musings-morsels

If you feel like having something on in the background while you cook or clean, this is it! It's a really basic plot with basic characters and dialogue. Nothing memorable or special or even funny that's worth your undivided attention, but it's watchable with A-list actors doing the bare minimum in a film where the quality wasn't too bad. Taylor-Johnson was good eye candy and it's always entertaining to see Crowe on screen. This was their easiest paycheck yet, both seemed to be half asleep the whole movie, showed up to read their lines with no emotions (Crowe in a hilarious accent) and clocked out for the day.

Kraven overall wasn't ridiculously laughable and boring like Sony's previous installments i.e. Madame web or Morbius. But then again that's not saying much at all...

If you're trying to make sense of it all and expect a musical with an actual storyline, then you'll be disappointment. If you're just there to watch a compilation of visually stunning JLo music videos with pretty good dance moves, then you're in luck! Because that's all it is, music videos for her new album loosely based on her love life and incase you didn't notice, the encompassing theme is love (cringe). It felt like a huge vanity project where heaps of money was thrown at it, she got all her celebrity mates to do her a favour and make cameos appearances hoping to get some accolades from it. None of the songs stuck out as particularly catchy and what little dialogue there was, was a cliche and made no sense. The woman is still gorgeous to watch, if you're a huge JLo fan you'd appreciate it, if you're not, good luck to you.

It's far from perfect and the cartoon will always be superior. I appreciate it'll be near impossible to redo the cartoon frame by frame and even though it doesn't follow the cartoon exactly, it's done a damn good job at telling the story and extracting the essence and spirit of the original show. Visuals are stunning and the cast are all so fitting, some of the acting is questionable but for kids that haven't had a whole lot of experience in the industry, they didn't make me cringe, so in my eyes that's decent enough and forgivable. (They're much better than the Harry Potter kids when they first started out.) The fighting scenes are all amazing and makes bending look so powerful and devastating, really enjoyable. Most definitely doesn't deserve the 1 star that some of the reviewers have given it, it's a million times better than that movie that shall not be named and watching it brought a nostalgic tear to my eye. Well done Netflix, keep them coming and I hope the series gets a finish and not axed prematurely like a lot of good shows because I can't wait to meet Toph!