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Parish (2024)
Uhm, ok to watch
I only wanted to watch this series cos of Giancarlo Esposito who is a dynamic actor. He was great Iin Breaking Bad. This series seems convoluted, the characters are stereotypical gangsters. The African mafia in New Orleans peddling humans. City officials double dealing for power with the crooks, bla,bla, bla. The script is not as interesting just madness, mayhem killings for power and prestige. Its gets confusing if this series is about the gangsters, or Parish as a victim. Its a sad story of the dissolution of a parent. He,
Parish, suffers the guilt of his sons death and seeks revenge which is not coming.
Ghosts (2021)
Formulaic
It was good when it was more like the British original. Hollywood always makes a TV show a formula to dumb every thing down. Now yhe show is about the ghosts and has lost the original drama of the married couple trying to make the Inn work. It's its more woke being shoved down our thoughts, a formula. The sitcoms of the 70s were great cos they dealt with social issues like " Archie"in funny dramatic way. The ghosts is lacking a dramatic effect because as use th e y are pontificating how we should think, rather then allowing the audience to sort it out. So I'm getting disappointed with this series.
The Rookie: Control (2020)
Predictable
The script is getting predictable, I forgot this is tv. They should keep this series as real drama. A police officer I happened to ask her about this show told me it's fiction . Real policing is worst. The fake romances of this season is a turn off. I guess they keep it light for tv audiences. They could really explore the real drama between cop s. These characters are weak, cute srxy ladies and nice gentleman officers. So hollywood weird dramas. Perhaps trying to keep everyone collected and cool. So all these feel good episodes are doing what-an attempt to create a cop friendly entertainment show. I guess I've watched enough.
The Rookie: Now and Then (2020)
Uhm ...going down hill
Still some good portrayal of sutrauma for rookie Chen. Who seems c to birder on trying to make it as a cop. That last 2 episodes to deep intense bonding and chsra with the serial killer was intense. Some of the script seems to vary from light superficial to deep in depth connections. I don't care for Abigail her naive fantasy about being an officer but it was good Nolan and Bradford exposed her to the reality and intensity of the job. The streets and criminala are not a joy ride. P 1Hopefully, that charcter is in the background. Perhaps the show gets a bit boring and predictablecat times. Some real issues arec still discussed.
The Rookie: Clean Cut (2019)
Nice guest star
Alan Tyduk and Nathan Villiin are the best of friends. Great energy together as the humor bounces off and throgh them. The cleaning guy great character for Alan, Nathan keeps his character Nolan despite we expect them to fall into Firefly character, lol.
Lots of accidents in this episode, Harper starts to melt a little and show her humanity. Not just a hars edge cop she reveals a bit more now that she needs the job. Still she feels like a narcissist. West and Lopez work best together with each episode now season 3 the boot grows and the traing officer lower there boundaries trust is developed. This show although at times a bit idealistic still it grows on you. Cheers!
Shôgun: A Dream of a Dream (2024)
Pure Poetry
I enjoyed each episode in this mini series almost Tru to Japanese culture to say more with less. Amind the beautiful images of the Japanese culture prior to western influeces a story is developed and told from the barbarian Anjin, and hisctranslator Mariko san and finally the lord Toragana played by the gifted Yurohiro Sananda who portrays and delivers a dance of tenderness throgh solemnity and power. At least in this final episode, he reveals his deeper inner heart and we see his careful planning working out at last; a true master of the game of war and power. He sanctions his nation's peace by knowing whom and what to sacrifice in this game . I will miss this story. Cheers!
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Parks and Recreation (2009)
The office at the gov.
Well I tried to like this but it being a dull duplicate of the office just does not work. To put the protagonist Leslie as the alpha boss is not interesting unfortunately Amy Poelter is not a magnetic comedian in this script and not the right suit as was steve Carrel in the office. I felt this character was dull and one dimensional not interesting in a comedy certainly not in reality. I get it that beaurocrates are depressive dull personalities but not comedic to me. Nick Fetterman and Chris Pratt and others gave the show some value breath and scope of drama. But the false ambition is of these characters is stagering. Pass on this one.
Competencia oficial (2021)
Boring
The theme could have been interesting in the hands of ees Anderson. This type of avant guard self referential can be art but this seems like a boring mockery rather than an inspiration to watch. A film about the relationships of the actors can be fulfilling but this film falls short. I tried to like it but I could not connect with the "characters,", a look at Spanish actors is somewhat interestig.¹. I agree with others reviews that it's not funny.i could not fathom the humor at all. Penelope fits in like a dominant critic. But there is no charm, even the lesbian scene lacks ingenuity-perhaps that the point of it being a satirical work on woke in movies. Who is the protagonist here, the theater of the absurd.
American Rust (2021)
Slow dark and dull
On the positive its got good actors but the script is predictable. Throw in victims, corrupt cops, angery poor people , a witch hunt, keep piling on a murder, an abused wife, a poisoned water supply due to fraking and you have the broken american dream. Where there is plight, poverty, ignorance small town minds. A little woke at times with the gay characters perhaps a view into every nook of society. Ambitious chief of police decides to gain favor by boxing Grace as a suspect to the bar girls murder. An attorny general singing karaoke a horrible salacious song just yuky characters. Everyone is seedy dirty looking town. Pittsburg area has gotton cleaned up so is this true to the area? I think the first season was good not sure of season 2..
Fallout (2024)
Hodgepodge script
This seems like bits and pieces of others sci-fy films. The squeaky clean girl goes roaming in the the post apocalyptic world looking for her abducted dad. Her naivete is unbelievable yet the exposure to the outside causes her to grow. Goggins plays a wild west cowboy ghoul bounty hunter but is he dead or what? This actor really brings star quality in all he does sort of like Jack Nickonson. Despite the usual gory blood baths, with poor character development. The world of a nuclear disaster makes for iinteresting material. Lucy the protagonist blithely just happens to walk into a town and finds trouble she does not understand. At every turn aome one rescues her. A weird choice of 50's technology is featured. Metal armored suits , all kinds of mercenaries , and hidden orders battle to gain supremecy. The soundtrack is horrible takes away from the films ambiance. It gets better it grows on you. Hope for season 2.
Resident Alien: Homecoming (2024)
Great show
Bummer is this the last episode?, is there more? Seems like cliff hanger. It got pulled? I hope not . The baby is back thats great humor. Another alien race shows up, this one looks like praying a Mantis bug looking monster. A great cast of actors: Linda Hamilton Terry O'Quinn and the humor is priceless even given the seriousness of the abduction and alien hybrid programs. We need a good laugh in this challenging world. I hope there is another season. Scarry subjects like the alien's agenda to take over the earth which is not the best for humans. Alan Tyduk is an amazing talent and the writers of this show. The Darcy character and girlie talk is unnecessary and boring. The tin foil is nice flash back to others alien movies. Cheers!
The Mandalorian: Chapter 2: The Child (2019)
Boring
I guess this is not for me. The cinematography is great, the pace is slow and boring to watch the mandalorian walking through the desert terrain. Don't know why he had to capturYoda? Kill the baby yoda? The action scenes with creatures is childish action figures stuff. A western movie is better likevciwboys and aliens was a great Don Favreau production. The little Yoda has the power of the force that's cool to that that be finally featured in this episode. Perhaps this will get interesting soon. Little creatures with magical power always makes for fun entertainment. But there is more filler than drama so far. Cheers!
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Seriously, the end?
A very long production 3 hours to show off the marvel universe, seriously. Did not engage as much as the other ones. The pace was slow and melodramatic. Was it a blockbuster that it was slated to be. So many great actors perhaps 2 hours would have sufficed. Sad to see Iron man go so this was the memorial for Tony Stark . I was not a big fan of this franchise but it was good to see all the of the series rolled up into one and it revealed to me that Loki, the Guardians of the galaxy and Wanda vision are my favorite ones. But I hope Marvel continues with better spinoff. Cheers to all the cinematographers, writers special effects and the talented actors.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)
The best spin-off
This is the best of the spinoff, i hope they have another season with these characters and and evolution of their love and courage to be the ones that live. The ending was brilliant as it somerized the journey of both Rick and Michonne. The many challenges they faced to fight for their beliefs in this apocalyptic world. It is the best of the spinoff I feel because of these two actors and their chemistry together they did a create a force of passion where they take on the CRM and once again overcome the oppressors. Rick's character creatively and spontaneously takes care of the head Beale and does show that yes indeed he is a great true leader. Michonne 's foresight and ability to strategies in difficult situations shows her leadership ability and that is yhe force these two charcters create. I hope the series continues and what happens now at their home in Alexandria. Cheers to the actors and writers for this fantastic series.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live: Become (2024)
Bye bye Jadis
Another bad character hits the dust. For all of her double crossing Rick and Michone and the people of Akexandria her death is a deserving natural justice. Rick and Gabriel gave her a choice to believe in their community and to become a better person but she rather traded him in to be part of the CRM utopia a global security military force. The lesson that fascism does not work on humans because of free will which Michone reminds Rick that there is a better path in love and community based on choices. I'm glad to see Jardis gone I didn't care for this character just another bad player in the apocalypse. Cheers to Rick and Michone defeating this jaded player.
3 Body Problem (2024)
Good scify
Its good scify as most movies are average this one has a great cast and the pace is faster than the Chinese version. All the episodes were interesting full of concepts involving nanotechnology, A. I., computers Some parts drag it down like the love story. The best parts involve a look at the drama of the people's revolution and how repressive tyranny is and there is no masking the idiodecy of the perpetrators. Any form of fascism, religious delirium as a projection of God onto the aliens which is absurd. The premise that we are not perfect enough to pass the stringent values of another species is truely explored as we can be stomped out like bugs.
Andor (2022)
Wow
I have not liked the star wars movies, I thought they were dated but this series is the best. Diego Luna Stellan Sarsgaard , and the rest of the cast add strength, variety and inspiration to this tale. The cinematography the costumes create a believable world in the distant future. The theme of the workers lower part of the pyramid rise up against the fascist oppressors is a never dated theme particularly in the timexwe live in. The plot of the emerging hero/messiah led by a Latino actor is ground breaking for Hollywood. Eventhough one can predict the messianic thrust of the character Andor he represents the tribe that over comes the dictators. Cheers to the writers for thier creativity and to the actors as well.
Con Man (2015)
Brillant
Comedy about scify and the movie cons . Has bin actors who are pigeon holed in scify and the loss of opportunities in Hollywood. Thesesxarecfun witty hilarious short skits but all woven together by spoofing on firefly and serenity. Alan tudyk is a genius. The writing is smart ahumorous satire. Tudykwritescand directs some of the cast from Firefly. This tongue and cheek about movies, agents, and the dark side of the acting business gets increasingly rich from one skit to another. Scify is branded as a lesser genre and Tudyk elevates it with his humor. The cast and visiting actors keep it fun and lively.
Oppenheimer (2023)
Good but
I am not convinced this movie represents the brilliance of Oppenheimer. It appears to be a drama that goes back and forth in ths space time continuum of his past relations as a womanizer, a complex marriage, a neurotic selfish wife who is full of her boring pathos, a neglected child. Lots of meetings with scientists but not enough physics to share quantum theories which it skirts a lot of issues at once: past and present , communist witch hunts, etc. Interogation can be boring and to me it breaks the storyline too often. An intriguing appearance by Kenneth Braghnah as Bohr, which is for me the best part of the movie. A sad love life and many compromises are endured by Oppenheimer. The film focuses on the development of the bomb at Los Alamos and the culture he managed at this site.the excalation of the arms race continues. The history appears to be true. Great acting by Cillian and Robert Downing jr. Yet the script is too wordy might have worked better as 3 parts to give homage to this scientist.
Liar (2017)
Switch and bait
It seems like an intriguing mystery charcters wrap around to each other's lies. The writers may have forgoten to put a psychologist in the mix of characters. The twists and turns of whom to believe is sane the male predator or female victim. Great acting amidst some clichés. A revenge agenda by episode 4, but its hard to tell who is innocent the pace is good and the mystery keeps one on edge . It's a bingeble to watch this tell unfold. The protagonist Laura appears to be a victim looking for validation. Laura's sanity dangles on a thread with each episode she appears to be hanging onto her mental unbalance. She sets out to prove her case. The detectives are useless and Vanessa gets involved ..
Rectify (2013)
Slow moving but on edge
I hope there is a rectify in this backward moronic southern town. This is a sad picture of small southern ignorance laced with Neo Christian bigoted beliefs. The main character Daniel who has to evolve from the stupor of this bigoted town. Some of the characters are vile narcissistics only serving their own glory up the penal code. The prison scenes are valuable knowing of the inmates on death row struggle with the punishment for their crimes justified or not in Daniels case. Most of the episodes are intense and dramatic, some are hard to bare. However these are very real depictions of how life is complicated and how people cope with their lot .
Monsieur Spade (2024)
Intrigue a bit slow
Great visual cinematography scenes of the French countryside are delightful food for the senses. The sentiment of Spade'ss detective drama captures our attention. Well done to the actors and crew for re creating the post war environment. Who done it is finally revealed in the last episode. However some of the story felt like slow filler romantic French bi polar type characters where their emotions run from 0 to100 in an instant. Lol. The acting is good and Clive embodies the seriousness of Spade's nonsense character. I'm not sure I enjoyed the nude scenes and I wondered if a body double was used. The bad guy Phillip was tedious and predictable. Cheers.
The Tourist (2022)
Thriller
It's good to watch this outback drama/satire. It's like Fargo characters doing dumb crimes. Eliot finds out who he may have been because the really bad guys are trying to kill him. The girl cop Helene and her narcissistic gaslighting boyfriend add that home spun drama,; she lacks confidence , he is just a self serving dude. I hope she overcomes this sad toxic relationship. And whats with the overweight characters. International crime is spun into this yarn one I s left to wonder about Eloits mis deeds with the Greek crime boss. Slowly by the 4th episode we learn of Victoria being the double agent here.as she has managed to fool Eliot . She is part of the Kostas game.
Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale (2024)
Ye old witch
I thought this was going good as a murder mystery but then it became a typical mideval witch hunt. Teenagers are notorious for being rebels and uncooperative. Who done it becomes the old witch trials. AMC gave it away in the preview which ruined it for me. Jake becomes the accusatory judge claims Harper killed Dan. The search for the killer becomes a mob lynching etc. Abbie overactive acting is a downer hysterical woman and deranged men. Some of the witch craft initiations are fantasy. A town that is open to a witch practicing her craft is fantasy. Perhaps dci knight will bring logical justice and not superstition to rule.
Staged (2020)
Brillant in stages
This is reality TV on zoom at least it ended that way by season 3. Which I felt it took away from the brillant acting and writing of season 2. David and MIchael are fantastic actors and dynamic together as they banter on. I think season 2 was spectacular with the visiting guests, and the influence of the concepts of Pirandelo's 6 actors in search for an author play . Improvisation with the acting the comedy, the pathos displayed by Michael during the lockdown was heartfelt really shows his talent as a medium of art. I have to say season 3 lost its charge for me and winded down to being a testy reality show. Cheers!