Movie Review: Lord of the Rings:Fellowship of the Ring

I am a huuuuge Lord of the Rings fan. I just could tell from the previews that was gonna like these movies. It just seemed really cool. I didn't see it until sometime before April 2002. It was very good. I had never read the books but i would read this one and Return of the King years later. Them books are too long.

Okay so im not gonna have much info on the movie but Spoilers will be below. BUT HONESTLY, why do I need to say that for a 17 year old movie? I'd like to divide this up into what i Like, and what I didn't or what i think they could improve on.

What I Liked
The movie starts out with huge flashback battle. Its really well narrated and executed. You see "A last alliance of men and elves" fought to defeat the evil Sauron and his band of elves. the battle is furious. The fight is won by the good guys. Sauron's ring of power is very...powerful and id described to have a mind of its own.

This ring of power cannot be destroyed but only in the fires of Mount Doom in the dark land of Mordor.

What I didnt Like
It Started really slow. I really didnt like the way the characters seemed to interact until the Mines of Moria. The movie has a lot of RASCISM. It seems Dwarves hate Elves. And "Men" are weak. LOL. Hobbits are weak af apparently. But overall the movie feels like its told from a dated perspective. I.E. a white man that is old now lol.

Bottom Line
The movie is solid. It covers lots of ground and is 3 hours long. My favorite character here is actually FRODO. An interesting point is the fact that the RING is SAURON but he is helping them to destroy him lol. You'd have to ask J-Tolkein about that.

Verdict

9.25

Album Review: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign-Vultures 1

This album review is way overdue. I've had a long time to sit with the album....I really liked it at first but it hasn't really aged as well as other Kanye projects. Kanye's lyricism has taken a noticeable decline. I mean hes not horrible but alot of these bars are bad or tasteless. Ty Dolla $ign on the other hand does a great job on pretty much every track. The production though, as with most Kanye albums is really good. Some of it was reminiscent of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or Yeezus. There are a few guest spots and most are well used. Hearing Kanye's daughter, North West, on "Talking"is cute. Freddie Gibbs steals the show on the hilarious "Back to Me". "Carnival" is a certified hit which features Playboi Carti & Rich the Kid. Overall most of these songs are good but I cant say this really adds much to Kanye's illustrious discography. Lyrics 19 Beats 23 Depth 22 Tilt 21 Verdict 85

Album Review: Kid Cudi-Insano (regular version)

I gotta admit I didn't like this album that much when I first heard it over half a year ago. I've heard that Kid Cudi doesn't exactly play to his strengths....that's partly true. I do like his rapping here tho. Honestly most songs here kinda blend together....."Keep Bouncin'" is really hype....and it gets the album off to a good start. "At The Party" with Pharrell Williams and Travis Scott may be my favorite song. "Wow" with A$AP Rocky is another highlight. Overall tho I feel this album tries too hard to be trendy. Cudi needed to put more of his pain into it. I mean a happy Cudi album isn't a bad thing but it really seems odd to me. You're not getting alot of singing or hums here know what I mean? However the production I found to be very good. Cudi is one of my favorite rappers like top 20 and I guess this will do for 2024. Lyrics 20 Beats 23 Depth 21 Tilt 21 Verdict 85

Video Game Review: Jedi Survivor

About a week ago or so I beat Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Im so happy I got a chance to play it cause they put it on PS4....yes I sadly as of early 2025 do not have a PS5 yet. But anyways I thought the game was considerable improvement over Jedi Fallen Order in most ways. The game is set a few years after the end of the first game. One thing I like is you keep all your Jedi techniques from the first game Jedi Fallen Order. You can force push and pull and double jump right from the jump. Early in the game you also get access to a new lighstaber form dual wield. In this game there are 5 lightsaber forms. Single is good in any situation but not the best for ideal situations. I think double bladed has good defense but low range. Dual wield is fast but has low defense. Later on you get access to a blaster form which has great range. Then there's the Cross-guard which is Kylo Ren's lightsaber form...its slow in this game but has high damage and defense to it. The enemy variety in the...

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