Friday, 10 July 2020

Average Extra of: The MCU Are Potentially Heading Towards A Universe Shattering Of Problems by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: The MCU Are Potentially Heading Towards A Universe Shattering Of Problems by AverageMansReviews

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Just a heads up: look if you are of very late 20's and later you know what way I mean this; look it is 2020 [when this was first being dictated] and I don't care about your gender, sexuality, ethnic background or other and just in case you are of the younger years let me make this crystal clear I mean this nicely.

The MCU are potentially heading towards a universe shattering of problems: well I should begin here Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Vers/Captain Marvel in a nutshell to begin with get her gone; her mouth, attitude and all round demeanour is massively problematic and if you want this character/performer to be the face to replace Robert Downey as Jr. Tony Stark/Iron Man good luck with that he is charismatic, engaging, he will get butt in seats and more importantly when Robert Downey Jr. is faced with an unpleasant interviewer [in 2015 on Channel 4 UK] he maintains his professionalism throughout including eventually walking out. My point here is he doesn't instigate situations like Larson, but he will deal with them if they arise which as long as it is done professionally I think we can all agree this is fair enough which in the case I have used as an example he did.

I haven't seen the later MCU titles; but for me there is only one person which is more than capable to lead this franchise on and off screen Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, because she has earned it; she has been in the MCU from day one and she knows what is to be expected from both sides of the coin and because of that your paying audience will give her much more respect and warm to her in her new position, because she will be seen as one of us.

But with Brie Larson I just see massive, massive problems on every single level, it's like saying "I don't know what is going to go wrong, but I know something will go wrong with her or around her at some point." I just don't like the unpredictable nature, because if she is going to be the face of the next phases of the MCU she will either destroy everything which everyone has worked so hard to get off the ground over the past decade plus or someone will have to put some tape over her mouth every time she goes outside or something.

Wow you see now and again I do research for my material as it relates to Brie Larson I have just viewed her first video on her YouTube channel and the MCU are going to have to deal with this at some point, because she is a very off-putting person don't get me wrong there were moments where she came over as a nice person, but it was quickly followed by reminding me of why people find her off-putting and she is off white privilege so not to discredit her opinions, but however she is not going to understand someone like me from a very poor background and other things.

Neither is she going to understand people that make their own material be blogs or YouTube or other that have had to work really hard to get where they are today [for myself I have been doing this kind of thing for 12 years in one way or another once again when this blog was first dictated,] so on a quick side note if you are on YouTube and you are somewhat disgruntled by Brie Larson getting let's just say things handed to her from that platform, I get where you're coming from [just in case I get any backlash I don't mean just by her being on that platform, I have no problem with that like everyone else.]

The reason why the MCU will have to deal with it eventually because it is really obvious why, if she is heavily unliked on a major platform or the biggest platform on Earth such as YouTube; what do you think is going to happen to the box office takings of any MCU film of her in it; so it is very much a case of cause-and-effect.

Now if you are angered by what I have said so far you're going to really hate the next section; I don't believe in deliberate diversity, I believe in natural diversity which if you are incapable of distinguishing one from the other; the first one is where you are basically political correctness ticking; for an example we need a African-American, lesbian and if she can act that is all good. The other is where she can act; she fits in well, she is African-American and a lesbian [this is the way it should be done, the only positive way that someone's sexual preference should be used is if you want your character to be off that persuasion or other as well] and yes incidentally if the performer in question is a lesbian and the role was for a straight character I would still consider her [as I have already made reference to in this blog I don't care about things like this.]

I would stop any performer saying they want diversity as it relates to the performers in the MCU; yes they can say I want diverse characters that is fair and reasonable, because you can work with the word character or characters, but as soon as you say the word performer or anything like this it goes from the MCU into our real world for their it becomes a social political statement is beyond impossible to work with unless you deliver 100% on what people are expecting; but here is the pitfall you cannot deliver on 100% of their expectations, because everyone's expectations are different for their this is inevitably going to fail and bring criticism, which I may be of average intelligence but I am street smart to avoid this social political situation.

The MCU should have seen this coming: now 9.5 out of 10 times, I wouldn't criticize the planning of the MCU, but in this one example they have really dropped the ball, it is so simple to avoid this entire situation; this is what I would've done.

When it was time to move on from the old guard to the new guard in the grand scheme of things, I would have slowly but surely dropped in these new characters with natural diversity, so basically over time you get the new guard learning from the old guard, the old guard learning from the new guard and when the old guard leave they know they are leaving things in good hands, but on the big screen yes I am sure some of your audience will pick up on the characters diversity, but the key thing here is everything is natural as in the world is changing so it stands to reason in this modern world we would have modern characters with diversity I mean this is how they should have done it on the quiet and naturally.


Yes people have the right to be whatever they want to be. But as it is now 2020 [once again when this was first dictated] if you want to be accepted for who you are stop going on about it; now if you are confused what I mean; this is what I mean; you could be gay my response would be "And?" My second response would be "It is 2020 your point being?" Unless you're coming out my response is softer and yes if I had to put a group of people together to work with I would try and get people around me I could work with on something based on our working chemistry, skill level and somewhere down the line, I would maybe look at their background or gender or other, just based on hold on I have unknowingly or it has dawned on me I picked similar people and to make this project work better I may need someone of a different background or more than one person or a different perspective, but of the same skill level I am looking for; I believe that as long as you're decision is based on better for the project or whatever you are doing that is okay, but as long as it isn't politics ticking first of all in short for an example realizing you may need a woman with a similar or better skill level is not the same as politics ticking, because I can see people getting confused by this and using it inappropriately, this individual is here because yes she is a woman but she is also based on other aspects such as experience and personality what I am looking for.

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Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Killing Salazar 2017 [alternative name Cartels] by AverageMansReviews

Killing Salazar 2017 [alternative name Cartels]  by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there are flashing effects in this film.

Storyline: it is something safe and reliable and generally speaking the same can be said for the pacing of this project, minus the opening section; that is just messy.

Action/Art: there are weapons being used and combat; just for two examples; the viewers have these two hench-persons on a motorbike [one driving and the other shooting] and in the next example we have these other hench-persons coming from the outside of this building's windows from the top, so they drop down on these attachments so they can fire their guns at these windows and at anything else, shatter these windows and swing through and continue this scene/sequence.

Art; this film does have some good looking scenes and these masks look good as well.

Character developments/Performances: all of these characters/performers have good solid character developments and likewise good on-screen chemistry, but a special note has to go out to Harrison/Seagal, Jensen/Gross and Salazar/Piersic Jr. in one way or another they do contribute a lot to this project.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; this film knows what it is and it doesn't claim to be anything other than an action film and including what I said in my previous section this mark is a fair conclusion.

Tuesday, 7 July 2020

Broken Arrow 1996 by AverageMansReviews

Broken Arrow 1996 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there are colourful effects.

Storyline: it is good; the pacing is something safe and reliable, like the storyline it knows what it is doing from beginning to end and it sticks to that.

Action/Art/Comedy: here are two examples of the action; we have boxing sparring between Major Deakins/Travolta and Captain Hale/Slater; then later on we have this armoured helicopter shooting at Captain Hale/Slater and Park Ranger Carmichael/Mathis with just a basic hand revolver [one of those with a small hammer that you have to pull back with your thumb and a rotating cylinder] at their disposal/her weapon but he uses it.

Art; here are some elements for you to look out for; there are some beautiful skies, Dears [just to cover my back I think they are Dears; but I could be wrong] and a Butterfly or Butterflies moving on to the comedy there are small elements of comedy in this project, so I will just pick one; in a nutshell and in a rough description "Would you mind not shooting so close to the nuclear weapons."

Characters/Performances: on all counts including the on-screen chemistry they are all good; but it should be noted without Travolta or Slater this film would have struggled.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; without trying to repeat myself here too much; this film just knows what it is; which is a good action/crime film, I mean this is one of those films that if you get a take-away out and put this film on it will entertain you without too much thinking or if you haven't seen this film yet take a look at it.

Monday, 6 July 2020

Ghost in the Shell 1995/1996 [alternative name Kôkaku Kidôta] by AverageMansReviews

Ghost in the Shell 1995/1996 [alternative name Kôkaku Kidôta] by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: this film is anime with robotics showing/body elements showing on different levels and death so in short I wouldn't recommend showing this project to children; stick to the certificate which is a 15.

Storyline/Characters/Performances: it is excellent; it has a solid ending if you were going to build a sequel off from here this feels like a good place to stop that kind of thing; there is more going on here than what is just on the surface [I will discuss this more in a minute,] the pacing is something safe and reliable.

Now back on to the storyline, but this time I will include the character developments; because without giving too much away as I have already said there is more going on here than what is just on the surface; on the surface in a nutshell we have this Cops and Criminal thing going on; but deep down beyond that we have two main characters [yes I have deliberately chose this wording as to not give too much away;] individually either questioning, wanting to experience more out of life than what they are designed to do, but as it relates to one character this individual cannot, because if they were to leave their job they would have to give back their robotic and other elements, basically there wouldn't be much of them left after that, basically they would be like a brain in a jar [the nicer version is where the TV program Futurama 1999 - 2013 put heads in a jar.]

There is more than enough here to suggest; we the human race are just a Ghost in the Shell, but we have the ability to break our program at every stage of our growth based on many factors in our lifespan.

So as you can see/read the storyline and the character developments on a grand scale range between generally speaking good to a deeper meaning with excellent on-screen chemistry between these characters and the performances are all good.

Art/Action: well these two components go hand-in-hand; they can either be very beautiful, eye-catching as it transports its viewers from our world into theirs with the landscapes and scenery; for one example the sky being awash with colours and textures; when we have one of our main characters and this supporting character having a drink on this boat whilst having this conversation with this main character] or being graphic [I mean this as a positive] as it relates to robotic creation or showing or the action sequences being lots of carnage with death for one example this is without graphic details; we have our main character which has the ability to go 99% invisible [I have said 99% invisible, because if is a character in this world you know what you are looking for providing you're very quick and the situation meaning if you are in a dark location without something like a torch, good luck trying to find this character; but in this situation being daylight our lead character may be standing there is this very faint outline of where this individual is standing or there is this hardware that when you put it on it will show you where they are providing you're looking in the right direction or area [just to cover my back and make sure I don't irritate any fans of this franchise I should just point out in this film this works on a cloaked character, I'm not sure if it would work on our lead character just because this cloak may be inferior technology, having said that in theory it should work.] But I digress; the viewers can see this criminal getting his posterior handed to him [by thin air/our lead character for a little while.]

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; this is an anime that you need to see once in your lifetime [I should quickly add providing you like anime to begin with.]

Sunday, 5 July 2020

The Invisible Man 2020 by AverageMansReviews

The Invisible Man 2020 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is a domestic violence component/mental health component/self-harm/cutting of the neck.

Storyline: it is okay, it is a little bit predictable and it does leave things open for a sequel [this is speculation on my part based on my viewing experience,] the pacing of this film for roughly the first 47 minutes is so slow but after this time length it steadily wakes up to be something that has a tiny bit of get up and go to it.

Action/Art: these two components work hand-in-hand in this action sequence where  The Invisible Man [the viewers get to see from his perspective] as he is taking these Security Guards down at this mental institution and there are some good looking scenes involving the Golden Gate Bridge; so everything in this paragraph is good.

On a quick side note I do research, but if it should happen that I get any location wrong or anything like this I apologize, I was just thinking I would cover my back.

Characters/Performances: the character developments are something safe and reliable and the same can be said for the performances and on-screen chemistry as well.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; well roughly the first 47 minutes of this film pretty much killed my interest and after that this film was fighting a losing battle.

The viewers don't see enough of The Invisible Man [yes I know this would be hard considering he is invisible,] but I am specifically talking about the storyline here; they could have added a science-fiction element of the creation of this invisible suit or if they wanted to do things slightly differently; they could have this character/performer having this dawning idea of this invisible suit and just skip out the creation section just something to keep this film interesting, I mean they could have deliberately shot everything without showing the individual or individuals identities and play some background music to cover up the dialogue exchanges, but the background music could match the emotions of this scenes at those specific times; I mean if they really, really wanted to get creative they could do this section of the film in black-and-white and rotate to colour when the film begins properly or do these segments in black-and-white until their completion to pay homage to the original Invisible Man 1933, but go back to colour for the rest of the film.

So in a nutshell not enough meat here, but plenty of gravy and if they don't come out with a sequel or a prequel or crossover or something [once again this is speculation on my part and based on my viewing experience and we all know how Hollywood works these days,] this film will be a waste of time.







Friday, 3 July 2020

Tully 2018 by AverageMansReviews

Tully 2018 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is a mental disability and mental health components to this film

Storyline: it is good; the pacing and the atmosphere are firmly structured to deal with what it has to deal with at that specific time, but also to keep the film moving.

Action/Art: these two elements go hand-in-hand here; this underwater sequence of events is excellent and eye-catching; this is great art; Marlo; Mother/Theron and Sarah; Daughter/Frankland singing on this karaoke machine together and there is this heavy-metal band performing in this project as well.

Characters/Performances: now on the whole first the characters/performances from everyone involved minus two characters/performers are all good on every level.

Now on to Marlo/Theron and Tully/Davis; between these two there is excellent on-screen chemistry that makes this film excellent viewing and more importantly they put over to their audience how this particular mental illness [I cannot be too specific here, because that is the point of the film; so just to cover my back I know all mental health illnesses are important; I have a mental illness myself.] But I digress they really do highlight the importance of making sure after this a joyous occasion, there is support in place in one way or another or at minimum an open dialogue exchange between the parents just in case this situation should arise, I mean there should always be an open dialogue anyway in a relationship, but especially in this situation so that both parents can talk about things, pick up things and other signs that something isn't alright.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; yes this film has a rocky opening section, but on reflection this is to illustrate to the viewers what Marlo/Theron is going through or having to go through on a daily basis to get to this point; it does an excellent job of highlighting this particular mental illness.

Thursday, 2 July 2020

Cross the Line 2015 [alternative name Operator] by AverageMansReviews

Cross the Line 2015 [alternative name Operator] by AverageMansReviews

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 Storyline/Characters/Performances: because the first two components of this paragraph go hand-in-hand make sense for me to group them together and it will stop me from repeating myself.

 The storyline had potential for a decent section at the beginning [I will deliberately not tell you when it begins to go downhill, but I will get on to that in due course.] But this film has that kind of Saw feel to it [you know, this individual is being forced to do something to realize what they had or to save someone.]

But then it goes and screws things up quite spectacularly; it tells its viewers with 100% transparency that this character/performer is involved in this ongoing situation; let me put it this way from the first time it tells its viewers [my thinking] "Okay that was a little bit obvious that this character/performer may be involved, but I could still be wrong" to the fourth time where he is holding the mobile transmitter detonator and pressing on the screen "Okay we get it you are involved but thank you for clearing the whole confusion up for me there, I am not sure I could have got that with the other obvious hints, I am not to sure I could have connected the dots myself there, you are telling me I did all that worrying for nothing; okay I am done with this project." Yes I really don't care that there was a third character/performer involved as well.

 Performances; these are solid in every way shape and form, they are doing their job.

 Action/Art: now for one example of the action sequences; we have this Laurie deliberately crashing so it uses its trailer [swinging round side-on to take this Police vehicle's top off with our lead character [Miller/Goss] and a supporting character/performer [Howard/Paré] still in this vehicle.

 Art; it is in the scenery with the Sun or at night with these array of lights which are hanging out in these bulb shape and the other bits and pieces in this location.

 This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; every time this film made a hint to this character/performer being involved; it just sent this project tumbling down the marking scale.