DavideNit80

I really do not understand why so many people talk about this movie as a masterpiece, or at least the best in it's genre.

It is absolutely NOT the best, there are at least two other movies much better than this one: Hercules conquers Atlantis (AKA Hercules and the captive women) and Hercules against the moon men. And maybe others too, it's not that I've seen every single movie in this genre so... This movie is not terrible, it is two hours long and when I finished it I felt like less than an hour passed so there must be something that it does right, but for sure it is nothing special either. The plot is often dumb and silly and very poorly presented and explained, even if it's quite simple so overall it's easy to understand it anyway. The movie is not as atmospheric as many people say, sometimes it feels like a dream but for the wrong reasons: it does not make much sense just like an average dream wouldn't. The only thing that I really like about this movie is the protagonist, Reg Park is just perfect as Hercules, his look and his attitude push all the right buttons for this role: he looks extremely strong, confident, nice, kind, and down to earth kind of guy, everything I would expect from a protagonist of this type, as a character Reg Park's Hercules is a masterpiece, the way he perfectly represent anything I would expect from Hercules, but besides the fact that for sure it is not a terrible movie and for sure there are much worse ways to waste two hours of your life this is the only very positive thing I can think of about this movie. It lacks creativity, imagination, it is not particularly entertaining (not as much as I expected anyway), it is not as aesthetically pleasing or atmospheric as many people say, it is just nothing special. I do not recommend to watch it but I also do not recommend to avoid it, it's just a big "meh". If you want to watch it just keep your expectations low. You can enjoy Reg Park's Hercules in Hercules conquers Atlantis too, which is a much better movie (probably THAT one IS the best in its genre, if you ask me), much more interesting, entertaining and also more atmospheric too, so there is really no reason to watch Hercules in the haunted world in my opinion. It is not terribly bad, but for sure not good enough either, I really cannot understand why most people who talk about it have such a high opinion on this movie. Watch it if you want, just make sure to watch Hercules conquers Atlantis too, believe me that one is much more worth insvesting time on.

It is really difficult to write only one review about JoJo, because it is a show that keeps evolving with every new part, everytime it becomes bigger, more complex, it adds more features, and so many things changes.

But for the most part at the same time it is very coherent, and this makes it even more interesting.

Part 4, Diamond is unbreakable, is probably the best one, part 3 is the most iconic, but I really love all the first four parts, and part 6 will be as good as them too (I've read the original manga and I loved part 6 as well).

Part 5 (Golden Wind) instead is just bad. It is not even really JoJo, all of a sudden it begins to focus to things that have nothing to do with the lore of the series, with the main characters, that I could not care less about and, even worse, that makes absolutely no sense at all.

In every other part of JoJo the main characters have a very strong motivation to fight, they usually have to save themselves from a menacing enemy who is threatening them. But in part 5 there is no motivation at all for the main plot.

The events that make the main characters start their adventure make no sense at all. One of the main characters is presented as a perverted, sadistic and ruthless assassin except after 20 minutes he decidses to team up with the teenager that he was sent ti kill because drugs are bad and kids need someone to protect them against drugs and evil gangsters. And good hearted, heroic gangsters is the most logical way to solve this problem, right (??????) Everything about part 5 is terribly stupid.

The only good thing is that you can just skip it because it is basically a spin off filler. There is nothing in part 5 of what makes JoJo such a great masterpiece and the story is completely unrelated to the other parts

I expect part 6, Stone Ocean, to be very good because the manga was very good and this show has always been very faithful to the manga. I'm particularly excited to see it because it will be the definitive ending of the original story. And for many newcomers, for many people who don't already know what it will be like, will be quite difficult to accept it probably, because it is very unexpected, and very weird. It took me a while to truly appreciate it and understand its beauty, but for those who are willing to challenge their perspective and their expectations it will be an absolutely exciting ending, absolutely mind blowing. And very satisfying too. In a very weird way.

I love JoJo so much. It is so exciting and engaging. Golden Wind would not deserve even a one star rating, it is terrible, but it is just not JoJo if you ask me.

Just skip it and enjoy everything else this show has to offer, because it is a fantastic masterpiece.

This movie could have been such a good "popcorn mindless fun" kind of flick, but unfortunately they made too many mistakes for it to be really enjoyable.

The story overall is perfect for a movie like this, a few details in the premise are not very convincing but they are just details and it would be rather easy to forget about them if this was the only problem.

Unfortunately this movie is full of problems.

The most noticeable one is Matt Le Blanc. He just cannot be convincing and believable enough in a role like that. He might be good in comedies and that's fine, just don't try to put him in an adventure movie like this one.

Another big problem is the annoying little girl. I know that probably making her annoying and irritating was intentional, but why? The only purpose of that character is to make the movie less enjoyable and more irritating when she is on screen.

Other actors are perfectly fine, William Hurt is fantastic and every scene built around him is very enjoyable, but those two mentioned above really ruin the mood of the movie.

The special effects are another big problem. It is not just that they are bad, I usually don't even complain about special effects, but in this case they are not just bad, in many cases they feel completely out of place just like Matt LeBlanc does.

There are so many immersion breaking things in this movie and obviously it cannot do what it is supposed to do because of that (escapism).

It is such a shame because, a few minor details aside, the story is very good, the ending is miraculously good (an ending like this would have been awful in every other movie, but in this one it works wonderfully because it makes sense in a movie that is supposed to feel like a pilot episodde rather than a common movie), and as I said William Hurt is great too, and I just like the concept of this movie really a lot, but as I said there are too many things that just feel wrong and out of place in it.