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Jewish Matchmaking (2023)
Brat Matchmaking
Good idea, bad execution. The host is lovely, as everyone already wrote. Candidates are superficial, shallow, self-centred, entitled individuals (with 1-2 exceptions).
Everybody thinks the best of themselves and have the requirements that aren't anything remotely close to what would make a marriage last. Ladies want to be treated as queens - which is alright, but then instead of letting the men do the courting - they are taking the lead themselves and THEN wonder why is he avoiding her!? Or the guy who is 30+ and still lives with his parents, but still he's the Godsend and insists on dating blonde hair blue eyed jewish Moroccan. Girls. As if there were any on the planet to be found.
But the bigger issue with this show is the lack of closure. Ok, we have now seen many many dates - with no outcome. Just going through oh so many dates - were are the results, Netflix? Where? You better step up in the season 2 or...
Firefly Lane (2021)
Every cliche in the book
It seems like everyone is irritated by Tully, but for me it's Kate and her facial expressions - or better to say ONE facial expression during most of the scenes - annoyingly apologetic, submissive, "sorry I exist" attitude, I'm small and please don't be mad at me, I have no self esteem or confidence, please don't hurt me, I'll be good... Younger Kate is nerdy and also close to that, but adult Kate is really 100% what I described. Most characters are nothing but caricatures, all situations cliches - cool& wild (but troubled) girl, nerdy mouse type friend, bad boys, good mom, bad mom... It really hurts to watch. Parts with them being kids are much better and that's what hooked me at the beginning, but the adult part is so cheesy, there is no more cheese left. Stopped watching on episode 4 (season 1).
Karppi (2018)
How are they even alive - season 3
Are we expected to believe that each and every character in this season is in some way connected to the case our dynamic duo seem to be investigating, including the two of them? Is Finland really SO small?
Also, for such brilliant detectives they are, are we supposed to believe they will literally enter any building with no warrant, no back up, no phones, no weapons... like two idiots, and not the professionals they are playing? And regardless of such careless and stupid beginner's mistakes they somehow make they way out suddenly turning into geniuses with super powers, saving each other's lives in turns.
About the plot - there are so many murders and names, that after 2-3 episodes I started forgetting who is who, especially as Finnish names all sound so similar to me. So when they start names dropping, I literally need to go back and check who the hell are they talking about.
And I can see Porsche paid for this season, obviously.
The Crown (2016)
5 ruined it for me
I was a fan of The Crown and couldn't wait for the new season to arrive. Now I'm just disappointed. Let's talk about the cast: I loved the first two sets of actors, this season - epic fail. The Queen looks and acts like an old lady, nothing royal about her - and also her face... I'm not from the UK so I don't really know all the actors, but I'm sure they could have found someone who doesn't look like they just did botox (even if they didn't). Her character lacks that unspoken depth and dignity that previous actresses had. Prince Charles - maybe it's because the only role I saw that actor in was the on in The Affair - and I can't stop seeing THAT person, instead of Charles. He lacks emotion, just like the Queen - and in previous seasons we did see some. He was human in the first four seasons, and now he's just shallow, mean and superficial. Prince Philip, that used to be one of my favourites... not so much now. First of all, that actor looks like 80 - 90 years old, and prince was 70 at the time. Also he is portrayed like a good hearted wise old man, and if I understood his character correctly from the previous seasons - he's supposed to be witty and sarcastic. Now there's no trace of it. I have only seen 3 episodes so far - quite boring and not getting any better. One episode is about Prince Philip's passion for carriages (with horses) and one is completely dedicated to Diana's last casual fling's father. Not even the lover, but lover's father. So the series titled The Crown gives one whole episode to a relative of one of Lady Di casual lovers. She was only with Dodi for a very short time and it wasn't anything serious - just the tragic fact that she died in his company - but to dedicate whole episode to Dodi's dad makes no sense. This season was supposed to be about the turbulent marriage of Charles and Diana - and we have only seen bits and pieces, like the two of them are just supporting roles to the series that was once meant to be about them. We basically don't see much of a relationship - but that's maybe there really wasn't anything to be seen at the first place. I don't know if I'll have the patience to see all episodes, but the first 3 ruined the whole series for me.
Maid (2021)
We're humans, not robots
I'm writing this review as the response for those few who gave this show shi#$! Rates and comments due to the fact that the main character decisions and life choices aren't always logical. Really? Obviously, those individuals lead sheltered lives, never experienced actual abuse or don't posses the emotional capacity of understanding other people's motives and reactions. This also shows us, that we as society have a long way of teaching our kids empathy and nuances of psychological responses to trauma. If anything, people don't behave in a logical and rational way most of the time - including those who insist the most on it. Anyway, it's a little sad that for some viewers instead of being an eye opening piece of art, this show only cemented their bias and lack of understanding - up to the point of siding with this girl's abusers and calling her entitled, lazy and unsupportive. The story is beautifully told, acting is great too, series is not too long or too short - and yes, it is a bit frustrating to watch - but it's supposed to. My only complaints would be the Mom character who is said to be bipolar, but she's always manic (so where is the the other part of "bi"?) and the child is always happy and carefree - even the children from the most stabile families are not constantly happy and content. Some reviewers also complained that all male characters are the villains and females saints - but it's far from the truth. Characters are nuanced and there ARE good men in the show, and also women who are abusive, so... Anyway, Maid is definitely a must watch.
Stay Close (2021)
Entertaining to watch if you send logic on vacation
Where do I even start? I gave it a six because I actually liked watching it, it was captivating etc. But when it ends and they even give you the quick explanations of some loose ends (but it would take at least one more episode of explaining to catch them all)... you start remembering all the details that were conveniently pushed under the rug, hoping that no one would care to ask.
Like, the whole series is based on the premise that some horrible man who did horrible things to Megan, previously known as Cassie, is back and ready for revenge. We never ever see this man. At the end, it turns out he was dead all the time anyway, and all of this is happening because his killer had an inexplicable urge to catch up with Megan/Cassie and she couldn't just invite her over for a coffee instead, like normal people do. She also claims she killed this man because he was violent towards Cassie, but we did see that she, Cassie and the owner of the club took this man's money prior to his killing - so was he killed for the money or for the violence? Is Cassie just an innocent victim, or in fact the three of them are simply thieves and that went wrong? And we never find out where the money came from, how did they know for it, how and why they managed to take it prior to his killing etc. So many questions nobody cares to answer. Ok, so Lorraine killed him and put him in this hidden tomb - how is it even possible that, since we saw how easy was to find it - nobody found it before? How did she manage to put all the bodies there, not being a specially trained athlete with some superpowers? Who made this tomb anyway? How is it possible that two cops open the door, almost faint from the smell and just casually enter like it suddenly stopped smelling - and of course, they both go inside, not calling anyone for back up? When Lorraine confesses, she asks Broom to call off the back up, but they come anyway.
Now about Goldberg and the father of the missing young man. How are they connected? Why is chief of the Police (or this department) involved in some parallel, illegal hiring of private detectives - dancing killers ? Did he just casually give their number to the missing boy's father, because he happens to know them from the time they were all in the same circus? How did he even came to this position? Didn't he know they kill people? And when he himself gets killed in the Police station basement, after he locked Cassie and her daughter there - nobody just cares to walk around the station to find him?
Cassie. How credible that she came to this secluded spot in the woods and managed to free her daughter and run away. Also, how logical, when you hear your abuser who you're hiding from for 17 years is back, the first thing you do is go to his house and the basement he might be hiding in?
Also, detective never picks up the phone and spends half of their shift in a whirlwind romance with their long lost and found again lover (killer).
Everyone living in the same town and never saw each other for 17 years and they just all happen to reconnect?
Tawny gets killed and they never mention her again.
I could go on for another 10 pages of thing that make no sense or are left unexplained, but I think this will be enough.
Dune (2021)
Amazing production, story is just a cliché, told 1000 times before
I'm not a fan of these types of films, so my review is a bit harsh. Yes, the picture is beautiful, craftsmanship meticulous, every scene is just perfect. Sound design, photography, editing, all great. Actors are great too. I haven't seen the first film, but I was told the plot in advance. Even with that it wasn't easy for me to follow every bit of the story, mainly when it comes to battles. But the biggest issue for me was the fact that this story is so predictable, so banal... so instead of all the special effects and expensive production being here to support the story, the story is only here so the authors may show off with all these flashy production details.
All the ingredients are here: good guys, bad guys, oppressed folks, a villain ruler, some witches, the Chosen one, a prophecy, enchanting maiden, scary monster... should we ask for anything more?
Maybe the story that is not so predictable? Good guys on a noble mission, (+finding The One as a side story), bad guys attacking the good guys, evil ruler plotting against good guys, good guys suffering huge loss but succeeding at the end. What a surprise!
The film is two and a half hours, but still not enough time to develop at least something interesting, like the relationship between characters, their motives, nuances. Nothing. Battle here, battle there, one epic scene after another, but I haven't felt a thing. I was left indifferent.
So my rating is 6, all 6 going to production, but all the tricks in the world can't hide the fact that this film gave us nothing but display of fancy cinematographic tools.
You (2018)
Halfway through season 1
This series could have been so much better if the main female role isn't so uninteresting. Ok she is pretty, ok she is a writer, ok she has daddy issues, ok she has poor taste in men and friends too - all the ingredients are here - then why the hell is she sooo boooring? She is just smiling and behaves like a goody two shoes all the time, making disastrous decisions from second to second. Flirting with her mentor then suddenly being shocked and surprised when he tries to you know what. You just can't believe this girl ever wrote anything deeper than a facebook post or a wannabe cool tweet. We are supposed to believe she is poor and struggling, yet she is hanging out with her rich friends, spending money she doesn't have, being almost oblivious and indifferent about her life falling to pieces, being completely lazy and irresponsible but oh so cute and charming about it - everything is just roses and she is always smiling, even when she is angry you can't feel it. Really bad acting and?or bad choice for this role of a girl that is supposed to be broken, but on the screen she is just another cute and clumsy girl next door.
This alone ruined the series for me, although the rest is interesting to watch. Joe is great. Also it's hard to believe he chose HER, as he is definitely way more interesting and complex character.
Tiny Pretty Things (2020)
Lost in... pretty much everything
The series can't decide what it's really about. What's the main plot? Who is the lead character? Is this a crime story, a love story, a ballet story..? Nothing makes sense and the plot keeps changing so quickly and with no explanation that it's hard to follow. Nothing to focus on. Holes at every step of the way. The only thing consistent about this show is its inconsistency. The way characters behave is nothing like people would normally behave even in the most complicated of circumstances. The words they speak sound empty, their actions are confusing and lack elementary logic. (WARNING - SPOILERS AHEAD)
From the beginning we are led to believe one girl is the main character. But just a couple of episodes later, you realise she's nowhere in any of the main plots. It's two other girls competing for a solo in the showcase, not her. It's everyone else to be the suspect for murder, not her. It's everyone else having relationship problems, again not her. Let's go to the showcase - it keeps changing even within a single episode. It's this topic, then no, it's something else. The battle between two dancers for the main role in the showcase is ridiculous, as it's been changed like 10 times already. The girl with an injury keeps dancing like it's nothing, then quits, then she's back, then she's out again, then completely and miraculously healed. Girls go from friends to enemies then back to friends again then back to enemies in nanoseconds. What's the time frame here anyway? The police investigation, are you kidding me? Police woman hanging around while NOT even on duty, appearing everywhere, arresting people. The potential murder victim left to lie in a hospital bed with people (potential killers) coming in and out as they please?
Every episode also has a completely unnecessary monologue about dancing and the meaning of life. Overload of sex scenes that leave you indifferent.
if it weren't for a chronic lack of dance movies, I wouldn't bother to watch.
Mignonnes (2020)
Disturbing but beautiful, sad and true
Story well told and well executed, original and not something we are accustomed to watch. People who claim to be shocked obviously don't have a clue about the life of kids today and the impact pop culture imposes. To grow up today in such a conflicted world is no walk in the park. Giving it bad rating is just hypocritical. Grow up.