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Just like this poster, this movie has no brains.

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/
https://web.archive.org/web/20040529194222/http://www.thematrix.com/

The war against The Machines escalates, and it’s a race between them digging down to Zion and The One pushing his way into the core of The Matrix for reason that wasn’t explained very well.

If there are people out there who saw the first one and somehow get to this post before seeing this movie, please avoid this. Yes it’s more of the same and it’s “good”, but this is a shit story that should be skipped.

This movie does not have an ending. It is part one of a mandatory two-movie binge.

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G.I. Joe – The Rise of Cobra – (2009 movie)

2016-12-13

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G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra - (2009 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/

Newly-developed military nano-technology is stolen by terrorists in a plot to take over the world, and only a super-elite team chosen from the international best can stop them.

This movie is another example of both an astonishingly wide gap between its original audience and current audience, and a needless unimagination in original movie universe-building authorship.

Properly titled G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Based on the G.I. Joe toy / cartoon franchise.
In association with Hasbro.

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Men in Black – (1997 movie)

2016-12-09

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119654/

to re-watch

See also R.I.P.D. – (2013 movie)
#1 in the Men in Black franchise

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Mythic – (2015 short film)

2016-11-21

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4270610/
https://mythicfilm.weebly.com/

It is discovered that a person and their voice can be paired with certain words to manifest effects in the real world.

Tiring. Slow, confusing, and after 12 minutes it gets into a bit of a plot. The world has not been particularly well-explained.. giving this too little substance to hold my attention.

17 minutes

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The Mortal Instruments – City of Bones – (2013 movie)

2016-11-17

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1538403/

A girl learns she has magic powers and stuff when a bad guy and his henchmen who all like demons hunt her down for a thing she has.

A superhero-girl-witch movie. Adorable and stuff. Recommended for girls who are fans of this adorable ~~trope~~ genre.

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – (2013 show)

2016-11-17

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/
https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/marvel-s-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/5

Agents with a formerly-secret worldwide law-enforcement organization work to safeguard the world from the lesser challenges now too-frequent for superheroes alone.

Good enough, although so far it’s one of these episodic shows which has a new problem every episode.

I watched three episodes and liked it, but I took a long break and watched a fourth and couldn’t figure anything out or get interested again. I can’t recommend this except for those who are heavily hooked on those first few episodes and who intend to properly binge-watch it all.

S.H.I.E.L.D. – Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division
Abandoned? The ABC URL does not work and it cannot be found there.

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Doctor Strange – (2016 movie)

2016-11-15

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/

A distracted surgeon crashes his car and is left with ruined hands, but he’s brought into a magic order who defend the planet and universe and stuff.

A decent movie, although fluffy and of narrow scope.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167190/
(home page)
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Rescued from an unknown realm, a demon, raised as a monster-hunting government agent, faces his destiny and the destruction of the world.

A rather good movie, because it features a relatable and mortal character. The time of its release was not saturated with this genre, so it was gave a strong impression. Even re-watching it was entertaining. I think this will hold up very well over time.

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