Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
Crwthod
A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
hayes991
I'm African American and there's this hidden rule we don't speak about that you like something just because black folks are in it.. sorry, never been that person. This is surprisingly bad. I though it was just me but then I started reading the other reviews. This could've been well done but it seems like they wanted to produce something really fast and didn't pay attention to detail. You can't even feel for LM's family cause the wife's a jerk with her hot cold love drama and the daughters are over privileged as$holes. Guy gets paralayzed and we just forget he exists? I'm just torturing myself through the series but he's so attractive I'm thinking they will figure out how to bring him back. Their life just seems too unrealistic . The parenting is atrocious and just the thought process in what could be a good series is not thought out.
Was liking the villain til he did that stupid common over exerted neck rolls all villains do. The crazy side chick is overdone. I could go on but then I'd have a better series written in these reviews than the actual show we're talking about. Please fix your characters, give them some depth and for the love of god, special effects could be used. Again I thought it was me being picky but reading the reviews the special effects are horrible and who in their da$n mind can't tell that's the principal!! Lol . Are they all smoking that "green light"! Lol
mikeburdick
With a lull between Marvel shows, I was hoping Black Lightning would hit the spot, only to be so disappointed in so many ways:The script seems like it was written by a middle school kid. The characters are one-dimensional, either good or bad, no moral complexity, no depth. There's one storyline and it's completely predictable, not one surprise. The family situations have all the sappiness and preachiness of an after-school special. There's virtually no levity and the attempts at jokes are pathetic.The acting is terrible. While much of the blame goes to the director, it amazes me that they couldn't find a better actor for the lead role. Cress Williams seems incredibly self-conscious and often appears to be searching for the appropriate expression. James Remor hasn't improved on his wooden acting since "Warriors" 40 years ago. And nobody told Krondon to reel it in? The fight scenes are boring. Either Black Lightning is zapping or he's not able to for some reason. That's the major thrust of the action. Oh, and Thunder stomps. And the bad guys kill anybody for pretty much any reason. Pretty blunt stuff. The camera work is infuriating. The DoP consistently employs the dreaded "Batman angle" and half the time the camera's hidden behind a plant or a shelf for no reason. The art direction and wardrobe...just wow. The home looks like a Pottery Barn catalogue, as if nobody actually lives there. Nobody actually sleeps in those beds or dirties a dish. Jefferson is a school principal who always dresses more like a lawyer in his three-piece suit. The worst, though, goes to the superhero costumes, which ought to be the highlight, yet come off as impressive for Comicon. The shame is, I really wanted to like "Black Lightning." I kept watching, hoping for a twist or a deeper story, like the Marvel shows-"Daredevil," "Jessica Jones," "Luke Cage"-with well-drawn, flawed characters, realistic conversations and engaging plot twists. It is, alas, more akin to a Saturday morning show from my childhood, like "Shazam" or "Wonder Woman."
deannie-98983
I have read all the reviews but I wanted to see for myself. I have a special needs child who kept bugging me to watch it. I went in with an open mind, but low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised. I believe the story lines are well balanced. The hero has flaws, the villain can be a sympathetic figure. I believe the action sequence for a television show are of decent quality. The show brings out race relation issues with a balanced touch. It does not show all white people being evil and black people being oppressed or discriminated against. But it does touch on current events and subject matter that can be dividing. I believe that the writers, actors, and director have addressed this racial divide without being overly preachy.
tinmanbryan
I finished this movie simply to see the ending. While the writing had few good moments and the fight scenes were okay the rest was just bad. The dialogue was just cringe and the acting was only good at moments. This wasn't the worst show ever, but it's not good. The could of made this story way better, but they didn't. This story deeply needed better writers when it came to the dialogue and how the powers were set up. I understand this is made off a comic, but still. I found my self cringing at this a lot. After watching shows like the Iron Fist and Luke Cage I found that they just couldn't compare to how bad this is. With the comparison of Luke Cage being used so often I see it as being the little kids version of it. How they called kept calling themselves heroes and that they had powers it just didn't settle with me. If you watch Luke Cage they did nothing like this. It was more realistic and set into a more mature audience. If you're over the age of 16 you're probably gonna find it cringe and hard to watch. It's simple as that.
