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Outlast (2023)
This show is like a combination of Alone + 60 Days In...
I love survival shows. I thought this show was going to be like Alone but it turned out to be more like 60 Days in. A few good people pitted against criminals.
The Alpha team was absolutely horrendous. It was hard to watch. Everything went downhill fast after episode 4.
The way Jill behaved was reprehensible. I think the terms sociopath & gaslighting is overused in today's society but she could be used as a class study for my human behavior or psychology class.
I really hope this isn't the future of survival reality show competition. If there is going to be another season with people like this, they should call it Hunger Games.
Kaleidoscope (2023)
Watch PINK last...
I think the concept of a non-linear series is pretty cool. But I made the mistake of watching the Pink episode 4th. (the order I watched: green, blue, red, pink)
It seems like maybe pink was the "ending" so I didn't really feel like watching anymore after that. There are still unanswered questions that I will have to watch the rest of the series to find out but I think I ruined it for myself and I'm not interested in seeing how everything else plays out anymore. Overall the show felt like a mashup of other heist movies. Sometimes the acting came across pretty cheesy. A few weird accents and a lot of very bad wigs.
My So-Called High School Rank (2022)
Is this a 'mockumentary'??
HboMax suggested this movie. I think the description might be a bit misleading. I was expecting something totally different. This documentary feels more like a mockumentary. I laughed so hard at the interviews and the musical portion was pretty hilarious. This can't be real. They touched a little on students feeling pressure to do well and committing suicide but show writers chose not to include that in their musical.
I searched reddit to see if I was the only person that had this opinion and this movie isn't on anyones radar yet.
The way this documentary was filmed reminded me so much of 'Best in Show'. Was this written or directed by Christopher Guest?
Younger: Older (2021)
what just happened?
I watched this episode without knowing it was the series finale. So with that being said it was confusing how they switched gears mid episode. It seems as though they tried to tie up each character's story with a bow but they did a disservice to Charles & Liza. I'm just going to pretend the penultimate episode was the finale.
Riverdale: Chapter Seventy-Four: Wicked Little Town (2020)
Hilarious
This was honestly one of the funniest episodes to me. There is something for everyone: a slumber party makeover scene with a variety of wigs. unrequited love. off key singing. over staffed diner with unsanitary practices. formation of a new band. a plethora of awkward stolen glances. The last song was great because it featured the members of the band singing out the names of the major characters, which was helpful if you might be new to the show and haven't familiarized yourself with everyone yet. I could not stop laughing at how bad this hour of television was!!
The Surgeon's Cut: Sacred Brain (2020)
"Secret Brain" remains a secret..
Out of the four episodes, this one was the worst. The other three episodes seemed informative. This brain surgeon really likes to talk about himself and all the cut scenes about his background pulled me completely out of the storyline. Out of 54mins, maybe 4mins are spent on the actual surgery. Don't waste your time, I would definitely skip this one.
The Competition (2018)
this is not the perfect pizza
This movie is bad. It's just so very bad.
During their meet-cute, they spend ten minutes talking about the scienctific theorem behind the "perfect pizza" and repeat those words ad nauseam.
Thora Birch used to be a great actress. I grew up watching her, which is probably why this movie offends me. I expect more from her.
Chris Klein on the other hand has always been a one note character. The only disappointing thing about his stale acting was his receding hairline.
This movie was poorly cast to say the least. Perhaps younger fresher actors would have been able to make it more watchable but it was doomed to be bad regardless.