Started watching Good Girls out of boredom, nothing more than that. However, as I finished episode 1, I continued watching, and after episode 2, I couldn't stop watching, until I binge watched all 10 episodes. And as I have seen them all, I have to admit, I really love this series, and I am really glad to have heard that there will be a second season. It's not truly that original in terms of story, and I don't know how to tell about it without spoiling anything, but it is done in such a way that it keeps you hooked, at least, it did for me.
Before watching, I expected this would be a good cyberpunk, but no...
In reality, Altered Carbon is weak, extremely weak even.
To the point I actually have to say that I would suspect the majority like this series based on the reason why it has an M-rating, which is the nudity.
Sure, it doesn't follow the amazing books of Richard K. Morgan in quite some ways, but far more importantly, it is actually quite boring.
I could give a long explanation, but I know I can expect people to be against me for saying this regardless, so let me just be short about it.
Among the problems are: scenes that feel unfinished, too many filler scenes, sloppy acting, and explanations that feel to be repeating forever throughout episodes.
Also, missing the understanding of the importance appearance, like the impossible way how certain wounds are apparently healing throughout the episodes...
Of course, it has also good parts, like the amazing special effects.
But to me personally, the bad parts outweigh the good parts.
That are my 2 cents about Altered Carbon. Maybe you don't like it either, maybe you do like it. This is just my opinion.
I watched it... Yeah, that's all I truly got to say after watching this movie.
It's one of those movies that has an incredibly good idea behind it, but once executed, it is worthless.
The two major problems about this movie is horrible acting, especially by the younger "actors", and a lacking story-line.
Because of this, the movie feels bland, and at times even boring.
Add to this the fact that during the most boring parts special effects are quite heavily used, and you could probably already guess the result, which is that the special effects become worthless. I was basically focused on the mistakes at the visual aspects, focus that was caused by the movie itself.
It's really too bad, as the idea in itself is great, and it's also great to see an American movie where Russians are not the enemy, but it can't be denied that the experience is not the same as watching a B-movie, let alone an A-movie, that while the budget is technically that of a B-movie... Really too bad.
The last few words speak out all that is needed:
"Far too many people died for no good reason.
There are those who will say that this would never have happened if we would just mind our own business.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Frankly, we live in a dangerous world and we have few good options.
But the worst option is to do nothing.
And finally, we owe it to our children and to their children to engage in the world."
Why do I quote this part?
Well, that's simple.
The whole movie is about 1 thing, xenophobia.
Of course, there is also the part that the whole movie is unrealistic, but let me just skip that.
It's all about the USA is the best, and feels like another movie justifying the USA's warmongering around the world.
Sure, the USA is not the only one, I will give you that, but hey, we are talking about this movie right now.
When we look at those word above, they speak out exactly what I could comment about when it comes to this whole movie.
Yes, things like that would actually never even happen if the USA would mind their own business, it's actually the truth. Sure, what happened in the movie is improbable, especially as the current American president would be the main target of terrorists to begin with... Which kinda also reflects on it being the truth, as the USA is the main enemy of the world(, together with Russia.)
Doing nothing is not the worst option, killing innocents is, kinda what happened all throughout this movie...
As someone who is still a child while writing this, I can say that the only thing that is owed by every government to us, and not just the American government, is peace, not violence and war.
Also, the movie's age-rating is ridiculously high, 15, 16, or even 17 depending on your country, even though this movie is so unrealistic to be even taken serious by anyone younger than that. Apart of that, we actually see worse things these days in simple news broadcasts...
Anyhow, I wouldn't recommend watching this movie regardless, it's just too xenophobic, unrealistic, and propagandist to American warmongering...
Started out this series without good hope of it being something great, and the first episode at first confirmed this by being boring and rather anticlimactic, same goes for the second episode.
However, I didn't say that I started out the series this way, as oh boy was I wrong about this series.
As the first season moved forward, it became great, as great that I would classify certain moments as truly scary.
To not spoil anything, if you like the wizardry Harry Potter world style, I would advice skipping this series.
Yet, if you are like me and like magicians, like the ones tricking you in real life, or if you have an interest in the more occult part of our world(also like me), this is a highly recommended series.
If you need to compare it to something, it is probably best compare this to Grimm TV series but instead of being focused on the Grimms' Fairy Tales, it is focused on magic.
Currently I am only at season 2, so maybe it will get less as I watch even further, but for now, I love it. :)
American remake of the German movie "Das Experiment", which is based on the Stanford prison experiment that actually truly happened at the USA.
This movie is bad, extremely bad, to the point even that I have actually chosen to give this plainly the lowest score possible.
The fact behind this is that it is based on a real story, but as it only has a short time to show it, parts are omitted, changed, and in turn there are too many flaws in the storyline to make it a convinceable movie, like the fact that no violence was allowed, yet nothing happened when violence happened, not even when one got killed, and there's no reference at the end of the movie about it.
In all honesty, it all feels sloppy, put together in a whim, and forgotten to actually make it complete.
The only thing I could say is that the acting was sublime...
Still, on more of a side note: possibly I am biased when it comes to this, as I do know the story behind the Stanford prison experiment, and I am someone who doesn't see it in any way as a positive thing, and I see the one behind it, Philip Zimbardo, as a criminal and a lunatic. Let's not forget that the experiment was technically based on Nazism...
Apart of that, it hasn't caused any factual benefit, as do not forget about what happened at Abu Ghraib by the American Army...
Anyhow, possibly the movie "The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)" is better, I do not know, I haven't watched it.
But regardless, I would advice to skip this one, as it is quite likely to leave you with more questions than answers, and not bringing across the full message...
This series starts out well, interesting and worth watching.
However, as this series moves on, it becomes clear that the writer(s) of this series lack imagination, it becomes repetitive, and because of that boring.
As of season 3, I stopped watching, I just couldn't keep watching this, it just was plain boring by the third season.
The main character Kirsten uses the stereotypical (quite) emotionless personality we have seen quite often recently, but as all the others at which this was tried recently, the character is not executed well. When it comes to Bones and House MD the characters all add up, like Brennan's(Bones) slowly becoming more connected, and House's connection being there only with a few people, like the Autistic boy in the Lines in the Sand episode, or with his friend Wilson, which is showing too little here.
Also, the characters Maggie and Cameron change extremely sporadically, making them feel like unreal people, taking away of being able to get sucked into the story of this series. And Fisher is used far too little for an actually quite interesting character in this series.
And then it got topped off by the relationship of Linus and Camille becoming completely unclear at random moments, as if the writers knew that they wanted to change something, and immediately executed it, instead of making it part of the story, and making us as watcher being able to stay involved when it comes to that.
In all regards, it may be worth to watch the first season, but after that, I would already advice to stop, as in all honesty, there is a clearly lacking ability of the writers behind this series to make an actual story...
I loved part 1, I liked part 2, and I have mixed feelings about this part, the third and final part. To not spoil anything, there are just far too many questions left unanswered. Although, this is more often the case.
In comparison to the 2 other comparable youth movies that were of the same time as the first Maze Runner, which are the Hunger Games and the Divergent series, this one is the only one I can say about that they can be proud of having delivered a great movie experience. After all, the last Hunger Games movie was far below standard of all the other movies, although this has to do with sticking closely to the books, while Divergent is going to be finished by a TV movie with close to, or even fully, none of the known stars of the big screen movies.
It is why I love Maze Runner the way I do, as they basically were the underdog when the announcements came of it being filmed, while in the end they are the only one who have delivered quality from start to finish. One of the best youth movie series in the recent years.
An important message which a lot of Americans aren't aware of, yet should be aware of, as it's one of the reasons why there is such a hate towards the USA from the majority of the world.
Sadly, the movie is too slow, actually boring, and lacks in depth.
It's something that would have been great as short film or as an episode of a TV series, like a similar series as the British Spooks, but no, this isn't actually worth the watch, as it's likely you will either fall asleep while watching, or just plainly discontinue watching, which makes you miss the point of watching this completely...
I am still rating it 6 out of 10 based on it daring to bring across a message most Americans are avoiding to even notice, and even though the movie is just bad, daring to do that does deserve some respect.
In itself, this film is great, however, watching the trailers destroys this film, as they literally show the ending... I don't know who thought it wouldn't spoil anything, but okay...
It fits the scene of today, looking forwards to possibilities of smartphones and literally integrate them into our daily life.
There are, however, things that bother me at this movie, which is primarily caused by inadequate acting and lacking the ability to truly make an ending to this all (the ending is quick and rather dull when I am honest...)
I liked it, and then came the end...
This series was amazing, until the final season, in which they basically destroyed everything they could have done with this series.
It does not feel complete, and in fact is not complete either, many questions will remain unanswered, without any understandable reasoning why.
And the last season just feels dull, it totally shifted the whole atmosphere the series had to begin with, and takes everything to the extreme.
My feelings is that the story was written while the series already was being broadcasted, and when they came to the last season, they felt like they needed to end it quick, especially looking at how short the season is.
The ending itself was actually predictable, as that seems the exact way all movies and series want to end their story, with not a true happy end..
I still gave this series 8 stars, as the first 3 seasons were amazing, but I actually do not recommend even watching this, it is a dissapointment...
I love this series. Straight from the start it is fun to watch, and most of all, it is interesting.
Something that is very noticable is that all the way back from episode 1 was the attempt to focus on setting a story that has not been seen before, and it is a success.
There a few small downsides, like it sometimes is too slow in pace or too fast, but all in all, it still remains my most recommended TV series.
I watched this at the release. The first 2 episodes really get you into the story, wanting to binge-watch the rest of the series. However, from the third episode onward, it actually gets quite bad. It all feels really rushed. At the big moments, it feels like they want to get through it as quickly as possible. While during the small moments, it all takes far too long. Beyond that, the acting... Urgh! The actors for Sylvie, Rik, and Ayaz did a great job. But the rest, no, just no. Also, there was the problem of calling some locations "West" even though they were East from Brussels (first episode). Then there is also the bad Russian of the Russian mother and son. And last but not least, going to Russia for hospital treatment? I left Russia with my son for his treatments as Russia lacks health experts (same for Ukraine where I now live again)... It reminds me of those American TV series and their lacking understanding of Russia, while this is a Belgian TV series, and Belgian TV series are usually known for their quality...
Episode starts out quite good, a new piece of technology that basically makes a parent control their child... The dream of any overprotective parent.
And that's where it also instantly collapses, as it's clear in an instant that this will be about an overprotective parent who will destroy the relationship with her child by doing so, exactly what happened in this episode.
And to do so, most would have needed 15 minutes to make a short film, and we would have been done, which quite likely would have been great.
However, this is an episode of a bit less than 50 minutes, not 55 minutes as Trakt says, that prolongates the story to the inevitable ending.
It's a boring episode that doesn't feel in any way to be about the technology in the first place, it's rather the ancient old tale that parents are too overprotective and will eventually end up causing the things they dreaded by limiting their children.
It's a reality, it's an importance for certain parents to learn, but I doubt this episode helps with making any of them aware of that, especially as I would doubt they would watch a series like this in the first place...
Just skip over it if you are watching this series, as this episode is a waste of your time.
It used to be a great show. However, after watching the first episode of season 2, I have to admit that I lost my interest.
This has primarily to do with the flaws that were there in season 1 being justifiable because of it being just that, the first season.
However, as season 2 is here, a lot of these flaws remain, like the already overly named "fake cheering".
But on top of that comes the changing of countries and commentators, and while Charissa Thompson and Terry Crews had clear chemistry that made the comments a joy to hear, Chris Distefano and Tiki Barber are rather... well... they are there, but don't truly add anything. Also, the Italian commentator Bianca Balti is so emotionless that it is plain annoying; she could take an example of the Chinese Qinyi Du.
As for the countries, I actually wonder why they don't change the countries every episode, as it would make the finals far more interesting to watch, as it would have actually to do with the countries, and the one winning would actually be the ultimate beastmaster. Now the one winning season 2 will be ultimate beastmaster of the USA, India, China, France, Italy and Spain, while the one of season 1 is the one of the USA, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, and Japan; They are not true ultimate beastmasters, only of a few countries...
Regardless, if you don't mind the faking, are able to look beyond the countries, and think the commentating doesn't have to be good, than it is worth the watch, but if you are like me, you will probably have an aching feeling of annoyance...
It's too bad, as the idea is great, but the execution just really lacks...
The one review score to fear, a dreaded 1 out of 10, exactly what I gave this movie.
Don't get me wrong, there are good aspects, like the style of the movie, but that is already undone quickly by glitches in the special effects.
So, let me just get to the point which broke this movie complete apart, which was the acting.
I kind of feel ashamed to say that I know several actors in this movie, and includes even one of my favorite actors, and yet, all of the acting in this movie is far below what I could call even valid acting.
The 2 lead actors, Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne clearly should never have been casted as a couple, but even beyond that, they both seemed rather lacking emotion...
Maybe it all was intended this way, I wouldn't know, but this is one of the extremely few movies that didn't keep my interest in even watching...
The fact that the 9 year old I was watching this with was able to guess what would happen about 75% of the time makes it even worse.
(The PG-13 rating is like too often unnecessary for this movie)
It is too bad, as I actually went in with good hopes, but sadly, the reviews found all across the web are right, this is a movie worth skipping.
Overall I would rate this equally as the first one, just as excellent.
However, this one hasn't the horrible acting of Samuel L. Jackson, which made the first movie extremely hard to watch.
I still don't know if he did that on purpose, as he usually is a great actor.
Anyhow, because of that, this deserves a very worthy 9 out of 10, as it's a genuinely fantastic action-comedy.
2 words: Horrible episode.
It is clear that they went into making this episode with just 2 ideas, which were fake news and Facebook, but boy, did they screw it up big time...
It was plain boring and annoying, nothing more I could make of it.
Which is really disappointing, as there was so much South Park could have done with these subjects, and I expected even so much more, but instead this is actually the worst episode I have seen of South Park...
It never happened before, but in this case, I gave a 10 to a single episode while I have given the overall series an unsatisfactory mark, a 4 to be exact.
The reason for me actually loving this particular episode is the fact that it finally doesn't disrespect the complexity of autism.
I have a form of autism myself, I am diagnosed with classical autism, with an above average IQ, and I never feel film or TV series justified the reality of autism.
Like when it comes to Rain Man, the one most people know, it is all about the savant, but it ridicules those with autism, at least to my view.
Or the "Lines in the Sand" episode of House, M.D. which is just overly dramatized, though among my more liked media releases that incorporated a character with autism.
The 2 characters in movies and TV series that are quite accurate are Abed in Community, and Oskar Schell in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; although the latter is actually also overly dramatized, but the overall defining throughout the movie is more correct; and yet, both are not recognized as having autism...
... Okay, technically the first is just not said anything concrete about, while the latter is only said he doesn't have asperger's syndrome, which doesn't state in the least that he doesn't have another form of autism, as I neither have asperger's, but instead have classical autism, but okay...
To not share any spoilers, even though the description already gives away most of the episode; the episode deals with the subject of autism with a lot of respect, understanding, and also accurateness, which does deserve a lot of praise.
On the more series-specific comments, the whole relationship between Kirsten and Cameron is becoming extremely annoying, which is once again one of the massive downsides of this episode. It is so cliché by now, and not just in terms of this series, that it is just distracting and causes unneeded hatred for this series.
One of the things I hate about action movies is that they all focus too little on setting a story, and rather everything is focused on the special effects. Hence I did like this movie. Sure, it isn't the most impressive movie, but the story is good and is not seen in hundreds of other movies, like too often happens. It is recommended if you like action movies at which story does have an importance, but if you really into just seeing action scene after action scene, then skip this, as that's not what this movie is, which I am really happy about.
It's not often that I will stay at the same rating as a TV series moves through its episodes, but when it comes to Dark Matter, I was surprised by myself...
This series starts out well, loved the first season, and even the second season was still okay.
However, as the third season came, I noticed myself rating Dark Matter down from 8 stars to 3 stars.
The reason for it is simple, the series has become boring.
I have to admit that I am someone who likes sci-fi a lot, and was more annoyed than happy to see all the elements that were re-used of sci-fi classics.
It is not weird that people call this similar to Star Trek, Stargate, and Battlestar Galactica, as this has become a mix of those series, instead of remaining with its own image.
Still, the reason for me calling it boring is that it is so tediously obvious what will happen before the episode is halfway.
It's something I do notice at some of the classic sci-fi series as well, but they're all on average about 20 years old by now.
Instead Dark Matter should be of this age, and well, while Dark Matter has that classic sci-fi look and feel, it just doesn't set enough precedence to stay alive based on just that.
When I'm completely honest, I believe Dark Matter might become one more TV series that has caused it's own demise...
It just has become a bad TV series...
This series starts out weak.. really weak actually, to the point that I have had to start over 6 times with the first episode as I stopped watching before actually finishing that one...
The first season actually felt like I was pushing myself through it, however, as the second season came, I started to enjoy, and at the current third season, it is fun to watch.
The main problem for this series is that it doesn't get through a real punch in combination with other running series in the same genre, like Orphan Black being far more compelling sci-fi to watch, and Dark Matter being more true to the "outer space" theme.
It's fun to watch for me as it's a sci-fi, and some episodes are actually spectacular to watch, but with Orphan Black being soon done, I hope Killjoys will push to be more compelling, as how it is right now, it won't be able to hold on, as it classifies itself in the same problem area as Dark Matter, which is that it is slowly becoming boring to watch...
This is a series you should avoid at all costs.
It is a spin-off of the amazing British spy series "spooks".
In all honesty, I have already stopped watching before the first episode was over.
The first episode felt like a TV series for children of about the age of 7 to 9, and yet the targeting age was 16 to 24.
Because there is a lack of understanding of their targeting audience, it bored me and misses all ways of letting me continue watching this.
I feel like in ways it is disrespectful to their main series, as it is just one of the few series that is not effective at anything to me...
