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Brian Tyree Henry is fantastic once again
I first noticed actor Brian Tyree Henry as rapper "Paper Boi" in early seasons of Donald Glover's "Atlanta," but it's the last couple of years that I keep seeing him in theatrical or streaming-only movies from which you can't recall much except his performance in it. In other words, he is to Brad Pitt in "Bullet Train" what Brad Pitt was to Bruce Willis in "12 Monkeys." I'm crazy about Jennifer Lawrence, but Brian almost blows her off the screen (some might say with her willing assistance) in last year's "Causeway." Well here we go again, opposite fine actress Kate Mara; this complex miniseries about the 2009 class of FBI agents at Quantico tells their story in three distinct time periods: the future (2034), the past ('09) and the present (2023). After just two of the eight installments, I'm invested in both their characters and decided to give it a quick review. So far, I would say that it is a solid 8/10 stars....
Class of whatever...
This is a poorly written show. Many others have dissed the time jumps, and I agree. But the true test of bad writing can be seen in the dialogue delivered by the two FBI Quantico instructors. You know it's bad when the dialogue seems to have been written for one character. But acted by two. Rather than writing dialogue for each, the writers simply broke each sentence in half so that one instructor is finishing the thought of the other. It's lazy writing and thoroughly annoying.
Secondly, way too much of the screen time was monopolized by the telling of a love triangle between a man and two women recruits. The man's part in this is minimized, giving greater importance and screen time to the lesbian relationship. This sort of thing, regardless of the possible gender combinations, has very little to do with advancing the actual, more interesting story. Plus it steals what could be more intriguing plot and action sequences. I don't know how much more of this dribble I can take.
Secondly, way too much of the screen time was monopolized by the telling of a love triangle between a man and two women recruits. The man's part in this is minimized, giving greater importance and screen time to the lesbian relationship. This sort of thing, regardless of the possible gender combinations, has very little to do with advancing the actual, more interesting story. Plus it steals what could be more intriguing plot and action sequences. I don't know how much more of this dribble I can take.
- ronswilliams-03171
- Jun 14, 2024
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