Film Stuff w/ J

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) J.R I think I may have gone into this expecting a little too much. It's a solid movie with some creepy scenes, but it's one of the most well-known horror movies of all time, rife with iconic imagery and deaths, being responsible for launching Johnny Depp's career and spawning six sequels, a crossover and a 2010 remake. And it did this on a $1.8 million dollar budget. Firstly, it's enough to watch this just to see how much it is a product of its times. From the clothes to the music to the dialogue, this film screams '80s'. The idea behind this is brilliant - a monster waiting to kill you in the one place you can't hide from forever. It's a creepy thought that there's no way to avoid Freddy, no legitimate evidence you can present that proves he is real and no way to kill him (I think. The ending was confusing). I really did enjoy the subtle touches that were put into this movie. Like the design of Freddy'...

Why I Stopped Watching 'The Walking Dead' J.R When I first discovered The Walking Dead two or three years ago, I was obsessed. It's a zombie movie but it lasts tens of hours and is of brilliant quality, what's not to love (if you're a zombie fan that is)? But with the last few seasons, the quality has dipped massively. And apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks so. Average viewers per episode fell from 14.38 million for Season Five to 13.15 for Season Six, then to 11.35 for the recent Season Seven, the lowest average ratings since Season Three in 2012-13. If we look at the Rotten Tomatoes score per series, it goes from 90% in Season Five to 78% in Season Six to only 66% for Season Seven. But of course, I'm not going to hide behind statistics and expect the numbers to speak for me. The following are three and a half of the main reasons I no longer want to watch The Walking Dead. 1. Villains/Antagonists I don't have a massive problem with the id...

Doctor Who: Series 10 Review Part Two (Episodes 7-12) J.R SPOILERS - SPOILERS- SPOILERS Episode Seven: The Pyramid at the End of the World While far from perfect, this episode delivers a brilliantly realistic apocalypse scenario mixed with creepy creatures and weird ideas. Despite a Donald Trump reference that ages the episode terribly, this is a great episode. The Monks are plotting to take advantage of an apocalyptic event to rule over the human race, and the Doctor unifies armies and organisations to help. The world-ending event is a leak from a chemical plant, a chillingly real way in which life on Earth could end, continuing the dark narrative from the previous episode. While the episode is not particularly visually appealing, it explores various themes, such as power, control, sacrifice in addition to current international relations and human nature (in relation to how far humans will go to defend themselves). What makes the episode's ending so brilliant is that the D...

Doctor Who: Series 10 Review Part One (Episodes 1-6) J.R SPOILERS - SPOILERS- SPOILERS Well over a year since Series Nine concluded with the departure of the impossible girl (Clara Oswald), the Doctor is back for a brand new series of epic sci-fi adventures. With the return of John Simm, some awfully cringy dabbing and 'emojibots' in the trailers, this was destined to be a mixed series. Firstly, let's take a look at the companions this series. In what was very much a surprise move to me, Steven Moffat (Head Writer) decided it would be best to keep Matt Lucas as Nardole (apparently as Matt Lucas really enjoyed playing the character). Although I was very skeptical at first, I gradually warmed to him. He brings a strange dynamic to the TARDIS Team, being almost as eccentric as the Doctor at points, but becoming deadly serious the next minute. Although I overall enjoyed the character, I must admit that looking back at the series, he is fairly forgettable and does not...

J.R It’s hard to make five people sitting in a room interesting. It’s especially hard to make five people sitting in a room interesting enough for a ninety-seven minute movie targeted at teenagers. But somehow John Hughes succeeds in making The Breakfast Club interesting. Though it is lacking in jokes for a Comedy/Drama, spare a few moments in the ‘smoking’ scene, it delivers on creating a fun (if not especially fun-ny) character-driven drama. The main five characters making up this movie’s ‘Brat Pack’ (Emilio Estevez as Andrew ‘Andy’ Clark, Judd Nelson as John Bender, Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish, Anthony Michael Hall as Brian Johnson and Ally Sheedy as Allison Reynolds) are each based on a high school stereotype. Estevez/Andrew is the sporty Jock, Nelson/Bender is the Rebel, Ringwald/Claire is the popular girl, Michael Hall/Brian is the nerd, and the film describes Sheedy/Allison’s character best as the ‘basket case’. While these initially bland stere...