The Batman (2022)
I'm one of the few people whose favorite Batman movie is Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever. It's lighter and more humorous than the other Batmans, and it's literally less dark, more colorful. And it has one of my favorites at the time, Chris O'Donnell.
I have to admit that I haven't seen any of Ben Affleck's Batmans, but I still don't quite understand why Batman had to be made into a movie AGAIN. In my eyes, Robert Pattinson doesn't fit the main role. And why is Batman an emogoth? It goes too far towards unintentional humor. The movie was also too long.
It bothered me where Gordon's performer is familiar for me. Well, from The Hunger Games.
Flowers in the Attic: The Origin 2022
I first read V.C. Andrews' book Flowers in the Attic as a teenager. It wasn't until much later that I found out that there is a sequel to it. There are five books in that series, the last of which is a prequel, meaning it takes place before the events of the first book. And of course, where history is rewritten.
This miniseries is based on that prequel, which I haven't read. It tells the story of the evil grandmother from the first book. Wasn't she originally evil, but just an innocent victim of evil?
Flowers in the Attic is famous for its incest, the entire series is full of it. Fortunately, despite that, the children always turn out to be damn beautiful.
Creepshow (2019)
The horror anthology series Creepshow (2019) is a sequel to Stephen King's film of the same name. I didn't really care for that film, but from its sequel, Creepshow 2, the story The Raft has always stuck in my mind. In it, young people go swimming in a lake, a big mistake. At the end, a sign is shown saying "no swimming"...
There were three seasons of this series on Viaplay, the latest fourth was missing.
The series is very much in the same vein as the legendary horror series Tales from the Crypt, which I would seriously like to see again.
The story of the very first episode is based on King's short story Grey Matter, and otherwise contains King references. And familiar actors...
One episode (All Hallows Eve) made me cry quite inconsolably with its sadness. It's about a group of teenagers going trick-or-treating on Halloween night. For some reason, all the adults seem to be genuinely scared of them...
When the big brother says to his little brother at the end that "now you can rest" and "I wish I could have known you longer"... 💔
It Ends with Us
I haven't read the book by Colleen Hoover that this movie is based on. I stopped watching this movie for a long time because the male lead disgusts me so much when I have read about his disgusting behavior on set.
Kind of a strange movie. The main character wore strange clothes. I must have missed a lot because I haven't read the book. And this movie didn't make me want to read it.
Saw X
I borrowed this movie from the library. The whole movie is just flashbacks and fan service. I was waiting for the iconic theme song throughout the movie. But it can't be helped, towards the end this movie inevitably brought a smile to my face. Just when during the end credits I thought what about that guy, there was a scene and a surprising cameo. The biggest problem with this movie is that you know for sure that nothing can happen to Jigsaw and Amanda.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
I hadn't seen this movie in a long time and I borrowed it from the library. There's a cat in the movie and the iconic theme song Moon River played in my head. Oh, the poor cats, what they did to them on set. I don't think I even knew it was based on a Truman Capote short story, which was next on my library lending list.
The Lion King (1994)
I had wanted to see this movie for decades, and now, inspired by the game Dreamlight Valley and the book Nala's World, I finally borrowed it from the library. I watched the original English version of the movie, not the Finnish dubbed version. For some reason, tears came to my eyes. Only afterwards did I realize that the movie was full of famous voice actors.
Amazing Race Australia
The task was tough, but I managed to watch 21 episodes of the sixth season of Amazing Race Australia in the summer of 2025. The original Amazing Race USA has always been shown in Finland (in the summer), but unfortunately not this time. We had to settle for Australia, from which the first season was not shown either. This sixth season was special because it had twice the number of teams, which makes no sense. Nor the fact that many teams were in quarantine for a long time, but were then allowed to return to the competition normally. And the time penalties for not completing tasks were also ridiculously small, only 10-15 minutes. In the original, 4 hours! With that Australian system, it would be more profitable to leave all the tasks undone. Unfortunately, I was spoiled for the winning pair when I went online to check if one of the competitors was still alive.
Northern Lights
This acclaimed series was on my bookmarks for a long time until I finally watched it. Two broken souls meet in a Dublin night. I don't know how I would have reacted to this if I hadn't read the spoilers in the episode descriptions. I'm surprised that adults who work and date regularly still live with their parents.
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