Hollywood Movie Review Series:

*There is discrepancy of 18 movies in the calculations between movies reviewed vs. images of movies. It should be equal but for some reason it's not. Hence, I will add the 18 movies to the pass side, which would equal 35.8% for total movies that passed. Not much of a difference. Though I highly doubt those 18 movies (if they exist in the reviews) passed.

*Musicals/dance, animated and supernatural horror movies were not included in the reviews.

This movie review series was initially created in 2017 out of a desire to create animated TV shows. I claimed that the current movies and TV shows were terrible. Hence the idea that I could do better in creating various animated TV shows. But some of my friends asked for my reasons about the terrible movies (which I explained to them) and realized that I could explain it through writing since I’m a writer.

Unfortunately, the animations never happened (even though I have the scripts and voice recording done). The complexity in creating anime-like animation with ease and convenience doesn’t currently exist. Unlike self-published books, there's no easy software where a few people can create an entire series and sell it to streaming services. You need studios and millions of dollars to create a professional animated TV series. But by the time I realized that, I had already reviewed thousands of movies so I decided to finish 20 years of reviews.

And I agree with the studios, directors and writers when they complain about critics.

It's unfair to dismiss a movie that cost millions or hundreds of millions of dollars in a few hours.

Critical reviews essentially diminishes all the hard work that goes into creating a movie (which is a lot). Hence, my only response is that the studios, directors and writers are free to criticize my non-fiction and fictional books (not yet published).

See Books.

In order to limit my reviews, I decided to review movies that only got a wide release (over 700 theaters). If I had to review movies that didn't get a wide release I don't think I would have ever finished. I have reviewed over 2500 movies from 1999-2018. 20 years worth. If I had to include movies during that time period that didn't get a wide release (including streaming/made for TV movies), the figure would most likely be over 10,000 movies.

And I just can’t watch any more movies. Almost 65% of the movies I reviewed failed. That figure reflects my overall opinion of Hollywood movies. It's more or less...terrible.

My message to Hollywood. Just stop. Please, just stop making movies. Leave it to indie producers. There are so many movies in existence that a person might never finish watching all of them if they had to.

Of course, Hollywood won't heed this message since it's an Illuminati-controlled content producing machine. I'm a conspiracy theorist as well. But not a Q conspiracy theorist though. Those people are cracked in the head. My Q bashing article will be written shortly after I post this review.

Oh...you're the devil and going against God. Burn in hell.

Yah yah. You lost the Supreme Court rulings, January 6th and the Arizona audit. Shove all your Q stuff up your ass in jail.

Q is a disgrace to conspiracy theorists who existed long before the Q movement.

Anywho...as a philosopher, I wanted to maintain some sort of objective criteria in whether to pass or fail a movie. Unfortunately, it didn't necessarily play out that way. While one movie could pass on the strength of its characters, another movie could fail because the acting to "bring out those characters" wasn't good enough. And sometimes the characters were good enough but the plot was garbage. And depending on the acting or directing it could pass or fail.

Simply put, the passing or failing of a movie is highly subjective. A movie that I failed or even placed in the "Super Elite Worst Movies" category may be one of the best movies of all time for another person and vice versa. Everything from judging, writing, characters, plot, acting and directing are all highly subjective.

Hence, studio executives, producers, writers, directors or actors don’t need to be angry or file defamation suits because of my reviews. It's just hot air from a Canadian writer/philosopher/conspiracy theorist. Hence, it can be ignored. Even if no one reads the reviews, as a writer, I enjoy writing them.

But pointing out this subjective reality doesn't prevent the claims of unfairness in my reviews. Being an adult, I'm not a child in which some movies are designed for. I'm not the intended target audience for child/family movies, but I still had to review them. And while I’d like to think that I have a good sense of character, judgment and humor, I can understand if people disagree...or vehemently disagree with my reviews.

And sometimes I was in a bad mood and failed movies that I wouldn’t normally fail if I was in a good mood.

You're just taking your anger out at the movie. You're really angry at yourself.

Yah yah.

My apologies, but that's life. And in this crazy world, it's quite difficult to be neutral in every moment. But I'd like to think that I'm somewhat fair. I mean, sometimes the plot is garbage but the characters are good. Sometimes the actors are great but the characters are weak. Sometimes the plot is garbage but the comedy is enough to pass it. It's all highly subjective.

But again, it's just hot air from a Canadian writer/philosopher/conspiracy theorist. Hence, it doesn’t matter much in the long run. If you don't like a movie review, feel free to email me and say so or write your thoughts on a blog, or just let it go.

But if you read the reviews, there are a few things to mention.

After listing the name of the movie, I list whether it failed or succeeded at the box office. And while many people think that millions of dollars more than the production budget means a profit, it's not. If a movie cost $100 million to make and made $200 million at the global box office, it would be a commercial failure. Why? Because theaters get a 50/50 deal with the distributors/studio.

In the above example, that would mean the movie made $100 million. But it's still a commercial failure because we’re not including the marketing costs. Most distributors/studios have to devote at least $25 million in marketing for any movie to get a wide release in theaters around the world. Blockbusters require anywhere from $50-150 million just in marketing. [1] [2]

Of course, I don't include the profits that distributors/studios will get from their movies after the initial 90 day release such as DVD or streaming revenue.

Another issue is the type of story for the movie. Is it a love story? A war epic? A movie between good and evil?

Yes to everything. But I opted for generic categories:

Ambition: Power, Control, Competition, Jealousy, Greed, Revenge, Pride, Espionage

Purpose: Meaning of life, Destiny, Faith

Character: Identity, Personal Growth

Relationships: Love, Friendship

Ethics: Duty, Justice, Equality, Honor, Good vs. Evil

Survival

Family

If you read the reviews, you'll definitely see the term "Yup, sounds about right." Most of the time, I'm being sarcastic and quietly pointing out the sexism or racism in Hollywood or a stereotype in general.

You'll also see a few comments about Satan, the Illuminati and its connection with Hollywood. Again, I am a conspiracy theorist after all. See my Conspiracy Theory Series.

But they're all just beliefs…hot air. There's no need to file defamation suits over hot air opinions/beliefs.

If you want to search for a particular movie, press Ctrl F on your keyboard with the title of the movie. It's easier than installing a search bar on my end. And in regards to the year of the movie, if you don't find it, please try the next year after. I list the movie year in regards to when it got a wide release, since the reviews were only done for movies that got a wide release. For example, 300 (2006) movie is listed in 2007 because it only got a wide release in 2007.

And don't worry about spoilers. You can read the review of any movie without being afraid of spoilers and enjoy the movie if you watch it. I intentionally made sure not to ruin a movie by revealing a hidden plot or hidden climax scene. I simply pass or fail each scene and comment on them.

I didn't include animated, dance/musical or supernatural horror movies in the reviews. The latter is too scary for me.

In regards to the plot I worded it as a want statement. For example, the Nazis want to take over Poland. Is that a problem? Yes it is. And there's your plot. The movie can have subplots or hidden plots but I only state the overarching plot that causes the main/initial problem. Unfortunately, many movies don’t have a real plot/problem. Hence, you'll see "A group of women want a better life," as the plot. Not exactly a real problem, but that's the way Hollywood creates their movies.

In regards to the climax scene, I use the word "climax scene" instead of "climax scenes" (plural). Technically speaking, the climax scene(s) is when the main plot is resolved. My reference to the climax scene refers to the ending of the climax scenes as opposed to the beginning. By climax scene, I mean the last scene where the main plot is resolved.

But as I was formatting the reviews a few months back, I realized that it would have been better to say "climax scenes" (including the pre-climax scenes building up to the climax scenes as opposed to passing or failing the final climax scene. But I just can't go through 6000 pages in the Microsoft Word documents again. Around 300 pages for each year. It's just too much.

And lastly, my apologies for the punctuation. I opted for a point form method in the comment section for each movie. Sometimes, it will be missing the proper grammatical rules. It's okay. I did the best I could, but I just can't look at 6000 pages in a Word document again. I already hit my limits. I just have to publish and be done with it forever.

Sadly, my review series (which was started gleefully), ended up with me becoming jaded and hating Hollywood movies. I never want to watch another Hollywood movie. That's how bad the movies were. Remember, almost 65% of them failed in my reviews.

But just for the water cooler people, this year I decided to watch No Time to Die (2021) and The Matrix Resurrections (2021). Both movies would fail and I’d place No Time to Die in One of the Worst Movies of all Time category, despite the excellent climax scene.

This movie review series has been an exhausting process and I don't recommend writers to review movies in the future. My apologies if I missed any movies that received a wide release. But I just can't watch any more terrible movies.

Enjoy.

References:

[1] McClintock, Pamela . $200 Million and Rising: Hollywood Struggles With Soaring Marketing Costs. Hollywood Reporter. July 31, 2014.

[2] Hollywood's Soaring Marketing Cost Dilemma . Variety. August 17, 2017.