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Baby Reindeer (2024)
Ending left me saying What the Heck ...
The series was fairly good overall; the acting was good and the story was interesting.
What really disturbed me, in addition to the sexual abuse and rape, was that at the end of the series Donny returned to visit his rapist and agreed to work with him. Did he learn nothing from his experiences with that man and his experiences with Martha? Has he learned anything about self love, self respect and boundaries? Does he really believe his rapist won't abuse him again?
I genuinely hope that part was not what actually happened in the life of Richard Gadd who created this series and whom this series was based on.
Beckham (2023)
Interesting for people who aren't Beckham or football fans
I knew very little about Beckham and never saw him in any live or recorded interview or football game or anything before this series.
I'm not a football fan or a sports fan really, but I like documentaries, especially biographical documentaries, and especially biographical documentaries where people overcome dealing with a certain amount of adversity.
How this man was able to not become a drug addict or go into some other downward spiral of self-sabotage while living in a country where everyone hated and abused him is just mind boggling to me.
I did enjoy the football parts. David playing so amazingly well made that easy. Now I regret I didn't follow the sport back then.
I enjoyed Gary's interviews most aside from David and Victoria's. Some of my favourite parts not related to football were seeing how much David loves Victoria, the joke told at the wedding, and David wrestling with his son at the very end of the series.
Overall the series is worth watching for sure.
I was disappointed to learn that David doesn't seem to be very involved in philanthropy related to mental health, especially things like emotional intelligence and SEL programs. Considering what Beckham went through, I thought he'd be all over getting very involved in things that prevent people from abusing and harassing others.
Episodes (2011)
Meh
It really isn't that funny. It tries very hard to be funny and it gets an A for effort. Sometimes you could predict the "joke" or "funny situation" before it happened. I got really tired of many characters cheating on people/sleeping with each other. Made me wonder if Hollywood is actually like this all the time too. If you find an utter and complete lack of character and morals to be funny, then maybe you will like this show.