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A Discovery of Witches (2018)
Procrastinating
I only binged watched this show to avoid writing a paper due tomorrow. It's pretty meh as a show. The good stuff is the visual quality and the fact the actors are nice to look at. The bad is everything else. The pacing is insane, there is absolutely zero climax. The characters travel to all these different places every other day... do they not have jobs? Is there no rent due? Can we at least see them traveling?? Very little is explained in terms of the creatures abilities or their world in general. So many things are presented as a "threat" and end up being resolved at the end of each episode or never.
The show's next season needs to stretch the damn plot. Cramming so much into 8 epsidoes doesn't allow time to build characters or stakes... I don't even remember their names, I don't remember the ending, I don't remember where they want to go or why, I'm unclear on the villains and their motivations, and I've learned nothing about anything except Oxford has a cool library. This show is like those awful vampire movies with that boring girl and creepy dude in it, except they're old and boring and more attractive.
Life Like (2019)
Sensually Terrifying & Tragic
Steven Strait acted his a** off in this film, absolutely incredible performance. The other two main actors also did a very good job. However, at times the Male lead seems lost and the female seems too whiny. The plot is interesting, but a lot of the side stuff is odd. Primarily the 'company running scenes' they just seem almost unnecessary. The overall message is powerful and well delivered. There is one scene that is so powerfully tense and sensual, I had to watch it twice. I think with a bigger budget, more extras, and a more fleshed out end, this would be a 10.
Die Mitte der Welt (2016)
È così così
It was kind of boring & shallow... I feel many of the characters feel into cliche little caricatures of people. The mom is wild, hip, cool, can't keep a man. Sister is brooding, detached, depressed, aloof. The main guy is sweet, naieve, sensitive. These things are fine, but as an audience you should be able to ascertain these things without heavy-handed dialogue, exposition, clothing, etc. And how many times must we see the little sweet innocent gay boy that falls for the hot emotionless jock? There's also a scene where something pivotal is revealed that should have garnered a more powerful reaction. Like I waited to see the characters hot that peak in the plot and really show some emotion and range... but no, not there.
Side note: why in movies do people just walk in to people's home or gated private property????