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Burning Men (2019)
Misses the mark
I went to a screening followed by Q&A with the Director and others, but didn't bother to stay for the Q&A -- after seeing the movie, I just wasn't interested to know more. It wasn't terrible, it just wasn't very good (hence my 6 out of 10 rating). The camerawork was often tediously jerky: probably intended to be "edgy", but instead just felt amateur. I enjoyed the wide shots evoking the flat East Anglian landscape, but there were too many road movie clichés (e.g. a succession of road signs to chart our heros' progress northwards). It felt like it could have been made in the 1960s or '70s. The frequent close-up POV to-camera shots were straight out of _Peep Show_ (which also has two male leads, pretty female sidekicks, internal monologues, and so on).
The Last Heist (2016)
Pure rubbish. Perhaps it would be funny if you watch it while very drunk?
The worst movie I've seen in a very, very, very long time. (And I've seen several Nic Cages ones).
The acting is very weak, the script is terrible, the premise of the story is a complete joke, but what really pulls this into the garbage- can is the low production-values.
The viewer is expected to believe that bank business (which apparently only has two employees), and is located in a crappy building with no security, in a courtyard, off a backstreet, has deposits worth tens of millions of dollars kept in safety-deposit boxes that look about as secure as a lunch-box. It just goes downhill from there.
Lie to Me (2009)
Good if you have a low IQ or poor concentration
To judge by all the other reviews I have read, this show is clearly really popular. It appeals to most people. But "most people" are not too bright, and this show is aimed squarely at them: it has pretty girls, pretty guys, and everything is explained VERY CLEARLY at least a couple of times, so that if you are not concentrating, or are just too dumb to catch things first time around, you will not be left behind. You do not need a brain to watch this show. I'm not saying it's really BAD, I'm just saying it is *really* dumbed-down.
If you have not seen it, imagine a combination between CSI (hot girls, hot guys, brooding boss who keeps telling us that "the evidence does not lie") and House MD (hot girls, hot guys, brooding boss who keeps telling us that "the symptoms do not lie") and you have an idea of what to expect.
Enjoy!