dixonfdm-1 Reviews

Japan: Between Earth and Sky (2020)

Lovely photography, but annoying narration

[5/10 · 19 July 2022]

The photography is beautiful and covers the expected tourist hot-spots, as well as a number of less familiar areas. The aerial approach has the advantage of providing a fresh perspective, while avoiding a couple of negatives of popular tourist destinations: crowds and traffic jams.

The narrator is annoying, though. Especially his habit of adopting a fake Japanese accent to read place names, but still messing up the pronunciation because no one seems to have thought it necessary to sit down and explain the basics of Japanese pronunciation.

FBI: International (2021– )

Stupid beyond belief

[1/10 · 6 October 2021]

One star for the European location. 0 stars for the rest - the writing - do the writers know how sovereignty works? In this bizarre show, the Swiss police hold the doors for the Americans and turn a blind eye to multiple assaults, 2 on Swiss citizens, committed by the lead FBI investigator.

More like a cartoon than a police procedural drama. Won't bother with another episode.

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

Stupid beyond belief

[1/10 · 30 May 2019]

Unbelievable plot and filled with gratuitous violence. There seems to have been more attention paid to setting the record for the number of people executed by headshots in one movie than to developing the story. Unfortunately, a relatively good cast of actors is wasted in this effort.