The latest batch of movies, I have limited myself to only 2021/2022 movies but I may have to change that as I run low on movies.

No Time To Die 2:43 – 7.5 – Not going to lie. It took me three attempts to get through this one. I realized when I was watching it, that of all the movie series I have seen, Star wars, Vacation, etc I have seen more James Bond movies than any other. And this one was the worst one. No cool opening stunt. And sleeping with women 1/3 his age was just creepy.  Way more drama than needed. No really cool gadgets. I only liked the ending. I give it 3.5

Spiderman: No Way Home 2:28 – 8.5 – Would probably have been a lot better if I hadn’t had to watch it in CAM vision with people’s heads and popcorn. Movie brings back all the old favorites which makes it a good nostalgia flick. Doctor Strange is pretty good in this one too. Movie has some surprises that I won’t ruin. I give it the 8.5

The Last Duel 2:33 – 7.6- Was she raped or was it consensual? That is the burning question behind the whole movie and leads to the duel. The movie would have been much shorter except it keeps replaying some scenes multiple times leaving me to wonder if I was having deja-vu attacks. The duel was pretty good though. I give it 5.0 for the old timey duel.

Free Guy 1:55 – 7.8 – I had to watch this twice because the first time was on the living room TV with no soundbar, thus I only heard half of the dialogue. It was worth the second watch. Definitely a movie for gamers as they love to throw the anachronisms out. Ryan Reynolds not his usual smart ass but just a nice GUY trying to rank up. I loved the almost completed DUDE. Well worth a watch. I give it a 9.0 for originality and being a good movie.

Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins 2:01 – 6.8 – Everybody was Kung-fu Fighting. The song just kept popping into my head as I watched 2 hours of kung-fu fighting. It was almost too much kung-fu fighting, but now I know why GI Joe came with kung-fu grip. I had always thought it was for masturbation but now I know it was so he could keep Snake Eyes in line if he got uppity and questioned Joe’s authority over the unit. Wasn’t great or terrible so I give it 6.0

Chaos Walking 1:49 – 6.8 -  Spiderman has to save a woman whose spaceship crash lands on earth. The whole town wants her dead, and everyone can read minds which made some of the dialogue hard to follow. Kind of a Scanners meets Deliverance movie. I did find the end to be anti-climactic though. I give it 6.4

Last Man Down 1:27 – 6.8 – Scandinavian movie. “Lars” is an ex-special services guy that has to save a woman who darkens his way out of the way doorstep. Bad guys want her blood because it may be a cure for the pandemic that’s ending the world. I was hoping for zombies, but no. I don’t know how many henchmen one bad guy can afford but Lars and the woman kill about 300 of them. And that’s the whole movie. Just terrible. I’m starting to think that Cinema’s rating of 6.8 is a default if no one is dumb enough to rate the movie. I give it 4.5.

Swim 1:27  - 7.6- I’ve always felt bad that I never forced myself to sit through any Sharknado movie, and because of that, I have offended the movie gods. Then I stumble across this shark movie with a 7.6 rating. I say to myself “no way a shark movie is a 7.6!” Boy, was I correct.  A combination of terrible acting with horrid special effects. The shark is the only believable actor in the whole movie. I give this 1.0 for the shark’s acting and feel I’ve paid my debt to shark movies.  

Last Shootout 1:26 – 6.4- I can’t put my finger on why this movie was bad. Maybe because they had to prop Bruce Dern up to say his lines. Maybe it’s because I still hold a grudge against Dern for The Cowboys. It seemed like even though the people were fighting for their lives, all they cared about was eating. Nobody could hit the broad side of a barn with their guns, plus the bad guys brought pistols to a long-distance rifle fight. Poor planning. I give it 3.5