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Dirty John (2018)
Bana and Britton are great! The rest? Meh!
'Dirty' John Meehan (Eric Bana) plays as a totally believable character. Debra newell (Connie Britton) likewise is sympathetic yet naive. But the rest of her family is disingenuous and unconvincing. The makeup on her mother Arlene (Jean Smart) is laughable, while daughter Veronica (Juno Temple) is merely a caricature, her sister Terra (Julia garner) should win a Rotten Tomato for the worst acting in a Netflix series. Putting all this aside it is still a fascinating story, perhaps occasionally a little hard to follow caused by too many flashbacks and disjointed timelines. Not great but worth watching.
Child Support: Episode #1.1 (2018)
Kids Say the Darndest Things mixed with Who Wants to be a Millionaire Children's edition.
Fred Savage was an ex child star and Rick Gervais' laugh could make any child giggle. Put them together in a quiz show and you get bit of fun and a chance to embarrass a few adults, as was the case in Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader. Questions that would be considered too easy for a primary school quiz show are dolled out to contestants who are all glitz and have no clue. An interesting side show would be to show the parents of the little precocious preteens arguing about who had the smarter kid or making excuses when their little darlings get the question wrong. Not bad but will get on the nerves very quickly I think.
The Big Bang Theory: The Cooper Extraction (2013)
The flash back episode.
In the life of every sitcom there comes an episode where the main characters sit around and talk about things that have happened in the past, usually interspersed with previously aired pieces of video. I've always considered this a bit of a cop out and an excuse for the writers to have an easy day, as a large portion of the show is taken up with old footage. The show needs to have run for a few years and have reason to tell the old stories, so TBBT has reached that time and this is that episode. But in keeping with the writers doing things a little different, the flash backs are imaginings, brought about by Amy's question "Where would we all be without Sheldon?" Each of the main characters has a story to tell, sometimes interrupted by, or corrected by another character, but all off them involving life without Sheldon. Most of them are very funny, self depreciating and insightful. Stuart takes the but of a few jokes, and seems to be becoming the loser of the group. Which is a bit ironic, as when the show started the premise was that the four boys were themselves the outsiders of the community, and for the writers to cast someone as a loser in a bunch of losers seems a tad strange, but it does seem to work. Overall a very funny episode that gives the viewers a better insight into the characters personality.
The Big Bang Theory: The Thanksgiving Decoupling (2013)
Sheldon becomes more human and Penny gains an ex
Easily the best episode for a while. Real belly laughs. We had to rewind quite a few times because we missed the dialogue due to laughing too much. Sheldon goes from his usual obnoxious self to an almost normal human being, with the aid of a clearly missed father figure and a few beers. Meanwhile Howard can't get any sympathy for missing his father figure, probably because his mother figure is so large in his life. (In more ways that one) Raj goes further down the metro sexual road taking control in the kitchen, while Leonard gets mad when he finds out his girlfriend does not have a problem with marriage after all. Perhaps only marriage with him? Penny like many Americans apparently, thinks that marriages conducted in Vegas at themed chapels aren't legal, but just a bit of fun while on holidays. This leads to a bit of soul searching from Penny into why she can't seem to commit to Leonard. Bernadette and Amy also play their parts well and Bernadette's Dad finds an unlikely gridiron pal to bond with while watching the Thanksgiving Day football game. It is an episode where everybody contributes and the laughs flow thick and fast. Any thoughts that the show was losing it after the last few episodes is genuinely put to bed.
The Big Bang Theory: The Itchy Brain Simulation (2013)
Sheldon again proves he has no concept of empathy.
This episode is not one of the best but Sheldon again proves he is incapable of seeing things from other peoples point of view. His reaction to Leonard's mistake is Sheldon at his worst. No ones feelings but his own are taken into consideration. Even if it literally takes years to make his point. Amy has a first hand view of his ruthlessness and is appalled by the lengths he will go to make Leonard pay for a very small infraction. One that should have been corrected almost immediately it was made. Meanwhile, Penny goes to Raj's defence but ends up making the situation worse for the love life of the only single member of the gang. His once girlfriend Lucy makes the mistake of going to The Cheesecake Factory for lunch only to be recognised by Amy. Penny pounces and gives her a piece of her mind, inadvertently messing with Raj's hopes of a reunion. The relationship between the girls is becoming one of the two smart girls ganging up against the not so savvy Penny.
The Big Bang Theory: The Workplace Proximity (2013)
Growth in relationships.
In this episode both Sheldon and Howard are given the chance for growth in their personal relationships. Sheldon fails miserably, while Howard has to spend some time in isolation for putting his foot in his mouth by discussing his idea of togetherness in front of the boys. Amy gets the chance to work at the university for a few months and instead of seeing this as a chance to spend more time with his beloved, Sheldon listens to some very bad advice from Howard and they both end up on the wrong side of scorned woman. Sheldon of course needs Penny and Leonard to tell him what he has done wrong, while Howard who knows exactly what he has done wrong, just runs straight back to his previous relationship, the bromance with Raj. The Big Bang Theory has always been about Sheldon not fitting in to society, and this episode reinforces that, with Sheldon acting like a five year old in terms of his relationship with both Amy and his friends. Some of the laughs are based on ethnic stereotypes, but again this is Sheldon's impaired social interactions at work. In the end he gets the chance to set the record straight with Amy, and you'll never guess how he handles that conversation?
Sour Grapes (1998)
If you have watched Seinfeld then you've already seen this movie.
What a waste of time. Do not watch this movie if you have watched Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm. You have already seen it. It is full of the same jokes, the same sight gags and the same comedic premises. It was a waste of two hours. Larry David is a very funny man but he obviously ran out of material a long time ago. He is rehashing old ideas, familiar scenes and retelling old jokes. You can tell he directed it very early on when both main characters act in exactly the same manner as George in Seinfeld or Larry himself would in Curb Your Enthusiasm. You can almost picture him telling the actors this is how I want you to play this scene. The auntie is also just a rehash of every Jewish mother in all his works. It is the same character, and a racial stereo type as well. The way he uses black characters is nothing short of racist, but we already knew this from Season 1 Episode 9 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and before that ten years of Seinfeld. In short it is full of misunderstandings, slight misses of important phone calls and gross over reactions to minor irritants. When the elevator scene came around late in the movie, I couldn't take it any more. How many times have we seen the exact same scene? Utter rubbish!