Reviews by johanlefourbe

I already saw this movie when it was released in the theaters but, since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out again. The first time around, of course, like everyone else, I was really eager to see this new Thor sequel directed by Taika Waititi. Well, to be honest, in my opinion, the damned thing turned out to be rather overhyped, which was in fact already the case with ‘Ragnarok’. I mean, there is no denying that it was still a lot of fun to see Waititi going nuts with so many wild ideas and many of them were just hilarious (I will probably never forget these screaming goats). It was also really neat to see Jane Foster making her great return and, at last, Natalie Portman was giving something interesting to do in this franchise. Indeed, her character was so badass and it was pretty awesome to see her fighting side by side with Thor. I also enjoyed that they focused on their romantic relationship. Unfortunately, the wild approach chosen by Waititi also had its downside, I’m afraid. Indeed, as a result, the whole thing was just so random. For example, at the end of ‘Endgame’, you see Thor leaving with the Guardians of the Galaxy so I expected them to have some awesome adventure together but it seemed that they dropped this idea at some point and the Guardians were reduced to some special guests who showed up just during the first 10 mins. However, a bigger issue was that the story was nothing really amazing. I mean, they made a big fuss that Christian Bale was entering the MCU but even though his character, Gorr the God Butcher, had an awesome name and even though they took their time to establish his motivations, this character was just not really interesting after all. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn’t completely blow me away, it was still an entertaining MCU instalment and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you enjoyed ‘Ragnarok' and Taika Waititi’s work in general. 

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Alexandra Daddario, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, like most romantic comedies, the concept turned out to be rather weak. On top of that, even though Daddario tried very hard to portray an average girl, I’m afraid it was never really convincing. Once again, it had nothing to do with her performance, in fact, I think she was actually pretty good, it’s just that I’m pretty sure that such a gorgeous girl would be noticed by every single guy each time she would walk into a room. The other thing that bothered me was that many scenes felt very flat. For example, what was this animated intro?!? I guess it was supposed to be charming and/or quirky but, even though it wasn’t ugly, it didn’t have any added value whatsoever. And, yet, somehow, the damned thing was still fairly entertaining. I guess it might had to do with the fact that I have a weak spot for the genre. Furthermore, Alexandra Daddario and Tyler Hoechlin had a solid chemistry together. I wish they did let him open up sooner though. For example, I really liked the fact that the guy was actually terrified of flying which would mean that her weird intimate rambling actually made him relax and forget about his own fear which was a touching idea. Unfortunately, this interesting and actually quite romantic idea came completely towards the end so it was pretty much wasted. Anyway, to conclude, I think I might have been too generous with my rating here but it was a decent watch and I guess it is worth a look but probably only if you really like the genre. 

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it’s always tricky to come up with a sequel 30 years later, in fact, it is often a rather misguided idea. Anyway, in this case, to be honest, I really struggled to care about the damned thing. The first thing that really bothered me was the whole concept that Missy had first married Bill’s father, Ted’s father, and, for this movie, she was then marrying Ted’s brother?!? Sure, it was supposed to be funny but I thought it was actually seriously cringe-inducing. At least, it was a decent idea to send them to the future (but didn’t they already do it in the 2^nd installment? I seriously can’t remember it though…) but it’s too bad this future looked so lame and cheap. At least, I should praise Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to be still completely committed to these characters after all these years but, as far as I'm concerned, moronic characters are almost never entertaining or funny. I have to admit that it has been years since I saw the previous movies and, while watching this new instalment, I was wondering how I could have ever enjoyed ‘Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure’ in the first place. I guess I should re-watch this 80’s cult-classic to see if it was indeed much better than anything else that came afterwards in this franchise. By the way, the idea of including their daughters also had some potential but they should have included them from the start and have them time-travelling with their dads, it would have been more entertaining and an interesting departure from the previous movies. Anyway, to conclude, even if the damned thing was harmless, I thought it was actually rather boring and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except if you are a die-hard fan of these characters.