The Gentlemen series is roughly based on the 2019 McConaughey movie, but as I figured, the only resemblances are the title and the underground weed growing business. I found it enough entertaining with all the non-researched inadvertences. Who is the Archduke of Moldavia? Sometimes I think this is Ritchie’s contribution to nowadays youngsters’ brainwashing. It was entertaining, as I said, but that doesn’t mean it was good. The 2019 movie was slightly better. Too bad, because in eight episodes, … [Read more...]
Insurgent: The Divergent Trilogy – Part Two
Insurgent, the second installment made after Veronica Roth's "Divergent Trilogy", is not worse than the first, Divergent itself. Despite what other critics say, I liked it as well. I remember giving Divergent a 9 out of ten on imdb, which was a great rating. I wouldn't do the same with their rival franchises, "The Hunger Games Trilogy" or "The Maze Runner Pentalogy". With all the glam they have being very trendy post apocalyptic dystopia bloody "game shows", I like this one better. Based on what … [Read more...]
Divergent
Divergent is the first movie in an young-adult dystopian series, created on the model of Hunger Games. Great success, and quite enjoyable, comparative with that absurd Hunger Games. I have to say that I couldn't bring myself to watch the sequels. They have no logic. But this post is about Divergent, not Hunger Games. This is a movie made after the first volume of Divergent trilogy, which is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels by Veronica Roth. The trilogy consists of … [Read more...]