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Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
Not Very Good
Very disappointing. Very dull with uninspired acting except for Tennant of course. Too many changes for it to even be called by the famous title. In that regard similar to the recent War of the World Euro TV series. Mind boggling that a season 2 of this concoction has been greenlit. Hopefully PBS passes and brings back Victoria.
Little Women (2017)
A precis of the novel instead of the novel.
Scenes too short. Script full of non-sequiturs. Actors given nothing to do. Angela Lansbury is wasted. Only bright spot is Ms. Watson. Her portrayal of the mother of four very different young women is superb.
War of the Worlds (2019)
A Season 2? Really?
Good actors who have been given bad material. Glacial pace and now I've just learned that there is going to be a second season. From the start I had assumed that this was a one season affair, that all would settled in the finale and so I've stuck with it as there's little else available in this Covid-19 affected TV season. No such luck. I won't be watching any further. Paint drying is more interesting.
Cavendish (2019)
Dreadful Waste of Taxpayers' Money
Nothing to do with the real town or PEI. Cast is both unattractive and can't act. Writers should be fired. Not a laugh in the entire show. Might appeal to juveniles under 12 years of age. The worst TV series ever foisted on us by the CBC.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
No to Digital Special Effects
Good not great movie but what I'd like to comment upon are the digital special effects.
In my opinion they don't cut it. What made the original 3 movies so memorable was the "realism". We all remember that mile-long ship just after the end of the rolling opening credits. It looked real as did just about every imaginary item in the three films.
I felt in watching "Clones" that I was watching a super sophisticated video game. Except for the desert of Tatooine every other landscape looks phony. The cities look like drawings from a sci-fi magazine not real places. That waterfall in the open country is beautiful but also unreal. Same for the Amidala's home world and most of the vehicles.
I hope Lucas realizes his mistake to rely solely on digital trickery and returns in the third film to a mix of digital and more traditional models/real objects. It's clear that digital effects still can't do the job by themselves.