Reviews

RENO is it funny? Yes...this show's biggest problem is that it's too repetitive...it's a one trick pony...once you've seen five episodes.

.that's it...you've seen it all...

and that's really all there is to say about this show...it should only have had five episodes...

the running gag where they have the same version of a cold open where they run into something and the airbag pops out...yes...it's funny...very funny actually...but it gets old pretty quick...t

that's not how to do s running gag...as soon as it starts you already know how it ends...you just want to skip it...a running gag should be shorter...that whole thing runs for too long...

the choice of graphics...makes sense...it suits the type of story...but it does nothing for novelty...nothing looks attractive...it's just depressing...and it's been on for like 8 and more seasons...

the characters are caricatures...unless the writer wants them to do something they do...and then it's back to their normal shallow one dimensional selves...

not impressive at all...

I keep saying this...comedies are the most simple things to rate or critique...it's just as simple as figuring out...is it funny or not...and this show...is DEFINITELY funny...

i guess other people's perspectives are really a mystery...i don't really understand how iMDb ratings work...but i can NOT believe that as many people that saw this show and rated it didn't think it was the best comedy they'd ever seen!

So what it's got a few clichés on motherhood and how hard it is to be a mum...this story has been told a million times before...but watching this i didn't feel like i was tired...i enjoyed it just the same...

i like the characters...a few are a little unbelievable yes...but they're good well written...the pacing is great the tone is fantastic...

the running gags...like Julia always running back to her mum are hilarious...Cunk or whatever her real name is...she's gold!!...her lines always land...she's the cheat code...

i like that it has something more to say about life...it's not just a show about running around trying not to kill your kids...it exposes human interaction dynamics and how to find balance in life...

Julia actually has some character growth...that's a fine detail for a comedy...o absolutely love this show...i don't get why everyone else isn't going crazy about it...

This show is very exciting...and i will never get tired of mentioning just how refreshing it is when something different comes along...something fresh that actually makes you look at things different...or gives you new information to ponder...

it's a break from what we're used to...to experience a different culture...i like that they went with rock not some rnb mellow stuff...

but then just after that you can't help but be very mad at how badly the whole thing was handled...the writing is extremely weak...

soo sooo much potential here...if they'd gotten better writers...like the Bill Hader or whoever wrote Tehran...then we'd have had a gem on our hands...

but everything feels half done half baked half hearted...character development is shaky shallow and unconvincing...the plot always feels like it's missing something...

some things happen that are cliché others too convenient...like the reunion towards the end of the first season...it's all too quick...no authentic emotion is put into it...it's like an essays...something bad happens band breaks up they're sad they get together everyone's happy...but it doesn't translate...we don't see the raw emotion of all these events...

Amina realising that she wants to do music...is handled soo cheaply...this is supposed to be an existential crisis...Saira getting her grip on her psyche and opening up...this should have weight...there was even a heartbreak and we didn't feel sad...

wasted potential...too rushed...get better writers...but watchable...disappointing though...

I might be the only one on earth with this opinion...but i honestly don't and never understood this whole American fascination with the mob genre...

i think it's very limited...lacks any expansive capabilities as a story...and isn't even remotely relatable...it continues to be a favourite and i just don't get it....

another opinion that is surely only my own...my distaste in the crime boss genre is definitely why i rated Breaking Bad as a 7...because it's essentially a crime boss tv show...and that is why i think the first season of breaking bad was its best...because it was a story about a regular guy...very relatable...

This show has all the mob film clichés...the accents the demeanour even the dressing...and the only interesting thing about this show...is the visits to the shrink...and we get to see how Tony thinks his relationship to his family...you know...the relatable stuff!...and the other things i find very boring to be honest...

but that's just my take...

I always heard people talk about how hard it is to get invested in a show with characters that are not charismatic...characters you don't like...i always thought that was ridiculous...but then i realize now...i always figured those people were talking about despicable characters...and didn't like them on moral or behavioural grounds...

watching this show however...i realize now what they meant...this show has the one of the worst characters on screen i have EVER seen!...they're badly written...or maybe they aren't...i just don't find them interesting at all!!

I hate these characters...i hate hate hate hate them!...i hate their names i hate how they walk I hate how they talk i hate how they act i hate how they are i just hate absolutely everything about them!...

it's really had to like a story about people you hate...i just don't believe there's anything worth watching about these bunch of characters...if there is...i don't care at all!

Maybe it's just a preference thing...stereotypical poor white people's lives...not worth putting on screen...please Hollywood...maybe not all stories deserve to be told...

HALT this show is best described by two words...rinse repeat...that's not even a flaw...it's literally all that this show is about...

after watching two episodes...you've seen the entire show...because literally everything you just saw will be done again...about a dozen times...

joe has a thing with camron...they have a few good nights hang out have fun...Joe pushes Camron to do something great Camron gets mad storms finds out Joe was right all along...comes crawling back crying...

they get back to what they were doing Camron confronts joe about something has a great monologue about how terrible Joe is joe storms off comes back like three days later crying...

Gordon is enjoying his work his coworker says something stupid he gets mad rants about it makes some big decision calls a meeting makes a speech inspires everyone and it's all great until he makes a miscalculation and nearly makes a huge mistake...

this is what this whole show is about...these three plot points...and then rinse repeat...over and over and over again...mix in some tasteless marriage problems father son relationship and give the show a name...

whoever played Joe is a pathetic pathetic actor...he looks like a robot that learnt to breathe and talk...to mess up a character like this is a miracle...casting did a wonderful job...

there's nothing here...no story no intrigue no writing...it's just a pile of garbage held together by nonsense...

This show reminds me so much of Wolf hall...it's not a surprise really...they share the same characters almost like for like...and yes...this show is the inferior one...

the biggest flaw here...is the acting...the acting is pathetic atrocious and beyond laughable into sad...the biggest most recognizable character...king Henry is the worst depicted...his character is played so badly you almost feel bad for him...

the casting was terrible terrible Terrible...you seriously couldn't find a decent actor to play Henry?!...shameful!

To prove that the acting is indeed bad...i will name only one character who was portrayed well...Wolsey...this is the only character portrayed with decent acting...every other character was disrespected by the actors...

This show gets lost in setting mood and costumes and showing aura...and sacrifices story...there's sooo very little story!...they just filled the run time with songs from the 13th century or whatever and forgot to tell the actual story!!

How do you ruin a story this obvious...if someone read this story aloud to an audience...it would still be interesting!...the actual story is shocking intriguing interesting...all you had to do was put in on screen...how hard can that be?!...Wolf hall did it...and it was telling only a portion of it...

pathetic pathetic pathetic!

Maybe it's just me...maybe i just don't like the whole black lifestyle thing...the whole black culture on tv thing...for some reason it just seems excessive to me...not real not authentic...how they're shown to talk and act and walk and move...is all this real?!

If it is...i just don't think it's cinematic...i never thought I'd ever say that...who knew there were things that we never meant for the screen?!...well this one is surely number one on that list... black culture should never be shown on screen... and only Kendrick should showcase it in music...

i don't like the characters...i can't relate to any of them... i can't relate to their motivations their goals their way of life... they don't feel like real people to me!... maybe it's coz I'm not American or black American...

maybe I'm not the right person to be writing a review like this... this show wasn't meant for me... i hate literally everything about it...

the pacing is good... the cinematography is good...the story doesn't seem too bad... a guy trying to make it... i just don't like how it's brought into life... its actualization...

This review should be taken for what it is... it's not an objective opinion about the show... it's just my own personal take... and i don't like it... i guess this id is one of those things... gotta see it to know it its your thing....

For the absolute perfect things...i like to start with the flaws...and this sublime masterpiece only has one...the very last episode of sn 1 when the chic hesitates and doesn't shoot the guy...

that is very poor form...i blame the director...s/he should have shot it better...make it more plausible...the guy is a complete threat to her a professional and very dangerous...she should be taking that shot and making sure it's to the head...

another flaw that isn't big enough to be a flaw...is when it turns out to be that the lady is a double agent and the leak...it comes completely out of nowhere and is a little bit unearned...it's a twist but it's too twisty...too big too sudden...but then suspended disbelief whisks that one away very quickly...it's the world of espionage anyway...

this show immediately jumps to second on my list of espionage shows...one below The Americans and one above The Spy...it is completely superb...

the pacing is great...the writing is great the acting is perfect...it is very well done...normally i have a problem with foreign shows coz i find subtitles soo exhausting...maybe it's coz they throw in a bit of English here...but this is the very first show that uses subtitles that i don't mind...the story eliminates all my qualms about it...

I'll also make a very bold claim...this show is a showcase of the best utilisation of Tension that i have ever seen on screen...the best of all time...

the first two episodes are filled with sooo much tension that i was almost bursting...i couldn't handle it...it was sooo sooo good!!...and it all made sense! Very plausible very believable...phenomenal!...those first 2 episodes feel like the last 2 episodes of an entire series! Perfection!!

A gem...an absolute gem! The rating is a. Shame!

A gem...an absolute gem! The rating is a. Shame!

Sn2 i see people giving it soo much praise...saying it's better than sn1...sn2 has better rating per episode too...but i don't get it...i think it's weaker actually...sn2 carries on with the flaws of sn1 and births some more...the last episode is sooo sooo pathetic...sn2 instead of creating a story to effect your emotions...it throws emotion in your face...feels almost like a bollywood drama.

It's really hard to mess up a documentary...it's basically just telling the story as it was as it happened or is happening and don't do too much or too little...and you are goood...

this show is actually good...it does break one of the cardinal rules that applies to documentaries...it does too much...

this was meant to be a movie...or let me say it would have been actualized better as a movie...2hrs 30mins...this story would have been sold very very well...

i do get what they're going for however...i get the artistic choice here...it's a story about individuals at heart...and so we have to understand each individual intimately...it just ends up affecting the quality of the storytelling...

where it does too much is showing us unnecessary bits...we get up with a character drive 2hrs with him and prepare for a meeting attend the meeting and make a speech with a character...it's a great to immerse the audience in the world of the character...but is it really necessary...

i don't even know why I'm using character when it's a documentary...i guess just want to address what i call "the breaking bad syndrome"...what the shows breaking bad and better call saul did...over-indulging the audience...it slows down the plot...

the first episode is very very intriguing...it's an excellent pilot episode...sets the tone and it is full of suspense and tension...the 3rd episode is probably the worst...it's supposed to set up the last episode but it just ends up beating around goes nowhere and just feels like all of it is filler...

watchable...but with alot of fast-forwarding...it's telling a great interesting story though...