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Rashash (2021)
6/10
Really Good in Comparison with Other Saudi Shows
23 July 2021
The TV show is setting the bar up for Saudi TV series, although the bar barely was off the ground to begin with; it was really easy to shine in comparison to the abysmal TV shows produced here in Saudi Arabia.

-Yaqoub Farhan has done a good job playing the antagonist although he was a bit bland at times.

-The dialogue is not original and unnatural.

-Fahad is the most boring character and his existance seems forced just to balance the good and evil. That is fine but his arc is not really thought out and you cannot connect with him at all.

-The cops are useless. Fahad should have been replaced by a squad of lively interesting cops to counter Rashash's gang. The route they took with the cops is boring and doesn't make sense. It was not a crime scene that you solve by looking at pictures! Go out and chase him!

-Fahad's family's scenes are straight cringy and it is not an improvement from the usual Saudi TV shows.

-The locations and extras are far from realistic and barely resemble Saudi Arabia and Saudis.

-The music is beautiful. Really good. However, Saudi Arabia had beautiful songs made in the 80's I wished if they have taken advantage of playing some good old music that speak of that time period.

I might come across as someone who just want to bash the show, but I am not. The show has its good moments, I am just pointing out the shortcomings for the next projects (if I am going to be heard).
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Born a King (2019)
5/10
Underwhelming to Say the Least
23 September 2019
Went to see this movie in the Saudi National Day of September 23rd, 2019; in the splendid Ithra Cinema. I was hoping for a movie that would raise my sense of nationalism to the roof. It could have been, actually, if they spent more time on King Abdulaziz's first battles and show the mess the Arabian Peninsula was at the time. It would have made the audience understand the importance of then-Emir King Faisal's journey to London.
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