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Babylon (2022)
This Could Have Been Great
Being a huge fan of the era, and many of the actors cast in this, I was really looking forward to watching it.
I have read some of the reviews calling out gratuitous debauchery, but have to disagree. It is no secret that the 20's and 30's were as raunchy as one could imagine, making the depiction likely accurate, if not sensationalized a bit.
The story is a good one. The cast is great. The acting is very good.
The issue I had with the movie, besides some technical flaws (vehicles that weren't made yet, etc...), was the somewhat shallow and juvenile approach to many of the scenes. It felt like an attempt at Stanley Kubrick collapsing into Jack Ass.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I would recommend it. Just disappointed in what I feel to be a wasted opportunity for a truly great movie.
1923 (2022)
Forced, Predictable, Boring
Every now and then we're treated a juicy piece of dialogue, but beyond that it seems to start in the same direction Yellowstone has already gone.
The characters are shallow and cliché. We've seen them already played by different actors in different shows, but they are the same none the less.
The story is predictable and somewhat juvenile. There's none of the grit of the original Yellowstone's first seasons and all the soap opera of the its most recent one. In a word, it's simply "boring".
The wasted potential of this is a shame, especially when you consider how good some of the creator's other projects are.
For me, I think I will be bidding farewell to the Duttons all together.
Yellowstone (2018)
Jumped the Shark
Loved this show. Some of the best writing and acting to come along in forever.
However, the last two seasons have given the feeling of an old wooden speed boat pulling a leather jacketed skier towards a shark tank.
The last episode I watched in the latest season was the full on jump.
The show has become too predictable. What isn't predictable is cringy and cliche. The writing is nowhere near what it used to be. It has more or less become a dumbed down soap opera.
Maybe Mr Sheridan has too many pots on the fire, and this one has suffered because of it? I'm enjoying his other shows, but I'm done with this one.
The Santa Clauses (2022)
Who is this for?
The classics that made Disney a household name (yes, all the ones with trigger warnings attached to them now) appealed to multiple generations at the same time, for many generations.
I simply don't see who a target audience would be for this production. It is full of flavorless attempts at humor that miss their mark for any demographic. There is nothing creative about the story. The writing is lazy. The acting is , for the most part, sub-par.
It seems that Disney is content to simply recycle the same old clichés with different characters and backdrops.
Truly disappointing that so much potential is continuously wasted by a once great creative giant.
Lady and the Tramp (2019)
A Disservice to a Classic
In 1955 Disney added another piece of art to its repertoire. They called it "Lady and the Tramp", and it was loved by generations. In 2019 they threw a can of tomato soup on it.
It might have been watchable if they had only stripped it of all of the character and charm, and replaced it with the obligatory, sterile political correctness they push, but the CGI is creepy enough to make it a Halloween staple.
I could pretty much cut and paste this review for all of Disney's recent live-action remakes.
I honestly could not be more disappointed in the lack of creativity and imagination that Disney has apparently become satisfied with.
So far removed from where it all started.
2000 Mules (2022)
All of the Reviews Trashing this are Only Damage Control.
Don't buy into all of the reviews ridiculing this movie.
2000 Mules, at minimum, gives cause to question some highly suspicious activity.
I recommend watching it and making your own decision on whether some of the reviewers here might not have ulterior motives, or not.
Killing Eve: Just Dunk Me (2022)
Jumped the Shark
I really enjoyed season 1. My appreciation for the show gradually declined with seasons 2 and 3. Still, I was looking forward to getting back into the series after such a long break.
This first episode made me realize how lucky I have been for the past two years without it.
The only reason it gets two stars from me is because the acting is excellent. That's it.
This show has always been filled with woke references, but as the writing declined, these references increased (perhaps there's a correlation there). Episode 1 of season 4 has gone all out. While there isn't much in the way of woke dialogue, the entire atmosphere of the show is drowning in it.
Then there's this: I am not a religious person. I'm not even sure which religion is being portrayed (I think Catholic) in much of this episode, but it is obviously a Christian denomination. I couldn't help thinking about what kind of outcry there would be if the events were written to take place in a Mosque, Synagogue, or any other house of religion, or their deities portrayed in a similar fashion.
Again, excellent acting. But that's just not enough to overcome terrible writing and every other aspect of the show.
They have, in my humble opinion, "jumped the shark". There will be no reviews of further episodes from me.