I really wanted to punch Kevin in the face when he was so smug about Zoe's interactions with Tess and Annie. Being an aunt is not the same thing as being a mother. Some people just do not want to have children and that's perfectly fine.
I didn't see anything about Kev and V's revenge on Svetlana. Did I miss something?
One of the best shows out there,so underrated
Emerald City isn't a slavish update to the Wizard of Oz as some viewers might've expected. This series is something different; it takes the essential magic of Oz as we know it and gives it a darker, less saccharine ethos.
This show is a timely observation about the culture conflicts we are living in today, while cleverly using the well-known and many lesser-known characters from L. Frank Baum's Oz series of stories. This Oz is the setting where most of the characters we knew and loved are very different and are less easy to figure out.
Emerald City moves at a set pace as various places and people are introduced. This will prove to be hard for audiences who're more accustomed to a fast-pace or lots of action in a short time. Audiences expecting a CGI extravaganza will be left unfulfilled. There is just enough CGI to establish that this is a place very different from our world. The palette here is much more subdued, in keeping with the moody settings as the story moves along. This is an instance where "less is more."
This series brings many Oz characters together who never interacted in the original stories.
If nothing else, Emerald City isn't the Wizard of Oz. This is a place where Dorothy has to be tougher, smarter and far less trusting of people around her. She has to make her own way without very much help from anyone. This Dorothy isn't necessarily motivated by just wanting to get home as she comes to know Oz.
Hollywoods latest it boy/rat boy Glen Powell really gets to shine and show his chops in this one. I went in completely blind and it was not the movie I was expecting which is a good thing.
Decent. But nothing more. There were some very funny moments - and the two leads Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein are more than fine. But at the end of the day it was a movie that just wanted to be 'Dazed & Confused', 'Superbad', 'Edge of seventeen' and 'American Graffiti' too much. And didn't really succeed in any aspect of those movies.
Some audiences will no doubt relate to the characters - realising they should have partied more etc. But there are way too many slightly cringeworthy moments that spoil any depth.
the gay dads finally being on the email chain broke me. i laughed so hard. great setup
What a mess.Two things i know for sure:
1)I respect woman as hell.
2) I hate propaganda..
3/10 don't understand good reviews i wanted so badly to like it but i couldn't not even for a moment..
This continues the list of inane movies that are much too prevalent now
People shocked that Randall is an asshole haven't been paying attention. Randall has always been about what Randall wants.
Yea, it was okay. But one of the best films of the year? Personally, I don't think so. Of course, high schoolers and graduates might disagree with me, as I'm not exactly at the age to be part of the film's target audience.
This has had a very troubled production (starting back in 2014) with it being cancelled after being given a full series order, before production even began due to creative differences.
A year later it was back on the cards but with a new showrunner so NBC are obviously pinning some hope to it.
I am very interested to see what Tarsem Singh delivers now that he has come onboard as the director of the entire first season. Singh is visually masterful so I have no doubt that the look will live up to the "alternate telling, a dark, edgy version of The Wizard of Oz" that was original pitched to NBC, its just left to be seen how the writing stacks up against it.
Fingers crossed.
It's too early to tell whether this series will survive, but it has potential. It has a good cast, and the characters and their world have mysteries to reveal. It has so little to do with The Wizard of Oz it would have been better if it could shrug off the ill fitting mantle. It may have been the pitch that sold it to the network, but I think it just holds it back. So far I give it an 8 (potentially great) out of 10, but we will have to wait and see if it falters under the weight of it's unnecessary trappings.
why isnt Season 18 and the remainder of Season 17 on here to Trakt
I may simply be too old for this movie. I might have enjoyed it more 30-40 yrs ago. This mostly left me kind of bored. I only laughed at a couple of moments and the rest I just couldn't care about.
I do like Kaitlyn Dever and think her career is one to keep an eye on.
