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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Chilling Adventures of
Sabrina: Part 3 OK/G
“… Given how much I
disliked this season, it’s going to take much convincing and several review
readings (something I try to avoid as much as possible beforehand) to make me
tune in the next round…”
That statement above was part of my review for the second
season (or part, whatever) of this dark teen series available on Netflix (you
can read the entire review in the archives---www.abcreviewarchive.blogspot.com). Well, I didn’t take any convincing or read
any reviews before watching this part/season and, instead, let my curiosity and
OCD get the better of me, in addition to the end of part/season 2 promising a
better storyline (as all endings for TV shows and movie franchises tend to
do). For those that haven’t yet watched
this series and have a hesitant desire to, let it be known that I can’t remember
a damn thing from part/season 2 even after reading each episode’s description
on Wikipedia, so I say just skip part/season 2 and let “Sabrina” herself
(Kiernan Shipka) give you a rundown of what happened before this part/season’s
first episode (2 minutes as opposed to roughly 9 hours, you’re welcome!). I can’t say I’m entirely enamored with this
show, but I “like” it…I guess. With the
exception of part/season 2, I think it’s a little better than okay, put it that
way. I think the first part/season is the
best so far, minus the first episode (you can also read my review for that part/season
in the archives), but this part/season comes close; it was infinitely better
than the last part/season, that’s for sure.
It consists of eight one-hour (give or take) episodes and they sometimes
do actually feel that long (an hour an episode for a TV show is quite lengthy after all), but they
are generally entertaining too (I don’t remember being bored too many
times). As of now, there is a fourth
part/season planned with no air date yet.
Sure…yeah, I think I’ll tune in for it; this part/season definitely made
me a little more interested in the series again. 1/31/2020
Bonus review:
One Cut of the Dead OK
I heard from more than one source that this Japanese film
was a unique zombie movie, or at least a good one, I’m not sure, so I looked
forward to watching it (being that “unique zombie movie” is basically an
oxymoron anymore). [POTENTIAL SPOILERS
AHEAD] Well, it’s technically not a zombie
movie; just a zombie movie within a movie.
Meaning, the majority of this film is a behind-the-scenes look at the
making of the roughly half-hour zombie film you thought was the real film in
the beginning. Normally I like to choose
whether I want to see the making of a film on a DVD/Blu-ray extra (and
depending on the length of the feature, I usually pass). Don’t get me wrong, it was very creative in
showing how everything was accomplished in the film-within-the-film (which was
as standard as zombies movies come), but it just wasn’t what I expected before
watching. Instead of thinking I spoiled
it for you, perhaps think of it as making you go in with a different
expectation so as to avoid disappointment like me (although I appear to be
alone since it received 100% on Rotten Tomatoes out of 83 critics). 2/1/2020
Other
movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Bliss >>>OK/G
Ever After (Endzeit) >>>EH/OK
Hagazussa >>>B
---Sean O.
2/1/2020
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