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The Acolyte (2024)
Unwatchable
Honestly I had already cancelled Disney+ last year because of terrible content but I figured I would see if the Acolyte was as bad as people said. I mean how could it be that bad?
So I watched the first 2 episodes at a friends house and it was absolutely retched. I wish I could cancel Disney+ a second time. Even if you forget about the politics driving the production, it is just terrible content and a complete offense to the Star Wars franchise.
Episodes 7,8,9 made me think that Episodes 1,2,3 weren't all that bad after all. I only wish that The Acolyte was as good as 7,8,9. You would literally have to pay me to watch the rest of the first season. I wouldn't watch it for free.
Shame on Disney. Wish I could add a gif of the shame nun right here.
The Wheel of Time: Blood Calls Blood (2021)
Prior to this episode, I was at least going to stick with it. Now...
I have read all the books and am a book snob. Full disclosure. Before this episode I was willing to give it a chance but now I am re-thinking that. I understand abridging the story lines but simply replacing them with something arbitrary. No thank you.
The Wheel of Time (2021)
Better than I feared, worse than I had hoped.
I read all of the books starting in the 1990s and am a huge fan of them. I was afraid that the people behind "The Rook" were working on the production and it would be so bad that I would go postal and end up on the news. Fortunately for us all, that is not the case. It is good enough to keep watching to see how it goes but I have to wonder about some of the seemingly arbitrary changes they made in just the first episode.
Giving it a 6 for the following reasons:
- WTF bath tub scene.
- Cast of nobodies aside from Rosamond Pike.
- Matt's role is over written and Rosamon Pike (who I love) is over doing Moiraine.
- Great visuals though.
Dune: Part One (2021)
Watching this made me appreciate parts of Dune (1984) more.
I am a huge Dune nerd. Read the books alot. Saw Dune 1984 in the theater and multiple times since then. Saw the mini-series.
I didn't really like it. I am giving it a 6 for the overall feel of the movie but as an adaptation of the book (which is my primary criteria), it was more of a 4.
Don't get me wrong. It is very hard to adapt internal asides to a movie. That being said, they mostly didn't even try. So much of the story is lost when you entirely ignore all of the subplots and the internal commentary. I don't know how anyone who hadn't read the books even knew what the heck was going on. I have 1 friend who pays very good attention to movies and thinks she knew what was going on (she doesn't) and another who says that there were a lot of characters who died who didn't seem to matter and they could have saved 40 minutes never mentioning them.
On a plus note, watching this movie has made me better appreciate Dune 1984 which I have been mocking for over 35 years. If Dune 1984 had changed the following, it would be the superior adaptation of the book:
- Get rid of goofy sonic weapons.
- Recast Patrick Stewart / Gurney Halleck (I love PS but the guy from the mini-series was soo much better).
- Make Baron Harkonen a serious character and not a parody.
- Cut the last 3 minutes of the movie, put it in a box, nuke the box, collect the ashes and then nuke them again then fly those ashes into the sun and travel to another solar system.
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Only good if you like watching a compilation of Mortal Kombat finishers.
By DC standards this movie was still only OK. I would not watch it again. The violence was so excessive that it just got repetitive after awhile. There was one really good scene with Harley Quinn and, beyond that, it was meh.
The Rook (2019)
I hate it when TV adaptations make you doubt if you actually read the book or just imagined you read the book while tripping on LSD.
The good news is that after watching two episodes it does not appear to be as bad of an adaptation as Legend of the Seeker or The Shannara Chronicles. The bad news is that I am lumping this show in with Legend of the Seeker and The Shannara Chronicles. The other bad news is that Olivia Munn is not the worst thing about this show.
You were warned.
Updated 07/20/19: I have watched the first 3 episodes and re-read the book and can now confirm that, unlike the writers, I have indeed read the book and did not imagine it while taking hallucinogens.
Updated 11/19/2021: Why did I think this was better than Legend of the Seeker or The Shannara Chronicles. Maybe I was drunk. Cause The Rook is the worst adaptation of a book I have ever seen. Lowering my review from 2 stars to 1 star.