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Killer Sally (2022)
"Woman can't be victims if they have muscles"
The show plays with the narratives a lot, giving first very positive views into the relationship of Sally and Ray, twisting them then in seeing that the relationship was far from being perfect and that there was a lot of abuse going on, explaining both sides of the story with a lot of insight of different people. However, it's the small details you pick up that clearly tell you this is fishy.
Clear is that both had aggression issues and probably aggrevated each other constantly in arguments. Sally also was very protective over her children and her marriage but there is a fine difference between being aggressive and disrespectful and beating up your step children, choking your wife and making a person blind by pressing their eyeballs in with your own fingers.
I am happy that Daniel Goldstein was in this documentary and showed his true face. Comments like that a muscular woman could easily just defend herself and clearly can't be abused and that Sally will sure say things like "I didn't do anything wrong and I regret nothing" just show how r*tten he is in the inside and that he never tried to understand this woman. The friends of Ray going from "I saw him do really evil stuff" to "oh he was just a really big goof ball and could never hurt her" was ridiculous to watch.
Is it okay that she killed him? No, absolutely not. It is however very clear that she did get abused? Yes. The explanation of the autopsy of him laying down on the floor and her pressing in the second shot to secure the kill just by seeing the blood splattered on the inside of the lamp is completely wild to me, as if he couldn't have been falling down after he got shot the second time and the blood splattering on the lamps inside when he landed on the floor. The news media in the 90s being absolutely disgusting with this case too. The children getting striked from the court because they cried too much instead of letting them speak up about their experience in the household. There is just so much that went wrong in this trial with so many people not doing their job correct and I am happy that Netflix picked it up and showed it to the world.
The Bear (2022)
Let it rip
It's the Srcubs of the kitchen.
One episode is nearly completely in one shot (after the intro scene), filmed just in the small kitchen/restaurant space, with everyone being on spot and leaving a perfect performance and having absolute amazing camera work following and switching to each person coming into frame. This alone deserves huge recognition.
Highly accurate presentation of how restaurants and kitchen function, laying much focus on family owned businesses and what comes with them (finances, family drama, relationship between the workers and the restaurant, traidtions, "the eco system" and so on). Amazing cast and chemistry between everyone. I started watching because of Jeremy, knowing he nails those characters so well from playing Lip, stayed for the rest. Everyone did such a good job portraying the character they have, even if it is just a small role on the side. Some characters I would have wished to have more impact, for example not only being the "donut" guy, but can't have everything in such a short series and the characters that really were in the front and did drive the plot forward were layed out perfectly.
I feel like the show ended on a perfect note. It did however get renewed so we will see where we will take off from there on. I doubt a second season could top the first, but if done right and given time I am sure it can hold up to the standards that are set.
Look Both Ways (2022)
Wonderful fairytale story
Consequences? Not here.
Everything is working out perfectly, the only hardships are a few fights between characters, the rest? Fairytale walk. Getting accedentaly pregnant? No big deal. Trying to build a career on music or art? No biggie, very easy apparenlty actually. This movie is as far away from reality as it can get and probably a slap in the face for anyone who actually went through those things or tried to build a career on being a drummer/artist. No conflict, no depth building for the characters, you could simply not get attached to anyone. The ending was predictable for both ways and a slumber party.
It is well shot and interesting cuts and overlaps between the different timelines, acting is pretty good average, just your typical Netflix, nothing too outstanding. Also as usual, the trailer showed the whole movie already. Still went in with hopes that perhaps it is not a fairytale like story like the protrayed it to be in the trailer, but yes, sadly was just exactly that.