Reviews

I liked the premises of this movie and the execution is good. I enjoy those movies with a mysterious monster. I think Peele is good at writing those weird stories, but this one is not as good as Get Out. The acting was also spot on, even though I thought Emerald was a bit too much for my liking. I really enjoyed the flashbacks to Steven Yun story, even though I felt the connection between the two timelines needed a bit more exposition. When the audience got eaten and we can see them inside the monster, I also wish there would be a bit more to that part, make it more scarier after all was kept so mysterious. Like I said in my title the ride was nice but at the end I felt like I want more to really make this viewing a blast.

Very quickly the episode goes into a challenge. The editing of the obstacle course was very choppy, felt like they lost some of the footage (?!?) and then the puzzle part finishes quickly. Not even a moment to feel any excitement. It was a nice to see the most unlikable player (Ricard), in my opinion, fairly share the pizza. The players back at camp are not very smart though, why would you announce that you would go out look for advantages? Why would you openly share your moves? I miss the sneaking away and trying not to get caught looking for idols and planning blindsides. Openly discuss all plans is surely not helping the show to be exciting, at least for me. They all know the moves that everybody wants to do, because you know we have to be honest and cannot lie to each other's. Perhaps it is just me, but I really don't get it, but still hoping for a turn in the show. The reward scene is also weird, in the past I felt joy seeing the starving outcasts enjoy food, but not today. Anyway, the immunity challenge starts. It feels like the beams are ticker than usual, but maybe because of my dislike for this season I'm seeing things differently. Sadly, the most unlikable player wins for the second time in a row, damn, Ricard will live another day. Finally some tactics come in play, my hopes go up. It seems that players are playing and previously sharing all the decisions/moves with everyone start to bite them in the proverbial ass. Discussions about blindsiding Shan and Liana are held. For a split second, players start to get paranoid. This is the Survivor I like. But 10 minutes out of 10 episodes are not enough to save a below par season. After some blah blah at the tribe council, in a move that we saw coming from a mile away, Shan is blindsided. End.

With the unfittest contestants I ever seen on Survivor, finally a challenge with some bite. In the past despite the competition there was support. Now I'm this fake "I love everyone"-season, the only sentence I could hear was "I hate his face!". After Xander wins, he can barely stand out, and no one approaches him to help out. In this PC world with this season reflecting the current mood, it stands out I'm how people can't connect anymore. It is sad to see competitiveness turn into cheap nastiness. The more I watch the least I connect with those people, and also the least I enjoy Jeff. He sadly sounds more and more fake, and perhaps it's time to retire the show. Like a lot of other comments, if you like Survivor try to watch the Australian version, where there is real respect, people are nice but still competitive, and the physical challenges are amazing!

Sitting on my couch as soon as I've seen the challenge layout I knew they would all fall down in seconds. The poor editor must have stretched that moment of suspense out of 4 minutes of footage. So lame. So long, Survivor :(