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Monster (2022)
I really wanted to like this but...
First of all, Evan Peters is an amazing actor, and if his character wasn't based on a real person this would have been phenomenal. However, I feel the creators did a great injustice by the way they portrayed Dharmer. It comes off as if he was some insecure, sombre, loner when in reality he was a manipulative, confident and calculating sociopath.
It's as if the creators almost want to depict Jeffery Dhamer as being a misunderstood outcast who can't bare to be alone, but the reality was that Dhamer lacked any kind of remorse or empathy for his victims and treated human beings like objects to satisfy his grotesque desires. The real kicker, however, is that the creators didn't even bother to contact a single family member of any victim, re-traumatising them in this process. For a show that claims to 'strive to put the victims' stories and their families' trauma at the heart of the production' they sure have a funny way of showing it. Jeffrey Dhamer is not a brand, he doesn't deserve a narrative.
If maybe the creators took inspiration from Dhamer's life instead of trying to retell the story in a way that made Dhamer some kind of victim himself, this would have made for a much better series.
The Handmaid's Tale: The Wilderness (2021)
The season has been a let down.
I get it, Fred needed to go, but did he really have to die this way? He couldn't have been sent back and hung on the wall? This whole season has been a major let down, like the plot has no direction at all. I don't have much faith for season 5.
The Handmaid's Tale: Vows (2021)
Not very good
Probably one of the most lacklustre episodes by far. Dragged out and dull. The acting also seemed a little off, probably because Elisabeth Moss has a camera shoved in her face half the time. Disappointing.
Dirty 30 (2016)
Has potential
I stumbled across this movie, saw Hannah Hart was in it, and thought I may as well give it a go. I wasn't expecting much, as a lot of the cast seems to be from YouTube, and within the first 5 minutes I was questioning whether to turn it off or not. It's pretty cliche, quite cringey at times, but the more I watched it the more comfortable I got, and honestly, it's not that bad. A lot of the actors have potential, I think, and I'd honestly love to see them in bigger productions. While the script, and maybe the pace, need a lot of work the chemistry between some of the actors flowed so well, I forgot I was watching a C grade (?) movie. Some of the punchlines really hit, others were just terrible, but there were a lot of small moments that made me feel like I was watching an 'A lister' comedy. Really wasn't too bad.