Roadhouse? SCHMOADHOUSE

Roadhouse 2024 is the remake of the cult classic Patrick Swayze 1989 hit film. We have a modern take on the film with Jake's character Dalton being a ex UFC fighter and something happens that puts him on a different part of life as he drifts town to town taking on underground fights for cash. Dalton gets hired to become a bouncer of this run down rough seaside bar but he pisses off the wrong people and carnage comes after Dalton but what the bad guys don't know is that pure carnage is heading towards them. Anyway I won't give much spoilers away but this is a straight to streaming film so my spoils will be limited.

I am so disappointed with this one.

The best part is Connor Vs Jake. Jakes character Dalton, is a strange one but when the pieces fit of him you are like "Wow okay so this guy is a stone cold psychopath" the switch up was crazy and I didn't see the murder spree coming.

The love story was so bleh, I couldn't care. Forgive me for not remembering Connor McGregors characters name either it's just because I felt he was basically playing his UFC self but tuned up to 11 haha.

They should have done more building up to the film and in the film as a whole with Connor being the bad guy and marketed the film around Connor and Jake cutting promos and fighting.

The fight scenes besides Connor Vs Jake was just urgh like what was I watching? CGI fights? It was just messy.

Anyway it's ok, I just expected much better.

4/10

OrangeDox EBooks Update

Orangedox the website which I have used to publish and share my EBOOKS is now taking accounts down and wanting people to pay to use the website and share content. Unfortunately, I am unable to commit payments to keep my account going.

So my e-books on that website will be inaccessible for the moment. I will be trying to make them viewable here on my blog instead. SEARCH 1000 WORD EBOOKS to find them!

Attached are the stats of the files from views to downloads from 2017 - 2023.

IMAGINARY (2024 Film Review) - Imagine A Better Film

MEET CHAUNCEY. HE’S NOT IMAGINARY. AND HE’S NOT YOUR FRIEND.

When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice’s behaviour becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes, only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.

Chauncey monster form was awesome in its design and looked scary. This film however was trying to be a mix match of different films, it felt like. Jump scares are lame. Nothing terrifying here besides Chauncey monster form and big bear form.

Interesting ideas, but it couldn't make it mind up on what it wanted to do. Blumhouse needs more time and effort to their projects, they are a missing way too much by taking on and making so many horrors.

This film mentioned Pixar and Disney's inside out, More than it needed to.

The cast was good, and the story was alright. First half totally different to the second half. Didn't see the twist coming near the end, so that was a surprise. The people with the weird bulging black eyes were freaky, sure. Once they entered Chauncey world it felt like Pennywise and his domain, maybe that's where they were inspired from.

Hey maybe I am being really picky but if they are in an imaginary world then couldn't they just fight back imaging good stuff. Kinda like fighting back against Freddy Kruger. It ends like another Blumhouse film where some fire scares the monster off and everyone's happy and free again and of course we have the typical really fast response from firefighters which is just ridiculous, come on like the house fire literally just started😂 Another twisty end if they feel like doing a sequel.

Overall, a meh film.

3/10

Night Swim - (Film Review) - Yawn Drown

Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. However, a dark secret from the home’s past soon unleashes a malevolent force that drags the family into the depths of inescapable terror.

Wyatt Russell was great and so was his character. This film is based on a short YouTube film and yet the short film is much better. The imagery and "creature" was scary sure but other than that this was bad. Horrors released in January almost always tend to bomb.

Overall

1/10

Notable Quotes 2024 PART 1

Life will get harder when you try to take it easy. I know exercising and getting up to do tasks might be harder right now, but never moving and letting yourself go makes life harder. I know uncomfortable conversations are hard...but avoiding every conflict is harder. Furthermore, I know mastering your craft is hard, but having no skill is harder. Taking everything easy has a cost, that's why don't ever be afraid of a harder path that you didn't want to go through, rather than hoping for a life without challenges and taking it easy. Aspire to develop the courage and strength needed to overcome life difficulties. 

No need to doubt yourself, be proud of how far you have come. Most people quit seeing how hard the journey is. You kept on going. Even when the odds were against you. You still stood up, you kept on trying. When no one believed in you, you believed in yourself. 

Behind every failure, pain and suffering, there is someone trying to become the best version of himself. 

You are a good person, hold yourself together and distance yourself from those who are negative for your mental and emotional well-being. The right people will never beg you for anything. People don't neglect those they love. People neglect others when the use for them runs out, or they don't want you apart from their life. 

Sometimes Silence is the best move for disrespectful behaviour. You are worth more than hurtful words or actions of others. The person disrespecting you shows and tells more of them and their character than yours. Your value is not defined by others. 

I am strong, but every once in a while, I need someone to hug me and tell me everything is going to be OK. 

The sun always stands alone but is always shining. 

Remember, no one gives a shit about you. People only care if you do something that impacts them, they remember how you made them feel. People only think of themselves. 

Life moves on, and so should you.

To become who you want to be, you have to sacrifice who you are, you have dreams to chase, not people to impress. 

When the nice guy loses his patience, the demon shivers.