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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Superficial nonsense
Imagination in the story: 0/10
Characters: 1/10 (there were some hotties at least)
Action: 4/10 (unrealistic, way too much)
Cliche: 10/10
Nightclub scene: check
Scene where protagonist has to choose which of two women lives: check
Killer assassin girl that can overcome fully grown men: check
There was not enough story and far too much action instead. These bad guys chasing Cruise around for some reason was just so weak. It had absolutely no appeal to any of the few brain cells I possess.
When I think back to the tension and fear in the first film, where their mission has been sabotaged - that was a true secret agent film. Dead Reckoning should not be allowed to be called Mission Impossible.
I was very disappointed because the last MI was a good film. Will not be seeing the second.
The North Water (2021)
Good and bad
The characters were highly interesting, very good acting, it was atmospheric, very good music. I also love the grim and bleak of it. There were high points that made my spine tingle and that I will never forget.
The problem is that it ended up being a sort of revenge story which is just not interesting to me. I would have preferred to focus on the characters and the the mystery.
The North Water: Homo Homini Lupus (2021)
Dark and fascinating
Even reviews are small pieces of art, which is why the better ones are given more attention than others. I am not a great writer and do not have the tools to convey.
All I can say is that this episode made me feel things incredibly deeply which is what I value above everything else. The scenes around the captain dieing, the dialogue between the doctor and Drax in the tent and the music are the most memorable.
The challenge to the doctor's character by Drax in the tent was absolutely fascinating and entrancing. The way Drax appears just a simple thug but we see his savage wisdom question the doctor's self assured righteousnous - incredible and inspiring.
The Night House (2020)
V good mostly and then ok
The build up was v scary and good but the ending (where always in horrors the monster is revealed, the film goes from horror to action, the music changes) was disappointing. They should do horror films without these action endings.
The Serpent (2021)
OK
The show is rife with over-acting amongst nearly every actor. Not sure if this is the director's fault.
Some of the french accents are highly cringe. Why not just use actual french actors instead of english ones that appear to not even know the language.
It's a good production though.
Good show to watch if you don't mind very simple dialog and even simpler characters.
Succession (2018)
Fantastic
Originally my review was a bad one but now having finished it I love the series and so have changed this review.
Narcos: México (2018)
I don't have the words to describe how good this program is. 10/10.
I don't have the words to describe how good this program is. 10/10.
Dark (2017)
Dull, uneventful, badly made
Dull, uneventful, badly made. Yes, that is my opinion. I can't believe this has such high ratings.
The sound production need to understand the concept of subtelty. Being relentlessly exposed to these sounds only succeeds at being annoying and they completely fail at creating the intended atmosphere.
Scenes are constantly over-acted. The actors constanly over express. This results in the characters being completely unrealistic and hence not ones we can connect to in the least.
The acting is in many places not good.
The story is slow and un-eventful.
I struggled to get through the episodes.
This is not a joke.
Ozark (2017)
Season 3 is a masterpiece
Season 1 and 2 were superb but season 3 is just perfect. A masterpiece. A work of genius.