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Scandal (2012)
Superb
Olivia Pope a firm, her company fixes for Politicians, & the elite. (Includes murder, stealing, blackmail) She's the fictional mistress of fictional President Fitzgerald Grant.
Olivia is a woman who has / had boy friends involved in politics & government.
I think this drama is filled with a lot of predictions, subliminal messages.
Throwing a shade at Princess Diana's death, throwing a shade at past Presidents.
Olivia's daddy runs the secret mysterious shadow governmental organization B613.
Olivia uses all her power to bring people into power or do her best to for them keep that power.
Of course there are hidden things, secrets from Olivia by her father.
Her mother is no angel as her dad described.
When she was asked to leave things alone, she doesn't and she finds herself into more trouble.
We have the president's black mistress, she does everything to keep him in power, this includes rigging elections.
Mrs. Grants also wants Ms Pope in white house because without Olivia, Fitzgerald can not function.
Not only we have the fictional president's fictional rigged elections
We have. Fictional Vice President for Communication and Strategy. She exactly looks like Jen Psaki.
We will get a chance.to see First Female President.
There are disgusting scenes including murder, dismembering bodies etc.
Olivia basically does all the crime for her politically connected & elite customers.
The real fun starts at Season 2.
Spencer (2021)
Just Skip, prented there's no movie called Spencer
I wanted to stop watching after 5 minutes. Kristen can not act, nor she looks like Diana. I didn't watch Crown but from the trailers I know that Emma Corrin done an amazing job, not only physically she looked like Diana but she morphed into Diana. Music was no good acting was not good.
There were tons of green screen, Diana was driving by herself & trying to read a map was one of them.
Boring & slow burning.
Not only main actress looks nothing like Diana, the actor who plays Charles looks nothing like Charles, with all the best makeup artists & hair stylists money can buy, you'd think at least use the makeup techniques to make them look a little bit like Diana & Charles.
Cenerentola (2011)
If you are a romanticist definately go for it.
The story takes place in Rome about 1950's. Aurora is an aspiring piano player living with her father. Her father later on marries a woman who have 2 daughters, after her father's death s Aurora was forced to work as hotel maid.
One day she was trapped at the maze of her neighbor's and saved by Sebastian, it was love at first sight for Aurora and years later she still couldn't forget Sebastian, however Sebastian totally forget about her and preparing to get engaged with another woman.
Aurora was protected by the maid & cook working for her step mother all the time, they always gave her the support & love whenever she needed.
One day a rich mysterious old lady starts staying in the hotel, Aurora friends this lady, she helps Aurora to go to the party and at the party Sebastian falls in love to Aurora without knowing it's Aurora behind the mask.
This old lady is holding a big secret, you need to watch the drama to find out the secret.
It was nice to see Rome, the view was amazing.
I love the OST but I wish they used more Italian music from the 50's
For those who are wondering about the OST the main theme is Per Aurora composed by Andrea Guerra & The Other one is Isabelle Yardley - When Will You See
As much as I liked the mini series English dubbing killed all the spark and magic.
I don't understand why dub when they can release it with subtitles, it would have been magical to watch it in Italian.
The same person who dubbed Beast in the Italian Beauty & The Beast is dubbing Flavio as Sebastian.
I have to admit that Flavio looked very handsome as Sebastian, he has got amazing green eyes.
Over all The best Cinderella story ever, better than Disney.
Vanessa fits perfectly into Cinderella with her innocent look.
Stay Close (2021)
slow burning
It starts with a young guy end up missing from the night club. A former stripper who was dancing in the club also vanished with another man 17 years ago and everyone thinks they vanished together to set up a new life.
However the former stripper starts a new life with a new id, have kids and about to get married, things gets tangled.
Former stripper has a paparazzi ex bf, he gets attacks and his camera is stolen.
This leads to more murders before and after.
The missing guy's dad hires 2 private investigators, they look mental cases who have just escaped from a mental institution.
Another police officer who was previously in a relationship with the wife of a missing man starts into a new relationship with the barmaid / waitress in the strip club.
There is also a corruption in the police force
The only fun parts was the scenes with Eddie Izzard who is a drug addicted lawyer in the series and meets his own end.
I figured out the actual murdered on Ep 3, it was too slow and depressive for my like and I got bored at the end.
Also we have 2 murderers, we got the know the ID's and what happened to the guy who was missing from the night club..
There is nice scenery but it's just not enough to give this drama 10 stars.
Beauty and the Beast (2014)
Better Than Disney
Hollywood needs to leave the romantic movies to Italians. Beauty & The Beast is the modern approach to classic tale. In the modern approach Beast is a normal man, death of his wife, infidelity turned him into a beast. He has scars both physical and emotional scars. There's only one person who can turn beast into a normal man again and that's Bella. Bella's good heart & not only her physical beauty turned the beast into the happy man he was before. But Bella didn't only win the heart of the beast, she won the heart of a little girl Zazi, her father and the other villagers. As in every fairy tale, We have a lesson to learn from Beauty and the Beast, that's There's no Rose without Thorns. Love can conquer everything.
Alessandro Preziosi is brilliant actor, I loved him as a beast. Bella. The chemistry between Blanca Suarez & Alessandro Preziosi was steaming and realistic.
However I didn't like the voice actor the actor who voiced Prince Leon (Alessandro Preziosi) was Dermot Magennis, Alessandro Preziosi can speak English well. In Italian Version he dubbed himself, I've seen the trailers in Italian. Alessandro Preziosi is also a great singer. Some of Alessandro Preziosi's movies / dramas can be found on Youtube & Netflix.
I am giving 9 because of the dubbing voice over.
It's not for kids and it is different from Disney versions.
Celebrity Hunted- Jede Spur kann Dich verraten (2021)
Amazing
I have to admit that it's much better than the British Hunted. It looks very realistic, they most probably used private investigation companies, to be honest the way they track Celebrities using technology is scary.so1984 George Orwell vibes. There are 3 hunters team. Erich Vad who was at the headquarters and one of the Hunters, he worked for Angela Merkel. While some of the Celens were careful went under radar some were so laid back and get caught at the end, for those who lives outside Germany I recommend having a little search on Celebs. I enjoyed watching the. Kida Khodr Ramadan & Summer Cem duo, while everyone is under the radar they were hanging in restaurants, cutting kebabs. I admired Dr. Wladimir Klitschko,Stefanie Giesinger & Tom Beck the most.