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Forbrydelsen (2007)
Better than the Netflix remake.
As expected.
At this point when an American crime drama is advertised I immediately search for the foreign version they are ripping off and watch it instead. More often than not it's a Scandinavian or British show they have stolen the idea from.
Season 1 - Like it's American remake, the first case is the best one. I say "case" because Netflix decided to break the first case up into two seasons for some reason. It's certainly in my top 5 crime drama seasons of all time. It's a bit dragged out being 20 episodes and all but I never found myself wanted to skip ahead at any point. Awesome binge if you want to kill around 20 hours.
Season 2 - Drags on. I found myself becoming more and more disinterested the more I watched. Shows always seem to introduce at least one or two characters in the their second season that I can't stand. By the third episode I was skipping over this characters scenes and it didn't make a difference to the plot WHATSOEVER. That should tell you right there that they weren't a necessary character. Good thing is, you can skip right over this season to the third and it won't matter.
Season 3 - More interesting than the second. The first episode was gripping enough to make me want to see it through to the end. We, of course, have a new annoying character, which is fine because I can just skip over their scenes and know that I am not going to miss any important plot points.
If I was only rating the first season it would be a 10. Additionally, bravo to Sofie Gråbøl. She was awesome through all 3 seasons. Luckily she's in another good crime drama called Fortitude that's worth checking out.
To be clear, The Killing on Netflix isn't terrible and it is certainly worth watching the first two seasons.
Them (2021)
Bet they loved that one chick being slapped.
They were originally going to make a movie about a white family moving into present day Harlem then realized it would have only been enough content for half an episode. You know, cause gangs and stuff.
Guess that's why they went with this utter garbage of a story. They types of shows and movies are becoming more and more popular and I feel it's not doing anybody any good.
It's too bad because all the actors did do a good job, I just wish they would have concentrated their efforts on a different type of project.
Vikings (2013)
Season 5 Episodes 11-14
Awfully chatty this season. The first four episodes are nothing but talking. Literally NO action at all. Lagertha and Bjorn lost all their acting ability in the off-season.. it's really weird.
Going to finish the season and maybe make some edits. Disappointed so far in these long awaited episodes. It's like the actors got too much of a break and now they are overacting, especially the accents, which are laughable now. Am I right?
The Wind (2018)
Horror?
Not sure why this movie is getting any praise. Although it's well acted the movie itself is boring and not scary at all.
Skip to 1:02:20 for the only somewhat "horror" part of the movie.
I just wish they could make a movie without an unnecessary sex scene within 20 minutes of the beginning. Also the actors yelling or screaming at the top of their lungs forcing me to turn the volumn down, which kills the immersion. Some things are so useless but Hollywood continues to force them down our throat.
You want to actually feel scared and horrified, watch Hereditary. Watched that movie months ago and it's still sticking with me. Pass on "The Wind"... which is a remake anyways, of course.
Escape Room (2019)
Yelling Simulator 2019
My God, I've never heard so much yelling in one movie in all my life.
The acting is TERRIBLE. Deborah Ann Woll overacting as usual. Five other actors I've never heard of, what did I expect? To be fair Taylor Russell did well, this is the first time I have seen her. See was believable as the socially awkward quantum physics student, until the script decided she should yell "breathe b!tch!!" and she all of a sudden knows how to wield a handgun.
The escape room fanatic character that has done 90+ escape rooms.. dies first. FFS. Come on.
This movie had a lot of potential until all the super loud talking and screaming started. The plot and rooms at that point just get jumbled and messy. Hard to follow along with everyone yelling at the top of their lungs.
Oh and the ending, OMEGAH THE ENDING. Would have been kinda cool if the games master was Jigsaw. Instead they hint at a sequel. Go do a real escape room instead of wasting your time with this garbage.
Life (2017)
So typical!
Black dude, check. White dude, check. Asian person, check. Russian person, check. Jake Gyllenhaal person, check. 2:1 male to female ratio, check. Two crew members romantically involved, check. This movie has it all!!
Oh, make sure you put the flags of their nationality on the uniforms so the idiot audience knows we've got all our bases covered. Why?? Why the hell else would they have flags on their uniforms?? So they know where each other were from everyday? I'm sure they would know who they're going to be on a fkn space station with for an extended period of time ffs.
I'm so bored of these pc generic sci-fi thrillers.
Reasons I even gave this 5 stars: 1.) For the visuals, they are stunning throughout the entire movie, especially when Reynolds dies. 2.) The sound design, also very well done throughout, especially when Reynolds dies. 3.) There's a really tense and game changing scene only 40 minutes into the movie, that's when Reynolds dies...Loved him as Deadpool but let's be honest, he's Deadpool in every movie that he's in.
This movie is worth ONE watch if you're bored and like space movies. The space station that their on is badass looking too. There is SO much detail.
Man, I hope I didn't mispel anything, I'm too lazy to chek it.
The Grand Tour (2016)
Getting better with age
I'm sure everyone who enjoys the show is with me when I say this show has gotten so much better every season.
First getting rid of that moron The American. Then, cutting the celebrity segment out. Amazon really does listen to the fans.
Brilliant show, please keep it up! To all those who can't take a joke, beware. Haha.
If I had one negative criticism, it's the fact that they always review Aston Martins. They literally all look like the same car since the DB7 came out. They're soooooo boring. Jeremy even didn't like the one he was driving in Season 3 Episode 11. I speculate that the three always request to review one because of they're British pride, however.
The Farthest (2017)
Needs different title
I really enjoy space documentaries but this one was more of a documentary about the people who were involved with the creation and launch of Voyager 1 and 2. Also some experts and other folks were interviewed.
There was a lot more showing interviews than there was footage of space, which is what I was hoping for. There was a lot of unnecessary shots of fields and random silhouetted people in various places. These shots were not needed because the documentary is a hour and a half long, easily could have cut the filler shots out and saved 30 minutes, a hour long documentary is perfect imo.
With that said, this film needs a new title. Interviews with the people of Voyager is but long but at least it tells the viewer what they're in store for. I really wish they would have had more footage of the planning and building process. Also more shots of SPACE!
Still a good docu but just expected something different.
Triple Threat (2019)
STOP.
Please STOP putting Michael Bisping in movies, for God sakes. He is NOT an actor and he ruins what could otherwise be considered good movies.
By the way, Scott Adkins is the man. The dude has got talent.
As for everyone else, their martial arts skills vastly outweigh their acting abilities. Cheers.