Septet: The Story of Hong Kong 2022
7 /10
A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.
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Master (segment "Exercise")
Self (segment "Exercise")
Headmaster (segment "Headmaster")
Wong Siu-Fong (segment "Headmaster")
(segment "Headmaster")
(segment "Headmaster")
Ivy Yu (segment "Tender Is the Night")
Grandpa Wong (segment "Homecoming")
Baby (segment "Homecoming")
Investor (segment "Bonanza")
Investor (segment "Bonanza")
Investor (segment "Bonanza")
Old Man (segment "Astray")
Old Man's Wife (segment "Astray")
Old Man's Father (segment "Astray")
Taxi Driver ("Astray") / Male Nurse ("Conversation in Depth")
Policeman (segment "Astray")
Patient (segment "Conversation in Depth")
Doctor Cheung (segment "Conversation in Depth")
Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")
Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")
Self (segment "Conversation in Depth")
Self (segment "Conversation in Depth")
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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Bottemline: It's boring...
10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
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So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
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Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
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Self (segment "Exercise")
Headmaster (segment "Headmaster")
Wong Siu-Fong (segment "Headmaster")
(segment "Headmaster")
(segment "Headmaster")
Ivy Yu (segment "Tender Is the Night")
Grandpa Wong (segment "Homecoming")
Baby (segment "Homecoming")
Investor (segment "Bonanza")
Investor (segment "Bonanza")
Investor (segment "Bonanza")
Old Man (segment "Astray")
Old Man's Wife (segment "Astray")
Old Man's Father (segment "Astray")
Taxi Driver ("Astray") / Male Nurse ("Conversation in Depth")
Policeman (segment "Astray")
Patient (segment "Conversation in Depth")
Doctor Cheung (segment "Conversation in Depth")
Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")
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