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I found parts of this super disturbing, it was like getting flashbacks of me sitting in my own room with a laptop doing god knows what on sketchy mid 2010 sites. I think I like this a little more than Tv glow, however I think Tv glow has a lot more to talk and get from.

Unfortunately very long and you feel it. Interesting choice to spoil the movie up until after the midpoint, not sure why they decided on that. 

Definitely found myself disappointed, but it’s still fun, really just not engaging enough for me personally to warrant the length. 
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Hayley Atwell doing R>>> ❤️

Incredibly frustrating to watch just on reflection of how true this can be seen. I understand peoples frustrations with not focusing on the black emphasis of the story and how we spend a lot of time with Will Poulter's, but I get the artistic direction we went. I think there can be room for all kinds of stories on spectrum. But then again the black humility for the sake of the story is on display and we don't spend enough time with it. I see both arguments one more so more than the other.
Per usual Algee Smith is always a standout in whatever he is in I love that guy sm.

The Jeremy Strong jumpscare at the end was wild.

In THIS HOUSE we stan Frogman

This was actually such a good way to end this entire gauntlet. A really good doc that more so celebrates King's work and the adaptions over the last 50 years. We get interviews from so many directors talking about the big hits and behind the scene things.

As someone who has been very critical of the adaptions during this, I found this to be so refreshing to talk about how influential and accessible King's work has been for everyone and how he really pushed non-traditional story telling.

And with that ends the Stephen King Gauntlet. I've made a ton extra mutuals doing this so it was so worth it. Reading reviews from others that have done the same or just really love the big SK titles. I tried to incorporate everything that I could find, some stuff is just too hard to access. There's like two King releases this summer but that's it, I'll add them to the list as time goes on.

Here's the ranking :)
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I really wanted to like this so so so much. The cast is insane, but it just feels so drawn out. I think a solid 5 episodes instead of 8 would have been stellar. Dane Dehaan supremacy still standing tho.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

This was great to watch, the cast and crew talking about what it was like to put something that can be see as mundane in today’s standards on prime time television back in the 90s is so fascinating. 

Always a reminder that the heart and souls of any production comes from the fuckers who are there everyday doing it for the love of the game.

Watching the most impeccable timing movie ever done.

This was so trash. I’m so happy to be done with this series. EASILY MY least favorite thing about doing this gauntlet. 

Just please let the franchise die.

“Everywhere I go I see him” 

And it’s just Kubricks face in the clouds

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

I fucking love this movie so much, truly a special thing that the cast and everyone involved got to do. What a treasure these kids are.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

1.5 stars for the cool fire effects and the yummy John Carpenter synths👍🏼

Flanagan at this release was on an unprecedented run in this horror and suspense genre, and still 6 years later he is still holding it all together.

IT is by far my favorite King story, this is right up there as well. I think Flanagan keeps the creeps vibes of The Shining and transports it to this one while giving us such a different aspect of a sequel story. The True Knot group is so fucking scary.

How Ewan McGregor uses his shine to deal with his demons and grief is so sick and creative I love it. I love how much Rebecca Ferguson we see and how much time we spend with the villains. Kyliegh Curran at the time I saw this gave one of the best child performances on screen that I had seen. And even still she is such a standout holding her own with some of the modern industries best working.

We all stan that directors cut harddddd

this took me very so long to finish, the first 4-5 episodes are ungodly slow, but after that things pick up quite a bit. The last three eps being what I really liked, a stephen king and H.P. Lovecraft blend of nasty and cosmic horror.

POV: me when they were doing the ritual and I heard " Yog-Sothoth" 😨

Watched on Tuesday May 6, 2025.

This feels like a previous stephen king piece but just taken in a more grief stricken manner. It wasn't that good anyway so whatever. It felt like a nothing burger. Like nothing was really explained or done.

I wasn’t feeling this one as much as the others until the last hour really, the train sequence is a callback to the first film, and it’s great. Insanely good set spectacle. The cast continues to show up and put in that work, Tom is still insane. However this does feel like a part one set up, more like mockingjay part one rather than an infinity war, still very good tho I wish I coulda seen it in theaters.

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Extremely satisfied with where they took this one, very happy to report they took criticism of the black widow movie where characters bring up serious things and then MCU funny haha LOL pivot away and we never talk about it again, in this they make sure each character is established as fucked up, they talk about it, show it, and even say we're here to be with you while you figure this out. I fuck with that heavy.

Bucky just aura farming terminator style in that one scene.

Florence ily with that cunty bleach blonde cut. <3

The writing is on the wall for this to be a really good follow up from the first movie. The kids came back, the same writing team and director. Stellar adult cast coming in. BUT GODDD is this movie long, the pacing is very rough. I will say the long drawn out scenes can be nice to enjoy because the casting is so well done. A couple of the child kills in the movie are very graphic and I forgot HOW graphic. But again, a lot of unnecessary scenes that just made this movie feel so long.

Some of the adult fears are really good, but some others are a bit uneven comparatively. So many scenes felt inappropriate considering the circumstances. ( That Bill Hader 3 door scene.) I still like this movie because the adult portion of the book is just not as good as the youth portion. If Mike Flannigan had his hands on this part of the story I am convinced we woulda seen the best iteration.

So I finished this the other day and have been sitting on my thoughts because I am so confused to how this can feel so lifeless. This has Christopher Nolen levels of A-list cast in it but it’s so dry. Even daddy skarsgard was so boring. What the hell happened. 

Maybe one of the more disappointing watches so far in this 100+ Stephen king adaption endeavor of mine.

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

The show has the best beginning episodes that I have seen in a very long time. It is so so so tragic that the same quality and pace was not held. I would have liked this to be like two episodes or so shorter. Everyone says a movie, that probably woulda been some heat as well.

Fantastic performances all around from everyone involved. Just did not stick the landing as what was set forth in the beginning.

Upping to a full 5 stars because this is one of the greatest action films ever put together. This movie makes other action movies look like baby food. The same feelings I have watching this is like when I watch Michael Mann's Heat.

Meticulously crafted throughout and it is edge of the seat inducing. I when I saw this in theaters originally I could only compare it to Mad Max Fury road, which came out 3 years prior. This is really the pinnacle of action movies to beat.

Rebecca Ferguson and Henry Cavill with Stache in the same movie had me howling at the TV in octaves you guys could not imagine.

I'm debating if this is actually better than the original. The little girl who plays Ellie is really solid for a kid actor and the story slightly changing is something I appreciate a little bit. I like this even more than when I originally saw it.

Sorry guys this is def the the best fifth entry in a franchise (sorry order of the phoenix and fast five) 

You can really feel the rapport between all the characters like they all have inside discussions and jokes. It makes the series so much more personable. Simon Pegg is actually so good in these movies just adding an extra layer to all the plans. 

I don’t think it’s as good as protocol but fuck is it great. Rebecca <3

I forgot how GOOD this movie is. Carla Gugino is a JUGGERNAUGHT in this movie. Entirely having the weight of the movie on her and not only carrying but SPRINTING across. This movie talks about such real shit and I, as someone who has not personally dealt with some of the discussed themes, I can see and I can appreciate on such a deep level how important addressing the inner demons in this is for viewers and just story telling overall.

Mike is one of the best working not in just horror today, but visual story telling. Every single thing he puts out has depth and you can tell he loves LOVES these different types of stories.

Movie kinda ate ngl. 

Fuck the Iraq war, all my homies HATE the Iraq war

Real interesting premise however it ends up stumbling in the end, it left me wanting more I guess.

I truly wanted to like this more than I did, yes its a slow burn, but god it really REALLY feels like that run time is stretched. I like Thomas Jane, and he puts a good one on for us. But I couldn't help finding myself knowing where we were going and still when we got there not satisfied. I could see myself switching up on this years from now.

Very boring and very much flavorless. I saw someone say that if Stephen King wants this done properly he needs to have it done on HBO to have a decent budget with R rating and proper development.

Side note apparently this was a amalgamation of multiple books??? In an hour and a half runtime??? What were they thinking actually. I can see why people who were fans of the source material, were like what the fuck did I watch.

Watched on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

INCREDIBLE LIVE ACTION DEBUT FROM BRAD BIRD. The guy understood how to dominate the animated film space and he knocks it out of the park with this.

Stunning wide shots of the stunt work and fleshed out hand-to-hand. Jeremy Renner is also good in this, real solid backstory. Everything going wrong that can.

Ghost Protocol is a fantastic callback to the first film where we focus on tension, implementing the gadgets malfunctioning adds another layer of intensity to the scenes. So much to say about this one. Absolute HEAT I love it sm.

This fucking movie is so good. I understand how some can view it as a silly concept, Bill really plays up the silly aspect of the character. But what this does right is really slam home the relationship of the group, the rapport they all have, and the biggest thing which is exploring the fears. The movie takes some liberties but they are so appropriate, my only knit pick is in this version Mike is really left on the sideline but all the kids knock is out of the fucking park, incredible kid casting.

It's time all of you start giving this movie the respect its owed and I'm tired of it. I wish I could fully convey my reaction when they were so faithful to the opening scene, I was levitating.

I heard the book was actually really fucking good, little did I know how it would transfer over to the miniseries and my god I was fucking wrecked that final episode.  I found myself so distraught GOD it was good. 

Sarah Gadon please marry me<3

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I fear this is my fav Coogler. Been a fan since I washed my tears away from Fruitvale Station, and he continues to pump out greatness like no other. Miles Catton has a fantastic debut as Sammie. Michael is fantastic, one could say his best. Hailee is fantastic as well, one could say one of her best as well. Fucking Delroy Lindo is a SHOW STEALER. I have never seen a movie respect its budget more than this one with its sets and attention to the period detail.

I gasped at the scene where the main vampire guy floated in the air. The first major music scene in the bar is one of the greatest scenes of the year without a doubt. Only real issues are maybe a little bit more from the villain and the scene where the showdown happens, random extra bodies are seemingly brought in from nowhere.

JUSTICE FOR CORNBREAD

PSH giving the best villain in the series so far. 

I love that my criticism in the last one was they tried to treat Ethan like a bond and this one goes and directly tries to make it a point that he is no 007 character. 

Excellent debut by JJ Abram’s

Seeing this is where people log their Arcane watches. Ima keep her short

Season one of Arcane is obviously one of the greatest seasons ever. Season two to me, falls short of it, I'm not sure what they were told to do for season two but it def felt like they were told to hold back from exploring the world they were building. Still a fine ending to the story I guess.

Onto Ionia and Noxus next I guess? Ahri gang will feed GENERATIONS.

Cruise envisioned a different director for every entry, while not an awful idea, perhaps a very good one. HOWEVER this is such a drastic departure from not just the previous entry but every entry to come. To its credit its a great lookin movie, it does not make you want to look away from the visuals at least lmao.

There is a point where Ethan says his name and I was like why is he trying to be a Bond lmao. Ving Rhames coming back is always good, he's always the best of the companions to me.

Take a shot for every crash zoom technique in this one, lmk what happens. That stunt with the eye reportedly being real is fucking insane also, def a top 5 stunt from the series.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

I swear to god the CG in this movie looks exactly like this poster does. Okay so, is this movie AS BAD as everyone says. I mean probably yeah....

Is this considered a zombie movie? Idk the premise is zombie-like but idk man the "zombies" are stimming and laughing at times. I had such a hard time keeping track of the actual movie because of the editing. NOT TO MENTION HOLD ON, I made a note of this, the fucking credits in the beginning are the most obnoxious thing I have ever seen, they're these fat black squares that legit cover the portion of the movie. Who decided that? I also do not understand the whole portion of the comic character seemingly being real....ok. What a disted film.

Genuinely insane how awful the movie looks at the end.

I know I saw my grandma watching this a random Saturday like 2:30 pm before.

The music use in this was a dead giveaway that it was a tv movie. I didn't even have to look it up, I just knew. Movie is incredibly mid, however Ann Dowd is entertaining as always, she is too good for this flick.

Watched on Sunday April 13, 2025.

If it’s one thing a King adaption is gonna do is it’s gonna adapt a short story and make the product much more longer than it has any right to be.

God I know I'm on a bad movie run right now with the Stephen king stuff, but this random ass zombie movie is the longest runtime I have ever felt. Maybe because this movie is cramming every thematic point ever thought of in it.

Jesus bro.

Watched on Friday April 11, 2025.

Unfortunately this movie does not eat like I once thought. Chloë Grace Moretz did not get enough to actually play with in this role, its a shame cause she can be a solid performer. This is that era of movie where they do the twilight thing and google search really obvious things which is so fucking funny.

Judy Greer tho <3

My biggest L is having this at 3 stars, and I  recognize that and I accept punishment. 

Tom’s first outing as an action star is proving and very memorable. Brian De Palma crafts an extremely suspenseful entry while really balancing an exposition filled movie, it’s quite impressive how it does not drag too much even with the heavy dialogue. 

I personally am not a fan of the Dutch angles, but the restaurant scene they’re used about as well as they can be, giving us insight into Ethan’s snap of awareness. The Infiltration scene is probably a top 5 scene in the entire franchise, which is wild considering what is to come down the line. 

Shoutout Danny Elfman absolutely ate this shit up with the use of the theme throughout the movie.

Missions done till I impossible ranked :D

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
3. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
4. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
5. Mission: Impossible
6. Mission: Impossible III
7. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
8. Mission: Impossible II

alcoholics and Maine

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Shining
3. Misery
4. It
5. Doctor Sleep
6. The Green Mile
7. Carrie
8. Stand by Me
9. Dolores Claiborne
10. Knightriders

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The gathering of friends as they indulge in sweets and media like no other

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Thing
• The Social Network
• Aftersun
• Last Night in Soho
• Bodies Bodies Bodies
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Sicario
• Pitch Perfect
• Seven Samurai

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British Wands Ranked IMO :D

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Bananas lovers movies ranked IMO :D

1. Planet of the Apes
2. War for the Planet of the Apes
3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
4. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
5. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
6. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
7. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
8. Beneath the Planet of the Apes
9. Planet of the Apes
10. Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Random Toku Rider that I have seen.

1. Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Wars
2. Shin Kamen Rider
3. Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER
4. Kamen Rider ZO
5. Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
6. Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai
7. Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
8. Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders
9. Kamen Rider Decade
10. Kamen Rider Amazons Season 1 the Movie: Awakening

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Ash Vs. Evil Dead is probably in the smack middle of the list :/

1. Evil Dead II
2. Evil Dead Rise
3. Evil Dead
4. Army of Darkness
5. The Evil Dead

Howlings ranked ( to no one's surprise they like all suck)

1. The Howling
2. Howling V: The Rebirth
3. Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
4. Howling VI: The Freaks
5. Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
6. The Howling: Reborn
7. Howling III: The Marsupials
8. Howling: New Moon Rising

Freddy's playhouse ranked IMO :)

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
3. Freddy vs. Jason
4. New Nightmare
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street
9. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Xenos (and some friends kinda) ranked IMO :)

• Alien
• Aliens
• Alien: Romulus
• Alien: Covenant
• Prometheus
• Alien³
• AVP: Alien vs. Predator
• Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
• Alien Resurrection

🚙💨 IMO :D

1. Fast Five
2. Fast & Furious 6
3. The Fast and the Furious
4. Furious 7
5. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
6. Fast & Furious
7. Fast X
8. The Fate of the Furious
9. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
10. F9

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