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Doctor Odyssey (2024)
It was bad
Not surprisingly another Ryan Murphy show is a disappointment, great premise, interesting characters until the first day of the cruise passed.
Dr. Odyssey is a pedantic annoying person, the crew believes they are more on an episode of below deck than a cruise ship, and actually cruises is a very hard job 24/7.
The other thing is the offensives of the characters, they go to a beach party, behave like "gringos" daytime drinking while "dancing" despacito just for the nurse to ask the doctor where did he learn to dance like that 😂
By the way, half way trough the first episode we find out that the male white inexperienced doctor is also extremely well endowed ...
This show is just a repeat of so many empty shows on TV, don't predict even a second season, is complete rubbish, and the cruising community should be really offended, the love boat was more respectful.
This Time Next Year (2024)
The pacing of this movie is dreadful
It feels like the movie lasts the whole year!
Minnie is an insufferable brat that believes her life is just a strike of bad luck, until she meets a guy who was born exactly the same day as her and may have stolen her luck.
That is the premise of a potentially interesting romantic comedy, but then starts to go sooo slow and nothing seems to happen
The parents characters are good actors but their storylines are not developed at all, you never really understand what was their point in the story.
I still don't know if it was a comedy or a drama but in any case it was a bad movie. Minnie is not a relatable character is clumsy and annoying and you feel like Quinn is actually too good for her.
Uglies (2024)
Kept waiting for something
The premise was interesting in the way that you expect that the whole story was fake and was a criticism of the Instagram culture, but as time passes the movie never picked up.
This was a ridiculous waste of time, bad acting, terrible screenplay, design, music. However it does what it says on the tin, is just a young adult novella about being beautiful to be happy, but for older audiences is just so stupid.
"I don't wanted to be free, I want to be pretty" says one character to another at one point, and that is the sad part of the movie, when one girl decides she doesn't want to be beautiful.
The Union (2024)
The most stupid movie of the year
Few things went wrong with this movie, like she puts a tracker on him and follows him... where did she put it if he has a different set of clothes the next scene?
They jump from a brinde to a boat on the river Thames then they climb back the bridge, and never get wet....
He calls his friends from a bar in London at night, and is also the same time in New Jersey
He is a "nobody that with two weeks of training is better than all the other agents.
He is 47
The whole premise of the movie is stupid, not funny even, it is difficult to understand if it is a spy movie or a comedy, who orders this movies and what demographic is it intended to.
Don't waste your time watching, no wonder why never made it to the cinemas.
Queenpins (2021)
this is full of mistakes
This movie is bad, do not waste your time watching it.
They could have made something so interesting about a real story and still have a comedy, but no, whoever directed this decided to fill out the whole film with characters that are not relatable and offensive, it looks more like one of those 80's movies where all minorities were made fun of; the part in Mexico is extremely racist.
There is one scene where the obese guy cannot hold his bowel movements, what was the point of it? Was not funny and did not have anything to do with the movie.
The postal service raids the house of the lady who has boxes full of cash labeled with sanitary products, but nobody thought they should open them?
In the last scene, they went back to the same criminal behaviour now making fun of the east europeans.
This movie is not only offensive, is hsameful.
Hit Man (2023)
Based on a real story?
A bit difficult to believe Glenn Powell's character, a gym fit body Hollywood star who plays an "everyday" man is completely out of context, and that makes you lose credibility in the movie in like 5 minutes.
It is a comedy, that could be interesting is the main character was a bit relatable, or if the story had anything new to tell, it seems like the real Gary had a lot of interesting adventures, but the few ones they showed in the movie were mostly boring efforts to show some "versatility" on Glen Powell's acting, and it completely failed.
I watched the movie hoping for something interesting to happen at some point, but none of the characters had any depth, they existed with no real meaning to their life, there isn't a single scene that makes you think of a fully created character, and is a complete shame.
These are the kind of movies you watch on tv because they're there but never pay a single penny to watch on the cinema, it's complete rubbish.
Atlas (2024)
Another JLo track on her album
The whole movie felt like another track of her visual album "this is me" that was panned by the critics.
I personally like JLo, she has passable movies and I think she is good in Rom Coms, but in this occasion, she was trying too hard to be Ripley from Alien without achieving any credibility.
This movie felt like made in the 80s, character construction and story are so predictable and unsurprising that I felt like I was watching sci fi from 1980 and that is a problem, because this movie probably costed 10 times with a bigger FX budget.
But the main problem here unfortunately is JLo, she tries to hard to be an 80s character, and is a really annoying one.
The premise of the movie is interesting, but it really feels old and outdated.
Mother of the Bride (2024)
Stupid
The idea that an influencer got a six figure paid internship in London for a hotel chain that also paid for her wedding in Thailand and gets a free thirty thousand dollars dress is completely stupid.
Why are we cultivating a generation of youngsters that actually believe that these things happen to people in real life? And why all of this rom coms only happen to beautiful and super wealthy people.
Media has the responsibility of not present unrealistic scenarios especially to vulnerable individuals like the gen z.
It is awful that it was the number 1 movie in the UK, not funny, overacted and completely unnecessary and disrespectful.
Back to Black (2024)
I was disappointed
Amy Winehouse had a tumultuous life, full of success and drama, but this film does no make justice to her legacy.
The story is narrated on a chaotic way, like if parts of the movie was left on the cutting room. One minute she was living with her mum in a flat and the next she was living in a house in Camden with a flatmate that disappeared inexplicably.
One minute she was a young 18 year old and the next she was a successful singer that quit her label. Is like her career and achievements were not interested for the screenplay, if you didn't know Winehouse story and this is the first time you see it, you would think that the girl was just a bit stupid. The only interesting thing that happened to her was Blake, and for those that followed her career we know that Blake was not good for her, and she had more interesting things in her life than being obsessed with that man.
She sang with Tony Bennet! And was like the peak of her career! No mention of that; she lived in the Caribbean trying to get better, and also no mention of it.
Is sad that Hollywood just simplifies someone's life for a movie and then that's it... very very sad to see what her legacy has been turned to.
Baby Reindeer (2024)
Highly recommended
I didn't think much about it when I started the series, but it was a great story, the main character was so real and all his struggles were very familiar.
He is a person that doesn't have the confidence to navigate the difficult world he is living in, and the woman stalking him saw him as an easy target, because he suffered before and was vulnerable.
It wasn't judgmental at all about the stalking, it presented the woman as what it was a person with mental illness, I didn't know why was he so weak at the beginning, but then you understand the journey he's been going trough and all makes sense, his shame, his fears, why was he so naive.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but this is a must see, is not all about the stalking, is about lonely people that don't have nothing and are desperate for attention in a society that ignores the small ones.
MANES (2023)
A remake of a mediocre 90s soap
Dudes or "manes" as they call it in Spanish isn't anything but a pretentious insufferable remake of an old soap opera from the 90s that was quite bad originally.
The characters are not very credible, and the whole story about start ups is a bit over the top. But definitely the worst of the series is the acting of the main cast, is like they didn't even tried to create a character with a back story, they just decided to have each one of the main guys as one stereotype of what they believe it is a man.
Looks like this was a complete waste of money from Amazon, I couldn't even go trough the first episode without cringe.
Don't wast your time with this rubbish.
Fellow Travelers (2023)
Nice but not enough
Jonathan Bailey is amazing here, as he is on everything he does, the "lavender scare" piece is quite interesting, although I doubt the venues or the places are correct.
I would say that the series would be just great if it stayed on the 50s, the whole Washington drama and the schemes that the government has been found for ever surrounding the love story of two characters trapped in the society of that time.
But the big problem of the show is that is so pretentious and disrespectful with the audience, the actors are at least 40 on the 1950s part of the show, so how comes that by the 1986, 30 years after! Matt Bomer only has a few silver hairs and a couple of badly drawn wrinkles? This small detail just takes all the joy one can have watching the show.
After finishing the series, a bad taste stays, what was the series about? Was it about skippy's activism? Or about Hawk's self acceptance? Or about politics? Because the series did not develop any of these themes enough to tell a story. I am sorry because this must have been the result of the hard work of a lot of people, but when the script is so weak, there are no strong performances that can help it, and it looks like the project was driven by Matt Bomer's ego rather than wanting to show a character.
The Killer (2023)
did not like it.
Photography, direction and especially sound editing was absolutely amazing, the timing of the scenes maintained and lot of tension for the spectator, great direction and in general everything should work, unfortunately the problem I see with this movie is mainly that the material is not much to work with.
I got quickly hooked at the beginning in the Paris part, and got invested on the character Michael Fassbender was portraying, but by the third act his performance and the overall story was already boring.
I won't spoil anything for anyone, but i can only say that this is like a PC version of Kill Bill, although the Killer's motives to do any of the things he was doing is unclear, Fassbender was one note all movie, very difficult to believe that he had any feeling or that those would motivate him to go on a vengeance spree.
By the end of the movie, nothing interesting happened, i was not expecting redemption or anything like that, but we did not get absolutely anything, and honestly i am still wondering what was this movie about?
Not even the amazing Tilda Swinton could add something to script that was empty and honestly felt like an afterthought, you had the star, the locations, the director, the theme, you just need an excuse to put all of that in a movie a la "Femme Nikita" but without soul.
Pain Hustlers (2023)
Good story, a bit over acted
I enjoyed the film, and I have to say I didn't know the story behind it. It is an interesting theme but the movie tried to be more like a Wolf of Wall Street than to be authentic.
My problem with this is that the timings don't look right, she didn't even finish high school, but was proficient with the numbers in terms of commissions and growth? Plus she started one day and in less than a week the company grew, and by the time six months passed she already had stock valued on $15 million?
Not even a year passed and there were deaths, incarcerations, repentance, surgery and trial? I think the creative liberties taken by the movie in order to give it a bit of context ended up impacting the credibility of the story. And at the end she gets a 15 month sentence but after that time she has a new company and is thriving? No explanations no notes at the end. I think it needed a bit of work on the script to make it more credible.
Robots (2023)
Terrible
I am sorry for Jack Whitehall, but this movie is bad, and he is a big contributor to the failure of the film.
Is clear Jack is not an actor, he is pretty bad in this movie, it was difficult to differentiate when was he a robot and when not.
Shaileene's performance wasn't great either, it was evident that half way the movie she just gave up, like what the hell, let's just get this over with. And honestly by that point the audience also gave up.
There's not real story, it could have been explored in a different way, but unfortunately the film looked cheap and improvised from beginning to end.
Nothing to highlight, not even a single scene was credible, and for the most time was boring.
The Morning Show: The Kármán Line (2023)
This show lost its plot
As if Bradley Jackson wasn't annoying enough already, now she is in space too...
Is there anything that this woman can't do?
What is this season about? At the beginning was all about sex harassment in the work place, then about covid and now about the sale of the streaming service?
I get the try to be up to date with what happens in the world right now from the girl boss female perspective, but the dialogue, the scenes and the storylines feel fake and forced.
There is no chemistry between the actors, and it feels like written by AI making sure that both on the stars have exactly the same amount of lines and close ups, it is very forced, very boring. All supporting cast is just there like white noise, there wasn't a single scene that wasn't about Alex or Bradley and how brave they are.
I thought I would give it another go to see if it addressed the mistakes from the past, the bad writing or try to give the main characters some "character", but they failed so hard, that I couldn't even finish episode 1.
The Kardashians (2022)
Why?
Why have these group of unstable women have another show and another season?
Is not only about the ridiculousness of seeing middle age women with too much money and zero intelligence, but now you jus see them reproducing and creating new versions of them.
Let them live their lives in peace and please spare us the pain of having them releasing 2 seasons a year, I only feel sad and pity for these women, they are trapped on a glass jail and are just and spectacle. They can't even be at home without their "glam squad". They are so uselesss that not even push their own babies or slice their cucumbers.
Please cancel this garbage! The world is over these stupid people.
Glamorous (2023)
Ugly Betty meets devil wears Prada ... not groundbreaking
How to tell exactly the same tired story once again of a marginalised person that is somehow "special" but does not need or want to work for their dreams because they are already super glamorous?
This is a poor attempt to revive the same trope that ugly Betty and Devil wears Prada and many more have explored successfully in the past. But in this case is just insufferable.
The main character, Marco, is the main problem. I don't think that the actor is bad, but the part is so stereotypical unreal and exaggerated that probably will destroy his short career. He is a combination of the entitlement and annoyance that Emily in Paris has been hated so much for, with the added element of him being an average boy that wears far too much make up and high heels landing an executive assistant job at a cosmetic firm, with no experience more than working part time on a make up counter and wearing makeup?! I know that there may be influencers in the world that survive from that, and every body hates them, so why make this kind of person the centre of a story?
Netflix and in general TV products are making the same mistake again and again, and is believing that character so two dimensional are there just to tick off the box of diversity, without worrying on making the people with real conflicts.
Watching this series is painful, and I really hope that instead of hiring diversity advisors, they start hiring drama and mental health advisors. I am very concerned of the unrealistic message that these kind of shows send to our youth. The message that you are entitled to "success" just by wearing make up and "slay", that anyone with a little more experience who wants to guide you is considered an enemy, and that going around calling people "straight boy" or "white man" is something that is appropriate in the environment we live on.
I only gave the stars because of Kim Catrall, she deserves better, and she looks like she does here best with the terrible material she is working with.
Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
Is OK but not great
I did not remember the story very well having seen the movie when I was a child, and I never read the book, but in my memory it was a beautiful story.
This movie had some Interesting sides, I was surprised by the plot twists and I found it enjoyable. Jude Law was credible and entertaining, a developed character that is consequent with the backstory.
Photography is marvellous and the locations were magnificent. The costume design is on point and the soundtrack is average.
Unfortunately the only issue with this movie is indeed Peter Pan, the poor kid is not overacted, is just completely flat, no emotion or intention, just a boy that clearly look uncomfortable having to play a character and that is a big mistake from the producers, I understand why this never went to cinemas, the acting from Peter is terrible. So much that I feel sorry for the poor kid.
Ted Lasso: Sunflowers (2023)
This was simply the best episode
I was moved to tears. Chet Baker, Amsterdam, the boat hose, the feeling that it doesn't matter what happens every thing will be alright...
At the beginning of the episode I thought it was a bit forced, like they wanted to create storylines for everyone out of nowhere, but after a bit you realise that is an ode to the city and to the feeling of being ok no matter what.
I won't give any spoilers, it doesn't need them. But is a very enjoyable experience, this show has always more about feeling well that about football, and with this episode you get immersed on a feeling that life wonderful. Kudos to the writers for not focusing Amsterdam on prostitutes and weed, but about being happy with who you are.
Pálpito (2022)
Is another Telenovela
It is a telenovela disguised as a TV series. The acting is quite average and obviously all the characters are very cliche.
The premise is interesting, but not original, there have been plenty of telenovelas with the same or similar story.
What is appalling is that this kind of things, like organ trafficking could easily happen in Colombia or anywhere in LatinAmerica. Sad but true, Colombia is a dangerous country with unscrupulous criminals, and this series is nothing new compared with the stories we have seen in the news.
Apart from that is a good production, nice photography, etc. But lacks empathy and relatability, I watched up to episode two and was more than enough.
You People (2023)
The worst movie of 2023
Starting with the fact that all dialogue is extremely dull, and the try to talk about "the culture" on a very forced way that sounds extremely forced.
Jonah Hill is annoying and his character is totally fake, all about being politically correct and planting jokes .
Julia Louise Dreyfus is the only rescatable one in this piece of trash, but even she looks uncomfortable on it.
I want to forget about this stupid movie where nobody has a real name but a derogatory terrible suffix that just borders in racism.
It is really offensive to use people's identities to focus on their differences with the only objective of making cheap comedy.
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
A complete disappointment
There are mane positives with this movie, the visual effects and the design, that is undeniable, but when you think deeper then there are many questions that really disturb me.
The first movie was all about saving the environment and how the blue people were defending their world and how they live and respect it. This movie is all about the revenge of one of the marines against the protagonist, nobody cared about the world or the natural resources exploitation, it was like terminator, a bad guy chasing another one destroying everything on its way.
The other thing is this fascination that Hollywood has with machine guns and bullets, this is the future right? So why on earth are the humans still using guns? Also, it is 2023 now, many countries are moving towards electric cars, but in this future the space ships are still exploding because they are full of gasoline? Wouldn't humanity found an alternative energy source by then?
Finally, it looks like their focus was to create the products for the franchise, now is all underwater, so new toys can be released, what is next? The snow? I know they are planning 5 more movies, but I barely tolerated this one, 3 hours and half of the movie was about the kids learning to dive under water and live the recurrent American team of the bullying, don't they understand that the rest of the world do not bully and probably other planets neither? The other half was shootings and explosions. At the end nobody learnt anything and the society in there remained intact, while the USA government I guess on representation of earth, just spent billions of dollars trying to kill an exmarine ?
The whole premise was just ridicule. And sorry but I won't get back these three hours of my life ...
Machos Alfa (2022)
Good try, but fell flat
At the beginning I was really interested on the vision that the series was going to take, it looked like it was going to explore masculinity and as they keep on saying all trough the episodes, end toxicity.
The main four characters are excellent, they are real people and they evolve, I was very excited to see that the series had both male and female writers, and a female director. Storylines were a bit lame but believable and all the set up is very good, camera photography,etc.
By the time you are half way you can start seeing the cracks on the story, and unfortunately these are all the female characters, there isn't a relatable or likeable one, they are selfish, vain and egocentric. From the crazy ex-wife, the controlling teenager, the idiotic influencer or the liberated lawyer, all of them use men as an accessory, there is no depth on their stories, they do not evolve, and at the end the series is just a huge letdown.
It was a great premise, but poorly executed. I was hoping for a fresh European take on the new gender roles, and ended up with a series where men are just the same stereotypes and women are completely shallow.
The Noel Diary (2022)
Cheesy
Just one comment: "there's only one room available" and 5 minutes later she has new dress and straight silky hair. Next morning she is curly again .... 😂
The movie is completely cheese, with all the clichés you can imagine. Full of fake snow, and a very stupid plot. I am not sure if is a Christmas movie or a RomCom? Or a very bad drama...
This was one of the biggest waste of time in my life. His and her drama are completely exaggerated, they movie tries too hard on playing with formulas and that makes it fail, all the characters are badly written and very badly executed.
It is worst than the hallmark movies, but I laughed all the way trough 😂