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From Scratch (2022)
E1-3/4 is 2*, E4-8 is 9*
This is a difficult review. Love Italy, know Florence and Sicily, as well as the US, love family dramas, good food and art and thought this would easily be a 10/10 for me. Yet I had to force myself through e1-4 (mid e4 got better) because it felt unreal, I couldn't connect with any character and I was bored to death. The only reason I didn't give up is because in THEORY, I should have loved it. Well, during Episodes 4/5-8 it all came together for me. Finally it seemed real, it made me smile, laugh, cry. Not going to spoil it, just saying that what happened was portrayed realistically and in the end love, in its many forms, is all that matters. I will watch this again and see how I feel about e1-4.
LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (2022)
The host is the problem
The 5* are a mix of 0* for the host and 9* for the comedians trying not to laugh.
The first episode was not funny at all because the host has not one funny bone in his body. Extremely lame, like a kill switch. When the comedians finally started their time, it became funny. To a huge part because when I watch people trying hard not to laugh, it makes me laugh. The faces they have to pull to not laugh are funny. And some of their bits and quips really are funny too. The camera switching to the host every couple of minutes does nothing for the funny mood. Kill joy. And when they catch people laughing, it's obnoxious having to watch the host strut through the "hallway" and back. Another mood kill. It would be so much better without the host, just the comedians, a "someone laughed" signal and just showing the "offenders" on a screen.
Dating #NoFilter (2019)
Not much makes me LOL...
But this show does. It's like watching a dating show with all the good, the bad, and the ridiculously funny with your friends, only that the "comedians" (who seem like regular people with a great sense of humour) voice exactly what I'm thinking and sometimes much funnier stuff. It's like a watch party with people who share your sense of humour and yell at the TV/laptop together with you.
Good Sam (2022)
Nobody is likeable
This how should have been great for me.
Medical drama, check.
Personal drama, check.
Interpersonal drama, check.
I forced myself to watch 4 full episodes and gave up after the first few minutes into ep. 5. Not a single character is likeable or interesting. The story line is boring. There's only negativity. I can't even hate watch or boredom watch this.
Dexter: New Blood (2021)
Should have left it alone
Spoiler Alert
There could have been so many different and better outcomes.
Harrison kills Dexter to be able to live in the small town and have a life.
Dexter flees on his own, Harrison doesn't know where his father went.
Both of them flee together.
This is so much less satisfying than the finale of the original Dexter.
3 stars for the actors and part of the story line. The ending is lame. Wish I hadn't watched it.
4 metà (2022)
Utterly confusing
I generally like this kind of movie. I like European films in general but I couldn't follow this one. There is no visible difference between one possibility and another, it goes randomly back and forth. It's disjointed and a mash of everything at the same time. 4 stars for what it could have been and the actors who weren't so bad.
And Just Like That... (2021)
Episode 1 only
From one cringeworthy moment to the next. It is a sad, sad affair to watch.
Spoilers:
Everything about this episode is terrible. The women seem to have had lobotomies. The first conversation over brunch (or whatever), when they discuss hair colours... shoot me.
Their bashing of Sam over having moved to London and not being in touch with them is just like they bashed Kim Cattrall IRL. Bitter much? She was so wise to stay away from this mess.
Miranda's first class? It's so badly written and acted, I have no words. Miranda either drank her last braincells away or her lobotomy went way too far.
The Podcast? I'm neither a prude nor old-fashioned (which is how Carrie comes across with her pearl clutching), but it's so poorly written, it is embarrassing.
Carrie demanding to watch Big masturbate? Even worse and zero chemistry or playfulness.
The meet up at the recital? Cliché over cliché, the only thing enjoyable is Lilly playing.
Big STILL BEING ALIVE when Carries comes home and her NOT CALLING 911? Just crying and cradling his head as she watches him die without taking any initiative? Lobotomy too far gone is the only explanation.
Despite the flaws of SATC, the women were smarter, quicker, more thinking on their feet than in this abomination. The only thing different so far is that they are older and stupid. Would give 0 stars if I could.
A Million Little Things (2018)
I really tried
It's the kind of tv show I usually enjoy. Drama, complicated topics, good and bad times, etc.
After watching 6 episodes I still can't remember most of the characters' names and I don't find any of them really likeable. The story line that seemed promising in the first two episodes gives way to wishy-washy "don't know her but can't let her die" and "we cheated on husband/best friend but now it only matters we all stick together". It's boring, not relatable, and did I mention boring? I really wished I could have at least liked it. Maybe my wishful thinking for its potential is why I give it 2 stars. It really is a zero, for me.
The 5th Wave (2016)
Teenage level dystopian sci-fi
It's entertaining enough when you have been in quarantine for 6 weeks due to COVID19. However, Cassie's hair maintains its voluminous, wavy texture throughout the movie, no matter how much life, injury, and the elements get to her, despite it being obvious that it needs a lot of hair styling to make it look that way. If you are able see past that, you will probably enjoy the movie. I couldn't.