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The Spanish Princess (2019)
Nonsense.
Hollywood version is akin to getting true news from a tabloid newspaper. Waste of time if you are looking for a true story, but fine if you want fictional trash. Either way, there are better fictional movies out there.
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!: The Gates to Hell (2020)
This is NOT I'm a Celeb.
Sorry, but the use of a castle, which looks like a derelict motel, is not doing it for atmosphere. The whole show, after 2 episodes anyway, is utterly lame and boring to the point of tears. It seemed to me to be a very poor imitation of celebrity rehab, combined with nonsensical histrionic acting out by pros who are trying to turn a dead fish into a fighting Marlin. I have watched every episode from Series #8. This isn't on any kind of par. This is NOT l'm a celebrity. I hope by the end of this series I am proved wrong, but I don't see how that can happen given the premise and story line.
Downton Abbey (2010)
The series should die with Matthew
This drama was an entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable show in season one, and I eagerly anticipated more of the same in season two. What a disappointment I experienced. The second season brought extremely poor writing, meaningless character conflicts and interactions along with inane situations that never would have been allowed to continue in the time period the show is set in. Season three brought more of the same, with even more bizarre plot contrivances aimed at bringing drama and interest to the production.Yet sadly they all failed. The biggest failure, beyond the poor writing and a script that jumps all over the place with no seaming rhyme or reason as regards the plot (if there actually is one), is the writers need to try and inject 21st century political correctness and thought into early 20th century upper class society. His attempt fails miserably.It requires a suspension of common sense to believe that this culture at this time would be so understanding and accepting of homosexuality and the intermarriage of upper and lower classes. That they would offer tacit support to the Irish rebellion, would allow their hired help so much latitude and that their children would so casually profess no belief in God in front of everyone. The show is a fanciful creation of what the author wishes the period he was writing about was like. It is too bad he felt the need to inject so much of his own political/cultural ideology into the show through the dialog and actions of the characters. What was a great production initially has,by the end of season three, become nothing more than a very badly written soap opera with wooden, one dimensional characters, no focus and no real point. The settings and dress are beautiful and realistic, sadly the characters and story are not.