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Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
Just not funny
I watched the first episode. I'm a real Trekkie. Am I a Trekker? That would depend on who you ask. Saying I've watched every episode of every series and all the films from each franchise... yeah, I'm a Trekker, I suppose.
So I thought Lower Decks would be worth it. I was looking for a new comedy series on Amazon so gave it a go.
If I just wanted to have another ST series to add to my badges, I would continue. But as I said, I was looking for comedy. That's what it's labelled and billed as.
Tbh I've only watched the first episode so some might say I'm being harsh. But it didn't raise a single laugh from me, sorry. Not even the couple of actual jokes that appeared.
I might try it again sometime, but I doubt it'll be soon. Most likely never.
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
One of the FUNNIEST game shows ever created!
Lee Mack and David Mitchell are the team captains. Completely different from each other but both hilarious comedians with quick wit and the ability to escalate any joke to side-splitting. They get the most eclectic mix of guests on with stories tall AND stories true!
The game is to work out the lies. That's only half the fun though. Watch as they pass banter back and forth like Federer and Nadal in a Grand Slam final. Rob Brydon is the suffering umpire who can get drawn into the match.
I've noticed earlier episodes on Amazon with Angus Deayton as host so I'm going to give them a look now.
If you find an episode with Bob Mortimer on, those ARE THE BEST. I've been in pain with tears from laughing.
NEVER cancel this show! 😡
The Neverending Story (1984)
Don't know how I made it to the end!
I think only for the fact that it was the lazy morning after Boxing Day that I decided to give this old movie a watch (AND stay to the end) that I had never managed since it came out nearly 40 years ago! 40!? Yikes!
The only detail I recalled was that the theme tune by Dollar was in the charts... no, hold on, it was by Limahl from Kajagoogoo! I think it's because the female singer from Dollar sang with him. So much for memory.
I can't believe that this rates so high. I can't believe so many think the acting was good. The occasional sudden loud yelling and head swinging around an imaginary set was so hammy, it was off the scale!
None of the characters were developed at all to give you any sense of them. You just couldn't get into the story, IRONICALLY. When the final revelation came, I was joining in with Atreyo on the "WHAT!?"
Half of the film was flying scenes over a dozen landscapes, and cries of "Atreyo!", "Atrax!", "Malchor!" - if these had been cut, maybe there could have been SOME plot or character development. Even Bastian was a one-dimensional school nerd!
I'll give the special effects a pass because it WAS 1984, but I don't think Animatronics was the right choice for such a film. Today it looks so dated, it's like the original King Kong.
Megamind (2010)
Reasonably good film
Reviews here would appear to make this film Marmite. People either seem to think it's the greatest film ever, or they detest it. For me, it's not brilliant, but definitely worth a view.
It's not as witty as Shrek, nor as eruditely engaging as Toy Story, but the characterisation is good, because no character is purely good or evil. Which is great for a kids' movie, as it explores the nature of good and evil, and the choices we all make. Also good for adults to engage with, since we also need reminded to consider such choices that are open to all of us.
There are a few plot twists you might not see coming too, which serve the narrative brilliantly.
Good story. Good amount of laughs. Give it a go, whatever age you are.
Luchshe, chem lyudi (2018)
Could NOT get past the woeful acting!
I admit I didn't give this a chance, but I usually DO give sci-fi a chance. Maybe it's because I watched IO right to the end that I'm more cautious now.
After maybe 20 minutes of the hammy acting and incredibly bad dialogue (sometimes translators get the English dub very unnatural), I just couldn't watch any more. Maybe the story turns out to be good, but it has to be delivered to a reasonable standard.
Upgrade (2018)
Wow!
Yes, this is basically an action movie. Loads of martial arts type fight scenes to thrill action fans.
But it's also a very good sci-fi story that goes deep and keeps you strung along with the developing plot. Well written, well acted.
The ending is true sci-fi twist! You'll THINK you've worked it out.
Boss Level (2020)
If you like action movies...
... you will love this! The action is relentless from the start, and the bodies pile high. The story, though? Coddled together from different sci-fi ideas that really don't provide very much in the way of a plot.
Yes, you sort of get what the protagonist is doing, or meant to do, then you aren't, and it changes. A few plot twists keep your attention, but the end is both fairly unexpected and somewhat disappointing.
If you like a good plot, try another movie.
The Ice Road (2021)
All action but WOEFUL story!
I cannot believe that actors Neeson and Fishburne lent their names to this script. LOADS of action: nail biting scenes, endless punch ups, truck chases over ice and snow that go on forever...
But the holes, THE HOLES, in the script, so big that you could drive an ice truck through them! :(
I gave it 2*, just because you end up with some really raucous laughs when the holes are all joined together near the end with the cheesiest lines EVER WRITTEN!
You even find yourself laughing at the saddest scenes!
Then... "We found this among your brother's belongings..." wait to see what she hands him!! 🤣
The End of the F***ing World (2017)
No show like it! Season 2 even better than #1!
This is a DARK comedy with tragedy and disappointment written through it. I was drawn in from the start. It's quirky. It shocks you. It makes you quiver and cry and 30 seconds later you are in pain again from laughing yourself blue! The characters are so UNlovable yet you grow to love them immensely. The actors should get awards!!!
Season 2 will bring in new angles and alleviate the cliff hangers... eventually. Twists and turns galore. Unique. Unique. Unique.
I. LOVED. IT.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Wonderful old-style vignettes!
This is a delightful collection of small vignettes about life, with comedy and tragedy in equal measure. Great names played the roles well, as did the not-so-well known actors.
Don't let the buffoonery of the first part (the title) put you off the rest. Each story is as emotional as it is enjoyable.
I hoped for them to coalesce at the end but they actually don't need to.
Another Life (2019)
Obvious from the start it wasn't thought out.
I watched the first episode rather tentatively, because the characters just all felt so unreal. It wasn't long before I was thinking "They've coddled together a team to travel across space to encounter aliens for the first time and they managed to choose their own messed up kids, nieces and nephews, just to get rid of them for a few months!?"
The only one on the ship with any experience is very quickly usurped by a nasty creep with an ego the size of Trump! Who let HIM on board? His death at the end of the first episode is probably the best thing in it but even that was poorly scripted!
I always give things a chance, so onto episode 2. The opening scene was more like of a school of teenagers screaming at the principal (who's just informed them they killed another member of staff with NO explanation that it was actually self-defence!).... nah! I LOVE sci-fi but I have my limits. I don't think I even care what the aliens are up to!
Netflix; this is a doozer!
IO (2019)
90 minutes I'll never get back!
The science in this is WOEFUL! Ok. I realised that from the reviews, so I suspended all belief and thought it must be about something else. Looked like it was: the myth of man, existence, the human condition... 'Human connection' as it was stated in the dialogue.
I waded through so much more crap that was just unbelievable, hoping there would be some meaning. A hope that the ending would be worth the wait. Some reviewers said they liked the end...
It wasn't. SO unbelievable that it was ludicrous, and said nothing about the human condition or anything close.
JUST. A. BAD. STORY. Don't waste your time.