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D.P. (2021)
Why is 7 the lowest?
I'm the first person who gives it 5, so let me write why:
- by the episode intro, it looks like it's about one guy
- the first episode is a good setup, i was personally rooting for him
- from episode 2 it starts to be a drama and comedy
- we learn almost nothing about the main guy (also close to nothing about the other guys)
- we're supposed to root for one guy for being bullied/harassed, although we barely see him
- the last scene, between the credits, is understanble. Or what, should I be surprised, after seeing the decission of that soldier, minutes before season 1 ends?
- it's only 6 episodes
- the family relationship of the main guy is poorly explained
Season 1 feels like a story a friend tells you over dinner. You listen to it and you try to relate, but the next day, it's already forgotten.
Til Death Do Us Part (2019)
Gets worse by each "Black Mirror" themed episode
The first episode got me interested, i thought they are trying a spin-off of "Russian Doll" seriers, but that was only an episode. Was it satisfying? NO. Did it lead to a conclusion? Still NO.
Each episode has a different theme and the ending is open, it's up to us what we understand of it.
I just wanted to end this series, happy that episode 10 was the last one. No episode is connected to another, it's like a series of random, unexplained events.
If you watched and liked episode 1, stop there, it gets worse, a lot worse. The worst episode is the IG one.
I give it 2/10 stars for the first episode.
Doom Patrol (2019)
Doom Patrol becomes a hot mess in Season 2
I watched season one last year and I gave it 7/10, it was a different superhero show, it had fun, explosions and twists and, not to mention, Mr. Nobody, who is probably the best thing about it.
Now, in season 2, we are introduced to a new character, who becomes sort of a main one. I did not like her from the start, she felt not needed (not only her character role, but also what i thought), she makes me feel uncomfortable, like an annoying fly who is immortal and doesn't want to leave your room, just keeps on buzzing from time to time, to show you that it is there to torment you. Despite that, i continued to watch. The other main characters feel like they try to find their purpose, which is weird as we already have 1 season of that, how much are they going to milk on the idea of each of their past and personality? I got to episode 8, which is only one episode away from the end of season (according to imdb) and it is so booooooooring. Oh my god, it feels so unintersting and dragged out. Maybe that's the thing with the entire season, a dragged out mess where, again, we have each character dealing with their own personal stuff, this plus the part of what do we do with the new main character? I honestly don't know what this season wants to focus on, unless it is, as mentioned eariler, on each character discovering himself/herself and, once again, they might unite in the last episode and fight something epic. One other thing is that, in this season, i dislike everyone, i cannot connect to netiher of the main characters, they all feel selfish or hateful towards other things. Cliff is the worst, up to episode 8, where he goes 180 on the way he acts. This season is a mess, i will not finish this episode and i don't care how this season ends.
Buh-bye, Doom Patrol!
Devilman: Crybaby (2018)
Rushed story, under-developed characters and too much religion
This show started as a 7/10 for me, got me curious enough to make me continue watching it. The first episode, although not containing too much explanation, made me think that I might understand what and why in the next episodes. Instead, the story continues, up to episode 10, where we finally get the "why" and "how".
As a mini-series (although is 10 episodes, not 3-4 parts), I did not feel it. There is one minute, in episode 9, which felt genuine. Before and after that, I felt nothing, too many characters and I didn't care about any of them, there is barely any real danger, it just ads more details and, at the end, I did not feel any satisfaction, I didn't have time to actually feel anything, as there are more cuts in this anime than in "Resident Evil: The final chapter". Ohh, and the animation feels like watching an anime from the 2000s or earlier, "great" quality (sarcasm) !
How would this anime get a 7 is beyond my comprehension, probably the viewers have seen only a few animes or their bar is very, very low. "Attack on Titan", emotionally wise, will hit you from episode 1, you will understand why people feel their emotions and you will get how the relationships are built. In "Devilman: Crybaby", I don't know what to feel, besides indeference. Someone died, so? Someone was changed, and? 20 minutes x 10 episodes of 2 main characters and about 10-15 secondary, I didn't connect with any.
People liked the violence, the gore, the sex....it's like someone who goes from one emotion to another times 10, not impressed. Also, I would have rated it higher if it would not have relied so much on religion, this is Japanese, after all, not American. How would you feel if you watch Naruto and, in the end, they explain their powers because God gave them to them or they hit you with psalms from the Bible, every now and then? It would be ridicoulous, wouldn't you think so?
A few animes I would recommend to anyone, no matter the age, are:
- Dragon Ball (the original, before Z, GT and Super)
- Hunter x Hunter
- Death Parade (a bit on the dark side, but well made)
- Attack on Titan (if you've read the manga, all is great before they get too political)
- Berserk (the manga is better, of course)
- Naruto (the original, before Shippuden)
Fantasy Island (2020)
Breaking the rules is what made this "horror" movie into a disaster
For a book, movie, tv-series to work, they need a couple of elements:
- good plot
- rules (that are followed, from the start to the finish)
- a satisfying ending
This movie starts well and, then, it breaks the 3 rules from above. Why you ask? Because it is a B, if not C movie, they don't care.
For me, it seemed like a combination of an island horror wanna-be, taking an idea from the first Harry Potter movie.
This movie didn't even deserve its runtime, it could have been easily a 1h30min movie.
If you watch it till the end, your qestions will be "what?", "huh?", "how?", "but...?".
The Orville (2017)
Season 2 - why did it become a soap opera?
Season 1 was good, I would give it 7/10 because of the kids episode, which was not necessary.
Yet, I continued with Season 2. And, it was ok, up until episode 5, when one of the characters was replaced. The leaving was sad and everyone wanted to show their appreciation, that was nice of them. Yet, one or two episodes later, we see a new one and she was not entertaining, her entrance was at most a 5/10, felt like an extra who wanted to try the main stage. In this episode, there are a few red flags, when I started to ask myself why I am watching this show, when the resolve of a problem comes out of the blue and the way it is handled was confusing. I was like "wait, what?" - it could have been handled so much better. Ohh and the end of episode 5 ends the new character being welcomed on board, as she has proven herself, which was the 3rd red flag. Watch this episode, or get this far, you will see what I mean.
Please note that I paid attention to details to all episodes and I liked the series because not only it made sense, I was learning stuff from it and it relaxed me, as it was not biased towards one gender, it was focused on exploration.
Again, in Season 1, although one episode was not necessary and quite predictable, it was ok. Season 2...what happened?
I continued with episode 6 and things started to get way off the rail. I understand it is space and it is set in the future (although the year is never mentioned), but they way some relationships start to happen comes almost out of the blue. Suddenly, people are horny, why? There is one episode that has something similar, but that is explained Plus another where someone watches a certain type of entertainment. But Season 2, Episode 6 does not really explain itself. And thanks to holograms, it doesn't matter how the characters really look like. Oh man...
In Episode 7 of Season 2, I realised that the new character is just a rehash of the commander, she is 90% like her. The one she replaced was not like that, she had her own struggles and personality. This one is just a distraction, a woman who can easily talk to people and shares the same scene with the commander, sometimes. Like why? Although she is not from Earth, might as well be, she has the same attitude, which is boring, from a 2019 SF perspective. Ohhh, and in this episode, a couple decides to brake up, out of the blue (you never see that coming, from the previous episodes). You want more? How about her saying that she is tired of people expecting her to get married? - this is never shown on camera, since Season 1, episode 1. Jesus Christ...I couldn't watch it anymore, it became meh, similar to what most tv shows do from Season 2, like the target audience changed from adults to horny teenagers.
What happened, "The Orville?" - you were supposed to entertain us, not become a boring SF series. :(
Searching (2018)
Impersonal. exaggerated and the worst ending
This is spoiler free, although i don't recommend it. Rated at 7+ now, here are 8-9 on rotten tomatoes.
For me, it's a 1 and below is why:
- same computer for 10 years plus
- obvious Norton Antivirus ad, the first half an hour
- the cleanest dad desktop i've ever seen, like he doesn't have anything on it
- this dad almost never gets out of the house
- most of the movie is a full-on Apple commercial
- i've never seen so much media for a missing person, especially one that is not famous or daughter of someone important
- the movie feels bland, for most of it, because of seeing it through the monitor
- dad has never problems with work, he only talks to his colleagues and/or boss, once
- the twists feel like never ending - let's add everything. You want a movie that makes you wonder, after watching it? How about we give you the answer to everything. Felt like watching one of those "Ending of .... explained" video on youtube, where someone analyses everything.
- her daughter is the only one in the world with that name
- Slight SPOILERS: the dad and daughter never make mistakes when writing on the computer - and they write so fast - like a robot fast, like someone who has been doing it as a job for the last 10+ years, at least one hour a day, every day
All in all, the movie is boring and there is no real emotion (there is only one for the father and that is the confused one, that's what i read in his face, not worry, fear or lack of sleep, just confused).
At least i watched it entirely, although the rating is still the poorest, for what people claim it to be. Too many bad movies nowadays. Maybe it would have been good 10 years ago. Maybe.
What this movie is NOT (comparing it to actually good movies):
- Inception
- Ratter
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
It gets a whole lot worse in Season 2
Season 1 of "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" is ok. I liked the new take, a lot darker and it felt more current to nowadays audience. I just wish it would have been a lot darker, it just touches the surface, because, to be honest, the feeling of "danger", isn't really there, as Sabrina always finds a way to help herself.
And episode 10 didn't really impress it, it felt like "as it was supposed to happen" and the town really bought in the "tornado", so everyone goes into one building. It felt rushed.
Other things:
- the baddies become sort of good and the magic school (beside the statue that you will see a lot) doesn't feel magic
- It just is another school, as Sabrina goes to both and we never touch on the grades, because who cares about that, right?
- It also had moments when it felt too cramped, too many B-side plots, which I didn't care that much, as they were poorly done (or just done and, then, back to Sabrina) - there is no impact of watching them, overall, might as well be excluded.
- Also, one of the other things was her friends finding out she is a witch. One would expect this would take a toll on them and us, as a viewer, but it doesn't, as when Sabrina confesses, she continues with what she has done for Harvey, starts crying, her friends hug her and accept it - jesus, is that the world nowadays? We just accept things, are we giving up on our emotions and reasoning?
- the 2-3 episodes focused on the relationship between Sabrina and Harvey. What she does to "help him" is totally off the charts, like no one, in the right mind, would even consider it. Maybe this follows the comics? If so...why would anyone do that? And, then, after being rejected again (the first time was in episode 1, but she put a spell on him), she just cries and sort-of moves on.
- when Harvey remembers and hears that Sabrina put a spell on him, he just needs time - he does not get scared or even consider telling his friends or family, he just needs time (because 16th century kids have seen it all and he is not impressed - i am ironic)
Season 2..... Note: I didn't think about this show as feminist, until I read some reviews (this after watching season 1, a few days ago) and, although some points were valid, the show still didn't go off rails, or it wasn't that obvious to me. Even though we do have most of the characters as females, but that didn't bother me, in Season 1. Now, with this in mind, season 2 gets weirder, as the feminist and gender becomes a lot more important, like forget about Sabrina. Ohh...I mean 'Brina (that's why her shirt has a B on it, in the series title, and not S). I only watched the first 2 episodes, because it got boring:
- as this show is for teens, now you will see, sometimes, boys pecks (and everyone goes to gym - maybe Harvey goes there, also, later?)
- in Episode 1, we kick it up a notch with Sabrina wanting to be the Top Boy in the Magic School. Why? Because gender should not be an issue. Do we touch on what a Top Boy would do, in this episode? No, we do not, that is not important. What is important is that girls should be allowed to apply for it.
- One of Sabrina's friends (all are girls, in the regular school) wants to play basketball, but only boys do that - do you see a pattern here? - so she talks to the Principle (which now is Lilith - because why not?) and the principle talks to the coach and she can join the trail.
- in just happens that Sabrina attends, in the shadow, these trials and 100% helps her friend to score (and she scores all the time). Everyone cheers for this friend and she is in. That's all it took, one game. I am not American, but is that who trials really work?
- this friend no longer identifies as a girl, bus as a boy, he now wants to be called Theo (and everyone is on board with it) - again, there is a pattern, as when the show demands, there will be no conflict, we just move on, we are stupid viewers
- Sabrina is attacked by superior demons, as there are forces that don't want her to ascend. She manages to escape from all of them using the power of the main character. Everything is at hand, there is no real danger.
- instead of picking one of 2 contestants, as they go against the High Priest, another one is chosen, some who we know, Sabrina's cousin. And that is it. Everyone accepts it and moves on. The whole equality point, who cares? We got everyone safe, so it doesn't matter who gets picked, in the end. Jesussssss!!!!!!!!
- girls are really h"rny, especially one of Sabrina's friends. When talking to Harvey, in a restaurant (just the 2 of them) - nothing suspicious, they became close by the power of screen writing - she touches his hand (because that's who normal people connect, only romantically; touching on the shoulder is too barbaric, am i right?) and she gets a vision (side note: in season 1, the visions were very relevant to her new powers and she gets scary visions or paranormal ones) that she will kiss Harvey (and now a good show turns into a teen horny drama).
- this friend that was supposed to go blind because of a disease that runs into the family (one of the fears from Season 1) never really happens and we forget about it in Season 2 - because, you know, we need her to keep on seeing, so she can get to kiss Harvey
- Harvey invites this girl to try to do a scene together, the Romeo and Juliet where they kiss - is it weird? No, not at all, as she is really into him since she got that vision
- Sabrina no longer needs to go to the human school, thanks to a talk with the Principle (and we accept it, as well as Sabrina's aunties)
- the B,C, D plots intensify, already, from episode 1 of Season 2 - this show should be called "Teen drama - it has witches in it"
This is what we needed, a 16th Century, with a character we loved when we were young, but now focused on gender identification, genders and feminist power.
I am out of this show.
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
it raises so many "why"s ...
"Spoiler Alert!" This review contains spoilers.
This movie looks pretty much like "I am legend", 'though it is not as exciting or does not have Will Smith in it, but it is about the same thing, a sort of trying to survive when there are so few people left. It is a combination of a thriller (hardly), a horror (mostly) and many bad decisions.
Its start raises one question, what happened to the people from the theater ? But I was waiting for answers, saw that the plot was not that original, as I've mentioned before, but why not, the darkness will kill you, so STAY IN THE LIGHT ! So the movie brings together 4 people,each one with his/her own story, most of them should not have lived to see this moment. Why ? Both the male adults are displayed as standing in the dark for couple of seconds and guess what ? The darkness does not kill them, but comes for them (quite slowly, comparing to how 3 of them die later) and accomplishes nothing, but just a tease.
So I said to myself, OK, maybe there is a meaning, the Darkness vs. the Light, the voices that you should not listen (but they all do, like how stupid can you be not to listen, come on !!) and how to find a way for surviving. Of course, there is only one car with a battery not dead (ironically, as in a kind of bad movie idea) and the batteries for the flash lights are VERY limited, the light an be barely obtained, but why, just why don't they wait for the sun to come up and try to go to Chicago, why are they so boldly stupid, why ?
So, I'll give it a 4 out of 10, although it deserved 7, until the boy remained alone in the church. The questions remained answered until the movie ended are :
1. As even they are asking themselves, how come they've reached the same spot, almost in the same time, why ?
2. How come the 2 male adults survived, although it is seen that both should have died ( at least the first one, in the theater), hit by someone (???) ?
3. What's the thing with the darkness and the shadows and the non- sense, is there any sense to this movie or what ?
4. After returning (as if the conscious hit him) to the church, why was that actor so, again, boldly stupid to stay out of the car for so long that the light would go off, why ?
5. How come the kid survives the darkness, just because he says "I exist" ?
6. What's with the "I exist" exclamation, does that make a person stronger, in what way ?
7. What's with the girl that always is found on the street, is she insane or is she part of the Big Plan of the movie of not understanding it at all ?
8. Just before the end, how come a horse survived the darkness and what was it doing in the street ?
9. The ending, oh my God, the ending : why would two kids ride a horse towards (hopefully) Chicago, when darkness is coming, or is it "working" only in the city ?
If you want my advice, don't watch this movie, unless you're curios about it because, guess what, you won't be feeling in any way better after seeing it.