According to what I've read, Ferrari's future didn't really depend on winning the Mille Miglia. If that's true, surely there was enough non-fictional drama in Enzo's life to choose from that we didn't need the fantasy. Nevertheless, even with the ending seeming like it was somewhat rushed, I enjoyed the film. However, it does make me ask questions about the on-going double standards of the easy offended brigade. If a heterosexual actor is cast as a homosexual person everyone is up in arms. If a white person is cast as a black figure, as above. If a white person is cast as a Hispanic person, the twitter fingers go wild. A skinny actor plays a fat person, OMG! But here we go again, just like Mario, we have an Italian icon and others cast as non-Italians and no one cared. The selective outrage continues.

For the most part I enjoyed this. I thought the pacing was decent, (moving along nicely), the comedy worked to a decent enough level for a superhero film, Ezra fits the role, all of the call backs to previous heroes was an engaging addition, and it has some relatable sentimentally (Gypsy Rose aside, we all love our mums). However, it fell into a bit of a hole towards the end. The main fight and the scenes around it dragged on, it's fought in an environment that isn't the least bit visually appealing and to me reeked of laziness from the film producers who didn't want to have any background to CGI. And while I'm on CGI, there is again too much of it. The Batman sequence at the beginning being one of the main offenders. It's so much more engrossing when it looks real. When will they learn this and stop cutting corners? Both of these complaints are ones I have made for previous DC movies too. Apart from that, discounting any plot holes that always come with time travel movies, it didn't feel like a 2hr 30 film.

This is great stuff. The quality doesn't drop off for 40 minutes. They don't make stuff like this anymore. Beats: ★★★★☆ Vocals: ★★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★★★ Best Tracks: If You Were Here Tonight, Medley: Innocent / Alex 9000 / Innocent II

Despite the low rating it has, I enjoyed 'The NFT Drop, Vol. 1', so like with that album, are people jumping on the hate bandwagon and just rating it low because it has a connection to Meta/NFTs? As I type this, nearly half the ratings are at 10/100 or less. Is the music actually that horrendous? It's worth noting that there are songs, such as 'Live How You Want', that Snoop isn't on a lot that don't list the featured artist in the title on streaming services. The best moment is 'Let the K Spray' that is the hardest song on offer with a catchy enough chorus. It has Lil Jon yelling "gangsta grillz", so maybe it was a leftover from the enjoyable 'Gangsta Grillz: I Still Got It' 2022 mixtape. To answer my earlier question, no, I don't believe it's that bad or that people actually think this album is worthy of such a low score. Albums rated as low as this (20/100) should be unlistenable and this ain't that. It's not an inspired or original creation, and it gets somewhat boring in parts, but it's not Bangs level bad and is a decent listen with some soul and funk. Best Tracks: Paid My Dues, Let the K Spray

I ummed and ahhed about this rating. I enjoyed it but it has some issues. Dolph's ability to convey emotion is extremely limited. He is 66 years of age and he definitely looks that way, if not older, with some of his movements, plus add in the medical issues he's had, and I can't imagine someone like him being a cop. Dolph's character is anti-Mexican of sorts at the beginning of the movie, and through his interactions with the women he is trying to protect, he seems to have his eyes open to what they go through that changes his perspective, but this doesn't seem too developed by the writers. The choreography of some of the fights/shootouts needed another take. For example, there are a couple of times where the shooter is aiming the gun forever at the target, but doesn't shoot, and then gets shot themselves. Aside from that, the acting is good, the pacing is fine, the story is engaging enough and the score was bangin' too. I also enjoyed the social commentary at the beginning of the film about the biased and repugnant media who paint everyone (non-white) who has an altercation with a cop as the victim no matter whether they are high, violent, run from the cops, have a rap sheet as long as a Lord of the Rings book, etc. 3 - 2.5 out of 5.