A very unique, peculiar show. I enjoyed its sassiness; the cast is great, however, by the second season, it became a bit... well, boring might be a strong word here, but I found myself not wanting to binge the episodes as I usually do with other series. Overall, I like the concept, but I think two seasons might be enough here, the ending doesn't call for more either.
So every male character is weak, stupid or irresponsible and 90% of the black characters are gay? Oh yeah this is a great show. Fuck off with this shit!!!
Giuliani was great during the 70s/80s/90s. Did a lot of great things but now he is exactly what he said he would not be in this episode. A wise guy for the biggest mob boss in American history...Trump. What a fucking tool. Talking about the reasons why he went after the mob only to end up doing the exact things he said he was fighting against. What a hypocrite...
Barely a professional production. Horrid script and terrible "action" scenes. Skip it and watch an Italian Lou Ferrigno movie from the 80s instead.
Just sat through two episodes and not impressed, struggling to hear the actors speak, just seem to mumble!
I was never excited for this show, I am not a monster-verse fan, I think most of their movies are mediocre.
But when I heard this is a tv show I was kinda intrigued, they had more room to try something new. This show has incredible potential considering the premise. It was a massive let down for me, and its pretty hard to disappoint someone who wasn't even excited for it in the first place.
Characters are shallow, the acting is cheesy and the main characters are too dramatic, for a monster show this feels more like a reality tv show, with all the unnecessary drama. Plot is way too basic, they had great potential to make this into a mystery show but failed terribly. The comedy is all over the place and flat-out cringe.
I don't feel like putting in much effort to write a more expanded review so I'm just gonna leave it here.
I gave up at episode 6, it started out really well with an intriguing premise, but as others have said many times, it is incredibly slow and just not that interesting.
Biggest pile of poo violence, nonsense, and a total and utter lack of a script. Perfect for the brain-dead and the spotify generation. The trailer has the full plot. The movie is just an extremely stretched, violent music video.
Enjoying it so far, started reading the books so I can see the differences.
The actors seem competent and the show seems well scripted, but I'm guessing that if you're over 50 there won't be much here to attract you. The hype was that this was like a throwback to detective shows of the 70s. If you think that, you never watched detective shows of the 70s.
It's a slow burn but the as the story progresses it reels you in until you can't let go.
I'll have to admit I haven't seen Garfield in much before this but his performance blew me away.
One of the things I liked the most is that in the entirety of the series there is not one single filler shot where it's like a five minute music video without progressing the story at all which is like a plague in almost all other major productions these days.
This just tells the story and what a doozy of a story it is.
Castle Rock strarts off well, setting up multiple intriguing mysteries, but in the end delivers almost no payoff. Not a good start to an anthology series. If you have not watched this, I would skip it. There is one excellent episode (The Queen), but overall it is very frustrating to go through multiple glacially paced episodes that are setting up more and more questions, only to arrive at an end that answers none of them. And it makes the main character seem like a complete douche. I know they were going for an ambiguous ending and it would have been better executed if they had left 1-2 of the bigger mysteries with no clear answer, instead of leaving all the mysteries unresolved (with a couple of vague suggestions). I will not be returning for S2.
Overall, the show is cast incredibly well. It does a good job of giving the feel of drama and intensity. They do take some liberties here and there with the story. Look up the actual story of what happened to John Paul Getty III and you'll understand just how truly awful his grandfather and father were. I understand why they changed some things because they needed to have it fit a TV format. Brendan Fraser gives an excellent performance that stands out.
Well this show is more annoying than suprising xD I'm out.
I'm done with this show. Great acting, great premise, and great setting but it unfolds like an onion too much seeking to ape Dark, yet it gives no underlying cause either in titillation or suggestion so that the characters can emerge properly as having empathy for us or worthy as engaging with emotionally. It amounts to family squabbles with a mystery/time as the threat. Time always eats away at us so this is not all that profound.
Short: You can't have two seasons with some metaphysical asshole in the ground as an antagonist/deus ex machina. I was hoping for some NA metaphysics but all I got me was a cats chasing in and out of a basket.
The character of Elsbeth is fantastic but the legal maneuvering in the Good Wife was much more interesting and well written than this Monk wanna be. Carrie Preston is great but the show needs more sophisticated writers. I wish they would go back to the legal intrigue because the suspension of disbelief that Elsbeth would be the detective is too much. I hope it gets better because this character is wonderful.
Absolutely nothing to do with Two-Tone whatsoever, apart from a couple of soundtrack plays, no mention of Two Tone, Specials, or Ska! The soldier brother is the best character, and the IRA connection is the main interest, while the main character is unrealistic, uninteresting and doesn't grab your attention. The music is bad, the band is frankly ridiculous. The cartoon character of the dodgy club owner is unbelievably bad. Like the equally terrible "This is England", another show written by someone who has no idea of the youth movements and music of the time, but somehow think they do. Probably because they were a wannabe on the periphery and wished they could be one of the "In Crowd" but were rejected... If you were a Mod or Skin, and think it might be worth a watch, forget it!
The best show on TV right now!!!! Season 2 has to be in the works
A good premise let down by awful character development and dialogue. This monster show revolves too much around family drama.
After 2 seasons, i'm fairly enjoying this adaptation, it's not perfect but overall a good tv show.
I wouldn't read the books anyway because i can't stand how Asimov (and few classical sf authors too i guess) writes.
It's been a long time since I've seen a show's pilot this bad. It doesn't do the rest of the series justice and I'm sure a lot of people have given up after watching it.
Annoying characters doing annoying infuriatingly stupid things
Same as the others, how this is rated high is beyond me.
Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat, Rinse repeat...
Crap! Boring. Crap! Boring! Crap.
If it was AT LEAST 1 hour shorter it would've been much better. They streched it too far, it was my first time sleeping at the cinema. seriously, I took a good 20 min nap and missed some parts. And that wasn't just me, my friend did too lol. Overall it's not too bad but it really gets boring watching Jhon Wick fight for that long. I liked the characters and cinematography though. Especially that fire shotgun scene.
Enough happens in the first episode to keep you watching. While the pace in later episodes lulls in parts due to all the character backstories, the story overall is well written and intriguing. Who are the mysterious Council? is outside the silo really a wasteland? Who created the Silo? I'm hooked and only half way through.
The Island stretched to 10 episodes?
This was an excellently done mini series about a disturbing true story. I think the acting was superb and believable - the very poorly designed fake beards in later episodes were embarrassing. Garfield knocks it out of the park in this.
