Aaron and Dave both work on a TV show called "Skylark Tonight". They learn that Kim Jong Un, North Korea's leader, is a huge fan of their show and wants to set up an interview with them. The CIA learn about this interview and decide to step in. They ask Aaron and Dave to try to assassinate Kim Jong Un as a secret operation. Of course, hilarity ensues during this mission. On the path to meet Kim, they learn that North Korea isn't as beautiful as it may seem and realize the people there are being tortured. But, of course, this is a comedy, and I thought it was...
Outstanding. I really loved all of the jokes in this film and thought it was overall hilarious. The fact that Aaron and Dave both started to become friends with Kim Jong Un was hilarious. My favorite parts were, of course, the Katy Perry scene, along with the satirical military jokes, such as shooting a tank and calling it "awesome". I think this movie received tons of backlash from North Koreans. Well, North Koreans who have access to movies. It's offensive, it's mildly idiotic, but all in all, this. was. great.
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(This is a rated PG review, but this documentary is a hard R. Viewer discretion is advised.)
The Brobergs are a family of five that live in Idaho. Yes, the one with the potatoes. They're greeted by a new resident in their neighborhood who they eventually call "B". B has a family of his own and share qualities with the Brobergs. As time progresses, he becomes more and more intrigued with Jan, who is around 12 at the time. Eventually, B kidnaps Jan after brainwashing her and they set out into an adventure. She was found after her kidnapping and her parents decided to drop the kidnapping charges in exchange for B to not expose embarrassing secrets about them. A few years later, Jan runs away from home to be with B again. B has no idea where Jan is, so the FBI try their best to find her. They find her with B and arrest him as they rightfully should have. This thing was trippy. My first thoughts were obviously how stupid the parents were. They sacrificed their child's dignity just to cover up mistakes they themselves made in the past. Afterwards, I watched modern interviews with Jan and she explains that her parents weren't fully at fault because they were manipulated. This may be true, but that's dumb. The lies and actions he bestowed upon Jan were heartbreaking. I can see why this documentary received major backlash, because, in my opinion, even though it's really good and I'd recommend it to everyone, the parents in it are just nonredeemable. All in all, this was a great watch. (SPOILERS because I had to talk about the ending to this one duh)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opens up with one of the best credit sequences ever. Baby Groot dances around while the Star Lord, Gamora, Drax, and Rocket are fighting this squid looking thing. Shortly after, Rocket stole some batteries from the Soverign race, who aren't too happy about it, and attack the Guardians' ship. They then crash land on a planet and meet this guy named Ego, who says he's the Star Lord's dad. It kind of reminded me of that one Marvel movie that I can't put my finger on where Hawkeye went back to his home and everyone was kind of just lounging there in their suits. Eventually, Ego disintigrated into tons of little Ego pieces and Yondu dragged the Star Lord into space. I didn't feel too attached to Ego when this happened, so I didn't care as much as I would've liked to. There's a lot more character development in this one compared to the last, which turned out to be... ...not too bad. I found the latter half of this movie to be a little boring, but other than that, I was hooked. Some of the highlights were, as mentioned before, the opening credits, the fight with the Soverign race, Ego's death, and post-credits. For some reason, I feel that Vol. 1 was more of my style. Maybe because I'm not the biggest fan of movie sequels, but whatever. Vol. 2 was still pretty dang good. I like how they went away from the typical Marvel mold of explosions and fights all of the time and tried something different in terms of learning about the Star Lord and Gamora's families. Not my favorite Marvel movie, but it wasn't bad by any means. |
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