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John Carter (2012)
Annoying narration
I read the book back when I was a teen. This could have been a good movie but the constant narration was annoying to say the least. The Princess looks up at the airship and the narrator says,"The princess looks up at the airship." John Carter picks up the sword and the narrator says, "John Carter picks up the sword." This goes on through the whole movie and is so distracting and aggravating. I have never seen a movie do this sort of thing and I hope they never do it again. Was the Disney screenwriter trying to be clever? He was not clever and totally destroyed the enjoyment of watching this potentially good movie.
Les combattantes (2022)
Well done but...
This is a French movie set in the early part of World War One. You can tell it's a French film because it is somewhat biased against the Germans but so am I and I'm not even French. Mainly, what I wanted to mention was that you can tell this was written by a woman. All but 3 of the men characters are some level of bad and many are despicable. That being said, the acting is good for the most part. The writing is decent. It has some historical chronological flaws. The costumes and vehicles give an authentic feel to the movie.
Some things were predictable to me. I can't mention which without a spoiler alert. It was still worth watching. I give it a marginal 7 stars.