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I have watched this series twice. Once because I just wanted to see what this show was about and because I'm a fan of Claire Danes. I honestly don't like Jesse Eisenberg but Claire Danes always makes good choices in the shows she makes. I was pleasantly surprised that first time and I believe I kinda took it in stride not fully paying attention but it still gripped me there at the end. I was reminded of this show while watching the Emmy's and seeing Claire Danes was nominated, so I decided to watch it again.

The show was as great as I remembered with those first episodes feeling tedious dealing with Jesse's character and his selfishness. All he seems to think about is himself and his penis, just like a teenager. To say this show is raunchy is to say the sun is kinda bright. It over does it sometimes, but I guess it's necessary to show how his character thinks. But really if you hang on you will eventually get to the last two episodes which makes it all worth it. Claire's performance is so amazing and she should've won that Emmy, she's just exceptional. The story telling really grips you and makes you examine your own story. Are we the selfish jerk only making things about ourselves or are we the one having that nervous breakdown with no concept of reality until someone seems to pull us from that never ending spiral, and will we be accepted back to society once the reality is brought to light? I definitely recommend this limited series because not only is it brilliant but sometimes we all need a reminder to stop thinking of just how things affect only us.

Although this movie had been out for quite some time, I was curious about watching it but not too intrigued. I then heard the morning DJ give it an amazing review and being the follower that I am I decided to watch it, and I'm so glad I did. Although this is not an action movie or suspensful in any way, this movie manages to capture your attention by the acting alone. No matter what gripes or discriminations you may have about this movie: that he's gay, that he's fat, that he abandoned his daughter, yes, he's as imperfect as they come and his benignness may be as false as we may want to believe it is, yet the protagonist portrays the emptiness that many of us feel, that no matter how much we feed that emptiness, be it by food, sex, drinking, smoking or whatever we use to feed that emptiness, many of us just can't fill it. Many of us just keep going to a point of destruction, to a point where nothing fits anymore, and just like the protagonist we purge it all out at some point. Brendan Frasier and Darren Aronofsky truly do what only a few actors and directors can manage to do in our world of short attention spans and tictoc. They manage to make us look, they manage to hold our attention long enough to care about the pain at least one of the actors carry. No matter who you're looking at, all these characters carry pain, and some don't want to care because caring means holding on to more pain. Brendan Frasier was truly amazing in this role and so were all the supporting actors and actresses. I do recommend this movie at least to see if you can recognize your own whale.

I've seen amazing movies with a 1 or 2 rating on here, and this mediocre movie (at best) has all these high ratings and praise, ha! Who does this? But I digress, watched this movie cause I was tired of seeing it come up on my feed to watch on Netflix. I know who Aubrey Plaza is and I'm not a big fan, she's alright. This movie started out with a lot of premise. Girl down on her luck with everything going downhill from there. Who hasn't been there right? Then she gets a proposition to do something that could help her but will cost her soul. As I was watching this movie there was a scene where suddenly the whole movie flashed before my eyes and I saw the rest of the movie and knew how it ended. Sure enough that's exactly what happened. How did I know? Because it's the same story over and over again on these D movies. Nothing new, nothing creative. It's entertaining if you have a some time to kill and definitely Oscar worthy if you've already burned most of your brain cells smoking it up. Otherwise it's the same mediocre movie I've seen over and over again. Watch it, or don't but don't expect an amazing movie or unseen creativity. This is another movie with the same plot period. Don't listen to those high reviews which are laughable. I only rated it what I did cause of Aubrey Plaza and Theo Rossi, otherwise it would get a 3...at best!

I remember watching the movie when it came out back in the 90's. Watching Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas looking so incredibly hot was just incomparable! That was a movie that made Kirsten Dunst. I walked out of that movie theater feeling like a vampire and apparently I wasn't the only one, since there was a report at the time of some guy biting his girlfriend because he felt like a vampire as well.

So to say that this series did not have that same intensity is an understatement. The comparisons will be unintentional but present at the same time. Yes some parts are better and make sense, like the homoeroticism. Because let's face it, Lestat didn't just want a buddy to hang out with, he wanted a companion, and not because he's gay but because he's bored. Honestly who wouldn't get bored of just women if you're forever young and your sexual prowess is at its peak?

I liked Kirsten's innocence in her portrayal of Claudia. A child pulled out of darkness into a world of excess with an unsatiable hunger. Her child tantrums and longing for a mother was sickly tender because although you knew she was a monster, you couldn't help but feel sad that she missed her mother. And I wish a little more story had been given to Joseph's actions. Perhaps they could have delved into how Lestat drove him to do what he did at the time.

Overall, yes, I think the series does have a much better story line, Sam Reid does do Lestat justice in terms of being hansome. But unfortunately Bailey Bass snaps you out of the fantasy. She seems older and doesn't portray in any way the same innocence Kirsten brought to that role. So overall, watch it, it is enjoyable, but know that you won't be transfixed by the vampires beauty quite the same way the movie vampires did. Good news is, you won't wanna bite anybody.

What an outstanding movie. I honestly didn't think I would like this movie, but once it started going I just couldn't stop watching. The only reason I started watching is because of Viola Davis of course, but wow! The women cast really did women proud everywhere. It wasn't fantasy like many other movies play out, it portrayed the women as not only bad asses but as weaker than the men but more agile, stelthier and above all, more prepared. It also showed women as having feelings and having sentiment like normal women do. Many movies portray women as robots, taking their humanity away. For the most part the men relayed on their size and their strength, so yes they would win sometimes but lose when it counted because they weren't trained to fight.

Viola Davis and Sheila Atim walk and they seem like such bad asses that I couldn't help but be in awe in their portrayal. It is the habit of hater boys nowadays to write negative reviews and give poor scores to female led movies. Ignore those reviews and those scores and look at the real reviews. This is an amazing movie that will leave you content that you watched it, so yes watch it, preferably with a woman.

I'm not a huge horror fan, as I got older my appetite for gore has decreased so this movie was a breath of fresh air.

I've watched the Halloween franchise movies for many years but I do enjoy the movies with Jamie Lee Curtis the most, and this particular trilogy has been the most enjoyable. In my opinion the series had the ending it deserved. Throughout the years Michael Myers was elevated to this mythical undying ghoul who terrorizes people leading up to halloween, but this movie gave him his comeuppance. I liked the fact that it was an actual movie and not just a gorefest like many of the previous movies. I liked that blood wasn't the main character making an appearance every other frame. Many people criticize the movie saying Michael came off as geriatric and slow but that's exactly what he is. If you take into account Michael was about 21 when he made his first appearance then he would be around his 80s. So yes he should be geriatric, slow and wounded cause he was wounded last time we saw him plus he's old and old folks don't heal as fast. He did retain some of the supernatural factor but bottom line, he is just like Laurie said, "just a man." I really enjoyed the ending he received so that there is no bs about him surviving. His end was very appropriate in saying without saying that he bleeds just like any other human, and yet in the end it is Michael's blood which spills the most. He was the boogeyman man and that boogeyman was given the end he deserved.

The story line about Corey makes sense in the fact that we see so many stans obsessing over him and wanting him to be real. Corey became what he became because that's what he was in the eyes of the town and he was never gonna be anything else. His story was also given the end he deserved by Michael because there's only 1 of him.

So if you like horror without the gore you will enjoy this particular end of an era.

I watched this movie with no expectations. I knew the premise and I love both main actors: Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, which is why I made it a point to watch this movie. This movie felt like watching a love song, a very beautiful long song performed by an orchestra. Where you can close your eyes and still see the story unfold before your eyes. This movie not only reminds us of heartbreak but also of the loneliness we carry around but don't face. It brought forth characters we didn't know would appear and an unexpected love story I couldn't help but fall in love with. I am Tilda in this story, I would make that same wish because to be loved the way he loved Althea is something only a few people have in this life. But to face the end that the love story succumbed to is the cruelty many of us face. I loved the story, I loved the music, I loved the way she tried to resist and be defiant to his gift, but most of all I loved the way she found that which she was missing but refused to face. Maybe she didn't know that's what her life was missing and that's what many of us tell ourselves in order not to feel like we failed in this life. Yet many of us cannot wish to have what's missing like in this movie. Only to keep on hoping for the return of that feeling that one day, we might have experienced.

MAJOR SPOILERS!!! DONT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE MOVIE!!!

I'll just come out and say it, I really enjoyed this movie! I actually cried out loud at the end. I didn't know I was holding my breath the last few minutes.

I'm not one of those people who watches movies just to try to guess the ending or to guess the next line; however, the movie does have some cliches: someone dying at the beginning, character having to overcome this death, betrayal. You know the usual cliches. But they were all expected. Not one of them was a surprise really. Once you get over the expected and you immerse yourself in the story and the nausea inducing views, you really enjoy this movie. Albeit a little too vertigo inducing, I did have to look away a few times. The heights shown are no joking matter. It's funny that one of the trivia facts say the characters weren't more than a few hundred feet from the ground, but more than 2 feet is too high. I'm not an adrenaline junky so I don't understand why people would put their lives at risk doing this but I respect it. The strength and endurance people who do this have is truly amazing.

All in all watch this movie, you will really enjoy it. It's a good family film or date night film, no awkwardness at any time. You'll enjoy the twist and the ending.

I'm not a fan of gory but I am a fan of good story telling. I remember when they captured dahmer, it was all over the news and i remember even more when they killed him. It was all over the front page in huge letters and it was a relief. This mini series is a spectacular piece of storytelling. It brings us into his evil world without glorifying him or making excuses. His father was always apologetic in a way that he wanted the recognition. Who could blame him really? Trying to take credit for the monster he nurtured. The mini series presents the people around him, from his family to his victims, to the people who suspected there was something wrong but didn't know exactly what, to the incompetent police (guess that never changes). At no point is dahmer made to be the anti hero or the one we should be rooting for. He was a very real monster who committed very real crimes and destroyed very real lives. I hope to think Ryan Murphy wanted to portray that in his writing.

We all know how this ends but I was right there with the inmate who brought his justice. I felt like I understood his mind set and although I had tears in my eyes, none of them were for dahmer. I also knew what had happened to all his things but watching the actor who portrayed this benefactor and the disgust he displayed for those around him who were fascinated by dahmer, I was right there with him as well. Feeling disgust for all those people who viewed him as some sort of idol. Even now there are still fools who idolize him and it's disgusting.

I cannot end without mentioning Niecy Nash's portrayal of the conflicted neighbor who didn't know how else to point to the monster next door. And his grandmother, who saved at least 1 life by not walking away. This story was brilliant indeed without feeling dirty afterwards by rooting for the evil who wasn't fiction.

Wow! This is the most moronic movie I've seen in ages. Zero common sense went into the writing of this movie. I'm sorry but Idris should've said "I'm a doctor cause I'm too stupid to do anything else." The safari guy didn't know how to cauterize a bleed? Doubtful. Every single decision made by the characters in this movie makes you shake your head and think "why did I pay to watch this? I could be watching cartoons which make more sense than this movie." Guess the writer and director though no one watching had any brain cells. Oh yeah lets not forget Idris plan. Ok so imma get mauled byvthe big lion so u children can deal with the lion yourself, yet somehow the fool survives a few rounds against the lion, what bs! It's entertaining for small children albeit too violent for them. I want my $3 back plus the time I wasted seeing this movie.

I had never heard of this scandal, this person or the international mess it entailed. Started watching this documentary because it looked interesting. The first episode sets up the situation for this mess and the subsequent corrupt actions which makes her arrest and that of the others arrested with her questionable. Eventually it becomes a d*** measuring contest between the French and Mexican governments. Unfortunately Mexico is the one who comes out losing by putting its corruption in full display. The only ones losing in this event were the Mexican people, not because of either government or the presidents, but because of the agency AFI which did not follow the law and investigated the arrests without putting on a show for the cameras. We end up not knowing truly whether Florence was a part of this kidnapping gang or not. Funny enough all the people claiming that the boyfriend, his family and accomplices were targeted and weren't guilty, don't see that the kidnappings with this MO stopped. In my opinion he WAS guilty along with his gang. As for Florence? That we may never know the truth.