Content Reviews for America's Birthday

Just a few notes on some of the things I've watched over the last month. Spoilers are in all of these.

Stick Rating Scale

0-1.2: Not even fun-bad (Least/Very Low)

1.3-2.0: Fun-bad (Low)

2.1-2.5: Not bad but boring/not good (Average)

2.6-2.9: Fine (Above Average)

3.0-3.4: Good (High)

3.5-3.9: Really good/borderline great (High)

4.0-4.5: Great (Very High)

4.6-5.0: Elite/Top 10 all-time (Very High/Most)

Movies

Nope.

Not a good movie. The story was really lame; there were a few things that intrigued me (The murder monkey, the one girl who was on the murder monkey show that had the toothy face at the horse feed thing, the camera pro who was watching tape about animals eating each other, etc.) but they never did anything to develop those aspects of the story. None of the characters had any depth, and the only likeable one in my opinion (the guy who bought the ranch) seemed like he was supposed to be unlikeable and died in a really lame way. I did like the UFO itself being the alien, and I thought it was cool (easily the best character); however, the whole point of the movie was to get this alien on camera and prove it exists/make money (which I didn't like in the first place), but the way the movie ended and the way the alien died (getting popped like a balloon by a balloon) was absolutely horrendous. There are some cool visuals and "spooky" moments, but not nearly enough to redeem this movie.

Rating: 1.1/5 sticks

Here Comes the Boom

Good movie. I watched it yesterday a little while after watching the poop-show I broke down first, and it was a great change of pace. Marty (the music teacher whose job is at stake) is genuinely a top-10 all-time movie character for me regardless of genre; he's so perfectly written and acted (s/o Henry Winkler), and he's such a good contrast with the rest of the characters around him. Kevin James is always a good time, and the character development across the board felt so much deeper and stronger after watching Nope. Also, Joe Rogan is in this movie; take this information as you will.

Rating: 4/5 sticks

Shows

The Boys Season 3

Easily the best season of the show so far, especially on the rewatch. I won't say much about it; I'm really excited for season 4 because of what this season did, and I have a ton of thoughts on that which I may or may not cover in another article soon. Two quick things:

1. It's wild that Butcher's actor (Karl Urban) is Eomer in Lord of the Rings and Bald Guy in Thor: Ragnarok.

2. Don't let anyone under 18 years old watch any of this show, especially this season.

Rating: 3.9/5 sticks

The Mandalorian Season 3

Another season 3 of a show that was decent through the first two seasons; however, I'm not as high on this one as I was for the last one. Again, I'm not gonna say much. It was fine. There were some cool things. Lizzo was a big-time, massive, HUGE addition to Star Wars canon (the biggest thing we've seen since the second Death Star); she stole the entire screen with every appearance. It was almost as if the other characters disappeared from the screen with how colossal and imposing her presence was.

Rating: 2.9/5 sticks

Secret Invasion (the first two episodes)

It might end up being the best MCU show when it's over, which really isn't a high bar. It's been decent so far; at first it seemed like Nick Fury was washed but he might be getting back to pre-Captain Marvel form after Rhodey fired him. The story is pretty easy to follow and decently predictable so far (pretty much every main plot point in the first episode went exactly how I thought it would. I didn't really have a problem with that. I think there are a few things I might need to go back and re-watch, and hopefully I'll want to re-watch it still after the season ends (which has only been the case with Loki so far, and Loki wasn't that good). It's very much a change of pace from the multiverse/time stuff in the rest of the MCU, which is nice.

Rating (incomplete): 2.8/5 sticks

There are probably a handful of other things I've watched, but this is all I really want to comment on. Peace.