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The Bear (2022)
good until season 3...
I really enjoyed the discovery and getting to know the characters in the first season. Traditionally a drama centered on cooking isn't my thing at all. But after the first episode, I just kept watching without really noticing. It was easy to get engaged in the storylines.
Season two was also engaging. The struggle and inception of this new restaurant brought stress, troubles, arguments, and discourse to the characters which worked so well in the first season.
Season three.. well.. two words keep crossing my mind... pretentious repetition. As if the producers. Writers, directors, whoever THINKS this simple cooking show is somehow more important than a passing series that will be forgotten two years after it's off the air.
Season three episodes are generally straight out repetition for the sake of repetition. There are only a couple episodes in the entire season 3 that seem to move the story forward.. then they go back to repetition. It FELT like a 3 episode season.. quite obviously padded out to 10 episodes. The BULK of the season episodes are overly repetitious scenes - 5 minutes of dialog - more repetitious scenes. I understand the intention may be to show how the staff is grinding to get better. But one can show the passage of time without literally repeating similar scenes over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
Then the season finale was 100% pretentious. I won't spoil things with details but, man, what an unfavorable, arrogant, unsavory, depiction of the "chef" industry as a whole. The season 3 finale was a REAL turn off to me. If this is anywhere close to what chefs really think - and I kind of think it may be based on the random chef headshots (which were POINTLESS) - wow, what a bunch of self-centered - use your own expletive here.
I found season 3 more of a drag than anything, dropped a few stars due to that.
Teen Torture Inc. (2024)
maybe it's me....
Maybe it's me but I find no joy, pleasure, or viewing satisfaction watching others recount stories about their own trauma years later. If a documentary focuses on such, then it's expected that there will be some comeuppance or retribution in the story. This documentary is nothing more than a recounting of trauma stories.
I can sympathize with those affected, and I honestly do.
But I wonder what makes this a documentary? It's a collection of trauma stories mixed with ambiguous allegations. Now the allegations may be true. I'm not denying that. But theres no "meat" here.. no substance, nothing other than trauma stories and publicly available facts. There's no "hidden" story. No "gotcha" moment. No exposing of public deception. No recrimination for ANY parent that put their child in these centers. To retribution for any corporation or individual. Nothing.
Ultimately, this is just anti-Dr Phil and trauma stories, that's all. This all will certainly pull on one's compassion and empathy at times, but I'm not really sure it has ANY makings worthy of a documentary.
Max seems to be airing a great many of the "substance-lacking" documentaries lately. They all start to come across like food photos on instagram.... only interesting to the person taking the photo, not other viewers.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)
Insufferable forced drama
I picked the killer out in the first episode... I'm not master detective.. never read any of the books.. but INSTANTLY I marked the killer in episode one when he/she appeared.
Then it goes on for 5 additional, forced drama, obnoxious music montage, episodes full of red hearings and turns that seemed, and ultimately were, meaningless. Cardboard, stereotype characters merely doing what stereotypes do.
This was so, so very forced and formulaic. Wasn't engaging, telegraphed the turns early.. nothing unexpected, imaginative, or new. Just standard tropes.
If you've got 6 hours to waste and don't want to think too hard.. meh.. maybe.. but otherwise it's largely pointless. There are MUCH better "mystery" series to watch.
5-25-77 (2008)
digital grain like ants on screen....
The fake, pseudo, grain which has been clearly added digitally made this an "uneasy" film to watch for me.
Sure some late 70s films had some grain, pits, and scratches on the actual film cellulose.
In order to try and "fake" a late 70s film, someone decided to add grain digitally. The problem with digital grain it that it MOVES. Actual cellulose film grain never moves, it's a fault in the cellulose. It may "travel" across the film as frames move, but often the film is moving so fast there's no minute perception of movement - more quick flashes if there is any movement at all. With this film, when grain was added to scenes, it's like watching a screen full of ants scurrying about.. it ALL moves.
Not every scene had added grain.. but when scenes do.. it's just kind of an "ick" feeling and it's used often enough to cause THAT to be the number one memorable factor of this film. There's nothing which stands out anywhere near as much as the creepy crawly feeling of moving digital grain.
Hit Man (2023)
Just missing something...
If it takes 10 ingredients to make a perfectly delicious cake.. and this film were a cake... it's missing 3 ingredients.
This wasn't a bad film by any means. But it's clearly missing something. The films climax is rather breathless. Nothing overly "present" or "notable" at the time.. and then, before you know it, the film is over. And you think.. "oh THAT was the climax? Really?"
Acting is decent.. storyline is a bit stretched in places.. he's NOT a cop but is playing an undercover hitman in order to arrest those seeking murder for hire.. He's in meetings with the Police Captain.. but he's NOT a cop????? So if he's a professor of some sort, how the heck did he get hooked up with undercover police operations??? Just doesn't make a lot of sense. But I guess the audience isn't suppose to ask COMMON SENSE questions.
Would have helped a GREAT deal to see WHY the previous undercover hitman was seen as a "bad employee" (He IS a cop... but not portrayed as a "bad cop", just a bad employee)... there's nothing other than ambiguous references. Nothing solid.
Anyway.. it's a half-decent rom-com I suppose. I didn't dislike it.. but it wasn't really fulfilling either. Just left me feeling like a sucker for sitting through it for almost no real reward. Mostly, it's forgettable.
Meh......
Space Cadet (2024)
I tried, I really tried...
I tried to like this. I really did... I let some of the early missteps go....
But 20 minutes in I realized I'm not a 12 year old girl, with a, well, somewhat superficial view of the world in general. In short, I am clearly NOT the audience this film is aimed at.
It was not entertaining or engaging in any way for me. The social aspects are just so far detached from actual reality for me I couldn't forgive the nature of it trying to portray a real-life adventure, even if fictional in nature.
Is this really what social circles are like for 17-25 year olds now?? I wouldn't know. But if this is even remotely close to reality. Just wow. It would drive me crazy.
Basically.. this is made for the "Barbie" crowd, not for adults with brains.
Your pre-teen daughter may LOVE this film... everyone else should just pass on it.
House of the Dragon (2022)
Winter is a lie.
This is just a soap opera.
Writing is atrocious. No subplots, no secondary characters. It's all soap opera and "emotions". But then GOT devolved into a soap opera as well .
When I heard the line "Winter is coming" in season 2, episode 2.. that pretty much made it clear, they don't have any story here, and are doing their best to conjure up something as close to GOT as possible.... but they are failing in the writing. Seriously failing.
There are no battles.. they show a disagreement that was the start of a battle. Then jump immediately to the aftermath, but nothing in between.
This series just feels like so, so, so, so, so much time is being wasted talking... then talking some more.. followed by talking.....
I suspect they'll treat it overall like season 1..... E01 talk, E02 talk, E03 talk, E04 talk, E05 talk, E06 dragon tease but mostly talk, E07 talk, E08 DRAGON + cliffhanger for next season.
Viewers leave remembering the fantastic CGI work for the dragons.. but forget the 7+ hrs of dreadfully boring talking to get to the CGI. At least GOT had subplots and other things happening to keep a viewer even moderately invested throughout a season. HOD seems to have a single solitary soap opera plot and nothing more.
Season two appears to be about only women being in charge. Women telling the men what to do. All men are subservient. Nothing wrong with strong women, but it's not a well-rounded series without more of a balance overall. The heavily weighted female-centric episodes just make it seem all the more like a soap opera with a hidden agenda. Although, it's not really that hidden.
I'm still trying to figure out what the point of subtitling season 2 episode 6 was... was there a point? Well, other than just being pretentious.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Decent...
Liked this MUCH more than Beyond Thunderdome or Fury Road.. and I am not a fan of Anya Taylor-joy - I don't think she so much as acts as she just has a body type that fits some roles.
In this, she's a good substitute for a very young teenager and, in make up, has good resemblance to Charlize Theron - making her appearance work for the film. She does LOOK like a younger Furiosa.
Really it's an action flick. There's not a whole lot of focused acting necessary.. a few good eyeball expressions and moving around is all that's required. The child actress in this got WAY more screen time - and did a great job with it.
I do think Hemswoth could have been more "cringy" rather than just mean.. but it still worked well.
Solid 8 stars for an action flick. Gets a tad long.. but still a decent watch.
Hotel Cocaine (2024)
One burning point of curiousity...
After watching the first two episodes (now 4) I'm left with one undeniable, burning question. A point I'll probably never receive an answer for. Something so apparent that just begs an answer nonetheless....
Are all the GOOD writers still on strike?
The writing in this series is just so utterly poor overall. As if there's an outline of plot points someone WANTS to hit and then they fill in the gaps with just incomprehensible scenes. I'll make amends... but for only 1 non-related scene. I mean, come on. What was the point of the "amends" scene???
This is some of the worst writing I've seen in a long, long, time. Add to that many of the actors playing lessor characters just aren't good at their craft. The actors playing main characters are decent, no complaints.... but then they are thrown into a scene with lesser talent and it just makes the lesser talent seem that much more below par.
I've already got MGM+, so I will probably continue to catch episodes here or there, when the DVR is otherwise empty.. but I am by NO MEANS planning on this series getting any better or being a worthwhile watch.
Just seems like they didn't have ANY good writers for this series...
I mean.. Superfreak sitting next to a guy in church.. suuuuuuure.... do the writers even know the lyrics of that song??? Doesn't appear they do.
Really makes me feel dumber for watching.
Six Schizophrenic Brothers (2024)
Very slow and uninteresting....
Complete drudgery.. The production is HORRIBLE.
Did they want people to watch this or fall asleep to it??
The musical tones (long tones, not music) soundtrack is doing its level best to try and PUSH some sort of drama behind the really monotonous, continual, repetitive nature of the talking heads. And really, that's all this series is.. listening to people talk about family history for 4 hours.
Eventually I set this to play a 1.5x speed just so it wasn't slow dreadfully slow. It gets so, so, so, so repetitive which is more noticeable at a faster playback speed.
The series is largely full of unnecessary backstory. Backstory I found uninteresting and WAY too focused on the minutia of a typical large family or just general growing up for many.
I mean back stories about what someone's interests were, what sports they played in high school, the music they liked, who they were dating, what someone's wife was like, etc. I mean exceptionally uninteresting things if you aren't related to any of these people. Then clinical explanations of schizophrenia as a disorder, or a lobotomy as a procedure - NOT as they relate to any of these family members. Doctors detailing the clinical explanations in case a viewer is unaware (which has me wondering why anyone would tune in if they didn't know these things.)
It's just a boring series. Nothing notable.
I suppose if you know someone in the family or were impacted by the family it may be interesting. But as someone completely unrelated to any of it... there was nothing of interest to me here.
They may as well have created a doc about 6 bothers that painted a house in Wyoming. You may be a tad curious about the color they chose, but do you REALLY care they painted a house? And do you really want to sit and watch the paint dry while the family details every brush stroke??
Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go (2024)
This isn't comedy...
This isn't comedy.. it's performance art..
The roars from the crowd seemed REALLY odd to me. As if they were some cult following just there to cheer her on completely regardless of what she did or said. As if the audience was filled intentionally with her "tribe" who came to see and support "Hannah" and did not merely buy tickets anticipating a comedy show. There's no real laughter here.
I did not find anything she did, much less said, funny. It's performative art.. which okay.. I can accept, but it wasn't even GOOD performative art.
She's great in Hacks.. where there's a writing staff and a director to tell her what to do... but CLEARLY stand-up isn't her thing. Based upon the crowd reactions in this, she may be in a bubble.. surrounded by those wishing her well and supporting her, but lacking the ability to tell her when things need more work. This "special" REALLY needed much more work if it was supposed to be funny.
This is really just HBO saying "Hey Hannah, Hacks has been a success. Do you want to do a 1 hour comedy special? We think you've gained some notoriety and many would tune in." And she said yes, that was a mistake. Clearly when left to her own devices, absent a writing staff, she has no clue what comedy actually is.
The poor experience is foreshadowed pretty well by the pretentious opening French music... I mean a French song for your US comedy debut? Really?
Blech.
Ren Faire (2024)
Pointless....
Starts and ends in the same place.... there's no revelation, no uncovered story, no mystery to solve, no interesting behind the scenes story.. there's no "there" there. Sure the producers/director, etc try and push some sort of drama with the soundtrack and editing... but there really is NONE.
Complete and utter waste of time, unless you happen to be related to someone involved in the Faire or this doc. As a viewer.. it's utterly pointless.
It is interesting that the poster art makes George look like a light-skinned black man.. he's not.. he's a pale, ghost-like, white man. In fact, I don't think there's a single black person anywhere in this three episode documentary.
Absurd, aimless, fruitless, futile, impotent, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, insignificant, irrelevant, meaningless, powerless, silly, stupid, trivial,
unnecessary, unproductive, useless, worthless, around in circles, going nowhere, in vicious circle, inane, nongermane, nonsensical, not pertinent, purportless...
.. is that your natural story line??? I touch plastic and it makes me sick.
The Big Door Prize (2023)
Season 2 is melodrama.. not mystery....
The first season was about the mystery the machine brought with it, the comedy everyone's "purpose" caused.
Got a bit silly with everyone just handing out SSN willingly to some random electronic device. I mean, I guess there's no identity theft in this make-believe world. But okay...
I found season 1 enjoyable. It had mystery, comedy and a touch of human connections. Nice balance overall.
Season 2 is a sappy soap opera about relationships... I get the "human connection" aspect. And that has been part of the first season, but they went overboard with it in season 2.
There's practically ZERO mystery in season 2. Season 2 is NOT about the morpho at all. The audience learns NOTHING more about the morpho or the blue dots - except that many characters have them.
Season 2 focuses almost entirely on relationships -- the marriage, the dad starting to date again, the teenage romance. The, uhm, exploration of the mom. The coupling of the restaurant owner. The priest's flirting....
Sorry but season two is more "how Deerfield turns" and less "what is the morpho".. and it really kind of sucks. I was intrigued by what the morpho may be. But Season 2 provides pretty much no new information.
Season 2 was a disservice to season 1 viewers.
The ONLY mystery in season 2 is in the last 2 minutes of the last episode of the season... setting it up for season 3.
But.. it's being reported it's been CANCELLED and there will be no season 3. That's one heck of a cliffhanger to leave the series on. Guess people will need to grab the book if they want to know what the morpho is.
Pretty annoying on Apple's part. Quality control in terms of writing or storytelling doesn't appear to be concern.
Sweet Tooth (2021)
Good until season 3....
Seems the writers completely forgot the story by the time season 3 rolls around. Or... they felt the story was fairly complete after the second season and were urged (by $$$ signs) to create a third season. But season three is a considerable divergence of the basic back-story as its already been told.
There are a lot of turns and twists in season three which do not align with the story told in season one. We all saw how things started in season one.
I guess they are hoping viewers don't remember and it all becomes about some cave and WHEN things started. An overly forced southern drawl comes and goes on a per-scene basis for a certain actress. Things get a bit more sappy than previous seasons.. season three, the final season is CLEARLY the worst of the three. Shame. The mark of a good story is how it ends.
I greatly enjoyed the first two seasons.
Unfortunately season three was not even close to the same level of writing - relying on viewers not having any memory or just being gullible. Meh.. ends in pretty poor fashion.
Red Eye (2024)
EXCEPTIONALLY predictable....
Standard UK "thriller" drama.
Storyline is predictable from episode one to the end. There really are no surprises other than just how many standard tropes and "twists" they tried to include.
The old UK political lady (don't know her name) - "Mum" - just over-acts in EVERY scenes she's in. Horrible skills on display there and she's a primary character.
The thing is, while absolutely predictable, the first one - perhaps two - episode(s) aren't as bad and move along decently. Sure I was face-palming several times when it took characters an additional 20 minutes to figure out what the viewer figured out long ago. But they weren't as bad and after than, one kind of wants to know how the story actually plays out. But it's ultimately pretty bad overall....
As the episodes progress it just gets worse and worse, more predictable, more ludicrous, worse acting, cliché story... it just goes downhill after the opening car crash of episode 1.
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Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne (2020)
HUGE leaps and gaps...
It's very cursory look at the early years.. then a LOT of focus on current storylines.
For a "biography" it's EXCEPTIONALLY lacking.
Where are his first 2 children from the first wife?? Why the divorce? How'd Sabbath get a deal? So may missing bits just to tell the story the publicist wants told in 2020. It's CLEARLY spin and just skips some things to keep the overall impression as good.
Sure the entire cause of any abuse or mistrust was alcohol and drugs... couldn't have anything to do with Ozzy be just an unkind person at heart.. and truth being exposed through substances.
Meh... it's marketing spin.. nothing more.
The Acolyte (2024)
casting could be better...
After 2 episodes, the story is okay. Kind of, well, "easy" in terms of actual storytelling. It's a little weak in terms of originality, depth and complexity. I want to avoid spoilers but suffice to say, the opening plot point "discovery" (revealed by the end of episode 2) was just eye-rolling and felt like a storyline written for 12 year olds.
Seems like it MIGHT pan out to be decent. But the casting.. oh the casting is terribly poor in places. Almost as if they cast based on hairstyles and dancing ability (for fights), not actual acting skills.
Meh... its much better than most of the sci-fi out there. But it's not better than most of the other Star Wars spin-offs.
Little sappy and a bit "YA" overall.
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Episode 3 seems to make it clear to me that this is written for children who may not catch all the CLEAR inconsistencies. Episode 3 was pretty bad overall, then throw in the "Oh viewer's won't notice" aspects and it's just terrible. And the Jedi are pseudo "overlords" here????? Unsympathetic enforcers for The Republic? The Jedi??
Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza (2024)
Really sad...
A documentary detailing the death and commercialization of a truly unique idea to bring people together.
The original idea - bring culture and alternative music to rural areas where people are never exposed to such a thing, keep ticket prices low so "the kids can see it" - Rebellion is a thing for the youth.. and Lolla started that way. Showcasing bands many may never have heard of. TRAVELING within the US to expose the country's youth to art and music which was DIFFERENT than the mainstream media was pushing. Episode one lays out the original mindset very well....
But it all devolved. "Grammy" should never be a phrase heard regarding any Lolla act.. but that's what it is today. F
Lolla no longer brings music to rural areas where kids can afford to go see it.. now they book big label backed pop stars (what's "alternative" about that?) and ONLY play Chicago, Lolla doesn't bother touring within the US at all, and Lolla then travels the world in a quest for more money, ... it's all about the dollar, not art.
This entire documentary builds to an excuse and justification for the commercialization. If Farrell can not see how Lolla has COMPLETELY lost the message, he's blind, or just lying to the audience or perhaps himself. Ferrell got old and sold out and Lolla devolved into a commercialized money-maker. Nothing wrong with selling out.. but at least own in.
Ferrell is kidding himself if he thinks it's still "about the music" it CLEARLY is not. With acts such as Lady Gaga, Chance the Rapper, and Miley Cyrus.... Music is CLEARLY unimportant and merely the vehicle to profits.
What a pathetic thing Lollapalooza has become. It is absolutely NOTHING special now and only serves as a profit machine.
I don't know how ANYONE can watch episode 1 of these series, then watch episode 3.. and think Lolla is anything other than a money-grubbing venture today.
Passenger (2024)
Pretty horrible....
It appears as though there's a formula for the ~45 min episodes...
40 minutes of drab, over-emotional, sappy drama.. and 5 minutes of some non-descript "thing" in the woods. Well, at least that's how the 4 episode I watched played out. I couldn't tolerate it for the last 2 episodes. Felt as though I was needlessly being strung along through a rather confusing story with no payoffs.
Characters are relatively unclear other than the primary character. There is ZERO character development in this.. characters come, and apparently go, without any connection to them.
I found it to be a waste of time and poorly written overall.. is it a sappy drama or a horror/thriller? Seemed far more drama than anything else.
Snack Shack (2024)
Decent "coming of age"
This was a worthwhile watch.
It's not really that much of a comedy, but there are light-hearted scenes. It's far more "coming of age" and romance in general. But not sappy romance, coming of age romance. Kind of a light drama overall without any long drawn-out emotional scenes.
Good couple or "date" movie. I'd watch again without any problem.
That all being written.... I did feel the film relied a bit too heavily on music montages. The problem when using music montages is that if one finds the music unpleasant, then the scene may be unpleasant. It's a fine line to walk. And when you walk that line every 10 minutes or so, well, the chance to falter is more prevalent.
Lots of foul language and "teenage" romance - the primary characters are 14-16 years old. No nudity. Underage drinking and a slight bit of marijuana use. Some violence in terms of teenage rivalries and fist fights, but no real blood or gore. Decently targeted for a PG13 audience.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Just awful...
The apparent desire to anthropomorphize monsters in this is... well.. I would say "ludicrous" but that's falls terribly short of an adequate descriptor. It's just over-the-top ridiculous.
Monsters aren't monsters here.. they are monsters which behave as if they were like people.
Do writers sit down and strain themselves trying desperately to write as many hackneyed plot points as possible and cram them into a single film?
This film is trite, predicable, uninspired, and frankly stupid on a level I can not explain.
Sure CGI is good, but in 2024 that's not a feat in itself and doesn't "make" a film interesting, much less enjoyable. Hasn't been for many years now.
The next time I go on a exceptionally dangerous, life-threatening, mission.. I sure hope someone reminds me to bring along my 11 year old child.
Mr. Birchum (2024)
.. same old, same old...
Nothing really that new.
Same old jokes, tired, overused, animation style.
I really wish these low-budget "idea without a concept" animated shows would find a NEW animation studio to use. They all look exactly the same.
There's no "style" here... no flair.. Flair examples since the studio CLEARLY has no idea.... Simpson's coloring and non-human shapes.. South Park's "cardboard" characters. Rick and Morty's non-realistic human figures. Solar Opposites off-kilter characters and settings, etc. You know CREATIVE animation. Not just standard human figures and oh, throw in a talking dog, or some other animal, too...
This is one of those shows where someone (Carolla and company) has some random idea for a sitcom, but doesn't have the money or can't raise the money for an actual live action sitcom..... so they take the cheap route.. animation. But there's no real point in it being animation, since it's just supposed to be "real life" situations. Animation mimicking live action because you can't afford live action is boring and pointless.
It's more of the same.. nothing inventive or original. Including the idea behind the show.
Just a low budget way for those behind the scenes to think they can make money with minimal effort and then rendered by an overused animation studio with next to zero artistic creativity.
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA (2024)
So many comedians...
.. so little humor.....
The things is.. each episode is roughly 1hr long... in that hour there's a lot of exceptionally strained attempts to be funny... unfortunately, there's MAYBE 5 minutes of actual humor in each episode. Usually any humor comes in the form of some passing comment from someone on the couch, not from Mulhaney at all. Overall, Richard Kind is CLEARLY better at comedy.
I didn't find ANY of the packaged comedy bits funny in any way. Nor was Mulhaney really funny himself.
The reality is any humor comes from the unplanned, unexpected, gaffs in every episode. Or perhaps that hairpiece on the hypnotist.
I mean an entire episode with everyone wearing sunglasses?? That seemed like a good idea???
I really wonder.. do people in LA really think anyone else in the rest of the country honestly care about LA?? It's just so solipsistic and narrow in focus. It's not about comedians or "everyone" - meaning a lot of comedians - "being in LA" it's just about LA.
It's REALLY not worth an hour of your time, let alone 6. Pass on this.
The Big Cigar (2024)
Another Apple show for Septuagenarians...
I'm not a young man... I only have a vague recollection of actual events surrounding Newton and the Panthers at that time. I was roughly 5-6 years old during the time period of this series.
This show was "created" by a white man younger than myself.. I think that's important to note. The series is approached as if it took place in 2014, not 1974 - as if Newton's story was a recent news topic, not history from 50 years ago. Do people younger than 20 have ANY real clue about Newton and the Panthers? People younger than 30? 40? And can a white man really do justice to a story about civil rights rebellion figures, even if it is well intentioned. It *seems* a bit exploitive to me.
The "set up" is severely lacking here. There's no backstory, no explanation of the turbulent time period or all the social turmoil that took place in the 60s-70s. There's no telling of the "basis" as to why Newton was sought after and persecuted. No explanation of the 10 years following the JFK and MLK assassinations. You know, the important aspect of Newton's story in terms of motivation.
This is a popcorn series, without any real substance, made for those that perhaps recall the late 1960s and early 1970s (septuagenarians) and don't need any explanation of American social issues at that time. It's not made for today's, much younger, audience.
Newton's story, as told here, has zero impact when interspersed with the attempt at some sort of "buddy series". The series goes from heavy drama portrayed as docudrama, but lacking any real impactful actual facts.... and light "buddy film" aspects with the producer character.
It's junk.
I did not find it entertaining on its own, and it is definitely not a fitting way to tell the story of an important figure in US Civil Rights history.
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Not a complete film....
I'm going to retype much of what I typed for the first film....
I get that there are at least 3 films to be made in this series. However, given that, each film should stand on its own overall. There's no ending here... it just peters out until it's tired.. and the audience is left to wait for the next film....
This film series is being made as if it were a television series. Each "film" is merely an "episode" and doesn't come to ANY sort of conclusion in itself. The difference is, for these films, audiences are left waiting YEARS before the next "episode" is released. I can't speak for others, but 3-4 years later I've long since lost any sort of investment in a story. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, et al, at least created "chapters" where they actually had an ending and each film could be viewed independently of the other films. That is NOT the case in this new Dune series.
Given the series broken into separate films, each of the films needs to be a whole in itself. Having an actual ending to the film appears to be not even an inkling for this new incarnation of Dune. The first film had no ending, and this second film doesn't either. They are NOT complete films.
This is a decent sci-fi story. My mind does keep referring back to the 80s version. There are aspects they did WAY better in the 80s for the same story - even many of the CGI effects were better in the 80s.
Anyway.. it's not a bad story. It is engaging, but ultimately merely leads to disappointment and perhaps frustration. It's not a fulfilling series since each film is left without an ending.... and it'll be several YEARS before the story continues.
.. meh.. wait for all 3, then watch.