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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)
Written by 10 year olds?
What a load of rubbish. The dialogue is absolutely terrible, most of the acting similarly child-like. Don't even start me on the high double-digit number of ridiculous plot holes - some minor, some massive. Scooby Do episodes have more logic.
I just don't understand, with this sort of budget, how they could pay so little attention to plot, writing and acting. It feels like this might appeal to tweens? Even my 14 year old son commented, unprompted, on the wooden acting and dialogue. Regarding plot, I appreciate the suspension of disbelief for any sci-fi of this ilk (which I typically love), but the glaring plot holes and inconsistencies will pull even the most laissez faire watcher out of moment.
The CGI is good, I guess.
The Wheel of Time (2021)
Rewritten YA trash full of JV tropes
A great story and book series ruined by some hack. Full of kids doing dumb stuff they don't do in the books, fake deaths (nothing at stake if everyone gets resurrected), illogical actions (let's charge our horses into the stables! Let's not channel from this massive wall!), one dimensional re-written characters (me Perrin me dum dum), macguffins with power way, way beyond what's in the book, etc
Gave it a shot, won't watch season 2.
Ted Lasso (2020)
So much more than I was expecting!
Funny. Smart. Endearing. Moving. More funny. Brilliant.