Re: BORED: Review Something : Fri May 22, 2020 7:34 pm  

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I was surprised by Ready Player One, not usually my kind of thing but very enjoyable. Also agree on Picard, very good for the most part but some elements a little drawn out.

Finished Ozark season three now. What a final scene!

Watched Jo Jo Rabbit last night and not 100% sure. Good film, well made, well produced but didn’t sit quite right. Laughter and tears in almost equal measure while poking fun at fascism, what’s not to like? I understand what it was trying to do, and to say, but not sure it hit home. Very quirky, wont be for everyone, worth persevering with though.

Watched Jo Jo Rabbit twice now, and I agree, I still don't quite get it.

Found Spaceballs on a "rbp" channel, still funny! "Use the Schwartz!"

Re: BORED: Review Something : Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:35 pm  

Hunters - Amazon Prime.
The premise is very good until episode 4, then the plot twists become obvious (well, they did to me). All in all very well put together but, like Picard, strangely contorted to be less than the sum of it's parts by the end. A massive miss from Amazon to go "Marvelistic" with something that could have been genuinely interesting. They are doing a second series, which I imagine will be the last (it should be), unless they indulge in some Dallas-esque shower/dream sequence to bring cast members back.

Re: BORED: Review Something : Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:21 pm  

Devils Advocate - have flicked past this so many times, for some reason I watched it today, and what a film! I wouldn't describe it as a horror, just very strange.

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Re: BORED: Review Something : Tue Jun 09, 2020 12:28 pm  

Safe - Netflix

Twist a minute binge fest which saw us watch all 8 episodes over two nights. Once you get over Michael C Hall’s slightly awkward British middle-class accent it a good watch. Filmed in parts of the world I know; Manchester, Salford and Liverpool, it canteras along at a good place. Cliff-hangers at the end of almost every episode and had me unable to spot the ‘killer’ until midway through the penultimate episode. Well worth a watch. A good 8/10.

Oh, but you’ll have to turn a blind eye to some of the technical mistakes (IT).

Re: BORED: Review Something : Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:32 pm  

Netflix

eurovision-the story of fire saga

.......downright silly, bad accents, ott singers/songs but strangely addictive...if you suffer and enjoy eurovision every year you will love it...if you dont...you will hate it.....the songs are very good, catchy and very eurovision, plenty of cameos from past winners....but its the final song after the event that will get you singing and demanding it to be played in pubs once they re-open! PLAY JAJA Ding Dong!!!

The Order

completed season one..quite surprised how good the first series was..10 episodes completed over 2 days. A magic cult set in a us college is infiltrated by a young student who wants to find out how his mother died....students start being picked off one by one who are pledges wanting to join The Order...about to start season 2 so here's hoping its as good as the first.

Hollywood

Excellent....be aware lots of sex, sexual references, racism and homophobia and exploitation....but it is set in the Golden Age of Hollywood films. only problem was it wasn't long enough...8 episodes.

Salvation

watched both series..then found out it got cancelled so left on a what happens next......

Asteroid discovered to be heading to earth by a student,teams up with a multi millionaire who has built an arc style space ship (just in case), us government knows and bumps off anyone who tries to tell....a US coup by the presidents staff and army ...russian threatens war with the US...but both are being held to ransom by a cyber terrorist group....first season was good...second seemed to drag on through the middle but picked up towards the end.

The Floor Is Lava

idea is good and fun....gave up after 2 episodes due to the over the top egotistical american contestants who felt the need to shout louder each time they spoke to each other.


Currently into week 14 of shielding so just a few programmes i've got round to watch atm