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The Menu (2022)
So, what's on "The Menu" ?
I think this sounded way more deep and symbolic on the paper than what it turned out to be. It's filmed beautifully, the actors poured their hearts into it; yet somehow it feels hollow and empty.
It needed more; much more backstory to the guests, more background on the chef and his journey, more interactions between the characters and conversations. Instead we are just given shells of people and what wrongs they represent in the society, it's not that I don't understand what message the movie conveys, it just feels that it could it be much more deep and satisfying yet it missed the chance.
I think "The Menu" made viewers just taste and left them hungry because there is too little to chew on, it's artsy for the sake of being artsy, but there is nothing but avant samples on the plate.
Kaleidoscope (2023)
Boring in any order
After I finished the series one question came to mind...Would it really matter in what order did I watch the episodes ?
I mean the whole selling point of the series is you could watch it in any order, but the thing is it won't change your perception of the characters or the story in any meaningful way.
At best it could create some sort of a mystery and that's why Netflix recommends you watch "White" episode last, so that you could keep guessing what happened in the actual heist, I think on the other hand if you watched some of the episodes first it could totally ruin the whole series for you.
The order gimmick came with a cost, there is absolutely zero character development, there is no suspense or a cliffhanger or any sense of danger for supposedly a heist action series. It is boring, slow paced and there is plentiful of unnecessary storylines and background episodes that adds very little to the story.
I guess a bad book is still a bad book whether you read it front to back or back to front.
Treason (2022)
Was this written by a two years old ?
I'll admit I was interested to watch this show because of Charlie Cox, I really liked him in Daredevil and he did another british show called Kin which I enjoyed at well..so I had great expectations for this show which was crushed by the end of the second episode.
I mean this is stupid beyond belief; so a Russian spy poisoned the head of MI6; where she "casually" walked into his restaurant dressed as a waitress and spiked his drink, but wait she didn't kill him cause god knows why, she just made him really sick for the second in command to take over his job, which is her asset.
Then his daughter also "casually" slips off her protection cause I don't know why, and get kidnapped by a different spy, but wait, the whole MI5 department couldn't find her, his super Russian spy friend found her without any assistance in like five minutes. So of course she took her off the hands of the other spy and blackmailed him for a file on an important person.
But wait it gets even stupider; he took his WIFE WITH HIM to meet his spy friend and exchange the file for his daughter;
which "by chance" was the friend of a CIA agent already in an ongoing operation to expose him.
I'm sorry to lay out the whole plot but this is by far the stupidest spy show I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of spy thrillers, and I can't understand why a good actor like this would agree to play a part in a show like this.
The Recruit (2022)
Unfocuced weird series
So I finished the first season, and still don't know what this show is supposed to be.
Is it a spy thriller, is it a comedy or is it a romcom; we are presented with a new CIA agent who his co-workers have it out for him for no reason and he's living with his ex and a friend (they clearly are lawyers and could afford their own place) and just for me the elements don't work together and make no sense.
I think if this was a focused spy thriller it could have been good, but on the other hand, there wouldn't be enough material for 8 episodes; because clearly the whole plot could have been told in 2-3 episodes.
I mean if you completely cut off the scenes with his ex (Hannah) and his other roommate and all the unnecessary silly workplace interactions and subplots that go nowhere, it wouldn't change the story in any way.
Honestly I gave this an initial rating of 6 cause it was somewhat average, but what really ruined it for me was the scene at the end of episode 7; where his ex followed him to Geneva and out of all the hotels in Geneva the taxi took her by chance to the hotel he was staying, at the same time that another CIA agent was being killed. This is some lazy writing and a sign of a weak script that just threw me off.
Bad Sisters (2022)
Upcoming Emmy Winner
This is hands down the best series to come out this year at least, everything was perfectly executed to the finest detail.
Rarely does a TV series manage to do more than one thing with such perfection, it does comedy really well, I laughed in most of the episodes more than once, it does drama really good as well I teared up in more than one occasion, it got suspense and mystery elements as well.
Combine all that with engaging storytelling, perfect time jumps, marvelous cinematography and breathtaking scenery of Ireland, and out of this world heartfelt acting masterclass and you get this masterpiece.
I am really sad that it is over, I know it is a limited series but I really hope they produce a second season, a work of this quality is hard to often find. Thank you for all this work producers and contributers.
House of the Dragon: The Princess and the Queen (2022)
Is it even the same show ?
Honestly during the opening 10 minutes of the episode I checked twice to make sure that I was watching the same show and that I didn't skip an episode.
So, the writers just decided to skip forward 10 years without even a hint or a narration and instead of aging the existing the actors; they replaced the two main characters altogether, and they kept others with absolutely no changes !
My problem isn't just that, my problem is that there is a 10 year gap that nobody knows what happened, well for one if Rhaenyra was going to sleep around her husband anyway why not do it with Ser Criston who was already involved romanticaly with her ?, Who is Harwin and when did she fall in love with him? , What happened to the king who was extremely sick and on the verge on death, was he miraculously cured ?
The other thing is the episode is so boring I could barely watch it, it turned into a lousy family drama..and please enough of the birth scenes already, its not "The Midwife" show; we don't even know the characters to sympathize with their pain or their kids.
Kevin Can F**k Himself (2021)
Great Concept, bad execution
I get the concept, I really do, I don't even care that it isn't funny. The sitcom part is irritating to watch, there is just no dialogue at all and that Kevin actor makes me want to smash my TV. As for the drama part, though Annie Murphy is great (the 3 stars are just for her); the premise is weak, boring and it's very dark and depressing for no reason. A miserable wife going around town punshing people in the face and smashing stuff because she can't kill her incompetent husband or get a divorce (The story in a nutshell). If you want to see same concept done right check out Marvel's WandaVision series.
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022)
What happened in episode 3 ?
The plot, the mystery and the acting were really good for me for the first two episodes, and the scenery was great as well..then the last episode happened. I think it's one of the most confusing/badly executed episodes in the history of TV. It's like they condensed 10 episodes into one. It was just a collection of one quick cut after the other, specially in the last 20 minutes. The pace, the plot and the acting was very strange and rushed..it ruined the series for me.
Don't Look Up (2021)
Good but could have been better
As a fan of Leonardo Di Caprio, I'll admit it's not his best performance; but I found the movie to be quite funny and his performance in particular and that of Jonah Hill was what carried the film to the end.
I think the people who really disliked this missed the point and took it way too seriously; it's a political satire, it's about our stupidity, greed and division as a society towards the future of our planet. If you follow Di Caprio on social media you must know he's a big advocate of enviroment and global warming; which I beleive the response of the world leaders and the media towards it draws many parallels to that of the comet in the movie.
I just feel that they could have acheived much more with that cast; the film starts strong but then feels dragged on towards the middle; the writing could have been better.
Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
Unique isn't always "good"
I don't know how could anybody like the show..for starters most of the scenes are muddled with extreme yellow tint/filter to the extent that sometimes you can't make out the picture details..as for the plot and acting it's just laughable. Witches enroll in an army to fight against "evil" witches, and they spend months to train their "vocal cords" for spells, I get that the show have "unique premise" but its just so poorly done