Sunday 26 February 2023

Echoes (TV)

 Is it Leni or Gina? After a while it gets confusing.

This is a series about two really identical twins swapping identities so often it confuses even the twins in question. One of them went missing one day, and the other had no idea what transpired, so she had to play two roles as she investigated.

I would say it's interesting, only if you can keep up. Otherwise, give this show a skip.

I did, however, finish it. I won't say the revelation is boggling, but it's not a very fun one. The series is not bad, it has its ups and downs, it has some successful twists and some unsuccessful suspense, but overall it did manage to deliver some story that isn't an entire failure, but probably not an award-winning or highly ranked series.

Rating: 6/10. The actress is awesome and nailed her role. 

Saturday 25 February 2023

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Early critic review were rather merciless in their words; some blatantly called it a waste of time, some said it was a mess, some minced their words but insinuated Eternals did better. The general consensus appeared to be that this movie sucks. But after reading the early critic review of Thor: Love and Thunder, let's just say I am sceptical of their review, and understand that my taste probably deviates from theirs. And I was right. I went to watch it in GV Vivocity (much better than GV Bishan), and it was a marvellous two hours movie. Like all the other phase 4 movies, the movie kicked off rather quickly. Then they were sucked into the quantum realm and 'quantumania' ensued.

For people who claimed too much CGI was used - the entire movie takes place in a fictitious, artificial Quantum Realm. What exactly are you hoping for?

For people who said it's too messy, the movie has warned you about it - it's literally named Quantumania.

I like the movie a lot. The plot's a bit weak but Kang made up for it. MODOK was unattractive but I get that it stays loyal to the comic. The battle scene and the quantum realm were rather refreshing in my opinion.

If you people could let go the balls of Infinity War and Endgame and realise that we're now in a new phase and not the Infinity Saga anymore, perhaps you would have found yourself a lot more receptive towards all these rather entertaining movies. Quantumania is even better than Wakanda Forever in my opinion, by a very long shot.