Black & Blue

2019 - 2/5

First off, 0/10 - would NOT play hide and seek with this chick!

When you go and watch a movie like this one, you have to be willing to put aside some aspects of reality. So going into this movie, I had zero expectations, so when I came outta this movie, I found that I did enjoy it; it was entertaining! It also helped that the friend that I had gone with and I had a funny commentary during the movie as well. Aside from my friend and I, there were 3 other people in the theatre. Overall, the acting wasn't as bad as I thought it was (and could have been), and the plot wasn't horrible either, but it wasn't 100% original either. Overall, I'm not going to be watching this again, but I don't think I completely wasted my time watching it once.

Fast & Furious - Hobbs & Shaw

2019 - 3/5

honestly, i'm writing this review in mid-november of 2019, so i don't really remember much about this movie, nor do i care to watch it again.
for a movie that doesn't have any of the original characters (and i know it's not supposed to because it's a spin-off), i don't really care for it. i really only watched it because it's apart of the franchise, but with p. walker passing, i don't really care to watch any more of these.
i do remember thinking i like the banter back and forth between hobbs and shaw, but beyond that, nothing memorable.

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

2019 - 2.5/5

typical Tarantino in the sense that there's SO much build up, and then there's excessive blood and fore. in this movies' case, the build up was there, but the blood and gore wasn't as over the top as usual, it was rather 14A blood and gore.
i can honestly say that i don't think this movie has any repeat value - there really would be no reason for me to ever watch this again.
the acting was really good by the parties that actually matter.
Tarantino's movies are usually long and for the most part, i never really feel how long they are, but in this case, i was looking at the time pretty much every hour. this movie really could have been cut down to 1hr40mins if he really wanted to. there was so much unnecessary filler and characters that made me thing "okay, what's the point of this?" on more than one occasion.

Lion King

2019 - 3.7/5

For the most part it's a re-hash of the animated version. I will never think it's as good, but it was done well.

The CGI was really good, the voice actors were all right too (I found that the voice actor for young Simba was pretty close to the 90s version; I absolutely thought that Seth Rogen was a great choice; people are gonna hate me for saying this, but I didn't think that Beyoncé was a good choice).

I will say that someone told me before I watched it that the one thing that bothered them was the lack of emotion portrayed, and it's understandable because you can't really animate that, but as I was watching it (the part where Musafa dies) didn't pull at my heart stirs nearly as much as the animated cartoon version from the 90s. So that part was a bit meh for me.

Overall, it wasn't bad and I liked how they kept it pretty close to the 90s version.

Toy Story 4

2019 - 3.9/5

a little sad there wasn't a short... :(

***SPOILER ALERT***

really enjoyed it.
i liked how it wasn't as tear-jerky as the third.
liked it more than the 2nd movie, but not as much as the 1st or 3rd.

i liked the plot:
simple plot, but they made it to be an eventful adventure.
it was nice to see that Bonnie liked Jesse more than Woody.
overall, i felt as if there was a "girl-power" undertone to the movie.

i liked the new characters:
it was nice that although Woody was being put aside having been replaced by Forky as Bonnies favourite toy, that he didn't resent it as much as he resented Buzz in the first... you could see the growth in character since the first movie, and it was nice that his immediate course of action was to keep Forky at whatever cost.
i liked how Bo-peep and Gaby Gaby didn't have beef (bc that was the direction i though it was going to go, kinda like the 3rd movie).
i also like the Bo-peep's story wasn't a sob story, but more along the lines that she found her way and she had a sense of empowerment, or ownership of her own life.
the plush toy horse that kept saying he wanted the dad to go to jail was funny.
the bunny and duck wanting to attack the store owner and the carnival booth attendant was funny.
i liked Duke Caboom, but being Canadian, i find that they portrayed him as kind of dumb (obviously not happy with that).

Aladdin

2019 - 3/5

i didn't go into this movie with no expectations, i went into this movie with the expectation's that i was absolutely going to hate it. that i would hate every actor playing their role.

i ended up liking it, believe it or not. it was NO where near as good as the animated one, but it was entertaining and the actors did their roles well.

the only thing i wasn't the biggest fan of was jasmine singing, but not a big hit in my books.

overall, i'm happy i came outta it not as annoyed going in!