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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Snooze
As a fan of the Lord of the Rings movies, I have a hard time staying awake watching this show. I'm halfway through the first season and can barely keep my eyes open or even remember anything about this show. The special effects are the only good thing going for it. Most series, I can watch episode after episode because I can't get enough. This series, I can barely make it through an episode and don't watch the next episode for days. Both this series and House of the Dragon came out the same time, and House of the Dragon has a much more interesting story. I'm hoping for something that will get me hooked, but I won't hold my breath.
Botched (2014)
Good but not great
The show focuses on 2 plastic surgeons who deal with different procedures. Dr Dubrow deals with everything from the chest down and Dr Nassif deals with everything from the neck up.
There are some great stories with some incredible outcomes. Your heart goes out to some of the patients who went to countries such as the Dominican Republic, Mexico, or South America and had their surgeries really botched. The outcomes at the end of the show are incredible. The results are not 100% perfect and this is usually due to large amounts of scar tissue, but the transformations are incredible.
The show would receive 10 stars if it weren't for the absurd people that you see them add into each episode. There is always one person each episode that goes to the extreme with plastic surgery and want more. This is always for shock value, but it's just a turn off and pretty disgusting that makes you want to change the channel.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Not the best, but worth watching
A much improvement over the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The Nazi's were brought back along with the magic of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade. Neither Steven Spielberg or George Lucas had their hands on writing or directing, so it was nice to see it go in a new direction. Not a bad film overall. The pace and intrigue kept you on the edge of your seat. Wasn't too fond of Phoebe Waller-Bridge. She was quite annoying at times. The story was good and the special effects were not too overboard. It was also nice to see some of the original characters from the original films brought back to help close out the series.