wonderful and top-class; as it gets its title some real gravitas.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it is a classic for eternity, if you haven't seen it yet you should be it at least once in a lifetime, I went to go and see this film at the cinema with the person I watch some of this content with, so I could create this content; at the beginning of this film somewhere there is a message saying in loving memory to Jim Henson which sadly died in 1990; 1936-1990. This film also has some awards accredited to its name 2 Winners which includes but not limited to Fantafestival 1993 Best Direction Brian Henson [yes he is the son of Jim Henson.] 1 Nominee Grammy Awards 1993 Grammy Best Musical Album for Children Robert Kraft (producer) Paul Williams (producer) Chris Caswell (producer)

Average Extra of: Mortal Kombat II | Official Trailer: My Reaction by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Mortal Kombat II | Official Trailer: My Reaction by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Mortal Kombat 2021 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/12/mortal-kombat-2021-by-averagemansreviews.html and then Average Extra of: Street Fighter - First Trailer (2026) | Paramount Pictures: My Reaction Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/12/average-extra-of-street-fighter-first.html

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Warning: if you should go searching for any of these trailers relating to this franchise, please be warned that there are adult or/and graphic scenes throughout and there will be adult language references and censored adult language references in one way or another in this content.

My reaction: to be brutally honest this is why Street Fighter 2026 should be afraid, because even though they come out and very different times next year; this highly anticipated sequel sometime in May and Street Fighter 16/10/2026 as I have just referenced this sequel is highly anticipated and based on the trailer which was the one that went on for 150 seconds; it currently has a very strong and powerful idea of where it is going and what it wants to cover and providing the box office takings are positive there is more than likely going to be a sequel.

I should cover my back a little by saying based on here and now this is just an opinion and not fact, my opinion is based on in this trailer they are clearly open up the MK Universe so hypothetically it would be incredibly easy to come with a sequel in the future. In theory/opinion: I could be completely wrong, so this is just based on what I have seen from this trailer; they have multiple storyline narratives going on, but I will just pick out 2; the first clearly involving everyone's favourite B-list martial arts actor Johnny Cage [Karl Urban:] he fits this role perfectly, based on they are going with something a little different here and I mean this nicely to Urban; but an older version of Cage which both character and performer can simultaneously and naturally pull off this sarcastic comedy and things of this nature and then on the other end we have General Shao/Shao Kahn [Martyn Ford:] he is a mirthless tyrant of Outworld [before I continue I am not sure if they are going with this narrative here; I am pretty sure they will go with something like this, but you never know, but I digress;] he breaks the rules of Mortal Kombat and brings his forces to Earthrealm, Ford: I don't know too much about him even though looking at his list of films I have seen him around in other projects in small roles, I'm guessing this would be his first major role and he does look very much the part as he is the height of 6'8 and an ex-professional bodybuilder with no hair or shaved head and apparently weighs lb 350/25 stone: so as you can imagine he isn't a small man and everything else seems to be really on point.

So my prediction for this sequel is 9/10 or the full marks, the only thing stopping me from doing this is the dreaded label of it being a sequel, meaning I am quietly confident that this sequel will be top-notch entertainment, but more often than not sequels have a habit broadly speaking of not being as strong as the original instalment.