On the whole, I really enjoyed this series, even if it ultimately turned left where I was expecting it to turn right. Or, in the show’s terms, it interpolated (putting Lilly and Forest within the system) rather than exterpolated (exploring the idea of reality itself being a simulation from the start). The latter is something that was hinted around the edges in dialogue but never explicitly stated or explored. Are we supposed to think that Forest and Lilly are now living in a simulation but that Katie is controlling it from the “real world”, for example? Because I think Katie’s world, the world of episodes 1-7, is a simulation, too.
I’m also left with a few parts that either feel inadequately explained or felt off, like:
Stewart’s role, and what he meant when he asked “Who is Mark Antony?” last episode.
How did Katie get out of Devs, once the electromagnetic tram fell and she was on the inside? We saw a bridge later, but who put it there? I don’t think Stewart would have.
Pete, the homeless guy/Russian spy, was a Chekhov’s Gun the whole series so I wasn’t surprised that he fired in the last episode, but he certainly took me out of the moment. A spy would live homeless on the street for months, dancing in the park to the music of a busker with nobody watching, just because? That’s some dedicated spycraft right there.
This season has gotten worse and worse. What is the main plot exactly? Because it’s episode 6 and it seems like all episodes feel meandering, pointless, and aimless. The writing is disjointed and nothing is really happening.
Episode 6 is comically bad:
No offense meant here, but I don’t watch Yellowstone for a Jimmy spin off. Will he ever become a cowboy? Because the guy has been ranching for 3 seasons now and still looks like the new guy. I get on my phone during his scenes because it’s just scenic background music with Jimmy looking dumb.
Unpopular take: Beth Dutton gets less and less interesting every episode. Basically everything she says and does now is eyeroll inducing and ridiculous. Her ‘badass-ness’ is tiresome and predictable. Just the writers feeling 'what mean girl line can we come up with this time'. It feels redundant. Her lines to Summer Higgins were a new level of cringe-worthy for this series, wishing any type of cancer on anyone is a bridge too far. And I’m really over her and Jaime. Their scenes basically are: Jamie: “You’re going to destroy me” Beth: _“I’m going to destroy you”. This storyline needs to be resolve immediately.
Summer Higgins is the most stereotypical 'annoying animal activist, vegan girl' ever. It’s just lazy writing because this could have been an interesting and nuanced interaction between these characters who are completely different, but instead her character was built upon a foundation of clichés. And I know they were trying to make her requests seem absurd, but all they did was make John Dutton's chef look dumb. Yes, you can be a cowboy’s chef and still know what gluten is. Any cook who uses flour knows what gluten is.
Will ‘Boy’ ever shower, wash his hair? Because every week I'm like ‘he's still in the same clothes?’ And it seems like Beth completely forgot about him.
Every time I think Jamie is going to do something right, he chokes. He is so weak, it's cringe.
Kill off Monica. Let Kayce be a tragic sexy widower. I give Monica two episodes before she hates their new house, too.
Lloyd vs Walker - Had to fast-forward through that fight. I don’t know why they needed to waste so much screen time on it, so unnecessary. Not to mention how it was possible for Walker to fight like he is Mike Tyson after getting stabbed in the left shoulder the previous night.
Quite possibly the most moving anti-suicide message ever displayed across any medium. Maybe the most impressive achievement I've ever seen on TV
For someone who has dug graves before he sure doesn't know how to use a spade...
Otherwise a fine Episode.
Great cast and great writing so far.
Dam that was an uncredited Tom Hanks buried in that make up!!!
A charming retelling of The Princess Bride at this time of Covid 19. Famous actors recreate the entire movie scene by scene, and somehow it works. Although I think it helps that The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies.
This is adorable. A must watch for Princess Bride fans. :thumbsup_tone2::heart:
When I first started watching this I thought yeah it's ok but the more and more episodes I've gone through the better it has got. top stuff.
Greek freakin' tragedy. Well worth the watch. Very well done show.
Yet another masterpiece with Cranston. This show is just amazing.
I have to mention that the writing seems a bit off, and I'm not gonna ignore that Cranston is actually carrying the show. But he's doing it so well though.
###Originality: 9/10
###Progression:8/10
###Agility:8/10
###Characters:9/10
###Acting and directing: 8/10
Bryan Cranston stars as a judge who confronts his deepest beliefs when his son is involved in an attack that confuses an organized crime family. Faced with a series of impossible choices, he discovers how far a father will go to save his son's life.
I was a little late starting this series, but when I saw Cranston in the lead, I knew it had to be good! This does not disappoint! This show actually has shades of Breakin Bad in that Brian is once again in a position to make up stories on the spot, make up the lies, and get himself and the ones he loves into deeper and deeper nightmare scenes. The tension is palpable and heartbreaking and intense, right from the start ... This show hooks in and won't let go. Powerful renditions here of someone's worst nightmare ... Ordinary people try to cope with an unfathomable situation as best they can, but create an ever-worsening cascade of domino-like events, one of which triggers the other, and so on. The son does a fantastic job and the mafia boss's choice is perfection to play out Cranston's portrayal of a loving and honorable father who is suddenly pushed to the limit and as he tries to protect his son, he becomes the polar opposite of everything. he was dear before. Stellar and absolutely compelling storytelling ...
One of very few films that are perfectly casted, with great writing and great music. Don't know how many times I've seen this, but it never gets old. The chemistry between Deniro and Grodin is on the level of Riggs and Murtagh in Lethal Weapon.
I thought it was good. It is more of a commentary than a standup show.
For the first 30 minutes, he is making jokes, but then he goes into the issues and public criticism he has received from the transgender community. It seems like an honest take from his side, trying to explain his views and beliefs. Unfortunately, it seems the transgender community has taken this special as him trying to "have the last word". If you aren't okay with him talking about the subject for over an hour, while dropping some jokes throughout, then this won't be for you. In the end, I feel it does deliver a powerful message, that shows where he is coming from, whether you agree with his stance will likely vary between each person.
Jokes apart the live crowd was pretentious. This show wasn't even funny.
Dave is transphobic. Good, that he admits this by himself. He definitely lacks empathy for trans-people.
This isn't his best work.
This was personal for him and something he felt he had to do.
It isn't, however, high on laughs. As a consequence of needing to clear his chest and speak to criticisms, it feels drawn out. And as somebody who does care either way about much of the subject matter, it felt labored.
It ends on a sad and poignant story. Chapelle's own feelings and the telling of the story came across - to me at least - as a touch contrived and had a vague whiff of insincerity lurking in there.
As a stand up special, this cannot stand next to something like Bill Burr's last 3 or Chris Rock's first 3 and be considered strong. It just isn't in the same ballpark.
Dave has made a resurgent career on speaking wisdom under the guise of stand up. Until now, he was excelling. This one just didn't tie together.
6/10
Overall, funny but offensive in some ways that are important, in others just mean. I also find it frustrating certain things seem to get more public attention than others. But the comments in general about trans people come off as the "crazy racist uncle" trope of yesteryear who Chappelle himself would mock when they'd excuse themselves by parading their one black friend as if it was an excuse.
I won't even attempt to excuse his mean spirited jokes about the trans community. Whilst his friend may have loved them it's still the sort of thing that wounds people enough to drive them to what I hope he doesn't wish on anybody else.
Some jokes didn't land at all for me, the "antisemetic" joke for instance. I don't get what was funny or offensive about it, probably because I just simply don't get what he's referencing, neither did my Jewish husband. Either way it seemed odd and out of place among everything else. It just made no sense to me at all.
All in all, my viewing experience is probably very different to that of someone who is trans. So I can't and don't think anybody other than trans people should be saying whether it's transphobic/offensive or not.
I'm very conflicted about this as I love Chappelle and feel awful about what happened to his friend. But I know that if he were a white man making the same kinds of jokes about a black person I would be upset, too.
Yes Dave is the GOAT, but this was not his best. I would not watch this with an expectations. Only watch this when you are extremely I mean extremely bored. You are not missing out on anything.
Jared just sealed his coffin and proved that he will never be with Michaela now after how he has treated 2 people badly with callings and didn't believe her. Stupid Jared.
Said it before, but it bears repeating: weaponizing old Fringe events is cool as hell. Although, I could've done without seeing the gross-as-shit squids again... (Seriously, that was hands down the worst episode of the series.) Leave it to Fringe to make use of their last opportunity to be weird.
I think I enjoyed S5 a little more this time than I did on my first viewing, but I still think it's the worst season. It ruined Observers, which is my favorite aspect of Fringe. A shame.
Overall, I like this show. But I wish it had less filler episodes, and also did not repeatedly have gross stuff. A lot of things felt like they wanted to get disgusting for the sake of being disgusting, which is not my jam. When the show focuses on the main plot, though, it really excels. It has a good plot... but there's so much that gets in the way of it.
"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever."
This is a predictable and cheesy sports movie... so why did I enjoy it? I guess because it is similar to The Longest Yard, and Keanu Reeves is so likable. I was surprised this was his first movie as a lead after The Matrix, and due to recent events with the Washington Redskins I knew it was a good time to watch this.
This episode is greatly underrated and over criticized. It sets up many plots for seasons to come, May not be nonstop action but its an absolute must watch for the series.
I rarely ever rate anything with 10/10, but this episode would have qualified for the highest praise for at least three different reasons. Fantastic!
Great movie with some great perfomances and very realistic.Reccomend this to everyone 7.7/10
If you don't like this movie, wait for next parts. They will be released in the following order:
Father iOS
Brother Linux
Sister Windows
Grandpa Cobol
Uncle DoS
Nephew Basic
Pet Python
Ruby on Rails
Aunt Symbian
Niece Unraid
Brother Java
After having sex with his wife, you can clearly see the outline of Matt Damon’s underwear under his nightshirt
Pretty sure they didn’t have briefs back then :)
A story about two men and a woman written by two men and a woman in which the feminine gaze prevails, the "truth" is assumed from the beginning, so the other "versions" seem somewhat unnecessary. But there is a perfection in the representation of a medieval society so masculinized that it's difficult to argue, and it has an extraordinary contribution in the very intelligent soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams.
Matt Damon is such a terrible choice for this role, I genuinely laughed several times.
While I think the subject matter is rather dull, this movie could have been done a lot better.
I think the idea is that her perspective is supposed to confirm the true nature of the event, which off course is what it is. Imagine the opposite, the story of a woman who lied about the rape. Just unimaginable today.
Still, even though I had little doubt about it, I still wanted to see her perspective to confirm. And confirmation I got. The need to see and finish her story makes me think the anticipation is what the movie was aiming for.
Apart from that maybe the movie tries to show how complicated these things can be sometimes. Small differences in perception could add up to a different story.
This movie doesn't have a story, it has an incident that runs for 2 hours and 30 mins
the way of showing the perspective of each one of the 3 characters felt repetitive and boring after a while
fight scenes were very bad and poorly choreographed.. close ups and unnecessary camera shakes
The movie is very well made. Everything from the sets to the costumes and the acting is, in typical Ridley Scott matter, flawless.
However the way the story is told is not to my liking. You have about 45-50 mins of content but, due to the multiple perspective way of storytelling, you have to watch it three times. It's a "he said, she said" that in the end isn't proven one way or the other because, let's face it, "God has spoken" and "an honest man can't die" is as stupid as "you can't get pregnant from a rape because if you don't enjoy intercourse you can't get pregnant. That's sience"
And there lies the biggest issue I have - the movie criticizes a whole society for there misogynistic ways but like with the above that was how it was. Women were property just like men could be. Or what do you thing all the folk working for those nobles were ? From our moral point of view this was wrong but pointing a finger back 700 years in time is easy to do.
Well, it's not a political forum here and I think I will attract comments with what I said no matter what.
The actual duel at the end was great, very well filmed, with the instense and brutality you imagine had to be there in a fight for ones honor to the death. But after sitting through more than two hours it wasn't enough to save the movie in my eyes.
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