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Midnight Mass (2021)
Overstays it's welcome, but the actual story and idea are great.
Alright I'm going to start off with the bad and finish with the good. Overall, the dialogue is great but there are parts in each episode where the scene drags on and the characters talk about such abstract/convoluted ideas that it leaves the viewer scratching their head and wanting the scene to end. It is EXTREMELY slow...I think at most this series could have been done over 4 episodes and at least 3. Now for the good; the story idea is amazing, super interesting, and spooky. A lot of the characters are extremely well written and the acting was great. Let me just say, when the hammer drops it HITS HARD. You can tell the director worked his butt off to make a great series but it just didn't land as well due to some writing and the slow slowwww burn...
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
It's not close to the classics, but it's still worth it.
As I finished watching yet another ambiguous, artistic, morally grey, dramatic, and emotionally draining show, I saw this and figured why not. Yes, the script is VERY simple, the dialogue is sometimes dumb but overall, this movie was just a nice, easy to watch, feel good movie. It gave me a nice break from all the really dark and real content that is popular (not that either of those are bad). If you're looking for a basic movie that will simply entertain you, I'd say give this a shot. As I said, it's a feel good redemptive story with a great cast.