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The King (2019)
A mixed bag, disappointing
I was rather disappointed by this film. Whilst some of the acting is great, there are some truly terrible performances - most noticably, Robert Pattinson's pastiche of the French Dauphin which would not have been out of place in a Monty Python film. And as for the reviewers who praise this film's historical accuracy - I just assume they have based their knowledge of history on that same Monty Python film, as this is about as far from an accurate portrayal of history as their Holy Grail. I really don't understand why a director would chose to make a film about an historical event, and then utterly mis-represent that entire history. Watch the film for some decent acting by many of the characters, but do not think that this film is in any way historically accurate, or even close to being accurate.
The Good Place: Whenever You're Ready (2020)
As good as it gets...
What more can I say? A great series, but a truly outstanding finale. I can't think of a better, cleverer, more emotional ending than this. Simply blown away...
Doctor Who (2005)
Very disappointed with series 11 (2018)
I've really enjoyed the series since the reboot in 2005, but this last season (2018) is such a disappointment. Jodie Whittaker is fine as the Doctor - nothing outstanding so far, but certainly good enough. The companions are so-so... but the plots have been dire. Barely any excitement, no real story, just a series of very obvious moral messages being shoved down the throat of the viewer ("racism is bad"...) without the slightest touch of subtlety or humour. Huge illogical holes in some of the episode stories also. Unless the BBC fires the entire writing team and hires a new set who know how to develop stories then I am afraid this series is going to die.
The Last Post (2017)
Truly awful plot
Firstly, the good... Jessie Buckley is great, and Jessica Raine is even better, in fact quite extraordinary. A few of the other actors (mostly the women, as well as young Toby Woolf) also aren't bad. But there "the goodness" stops.I am not even going to bother with comments about the landrovers, weapons etc, as this is not meant to be a kit-spotters film. But I have never seen a film which managed to get so many aspects of the story wrong. The interrelationships are written with every last cliche possible, and mostly are utterly unrealistic. Just one example out of literally hundreds: a Major who is unable to make up his mind about what to do when under fire in the field, and has to get his Captain to decide, has lost all credibility - it is inconceivable that the next day he would carry on as before. There is inconsistency after inconsistency, often within minutes of each other in the same episode. The story is infantile - despite the publicity blurb, the entire writing and editing team clearly do not have the faintest clue about anything military - there were so many errors in the plot, that came so frequently, that I gave up bothering trying to note them down. The dialogue contained anachronism after anachronism. In summary, the 3 stars I gave this film are solely for the 2 lead actresses - the rest would get none.