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Reviews
Birthgap - The Prequel (2020)
Shocking Revelation
The documentary is an honest inquiry into declining birth rates across the world and does not accept simple answers. The host is a data scientist and drills down into the most fine-grained data available to reveal that the major factor in declining birth rates is a large increase in childless women, rather than any change in typical family size. These statistics are visualized with haunting clarity. The documentary hosts numerous scientists, fertility doctors and everyday people, and gets quite emotional at many points. This is really shaping up to be a major societal problem worldwide. The documentary is very timely and well done.
Drink Masters (2022)
Great Potential but Judges Fall Short
Overall I enjoyed watching this show. The atmosphere was good, the drinks were beautiful and the sound design really brought out that component of making cocktails. I was impressed with the range of ingredients and techniques on display.
There was a strong impression that the contestants had time to prepare before each of the challenges to make a plan, and potentially even to organize the availability of their inhredients. How the hell would they have hay just lying around on the shelf?
The one thing that stood out very negatively was the way the judges' comments were utilized. They need to be a core ingredient to the show, as their descriptions are the only way we as the viewer can really experience these cocktails. Often the comments were cut too short and decisions were not explained enough. This is especially true for the final judgement, which came without any explanation whatsoever. Personally, I felt like one of the other finalists should have won (no spoilers). But most importantly, the decision should have been explained much more transparently.
Dark (2017)
Amazing
Very archetypal story and so many moments of goose bumps.