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Mea Culpa (2024)
How is Perry still getting work?
The murder suspect is up for either life or the chair and he's more concerned with getting his hole with his lawyer!
The acting by both Rowland and Rhodes is dreadful. Rowland is like a robot in her scenes with just about everyone. As for Rhodes? He smirks. A lot. That's the extent of his acting range in Mea Culpa.
The plot of this movie feels like a parody of a crime thriller. What exactly is this movie supposed to be? None of it is based on reality; it felt like a fever dream.
Mea's in laws are written like cartoon character villains and her husband just sits there like a nodding dog when it comes to his mother.
It is written in a way that the FMC will assuredly fall into Zayir's thrall and engage in a sexual relationship with him.
The ending was absolutely insane with no buildup whatsoever. It went from 0-1000 in 1 minute. I was left with whiplash after it.
So as the title says... idk Tyler Perry is still getting his work is getting to the screen.
Expats (2023)
I don't understand what I just watched
What is the point of this show? Beyond it being about expats in Hong Kong? .
The acting from Nicole Kidman was atrocious; standing aloof and going from quiet and gloomy to frantic in the next moment and staring intently into the distance is not what I would call good acting. It like she couldn't quite make up her mind on how to approach her character.
To be perfectly honest, I felt no connection to any of the characters - they showed little to no emotional maturity or depth.
From the women who gossip and want to see the downfall of another woman, to the robotic relationship Kidman has with her children and husband, it made it a tough and awkward watch.
You also have the typical bloke who decides to cheat on his wife because he cannot accept getting old.
Honestly, this episode was in desperate need of passion and energy - whether it be from anger or love; it needed something to wake up from the coma like state of the pacing.
Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi (2023)
The Turks once again stealing from the Kurds
Title says it all really. Can we not give credit where it is due? Must Turkey lie all the time? Is the fear they feel or are brainwashed to feel so ingrained within the nation's psyche that they have to believe that they are the heroes in every outcome? The Kurds, Armenians and Greeks would strongly disagree with you.
This is a dangerous path to take. Historical revisionism appears to be the norm these days and the culture of misinformation has spread all over the world. People need to do their research before consuming any media that could be construed as controversial.
The brits do it all the time when it comes to Ireland so I know how it feels to have your culture and their icons stripped from you and credit given to a foreign nation who has ethnically cleansed you for centuries.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart: Part 4: River Lily (2023)
This is a dark show
Alice appears to be cursed. She was born into chaos and her horrible grandmother is determined to keep her there.
This was one of the hardest episodes of this series I have watched and to be honest I don't know if I could watch anymore.
Alice cannot catch a break. Everything in her life has been taken from her - her parents, her brother and the love of her life.
I feel like the Oggi situation was hard to watch and accept. Out of all the men in the world, I would have thought June would accept him. But clearly she had other ideas.
To be honest, I think June is far more sinister than Clem ever was. The apple clearly didn't fall far from the tree.
June's form of abuse is psychological and it really shows in episode 4. She seems to really hate men for whatever reason or she simply uses men as an excuse for her cruel actions and unusual behaviour.
I am not sure if I can continue with this show if there isn't even a glimmer of happiness for Alice in the end.
The Witcher: Reunion (2023)
I can't watch this anymore
Season 1 had me hooked, season 2 was good but not great and this season? I am so utterly confused by it.
I have watched 3 episodes and I don't think I can continue. It has not kept my interest beyond the first episode.
I find that the focus is no longer on Ciri and Geralt and that a lot of screen time is being devoted to characters who don't have much to do with the actual plot.
I found myself straying toward my phone during episode 3 as it just couldn't keep my attention.
Also the addition of modern language being used in a medieval fantasy themed show pulls me out of the story. "Fresh hell" being just one of them.
Tokyo Vice (2022)
Something new
This was a refreshing and original story. A young, journalist from America, who studied Japanese gets the chance to work at the biggest Japanese Newspaper. He works alongside a jaded detective, and rubs shoulders with some of the city's Yakuza. I loved almost everything about this show - the cinematography was top notch, the acting was phenomenal, the depictions of the Yakuza and the Japanese people was very insightful. The only thing I wasn't a huge fan of was Samantha and her arc - none of it was remotely believable. Other than that a brilliant series.
The Essex Serpent (2022)
I had high hopes for this...
This was brutal. When I saw the cast and the premise of the series, I said I'd give it a go as I like English period dramas, but this turned into utter drivel. It was very slow paced and the acting was abysmal. It had a lot of potential but it just never picked up.
The Old Man (2022)
What could have been a brilliant spy/thriller series, turned into a frivolous affair.
The first episode was the only one worth watching in my opinion. In episode one, we are introduced to Dan Chase, former CIA operative gone rogue. In the present, he is a retired widower living alone with his two dogs. Being a former agent and also technically still on the run under a new identity, Dan is obviously very cautious and paranoid about anything and anyone. For a geriatric, he still has some serious moves when it comes to eliminating his enemies. He only seems to speak with his daughter by phone and tells her how dangerous it is to be in contact now that people are after him. This is who he is now; the scene and character has been set.
What I did not expect was the introduction of a useless and unnecessary character in the form of Zoe McDonald - a divorcee with a lot of issues and baggage that the viewer is so kindly put through for episodes 2-4, in great detail. Dan, who should have left her where she was and got on with his mission and you know the original plot of the show, decides to kidnap her and take her along for the ride. She in turn tries to extort him as she wants him to take "account" of her. Zoe is an utterly pointless character, who only added filler to an already packed plot. Her prescience and Dan's indulgence of this complete stranger took away from the story and made less of it. The seriousness was lessened greatly by Dan playing house with Zoe. My mind, throughout this season kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. Maybe she was a plant of some sort, because that would have made SOME sense.
This is where the show fell down. We were rewarded with some very talented actors here: Bridges, Lithgow, Abbass and Shawkat. But, actors can only do so much with the material they are given. Bridges' character was wasted on the Zoe arc and was utterly unbelievable, as no former agent would entertain a stranger like this and honestly, in the end all it did was distract the viewer from the main story.
The last episode left a lot to be desired and was not a good ending in my opinion. Little to nothing happened and the big "reveal", I saw that coming a few episodes back. It was the only thing that made sense to me in this series.
The Old Man: II (2022)
"II" is mostly filler with a completely unnecessary character. Takes away from the original plot.
First episode started off brilliantly. We had action, suspense and mystery. It was well thought out and I was constantly kept engaged.
Things took a turn in the second episode. It did not have any basis in reality for a former CIA agent on the run from the government.
Most of this episode is dedicated to Dan renting the garage of divorced woman Zoe, who appeared throughout this episode to try and force some sort of relationship with Dan. Dan ends up staying and acting like some sort of surrogate husband/father to her.
Zoe and her backstory is completely unnecessary here. This is where American spy "thrillers" fall down. They input unnecessary characters and information into the show which takes away from the original plot.
I am more interested in Dan and Harold's backstory and what went down 30 years previous and what Dan has to do in the present to bring it to a conclusion, than look at 40 odd minutes of him entertaining and indulging a stranger, who could be anyone considering he was so paranoid about everyone in the first episode.
I love John Lithgow and Ali's Shawkat, so I will keep watching it to see what the outcome is, but quality wise? It's let down by running off the tracks with filler.