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Only Murders in the Building: The White Room (2023)
Steve Martin is GOLD
Oh man! Steve Martin absolutely KILLS in this episode (not literally, mind you, just flexing his comedic abilities all over the place). We were crying from laughing so hard at the "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It" white room sequences. And it absolutely did move the story along, so the naysayers should just sit back and enjoy the ride. I'm glad they're incorporating more musical aspects to fit in with Martin Short's character arc. With the Bob Fosse number at the start, to Meryl Streep's beautiful song a few episodes ago, this season is all about creativity while still focusing on the murders that occurred at the Arconia.
Their writers are fabulous!
Lockwood & Co. (2023)
What a serendipitous find!
I stumbled upon this not knowing anything about the books, but was reeled in from the first few scenes. Such a great cast and premise, and it is executed beautifully. The locations are great, the actors are great, and I enjoyed the writing/dialogue. A great way to gear up for "spooky season," and it's just a really well done show. The actors who play the main characters have a lot of charisma and talent and artfully carry the series. Give it a try- you won't be disappointed. I'm definitely going to buy the books now and am looking forward to a second season! Kudos on a securing this gem of a show, Netflix!
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Much too long and disjointed
First of all, to all of the people who say the actress who played Tiên is too young, come on- she's in her 60's! And the woman who plays her daughter, Michon, is in her 40's, so the math checks out.
And as far as the story and characters go, well, the story is a good one on the surface but jumps from one incredulous scenario to another and drags on for much too long. I loved the characters initially, but the dialogue didn't do much for the character development and the dialogue was filled with clichés. And the main characters loved each other and then turned on each other in the very next breath, and this went on- back and forth and back and forth- throughout the entire story. Paul's character was off the charts crazy and the others repeatedly rolled over and let him do whatever he wanted- again, unreal and cliché for someone with PTSD, but Delroy Lindo did a great job with what he had. I'm sorry that more time wasn't devoted to the face to face interactions between Paul and David, BTW.
The snake scene was weird, the land mine hunter characters were unnecessary to the story and didn't add anything to it, and I'm not sure how I felt about the characters appearing in flashbacks as their current age, but the history "slides" and music should've taken a greater role.
I don't know- kind of all over the place, but too long to sit through waiting for characters and plot holes to resolve, which doesn't happen.