Reviews

Watching this film I first off have to say I loved the way Jim Carrey immersed himself into his role. Some people only like him when he is playing humorous roles, but I feel that his serious rolls such as this one (and others like The Number 23) are well portrayed by him. I felt that the film had a well developed corruption murder crime story line to it. I was able to foreshadow the ending a little, but it still was a good film that I thoroughly enjoyed it. The portrayal of Tadek, by Carrey was well developed and showed human character flaws that were subtle but well intertwined into the story. I love the way that David Grann, (the writer of the original story the movie is based on) ended the story with a marginal twist like adding a twist of lime to a cocktail after you have already drank half the glass and ate the olive. This film is not for everyone, but I do recommend giving it a watch, if for nothing else other than seeing Carrey explore a roll away from humor again.

Well I decided to sit down and watch the first episode of the Lost In Space reboot on Netflix. Lets just say I was not impressed at all with it. I understand there is a whole season to explain a story line, but the first episode left me thinking, "Yeah, I'm probably not gonna watch the rest of the episodes". I'm sure there probably people that are going to love it, but it just wasn't my bag of cookies. Usually you want a series to start off with a premise that will hook you and this just had me asking several questions as to why is this so different? It felt more like a poor attempt to make a family drama like This Is Us in space and slap a old famous series title on it.

The only real reason I even gave it 3 stars was for the special effects.

All I can say is I was hooked from the get go. My wife introduced me to the series and I have loved it ever since.