FinFan

First things first: I never read the book. There is no specific reason, I just didn't. From what I gather the story very much deviates from the book so much that even Bradbury itself didn't liked it. In any event, this show can't be judged by it's looks, it's OK but even for 1980 it looks cheap. And, of course, you can't take the science seriously now but you should be aware that this was written from 1946 onward and published in 1950 and at that time, well, they just didn't know better. To change it in the show would not have been right, anyhow it was cheaper to produce that way.
About the show itself: the first part is actually not bad. The second was too religous for my liking and the third had that stupid part with the blonde. But it also has the meeting between Wilder and the Martian which was really well written with good dialogue. Alltogether the massage is a good one, it is a very critical story about colonisation and the destruction of other cultures. Many things are true even today and I am always amazed how visionary writers like Bradbury have been. So, it's probably better to read the book than watch this series. But if you do, don't judge the book by it's TV adaptation I'd say.

The movie itself is beyond doubt. It is one of the great Hollywood epics with a line up of stars that almost feels unreal.
One thing was disturbing my viewing experience. This is one of the very few movies made in Cinerama which means it was filmed with three cameras simultaneously. And those three strips are then put together. It's made for a curved screen - imagine that in 1962 !! From what I gather the result in cinemas was breathtaking. I rermember watching it on TV way back and that must have been a "normal" version. Now I watched the BluRay which has a great picture in general but those three camera shots are now side by side again and on a flat screen this has serious downsides:
Perspectives aren't right. If you have, say, a horse running across the screen it's performing a curve.
Actors standing on the sides don't seem to look at each other when talking.
In one scene Henry Fonda's shooting at a buffalo. His rifle is pointing slight to the right and when he shoots the animal to his left is hit.
In general you are always aware when the three cameras are used and it can be very confusing. It took me a while to get used to it.

I always say "don't trust reviews or scores - watch it and form your own opinion." Well, I did and here it is.
As a huge Eastwood fan I pretty much watch all his stuff. Why call it The 15:17 to Paris? You are seldom on the train with the story. Maybe ten minutes or so. They enter the train about 67 minutes into the movie. For that short of a movie Eastwood is spending a lot of time with prologue. Since the whole thing only lasted a couple of minutes they needed to fill it with something. But the writers did a lousy job doing that. It's listless and uninspired like something done in a hurry in between things. The actors are not the problem, they actually did quite all right for first timers.
I've sleepwalked through the movie, barely paying attention. Maybe not every story is a good movie, I don't know. I don't want to downplay what they did, they showed a lot of heart and bravery in risking their lives for others without hesitation. Which makes this more tragic, they deserve better than this. A documentary might have been the better way to go.

No, I won't be back for another season althought it clearly would have a different plot.

This started really interesting, I real like the style and there is Billy Bobs great performance. But that's about it. The rest of the cast was not great, just OK. I expected a lot more from William Hurt but his character is rather one dimensional to beginn with.
The plot becomes so overcooked from one episode to another that it looses all taste. It's not a conspiracy thriller about a defense company doing illagel things and trying to cover them up. Not David vs Goliath. That`s only in the beginning but it fades into the background more and more. And everytime you think it moves forward and they discover or get their hand on a piece of evidence they find reason to dimiss it or someone gets killed. And that not only gets tiresome it becomes unbelievable and you wonder how they get to that verdict in the end.
Instead it becomes more of a drama about people having personal vandettas where you only can imagine the reasons why. And, of course, there is sex and people screwing with other people. There are no likable characters, not much of character developement, nothing to invest emotionally. You don't get to know the victims very much, everything seems to be just floating on the surface. Could have been really good as a two hour movie concentrating on the conspiracy. And since this a finished storyline anyway why do a second season ?

Maybe I should just stop watching current/running shows because this is another one I droped like a hot potato. It did not impress me one iota. Good idea, bad excecution - more teenage drama then FBI show. The chioce of music only underlines that.
I hate flashback in episodes so having a whole show like that really throws me off.
You have an unlikeable lead and why is her neckline always that inch lower then anyone elses ? Half the trainees seem to be planted and of course everyone has a secret, personal or else, no one knows off. It's just to much. You need to throw in normal people to make the rest believable.
I fear this is going to be her running around, investigating (?), all the time explaining to everyone "I didn't do it" and screaming "I'm innocent". Of course no one believes her until in the final episode all pieces fall conviently into place and she is redeemed. In the meantime the writers throw in some "clues" that are none.
Other reasons I dropped out: the only one I might have like killed himself in Ep. 1 and they are already givens hints that make me just groan like "Who are you chasing, the trainee you fell in love with or the terrorist that rejected you?"
I will save a rating because it would not be fair after only two episodes.

The term "classic" usually implies something special, oftentimes controversial, that not everyone can relate to. That is certainly true with The Graduate.
While the music is legendary and Hoffmans performance beyond doubt the story is rather weak. Of course, I must add, that from a different era this might look different, too. But I have my doubts I would have liked this 50 years ago - had I lived then. And the classic label is attached much later anyway.
At the bottom it is the story of a rich kid that doesn't know what do to with his live, or is afraid of the future as he puts it, that out of boredom and possible infatuation begins a romance with an older women. Then, out of the blue, falls in love with her daughter who, after finding out he hit on her mother, resents him. Of course the mother doesn't want him either at that point so he decides to stalk on the daughter who is supposed to marry someone else but isn't sure whom she wants. At the end Hoffmans character apears at the wedding and steels the bride and they both ran away from everything. That's an oversimplified summary of the plot that is woven around what was then called "generational conflicts". But to be honest why should you have any sympathy for the guy ?
As I said at the beginning this isn't a movie for everyone - it certainly wasn't for me.

This show lives from the promise of the origin stories of the known, established characters. That is a blessing and a curse. I loved the parts with Oswald/Penguin (RL Taylor is amazing), Ed/Riddler (also greatly portrayed by CM Smith) or the insights you get into the reasons why Bruce became Batman but everything else I found more or less boring. Gordons storyline, while interesting in the first season, becomes a circling roller coaster. Cat and Ivy are an afterthought as far as I watched the show althought the relationship between Cat and Bruce has something. Every now and then a name or character you know pops up in the story and it sometimes felt a bit to constructed. And I think this show could have profited from shorter seasons so that all those plots don't have to be stretched out paperthin. And the all-encompassing problem of prequels - you know that certain characters don't die so no point in threatening them in the story.
I hated Fish Mooney, the whole Mafia thing and I didn't like guys like Galavan or Hugo Strange. In the second season basically every episode became a question of wether to continue or not with this show and at 2x15 I gave up. Those little parts that I liked became less and the rest bored me more and more. And had this been a generic show and not set in Gotham I probably would not have made it through the first season.
I have to give credit thought to the cast and production. The scenery is great, it looks the part, most of the actors are great some even amazing (look above). So, it isn't an awful show but ultimately not one for me.

After the action filled episodes this takes a step back and slows things down. But I must agree I am not that much in favor with this episode.
First the writing seems rather convenient. They need to replenish the spores so they just terraform a moon in a nearby system. The depiction of the way the Klingons fight the war sound eerily like terrorist methods. The plan to go to Qo'noS and the explanation of how only military targets will be selected - this all has war on terror written all over it and not in a favorable way. Instead of raising questions if it is moral to do so here it seems like justification. Putting the Emperor in command as Giourgou with the lame explanation she's just recently been rescued makes no sense but maybe it was part of an agreement that wasn't shown to us. The whole Tyler-Burnham arch I was never in favor and now it becomes a millstone that has to be dragged along because I don't think with the conversation between those two it is done with.
Let's see what the season finale will bring but I think we are due to another 180 degree spin.

I am facing a bit of a dilemma with my assessment of this show.

The production quality is through the roof, the costumes, the sets, the detail is phantastic. It´s beautiful at times even artful. The cast ist brilliant, first and foremost Eva Green of who I am a big admirer. She´s the reason I started to watch this and boy, she is amazing. Plus, I like the style and look of the period. Still, after every episode I wondered why to continue and after the second season I ran out of reason to be honest. I just didn´t want to continue just to watch Eva and the plot did't interest me that much. Simply not my genre. And as mentioned many times before it is slow in it's developement. Also I think there are too many characters vying for attention and in a way they all take away from each other or distract from what I considered the main arc. The Frankenstein plot could have been a show on its own, opposed to that Dorian Grey was rather uninteresting. Then you have werewolfs, vampires, witches, the Devil - it all seems a bit too much. Like they wanted to see how much they could throw together at the same time. Now, I never read the classics and I admit I might be missing the point of the story completely but I strugled to find meaning or sense in the story. If this would have been a, say, 50+ episode show I might have even been out after the first season.

So please bear in mind that my rating of the show is very subjective and please don't let it discourage you to watch it.

The conclusion to the cliffhanger could not have been a surprise as a lot of us were already suspecting the parallel universe theory. And at least it explains certain things people were negative about. Now there are different things to be negative about and guess what - it´s OK. Everybody is entitled to his own opinion. Sure this is different and yes it is not TNG or DS9 or even VOY like. So what ? You don´t like it ? Fine - don´t watch.
I like where this is going and I am saying this as a decade long fan of Star Trek. Of course now they have to be aware with their writing a bit more because there are already established facts in place of the Mirror Universe. One thing I don´t like was how easy Burnham fell into her role and the guilt stricken face after killing that guy did not convince me. Oh, yes one thing I definately don´t like is all the sex. It does nothing for the story and seems to be just there to be there. But I for one am looking forward to what will developing out of this more than I was before the break.
Remember Star Trek has always been about tolerance.

I read a lot of comments calling this show boring and slow. I guess, after Daredevil, everyone kinda expected this to be Frank Castle aka The Punisher guns blazing killing bad guys left, right and center. If you can get past the fact that it isn´t like that you will discover a great show more along the lines of a conspiracy thriller that, yes, is at times rather slow. Maybe it could have been done in ten episodes. But that slow parts also make the action more intense when it happens. And it helps in building up the characters for a finale that makes up for what might have been lacking before. I am actually a little bit surprised they made this show because the violence and brutality is above normal shows. And that´s not criticism on my part. On the contrary, it supports what kind of character Frank Castle is. He´s no superhero, just a bad a*, pi*ed off human being who does not the moral but the logical thing. Althought he has a moral code. And Bernthal sells this to the T. You can´t imagine anyone else in that role after you watched him. He brings an intensity to the character that, for me, was on par with Charlie Cox and D`Onofrio in Daredevil.
A slight dissapointment for me was Amber Rose Revah as Madani - she always felt out of place, acted stupid and I could never imagine her having been in Afghanistan. While the character traits are not her fault Revahs acting was also sub standard compared to the rest.

After Daredevil this is my second favorite Marvel show all the others I really don´t care about much. I hope for a fast renewal and am eager to see what will come.

(I only rate the show not how it compares to the comics - I have only read a handful if any so I have no grounds to compare)

I wouldn´t say this is better than the first season. That would have been a tough thing to achieve. But it sure isn´t a let down. It´s a different plot but still, in my book, by far the best of the Marvel shows by a wide margin. The main characters are so well written and the performances, again, superb. Daredevil is such a deep and rich character and I hope they can do the same with The Punisher in his own show bacause I love what I´ve seen so far from him. It´s always the characters with a dark spot that are the most interesting.
I don´t know where to put Elektra. I´ve hoped for here to come back to screen but so far not sure what to make of her. Is she like that in the comics ? A spoiled, rich little b**** ?
The romance between Matt and Karen never worked for me. It´s that kind of thing you saw coming from day one yet hoping it wouldn´t surface. When it does you know it wouldn´t, couldn´t, work.
With Bernthal as The Punisher they added another strong actor to an already great cast. He really sells Frank Castle. Also, we see D'Onofrio again who ownes every second he´s on screen.
In this show there are very long scenes at times but they never feel long or boring because those actors fill every second of them with life. Even if you just focus on someones face for seconds without any dialogue there is so much going on on their faces. That´s what you get when you have a great cast.

Kudos to Marvel/Netflix for, again, making me watch a show I didn´t particulary enjoy to the end by tying it all loosely together and calling it a Universe. It´s the fear to miss something and not the quality of the show.
The whole setup doesn´t work for me. All that black gangsta hip hop style isn´t hitting home. The villian makes the hero and that Cottonmouth is just a smalltime wannabe. I mean, he just doesn´t have it. All those gangster types are so cliched that it hurts. And at the bottom of the story is a bad guy with daddy issues. That´s thin
Luke Cage, while he seemed to be interesting as a secondary in Jessica Jones he doesn´t carry a show. He just don´t, he´s boring after a short while. That indestructible thing kills all the drama. A character like Daredevil f.e. he can be hit, he bleeds, he can die - with Cage you know he enters a scene, get´s shot over and over then hits some guys and that´s it. When there finaly was the means of him getting hurt it became slightly better but there I lost interest already. And I am sure (up to now I haven´t finished the season) they will find a way to make him invincible again. What´s the point? Even Superman has his Kryptonite.

Just finished season two and I am still not feeling it. And right now I am asking myself why I should continue ? Because of the show itself or the MCU tie-ins. Upon further inspection both arguments don´t seem to be compelling right now.

It is not an awful show but it isn´t exceptional either. I wish they would get rid of Hydra once and for all. Like Rayna said - it is so 1945. And all this back and forth twisting makes me wonder if this will be another show where they are writing themselves into a dead end street and then do a ridiculous twist out of that. Production is good thought.

And as far as the MCU tie ins are concerned, how, if anything, does this fit together? Because it seems the show is doing its thing for 98 % of the time and everytime a new movie is about to premiere they are writing in some lines to remind people that, yes, we are in the same universe. You really don´t lose out if you only watch the movies. And if you´d ask me it would be a better fit within the X-men anyway.

I´ll give this season another six while in reality I think of it more of a higher five.

First things first - I didn´t knew anything this is based on. Never read it so my assessment is of purely how I recieved the show.

After watching Daredevil this is a major drop. I know you can´t compare it directly and that Marvel isn´t always about the big gun superhero. Nevertheless this was a huge dissapointment. Started interesting - the idea of a former superhero that just tries to make a decent living is intriguing. And the beginning, the style of a detective show with the music, was good. I would have liked seeing more of this. Unfortunately it became a one way street and the plot didn´t hold enough water for 13 episodes, it lost it´s appeal fast. What are her powers ? She´s strong but not overly so it seems. She doesn´t come across as super and the portrayal of her strength never felt convincing. We learn in flashbacks of her past but again it´s too little to really keep up interest.
That cat and mouse game between Jones and Kilgrave wears out fast, it´s repetitive. I think he is one of the worst villains ever. Nothing more then a psychopatic super stalker a bit like Jack from the Profiler show but Jack had style while Kilgrave is just an a***. A one trick pony that lets others do his bidding. He really can do nothing by himself and everytime something goes not according to his plans he tucks his tail and runs. That´s pathetic. And that over accentuated british accent is annoying like hell. And even if it was satisfying to see Jessica snap his neck it ain´t the kind of finale you are looking for at the end of a season
I didn´t care for any of the characters, primary or secondary. That´s another thing, the secondary lineup is weak. That brain dead cop Simpson, the nutjob Robyn, the junkie Malcolm, the bitchy Hogarth - no thanks.
I was already bored by the fifth episode, by the tenth I gave up, and I only let the rest play along after reading about the conclusion because I feared I might miss something of the bigger picture in the Netfilix/Marvel universe. And the proplem I have now is that I might be forced to watch another season for the same reason. So far the Netflix shows are 1:1 in my book.

I don´t know why I keep watching anything King. Never read any of his books but it is always the same story. Like painting the same picture all over again in different colors. Good against evil, end of things, throw in some monsters and demons and put a kid in it. He must have had a weird childhood. And I´m sure a psychologist would have a field day in explaining why King puts a huge dark tower at the center of the universe.
My wife is a huge King fan so I know the complexity in his storys and I know not to expect anything grand out of a 95 min movie that is based on thousands of pages of paper. But even if this would have been an original script it is very thin. There is no depth in either the characters or the plot. Little to no background info, just the usual there-is-evil-that-wants-to-take-over-the-world. The characters are all cliché and aside from the slight ray of light that is Idris Elba you can pretty much forget the rest. Taylor´s acting is weak, he´s just not selling it. McConaughey is trying so hard to be cool that it´s totally uncool. For the casual viewer there isn´t much in it and the King fans say it´s a bad adaptation. So, why bother ?

I just recently finished season one. I´ll have to admit had I watched it at the original airdate I probably wouldn´t have made it past episode five. But since so many people said it would become better I continued.

It looks cool, the action is good but althought beeing part of the MCU it felt more like watching Fringe or X-files most episodes. It is missing the real superheroes. Maybe it was never supposed to have them but after watching the movies it feels like that.

From the main characters only Coulson is really great. His story, the mystery surrounding him, is what drives this show so far. I also liked Mae but the rest are weak. Skye is an arrogant I-know-it-better-typ and that kind of wunderkind has been overdone. Ward is the stereotype muscle. I disliked him even before he turned out to be a traitor. And that romantic arc between Skye and Ward was on the wall from episode one And don´t get me started about Fitz/Simmons because they feel more like something from a Disney kids show.

The scripts became better towards the end, more cohesive, but I also must say the villain(s) left a lot to be desired. It´s always the take-over-the-world type with little depth.

That is my assessment after the first season. I haven´t yet watched the rest so please don´t spoil. Maybe some of the things I mentioned will change later on.

In itself this is a great movie. Fun and entertaining. Compared to the first I think it is slightly inferior.

The continuation of the story is good and I guess it was the only way to go making his father the bad guy. Where would have been the challenge if Peter had become godlike. Althought the Guardians have to defeat a god to save the galaxy the stakes in the first part felt higher and I found Ronan to be the better villian and the final battle against him was cooler.
At times they went overboard with the CGI, it looks stunning but it feels it is sometimes there just to show what is possible and not to help the plot. Which is something I think a lot of Marvel (and other movies) are guilty of.
But all this is complaining on a high level. As mentioned this movie, too, is a fun ride from start to finish. I like how they bring Yondu and Nebula around. That is great character developement. And that ending really got to me which is a first in a Marvel movie for me. The humor is great, that Hasselhoff story is hilarious.
I rated the first a 9 so I am giving this an 8 only to show I liked the first one more. But it is actually more a 8,75.

The common problem with sequels is they seldom reach up to the original. That same is true here. While as a character building piece for Stark/Iron Man this has some merit there are several things I disliked.

If Vanko was supposed to be a tough oppenent that is the first failure right there because both times they are face to face he didn´t impress and was beaten fast. And in general the character was clichéd from top to bottom.
The Hammer guy is just a wannabe moron. Sam Rockwell does it´s best but he´s just a laughable figure that cleary can do nothing by himself. One wonders how he got where he is.
The action in this was over the top starting at the race with all those cars flying through the air and the plethora of drones that in the end don´t do much. I think in wanting to top the first movie they went overboard.
A logical issue I have - Has someone an explanation why Rhodey can get into a suit and instantly control it?

There is on thing that is saving this movie from being a 6 and that is the introduction of Black Widow

I was a bit surprised to see that there aren´t any comments for this show positive or negative.

If you can overlook the total disregard for realism in key parts to serve the dramatization you can say it´s entertaining. But that disregard, for me, took the seriousness out of the show. And quite honestly I wanted to quit after the first season but went on only because it was a short running show.
So, what about the realism ? Well, just some of the problems with the show:

- Right at the beginning they parachute into enemy territory in broad daylight. Right there was the first moment I chuckled. In general, going in and out of the occupied territories in Europe seems to be as easy as buying a ticket and going there.
- Realtime radio communication from all over Europe to Canada with a suitcase radio and a short cable as an antenna that at best came a few meters high. That is realism sacrified for dramatization.
- There is also no reality in relation to time and space. Remember this is 1942. You don´t travel from France to Canada in a day, yet this happened repeatedly that they send characters on that journey.
- One specific thing that almost made me laugh was at the beginning of season two. They stopped a Tiger tank with an outside explosion (c4?) that in real life would barely scratch the paint. That armor couldn´t be cracked by allied tanks until late in the war. Yes, they said they wanted to explode under the tank but they didn´t. And that aside, the characters should have been done right there. You approach a Tiger tank on the open field with small arms and you´re done.

Some other things:
- Some of the uniforms looked cheap. I don´t know why but the looked like Helloween costumes. Althought I just noticed it at the beginning.
- Season 1 had no suspense because it was clear from the first episode what would happend in the last and what the cliffhanger would be. Way to predictable.
- Why have there always be those kind of back and forth romances ?
- There were huge story gaps at times and some of the things that did happen where downright unbelievable and the behavior of the characters at times stupid.
- I guess the fact that the germans stopped speaking German was a concession to the english (speaking) audience. I actually liked that because it added realism that they speak their language when amongst themselves.
- Bringing the Fabers in never really worked out. It was too much back and forth as thought the writers never seemed to know what to do with them and the end felt a bit forced.
I know it is a lot of criticism and in TV you have to sacrifies something to make a show, any show, work. But there are certain levels you have to acchieve if you are making a show that is based in reality. Alltogether the show never created the urge to want to watch the next episode. There where good moments when the show dealt with harsh things that happened during those years in history. But as mentioned above there are to many negatives in the setup for me.

Interesting how there seem to be more negative reviews here than in the ones before whereas I think this was the best one of the series. Or maybe I´m just getting used to it.

Anyway, I´ve critizised the Abramsverse a lot but this one was a small step in the right direction. I would attribute this largely to the fact that Abrams isn´t involved directly in this movie. Yes, it is still more like blockbuster cinema but there is improvement. We finally get rid of that annoying lensflare and this is something new not just a twisted old story (althought the crash of the saucer on the planet.....nah, it´s allright.) .
Gone is the sometimes silly behavior and unnessessary stupid humor. There is one part of the movie I didn´t like and that was the part where to music kills the bees that is the kind of > let us do something cool < factor I didn´t like in the first two movies but the rest was really solid. Still not comparable with the old, and it never will be, but for now enough to convince me to give the next one a try.
As I mentioned before - even if those new trek franchise would do nothing for me it generated interest and, more important, revenue that led to another tv show. Here´s hoping that it will do well.

I´m a decade long Star Trek fan and I promised myself never to watch this. I kept that promise for eight years and then someone got me the BluRays as a gift. So I break my promise.
I can understand why so many old Star Trek fans hate this and why a lot of people who never saw Trek love it. It has all the incredients of a modern blockbuster and if you have no previous knowledge of the Trek mythology you´ll be fine. But here is the thing - they could have done all of this without alienating the loyal Trek fan and, in my opinion, would have come up with a better movie.
Now I understand a Star Trek movie has to apeal to a broader audience. I even understand, althought not liking it, the reasons behind the alternate timeline plot. Continuity is a b***h. I must say after seeing the movie I even can see some appeal in the new timeline. What I don´t understand, and don´t like is the way the characters are treated. There are some scenes in the movie that I´m sure Trek fans wanted to see for a long time f.e. Kirk cheating the Kobayashi Maru. This should have been a gift to the fanbase. What did they do ? They make a mockery out of it. We see Kirk eating and apple and behaving like a pre-schooler. Alltogether there is too much of the stupid sort of humor going on. And of course today every movie needs a romance so we take the most logical choice - Spock. Of all characters. Brilliant idea.
The science in the movie is crap. Star Trek allways prided itself on getting the science right. It really isn´t nessessary to put that much stupid stuff in any movie.
As for the technical part: I will only say lens flare. That was the most nerving thing in the whole movie. This has nothing to do with making it look more real. The CGI thought looked really good. The design is inconsistent. You have that modern looking bridge with all those screens and stuff and an engine room with boilers, tubing and water cooling (?!).
I could write probably another 1000 words or so but I guess I made my point. I know it´s the Trek fan speaking inside but I really could have liked this movie a lot more. Come to think of it, the whole movie reminds me a lot of fan-made Trek movies and episodes I´ve seen. It´s the vision of what a certain Star Trek fan thinks it should be. Unfortunately the fan who made this was 12 years old.
Since I now own the set I will go on and watch the sequels hoping to see improvement. Please note this is only my personal opionion. Star Trek was always about tolerance - if you liked the movie that´s fine with me. I know a lot of people did which lead to more and ultimately even a new TV series. And that alone might be worth it.

There are a lot of reasons I personally like this movie (in no particular order).
I like seeing well known actors in movies that are not well known. Mark does a really good job althought it is pretty obvious he did not do the singing. And, yes, I have a thing for Jen.
I did play in cover bands on and off for 20 years and I know a lot of things from personal experience. Not the beeing-a-star-part but the egos of musicians. I always chuckle when Chris tells the guitarist he doesn´t play it right. That is straight out of life.
I have been, and still are, a metalhead by heart myself and back then I would have killed for that hair ;-) The soundtrack is really good and creates a fitting atmosphere.
But I really think it is a good movie. I like how the story kind of goes in a circle. Everytime the singer is thrown out there already is someone wanting the part. You don´t see that you´re replaceable until it is you that is replaced. I think this still is an important massage, even more so today with all this casting shows still going on.
The movie shows the rock star life in a bit of a exaggerated way. Puts it a bit over the top to make a point. But those things did happen with some bands. I don´t mind the love story and I don´t think it takes to much time. It is essential in bringing Chris back because it grounds him in real life. And I personally enjoyed the end when he finally does his thing. I know it´s cool when someone comes to you and says he liked your cover. But nothing beats someone telling you they like your own song.