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Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea (2023)
Almost as good as White Christmas
Sure, there are one or two plot holes. But after the Beny Hill meets Saturday Night Live slapstick audacity that was 'Joan is Awful', I can forgive a few minor plot holes. They do not detract from what is a suspenseful, gripping, believable, horrifying cautionary tale - truly Black Mirror back to its best.
Sure, why not just send the replicas to space. But the same could be said about lots of our favourite media (why not just send the eagles to Mordor).
I saw one guy complaining that it was ridiculous that there was no communication with ground control. Sure, there probably would have been. But did its absence really matter that much to the story? Would its inclusion really add all that much?
Overall, the acting was fantastic, the plot was gripping, and it was believable with a cautionary element to it. This is exactly what I want from Black Mirror, much better than the kitsch 'Joan is Awful' that somehow has a 7.5 rating.
Unforgotten (2015)
Really overrated.
Only watched Series 1. Don't understand why this has >8 stars. The acting was awful, the worst I've seen on any British crime series (and that includes the Bill). We continued watching because we assumed (based on the rating on this site) that the storyline might make up for it. But no, the storyline was perhaps even worse (at least the bad acting was funny).
Perhaps it was not so much bad acting as bad directing because I've seen many of these actors in different roles perform really well, but like I say parts of this were so bad it was funny.