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Sous la Seine (2024)
Rubbish
I don't even know where to start.
I can understand the sharknado movies and the likes. I can.
But the director seems serious about this. The fact that none of this is even remotely credible (the "posible" was dropped far before).
It's caricucatural: the shark, the characters, the city officials, the "go to" clmate change explanation... None of it sounds credible.
So what does one director do when the story is bad, when the dialogs are uninspired, when the whole plot is one way: CGI and a couple of well payed lead actors.
But even Berenice Bejo and great CGI won't save this flick.
Utmost waste of time and money.
Lupin (2021)
Lupin Fail
I don't even know where to start.
Regardless of the parallel between the book characters and this story (or lack of thereof), I'm just appalled by the overall content of this show.
If you want a "thriller" version of Emily in Paris, now you have it. The show is riddled with product placements and photogenic views of an idealistic Paris.
There was probably no budget left for a decent scenario.
The whole story is unrealistic to a point that is laughable.
When you are doing a thriller or heist movie/series it does not have to be 100% accurate. It rarely is. But it must be somehow believable.
In Lupin, it is not. At some stage I thought the use of an Alien creature from space with magical powers would be more realistic than what's offered.
I suffered two episodes and turned it off.
Pure waste of time.
The Mosquito Coast (2021)
Great 1st season, Awful 2nd - so much potention wasted
First season was fantastic.
1st season: lots of rhythm, very good cinematography, convincing enough characters...
Not all was perfect, not all was credible but it worked.
2nd season is just dull and uninteresting. The whole S2 plot is not credible, characters are annoying, Subplots are plain silly, everything it predicable... Some characters from S1 reappear for no credible reason.
Going through the end of the season 2 is as boring as going through S1 was exciting.
There is so much potential wasted I am cringing. In my opinion if there is not enough to do a season, then just don't!
So much could have been done, so little achieved.
The Lost Room (2006)
Needs a second season
This is the kind of hidden gem you love finding.
It's clever, well done with solid acting.
I'd love to see more if they managed to keep the unique ambiance.
Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
Absolute must watch
The film itself is nothing exceptional yet offers a view on how things went in 2016.
Asides from any political view, the main pro for this movie is to show how micro targeting through your phone and especially social media can influence any election (hint: agent orange may have used it too).
If you needed one more reason to "leave" facebook and others of the same, just watch this program.