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Road House (2024)
Too much gratuitous violence
I don't remember ever seeing the Patrick Swayze version so I wasn't going into it with any previous biases about the film. First thing my mate and I thought was that they sure did use AI enhancements on Jake. Not to say he isn't fit, but it just didn't look real to us. The thing I disliked most was all the violence. Maybe there are people out there like that who go around beating the crap out of strangers for selfish reasons, but it was just way over the top for me. There never really was an explanation of what happened to Jake's character during his fighting days. The only thing I got out of it was what the bad guy said about the fight being between him and his best friend, but as to the final outcome I either missed it or it wasn't explained well. The only other thing that Jake's character said was about his "anger". I was also curious about the protagonist's father. What happened with him?
Undone: We All Love Each Other (2022)
Pissed me off!
This episode pissed me off since there is no indication that this was just a "cliff hanger" until a new season. I mean it's 2022 and still no new "season". So yeah, this was a real big flop IMO.
The Education of Fredrick Fitzell (2020)
A drug trip movie that brings everyone else along
I can't believe anyone really liked this mess. I would have turned it off except my friend and I were hoping it would turn into something more than what felt like a drug movie where the director, cast and crew were all on a bad trip and bringing everyone else along. At first you think it's going to be about a young man who starts having flashbacks because his mom has had a stroke and has lost most of her own memories, but instead, you find out that he got involved with a group of drug addicts that are taking some experimental drug called "mercury" and when they finally get the 100% pure stuff they all have a bad trip and the girl he had a crush on disappeared that night and no one seemed to have noticed. It's such a mess that it appears he was moving into a new place at the same time his mom had her stroke and that he is married, but is he really? Don't waste your time trying to figure it out. If this is what people call "artsy" then I'd rather not be artsy, and I AM an artist and to me it was not artistic in any way shape or form.
The Inheritance (2020)
A huge WTH was that?
Actually I couldn't do a more thorough review than Mehki_Girl. If I'd been smarter, I should have come here to read reviews before adding it to my watch list on Amazon Prime.
I actually have a sister-in-law who is Russian and I've seen her act rude like the woman in the archive, so that was really no surprise, but it did make me want to slap the heck out of her for acting so rude.
The acting was not great! The storyline was not all that spectacular. After Sasha has her phone call with the woman who'd been the caretaker of the home I was 99.9% sure of who the woman was that was killed there. And when Sasha actually goes to see the caretaker, after her husband is (what I assume) killed and the body has disappeared, and is given a photo of her grandmother, who looks just like Sasha, I knew I was right about what had happened.
Again, Mehki_Girl, has everything in her review that I would have put in mine, but no real need now. The building was beautiful. The plot was bad. The acting was poor, probably due to the poorly written script. All in all, unless you're bored and can't find anything better to watch, I'd say, don't waste your time.
The Wheel of Time (2021)
Only 4 episodes and extras here so far
One reviewer claims to have seen all of Season 1. How the heck is that possible when Amazon just started streaming the 1st 3 on Nov. 19th and we just got the 4th episode yesterday. I want in on the fast track like that reviewer had if they really have seen ALL of season 1.
That said, so far it's okay. My favorite show is STILL "Outlander." But that's a Starz show. I did notice they got Maria Doyle Kennedy from "Outlander" playing a role in this. That was fun. Although Lan is supposed to be. Moirane's warder, I like the dynamic that is developing between him and. Nynaeve. It started in episode 3 when she was actually able to track him down, which no one has supposedly been able to do before. The 4th episode was probably the most interesting so far and I really do like the specials they offer to explain the previous episodes before you then go on to watch a new episode. That was similar to what Starz did with "Outlander." I don't like that you have to wait a week before seeing the extra about the most recent episode. With "Outlander" you got to see them explain it immediately following the episode and then got a "preview" of the next episode coming up. I wish that was true of this show because I think it would maybe make it a bit more of an enticement/teaser to see what's coming up next. The way it is now, you get one new episode a week and if that episode sucks then you waited a whole week for something that sucked. If they gave you teasers about what was coming up next and also explained what the writers took from the original books in making the most recent episode, it might give it a bit more of an appeal.
All in all I'm still engaged, but I just hope that it doesn't wind up being a big build up only to be let down at the end of the season.
Caretakers (2019)
Not only unthinkable but extremely disturbing!!!
I found this movie to be extremely disturbing, especially the way it ended. It left me wondering just how many people actually knew what was going on with the ambassador and his wife to actually manage to get this young man (Jones) to become so involved in his case. Although I gave one rater's review a thumbs down because they recommended it so highly, I do have to agree with him that Jones did a lot of things that most "caregivers" wouldn't do, but that his "heart was in the right place." The fact that he had been working with hospice patients before the ambassador, and that his father, a news reporter, had died in a car bombing incident in Syria for which he felt extreme guilt due to his not showing up before his father went on this trip because he had gone out partying and was too drunk, made him extremely susceptible to those who had issues with both death and family not "showing up."
What I want to know, is just how many of those who were on staff, knew what was really going on with the ambassador and just how vulnerable Jones was when it came to his involvement. For instance, Dr. Sherry Cooper (Vivica A. Fox) was the one that got him transferred over to the transplant ward right on the heels of him losing a hospice patient who had made up having a close family connection and wound up having no one. And then there was Dr. Leigh Waters who appeared to be in charge of the transplant unit. And why did nurse Lucy Clark wind up with Jones' box of stuff that he'd kept after his hospice patients died (specifically the last one before he was transferred). They knew each other from one of their med school labs but she also seemed to be pretty suspicious about her interest in Jones. Lastly, just before the final scene, when Jones learned that the Williams's knew about his history of sleep walking, and his medications, and about his guilt over not saying goodbye to his father before he left for his assignment in Syria where he was killed, Jones had called and left a VM for his brother, Miles, telling him that the Williams's knew all that history, but then the phone went dead. So when Dr. Cooper was talking to Miles about how good it was that Jones was able to help his last patient, Ambassador Williams, because he had the same blood type, etc., #1, why would his brother, who was a Dr. Himself, be surprised that Jones was a donor, since most Drs. Are, and #2, why didn't he wind up getting that VM message? There were other staff members that seemed to know that Jones got too emotionally involved also, but the ones named above specifically did.
IDK, I just really did not like how it all wound up in the end and found it extremely disturbing and manipulative.
You Are Wanted (2017)
Good and bad as with any series, but mostly good!
I personally liked the series. I had to watch it dubbed because I don't speak German and don't read the subtitles fast enough to be able to follow. Some of the voices really did not work in the dubbed voice, for example, My-Lei the Vietnamese woman. She had a really nasally awful voice speaking her own native tongue, but the woman who was her dubbed voice had this kind of syrupy sweet voice.
Then there was the Admiral. WTH? He was wearing a uniform that was not really a navy admiral's uniform, had captain insignias and it appeared he was one of the fighters in the Afghan War with Nelly which means he wasn't necessarily an officer. So WTH was he really? CIA I guess, but you'd think that the writers/producers would research that a little bit more closely.
The 2nd season was a tad better than the first, however, I want to know if they are going to have another season, because the ending definitely leaves the door open for more, even though quite a few of the supporting characters were killed off. I would like to know what the last scene when Franke is arrested again by the CIA after sneaking to see his son and give him a recording of everything that happened that led up to their now having to be separated. The entire last episode was of Franke getting very reckless because he saw his wife die...or did he? She told him with what he thought was her dying breath that she was sorry for betraying him, but that it was the only way she could be with their son and not have to be looking over her shoulder any longer. So his seeing his wife looking over their son's shoulder as he is arrested for the last time by the CIA leaves you believing that (1) the CIA faked her death so that he would become reckless, which he did, and (2) that he now had a reason to try to escape yet again so he could get back to his wife and son and get a final revenge on the CIA...especially since the CIA had the head of the BND arrested, which now left him more sympathetic to Franke.
One other thing that I thought was a bit too idiotic, was that when the Admiral and the CIA had locked Franke in the cell and had him hanging from the rafters by his hands, the Admiral beat the crap out of Franke's legs and chest and basically his entire body, and yet when Angel helped him escape and he and Angel and My-Lei took the entire staff including the Admiral and locked them in a cell, Franke was walking as though he had never had any injuries. That was unrealistic. If someone is beaten as badly as Franke was...beaten like he was a pinata with a very thick wooden post, I don't think he would have been able to walk, much less think very clearly.