I was a fan of the original GG. It wasn’t great, it had plenty of flaws, but it managed to have a cast of talented actors and an enjoyable story focused on spoiled rich high schoolers. I wanted to give this one a try out of nostalgia and.... ooooh brother, I should have just rewatched the original.
The first episode starts with a large cast of characters, parents, teachers, etc. all having their drama in the most nonsensical plot I’ve ever seen.
In the original, Dan being GG was creepy and weird but he was a loser character in high school so it made sense. In this... the freaking :asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol:teachers:asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol: are GG. Lmao yes, the teachers. They have a talk about how the students used to behave and respect the teachers because they wanted to go to college and GG kept them in line... now they can just be influencers so they don’t care about school... so the teachers start being gossip girl.
I just... did the writers even watch the original? If “kept them in line” means “they were never rude to the teachers” then sure, but that’s cause they were too busy getting pregnant, running off to opium dens, getting high, ruining each other’s lives, committing fraud, blackmailing everybody, getting statutory raped, all under the age of 18.... like... yes clearly GG is what kept them “in line”.
The fact that the teachers - actual adults who claim to care about helping these children and have dreams of changing lives - could read the old GG posts about all the drama and bs I just mentioned, and then - actual adults who claim to care about helping these children and have dreams of changing lives - decide that creating a new gossip girl to harass :asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol:children:asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol: is appropriate is just mind blowingly insane.
So clearly the writing is lacking in this reboot. Teachers acting like children, people getting mad irrationally or inferring things that weren’t at all obvious from the performance, it’s bizarre.
The acting is also a little dull. It feels like the characters are trying to act, they just aren’t all very good at it. A lot of performances just feel off.
There’s a knock-off Dan Humphrey, a knock off Chuck, a knock off of Jenny/Serena/Blair. Overall, the first episode just felt like a cheap attempt to reproduce the magic of something that had barely managed to capture any magic itself. I’ll update this if episode 2 changes my opinion, but for now this is worth skipping.
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Exceptional
Memorable
Entertaining
Corny
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Unpleasant
A Disastrous Falsification of History
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ (1/10)
"Golda," the 2023 film that claims to depict the life of Golda Meir, is a disgraceful work of historical fiction that misrepresents crucial events and characters from the real history. This cinematic debacle not only fails to capture the essence of Golda Meir but also presents a skewed, factually inaccurate narrative that does a great disservice to her legacy and the historical events it purports to depict.
The film portrays Golda Meir, a renowned Israeli politician and the country's first female Prime Minister, in a completely unrecognizable manner. Instead of showcasing her strong leadership and the complexities of her political career, "Golda" opts for a shallow caricature that resembles a character from a poorly scripted soap opera. The script seems to be written by someone with little understanding of the historical context or the complexities of Israeli politics.
Moreover, the film manipulates historical facts to fit its sensationalized narrative. It takes creative liberties with key moments in Israeli history, presenting them in a sensationalized, inaccurate manner that distorts the truth. Critical events like the Yom Kippur War and the Munich Massacre are reduced to mere sensationalist spectacles rather than being portrayed in a meaningful, truthful way.
The performances by the cast are equally unimpressive, as they struggle to breathe life into their poorly developed characters. The dialogue is often cringe-worthy, filled with clichés and melodrama that are a far cry from the eloquence and gravitas of the real Golda Meir and her contemporaries.
In summary, "Golda" is an appalling work of historical fiction that disrespects the memory of a significant political figure and the history of a nation. It sacrifices accuracy and nuance for sensationalism and shallow storytelling, leaving audiences with a distorted view of history. This film should be avoided by anyone seeking an authentic portrayal of Golda Meir and the events that shaped Israel's history.
listen i've seen a lot of awful tv shows in my life but nothing (and i mean NOTHING) compares to the idol, this show is so horrible it really takes the cake and i'm actually impressed with everyone who accepted getting involved in this project and went through with it despite being shit (and im sure everyone knows it's shit, unless they have no critical thinking and/or are getting paid a lot of money), for real they have GUTS, i would never accept getting dragged into this mess (except for watching it just for the sake of criticizing)
nothing about this show is appealing at all: poor plot, terrible acting, dialogues that make no sense, empty unralatable characters without any charisma whatsoever, cringe sex scenes that add nothing to the plot itself and steal half of screentime, leaving the other half to be filled with lily-rose depp smoking half naked or crying, i'm 4 episodes in out of 5!! (it's so bad hbo cut one whole episode off omfg) and i have yet to see a character or plot development, or even the point of this show at all lmao i mean if they're trying to show how hollywood is fucked up or something they're not doing a good job at all, in fact, the only thing they DID do good was making me disgusted and astonished at how they managed to get every single thing so wrong from the start
i feel like if this exact plot was written by a woman or someone who is not a disgusting freak like sam levinson, the show could actually be good, cause the potential and intentions were there, too bad they didn't do the right approach and it became a 13 year old virgin girl wattpad fanfic (dare i say most of those fanfics are better anyway), i don't think anyone has ever done something so rotten and unappealing before in the history of american television
i could've stopped watching after episode 1, that's true, but it's like im stuck seeing a horrible car crash happen right in front of my eyes and i can't look away, even if i'm watching it in 2x speed and not thinking too much about what im seeing for the sake of my braincells (or the last 2 baincells i have left after watching this shit) i can't imagine anyone unironically watching this and actually enjoying it and wandering what would happen next etc
cause even if im hate-watching ironically, i still feel like the idol is a SNL skit in a parallel universe where laughter and cognitive ability do not exist
