TLMitch

I really enjoyed this movie. My son and I went to see it Saturday of opening weekend, and I am so glad we did. The cinematography and choreography create a visually stunning movie, with a lot of Wuxia mixed in for scenes involving the mother and her people (thing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), with some more traditional MCU fighting in others (the bus scene and the fight outside the skyscraper!). Simu Liu is adorable and wonderful, and although I am not a fan of Akwafina I will say she did a good job in this role, and Michelle Yeoh is always beautiful and engaging in everything she does. However, for me, Tony Leung was amazing. He conveys so many emotions effortlessly. He is not a remorseless killing machine, he has a purpose, and although misguided, he believe in it. He's also smoking hot so he has that going for him. This movie reminds me of Black Panther, both have strong story lines and are visually arresting, and they don't need the entire MCU to move the plot. I would highly recommend seeing it; you won't ne disappointed.

It starts okay, just a quick overview of snapshots of history. This didn't bother me so much, as this is television. My problem arose when the narrator starts to outlined the War of the Roses. It's comical that a historian would use this phrase, but his use of the term perfectly illustrates the problem. The show becomes propaganda at this point, like he took all of Shakespeare's Richard III and quoted it verbatim, with the result being "Tudors good, Yorks bad." Even the actors who portray the Yorks are sensationalized. Richard is eighteen during this time but is portrayed by a man who looks to be in his mid thirties. Sorry, but if this is what Acorn TV considers a documentary, then I have to pass.

This show is positively putrid. There is nothing, and I mean nothing, even remotely funny in this show. I saw two episodes and no one can accuse me of actually laughing. The premise of the show is that Jim is a comedian who likes to eat. He didn't have to put a lot of thought into that, since that is his real life, and for some reason, he thinks his life is a lot funnier than the rest of us. All you see in the show is him avoiding any kind of real work and eating. That's it. He took the worse aspects of bad comedies from the late 90's and early 2000's and mush them all into one spectacularly horrible show. Stupid and lazy man? Everybody Loves Raymond. Lazy and fat man? The King of Queens. Fat and obnoxious man? According to Jim. It's nauseating. On top of that he manages to get a hot wife, which seems totally unrealistic, but is a myth that television keeps trying to make Americans believe. The only realistic part of the show is that the family is crammed into a small apartment. Since they live in NYC, it is not always feasible to live in a comfortable space, and I applaud the show for being honest about that. Everything else pretty much sucks. You see actors like Michael Ian Black, Ashley Williams, and Adam Goldberg and they look like it is painful having to deliver these stupid lines and pretend that the show is good. You can tell they are embarrassed, and I am embarrassed for them.