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Hijack (2023)
The Spirit Airlines of TV shows
Bad writing, unrealistic decisions, and utter, mind-blowing stupidity plague this drama that the decision to watch it is as equally unpleasant as being a passenger on a Spirit Airlines flight.
Between the irrational behavior of the hijackers and the even stupider decisions of every other character, the series is appalling!
Idris Elba is presumably meant to carry this entire show on his back, but even his actions are non-sensical and illogical, portrayed as if they are thought-out and clever due to close camera angles and music, but it falls flat for the viewer who would never act this way nor believe others would. From the highest level of government down to the lowliest person on the plane.
This show is just awful!
Grey's Anatomy: Put on a Happy Face (2020)
Can we PLEASE give DeLuca something else to do!
Ok, we know the loss of Karen leaves you without your hotheaded, irrational male character, Shonda, but DeLuca was NEVER this impetuous or irrational and if we are t going to diagnose him as having a disorder or disease which alters his mood and thinking, then fire him and get on with another storyline-this one is EXHAUSTING!
Station 19 (2018)
Extinguish this show--STAT!
I wanted to like this show, since it's a spin-off of my favorite: Greys Anatomy; but it flatlines and I'm demanding a DNR.
Not only is the dialogue contrived and unbelievable (rival fire houses banter about this week's baseball game while fighting a fire which could how then all to smithereens), the acting leaves A LOT to be desired.
Just because it's a Shondaland production doesn't make it good--as we learned with "For The People."
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Weak attempt at Shattered Glass
I saw this movie a few days ago, in screening, and was amazed at how weak the writing is. Movies, it is known, take many liberties and may not portray reality to its fullest, but give the recent Jason Blair scandal, it is almost commonsensical for journalists to CHECK their facts! Josh Hartnett fumbles in a role that Topher Grace perfected in Shattered Glass; he lacks the charisma of a journalist and his performance is overshadowed each time he shares the screen with Samuel L. Jackson, who--amazingly enough--is always overlooked for awards. In five minutes, Jackson is able to conjure the emotion that Hartnett works to achieve in several scenes.
The glaring flaws in this movie are made all the more obvious because of its painfully slow pace, which was created to expose a strained relationship between Hartnet and his on-screen wife, Kathyrn Morris--but you never know why the relationship is on the outs.
Most refreshing was a fast-talking Hatcher who, much like Samantha in Sex and the City, used her feminine wiles and quick talking to get what she wants.
The denouement was just as ridiculous as the oversights of the characters (who, we're supposed to believe, were considered for Pulitzers!) and highly unbelievable.
Wait for it on DVD, where it will undoubtedly be in a month.