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The Final: Attack on Wembley (2024)
Embarrassingly England (again)
A mildly compelling but disturbing watch, proving English hooliganism hasn't really moved on that much since the 70's & 80's.
The actual football story aside (which was the only decent thing in this doc - well done lads!) this documentary missed a real opportunity to educate the public on football crowd dynamics, and what another shameful episode the psychy at English football grounds is sometimes still really like., especially when groups of young people are a several beers deep so long before the game.
The doc completely failed to go into the additional experience of a number of player's families and dignitaries that fell foul of the mob developing outside, nor some corrupt event hosts/guards that took cash bribes from ticket-less fans to ease their passage through, and also the fans with genuine tickets (including in disabled areas) who were threatened with violence for simply attempting to access their assigned seat once reaching their zone, with zero help from stadium stewards frozen to do anything about it.
The planned Covid spacing protocols went down the toilet, thugs just sat/stood wherever they pleased, taking other fans seats, overcrowding behind the goals especially, and over the access ways that were meant to be kept clear in the event of rapid evacuation etc. The list goes on.
Security was a complete shambles - remember, it was just less than 6 yrs earlier, in 2015, that a coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris took place, one of which was at the national 'Stade de France' Stadium as 3 suicide bombers attempted to gain access to a France vs Germany football game to no avail, ultimately detonating themselves outside instead. Imagine the carnage had something of this scale developed at Wembley?
I did not see any news of reprimands in the press following this shameful Wembley fiasco over their security and organisational shambles that could've turned out very differently. It was purely by fluke that no one died that day.
- It's no surprise to me that the English FA and Wembley Stadium authorities were total unprepared for the scale of chaos that ensured in England's long wait for final appearance in a major tournament.
- It's also no surprise to me that the 2 young men (and I use the term 'men' loosely) who effectively stole other people's money to gain access to the stadium, feel no shame in their behavior, such is the vast blatant disrespect for authority and that appears to exist in this age group. There simply aren't sufficient consequences for this kind of immature, childish behavior.
- And should it really be any surprise that the English FA and Wembley Stadium authorities have no shame in monetizing their failures if they can make a few bucks out of Netflix? Not really.
Disappointing lacking in accountability throughout.
Fall (2022)
Far too many goofs to take this seriously
You cannot take any part of this film seriously, it really is terriible I'm honestly not sure which was worse, the acting or the storyline.
You'll be rolling your eyes before the opening sequence even finishes.
There was far too many factual errors to list - a Family Guy episode is more realistic than this waste of time.
I can't help thinking that the directors only cast good looking people for annoying character roles because they know the rest of it is so weak.
Do yourself a favor and give this a hard pass.
When it comes to watching movies - I''m prepared to make the mistakes if others are prepared to learn from them. You're welcome.
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
The 'Goose' story
Great flight action sequences makes it worth seeing (on the big screen) for that alone, but the storyline and conclusion became all too predictable after the fist 30mins. It was as much about the Maverick/Goose's son relationship as it was the mission for that a select group of Top Gun pilots are training for.
It was great to see Val Kilmer back on camera given his health issues, albeit a short cameo.
Anthony Edwards' image as Goose appears frequently in flashbacks and old photos - I wonder if he gets any royalties for this?
Story 5/10, Action 9/10 = a 7/10 for me.
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
A 4 episode drama stretched into10
I expected much more based on the rating at time of watching (8.6)
It S tarted well, there's decent acting, great cinematography and a few scares, but the endless, repetitive, irrelevant dialogue becomes a yawn fest half way through the season.
The background 'ghosts' become all too predictable after a while and the story & it's scares loses it impact.
I didn't expect to rate a series before completing it, but I'm throwing the towel in. I'll watch the last 3 episodes as background time-fillers while I'm doing something else.
La casa de papel (2017)
The most inept policing you'll ever watch
What starts with a decent story line in S1, quickly takes a nosedive halfway into S2.
A few of characters are well acted, but the story becomes so far-fetched that it turned cartoon-like.
Completely inept policing, cringe-worthy action sequences and ever increasingly annoying characters.
3/10 for seasons 1 and 2 only. I'd rather be locked in a vault than subject myself to any more of this drivel.