Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Looooooooooved it.

Nothing much to say, other than LOOOOOOVED IT.

There is little to nothing wrong with this.

SPOILERS:

Sad ending but necessary because basically there's no other way of putting it other than everyone needed to die at the end.

The character of Tarkin was done well, but once I knew beforehand that he would be animated in, I couldn't see anything but that. He looked a little like a playstation characters. I mean good effort, but once you know he's not actually there, you can't get past it - lots of shots of his back, etc. Which was the only problem I had with the film, well not even a problem really.

"JUST GIVE ME MORE STAR WARS"

I scream as I lay in bed ill and watch nothing but episodes 4-6 all day long. 

Moana

Before seeing this film I wasn't having the cheeriest of days, what with all that stress and worrying I tend to do on a daily basis lately over just about everything, and then not doing anything to resolve the stressing and worrying, a Disney film was really just what I needed to take me away from that mess I call a life,

So, Moana is quite a nice film. I enjoy Disney trying to make films which include other cultures, I admit that they usually don't pull it off incredibly well, but every once in a while I can let some things go and enjoy most Disney films.
What I like about this film is that Moana is not a princess, even though I do like a good princess movie as much as the next person, it was refreshing. Even though she was mainly listed to her tribe as the daughter of the chief, which is problematic in itself. BUT YET, she was in training to take over her father's role and become chief, so it's conflicting.

Dwayne The Rock Johnson is probably the most likeable part about this film, and he actually has a really good singing voice. Him being of Polynesian heritage makes it more enjoyable for some reason. Dwayne The Rock Johnson plays the character of Maui who has to be found by main character and totally not a princess Moana. In order to save her people and village from a curse put out onto their crops and fishing due to Maui being selfish and such for stealing the heart of Mother Nature for the tribe. Or something along those lines. So Moana has to meet the call of the ocean in order to save the tribe.
Ensue a lot of motivational songs and forced funny parts from her animal sidekick - again she has all the bearings of a Disney Princess, but heck she ain't got that label. There's even an inside joke from the character of Maui, a demigod, about Moana really being a princess due to her funny pet sidekick.

A very interesting and overall educational film, which doesn't let you forget that it's a Disney film. For the most part from what I can tell, Disney have done a good job of not mucking up a whole culture all together again.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Basically this is coming out very late because I am useless and have no self motivation.
I liked this film more than I thought I would.

For what it's worth I like this fashion of spin offs which are coming thick and fast. Don't really know why, I think we all agree that the well of filmmaking is becoming more and more dry, and this is a nice way to tide audiences over until a new wave of originality comes. Now that's what I call sounding pretentious,

Anyway, this film took me by surprise, I didn't even really want to go to the cinema to see it, but I did and I would have regretted it a little if I hadn't.
Although there's no two ways about it, Eddie Redmayne grates on me and I'm too sure why.
Maybe because the last few films he starred in included him playing a disabled man and a trans woman - two things which he isn't. I do think straight actors should stop being praised for playing members of the LGBTQ community. Like, there's so many gay and trans actors on this earth...
But yet, I didn't hate him so much in Fantastic Beasts. I'm pretty sure he did a good job of playing a grown ass bumbling man who always looks like a schoolboy who has been caught doing something he shouldn't be doing. But all in all fair dos to him for pulling off such a character who is likeable and yet somewhat unlikeable all at the same time.

To me Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was totally alike with Harry Potter films, and yet not alike with them as well. I like that this film is set against an unsettled wizarding world, and yet we don't have to endure some acting from Daniel Radcliffe - FYI, I don't actually hate all young posh British actors. Katherine Waterston did a very good job as Redmayne's maybe almost love interest, but more importantly a witch looking to redeem herself in her line of work at the Magical Congress.
So basically, Eddie Redmayne has good intentions on releasing a wild magical beast back into its natural habitat, but all hell breaks loose and he lets all of his collection out. Which means he must collect them all before New York is torn apart. Cue to an enjoyable main storyline. But yet something darker occurs, and that really is basically the best part about the film - Ezra Miller playing yet again another moody and self destructive teenager takes the prize for what I liked most about this film

However the real winner overall here is the actor of Dan Fogler - such a pure character.