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Girl at the Window (2022)
Disappointing what Film Victoria is funding
Someone clearly paid for some good reviews from India 😂
The script, direction and score were pretty subpar and the acting was average. Everyone phoned it in for this one because there is legitimate talent in this cast but it didn't show in this film, and to be honest I don't blame them. It really wasn't worth the effort.
Who at Film Victoria green lights the funding for these embarrassing productions? I know there are more artistic, entertaining, intelligent, original, Australian projects out there that could use the funding. They seem to miss out more often than not.
This film just couldn't decide what it wanted to be and as such, missed the mark everywhere. If they'd removed the nudity and reduced the gore then they could have slapped this on the abc as a teen drama and none would be the wiser. I wouldn't have given it such a low mark if they had because I wouldn't have expected more from it.
As a side note, the director definitely gave the main actress the instruction to bite her lip as a character trait because she does it incessantly and while it's a small thing it is so annoying.
Rugrats (2021)
It's ok.
I'm four episodes in and I don't think it's as bad as some of these reviewers are saying. I doubt they watched past the first episode, so didn't really give it a fair chance.
I am one of the 90s kids who grew up on the Rugrats and have a deep nostalgic love for the original show, but even I can recognise that this new show was made for kids and not me. And that's ok.
What's not ok is the ugly animation of the characters. The original character design does not transfer well to cgi and I honestly have no idea how no one in the studio recognised that and went back to the drawing board. They should have gone with more of a Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs character look. As is, they look cheap, ugly and out of place against their clearly more detailed and pretty backgrounds. I think a lot of the jokes would hit better if the faces had more detail and could offer more expression. The eyes with their little black dots moving around are unnerving, the mouths not matching up with the dialogue and their bodies are just like basic fleshy plasticine that's looks like it came straight out of the early noughties. I just think they could have done better.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
Lame
I should have known as soon as they made Salem nothing more than a cat familiar that I was going to be disappointed by The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
I keep giving this show a chance, and it just keeps getting lamer. I'm halfway through season 3 and I think I'm done. I don't think I can get past singing with a rabbit in the forest. Stop trying to recreate Riverdale! Let Sabrina be it's own thing! When I heard this show was going to be created I was hanging out for the crossover episodes they could do, but now... I don't see the point when you've basically created the same show, except way worse. Crossovers are fun because it's a merging of two different worlds. Yes these shows are set in the same universe but that doesn't mean they had to be exactly the same. That's just boring. It would have been hilarious if the cast of Riverdale broke out in song in a crossover, and the cast of Sabrina were either weirded out or convinced to join in, in a funny way. But they already sing in Greendale all the time so what would be special about it? Nothing.
The sets are amazing and the acting is great, but the script and storyline's are just woeful and I feel sorry for the actors having to work with them. I hope they had fun at least because it's not something I'd put on my resume.
Busanhaeng (2016)
This film isn't scary in the least.
I finally got around to watching this film and I cannot for the life of me understand why it had so much hype.
It was a Korean drama with zombies. Nothing more.
I was expecting something weird and fantastic, with some good scares and I got nada. There's absolutely zero logic in the plot, a bunch of long dramatic looks and plenty of unintentional comedy though!
I gave one star for the sort-of-original idea of having it play out on a train and the set design people. One star to the creepy zombie deer that tricked me into thinking I was in for something good and the special effects crew. And though the rest of the cast did a decent job with the script they were given, my final star goes to Su-an Kim, the little girl whose acting was SO GOOD it made me cry at the end of a film I had hated throughout. She's very talented.
From (2022)
Left me wanting more.
From the beginning the mystery had me intrigued. I enjoy Stephen King, H. P Lovecraft and the like, so I was definitely interested to see where it would go.
In my opinion this show started out well (some of the story/script choices and acting were a bit off) but it got better and better as it progressed. It definitely came into its stride half way through the season and I saw a marked improvement all round. The character development has been miles ahead of many similar shows, you just need to give it a chance to find its feet.
I hope the writers have a clear idea of where the story is headed and how all the little plot holes need to be filled but so far, so good. I don't like to have answers given to me straight away (unlike all the negative reviewers who need instant gratification it seems) so I was happy the ending of the season left me with even more questions. I thought I had figured some things out but now I know I haven't at all. Maybe the bus has arrived to just take everyone home? But if that's a bus load of people pulling up at the end, then I'm guessing season 2 is going to open with a blood bath.
Made for Love (2021)
Please give us season 3!
My boyfriend and I really enjoyed watching this show. Season 1 drew us in and kept us watching, and then Season 2 really wowed us with the acting and the storyline.
I think probably the weakest parts of the show are the nun and the fbi. I don't get the comedy and I feel like too much time is wasted on their scenes. Also it would have made more sense for Hazel's best friend to team up with the nun to help find her. That could have been a real comedic duo. Oh well. And the FBI! Don't get me started on how stupid that is. The FBI should be a menacing threat to the whole situation, not a joke.
The development of Byron and Hazel's characters has been wonderful. It rings true that people aren't black and white in terms of being either good or evil. Essentially good people can do bad things under the right circumstances. Human nature is to be self involved and make mistakes because of it.
There's a lot of deeper meaning in this show that I hope you explore more.
I can't wait to see what you do with season 3!
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again (2018)
It was clearly a fake out guys....
If you're a true Sunny fan then you would realise this. The craft of this episode was nuanced, yes, but that's what made it work. And I never expected a reverse fake out to work- but it did.