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Reviews
Revenge (2011)
7 Stars for the First Season 3 Stars for the Rest
The first season was Great. Tightly written, good drama and excellent characters... but then came Season Two. It was horrible, but I was brave and soldered on. Season Three... oh what can you say about that mess. But I soldered on... But now half way through Season Four... I finally give up. The story lines have spun out of control. None of these people are characters any more. Now they are just caricatures. And it just gets worse and worse. Victoria Grayson is the biggest caricature. She is more evil that all of the Disney Villains combined... I'm just waiting for the maniacal laugh at the end of each of her scenes. Revenge you have WON!!!! I give up!
Reign (2013)
Mary "Tween of Scots"
Wow I know I am not in the target market for this show, but that was horrible. Bad costuming, bad pop music, bad history, cheap sets. This show has it all. Now if it was horrible in a good way that would be OK. But its not even cheesy fun. What happened to strong interesting female characters? Mary comes off as a wet rag doll in this renaissance inspired (loosely) inspired circus. I am finding it awfully hard to write ten lines about this complete dreck. Others good titles for this CW mess would be "Mary does Renaissance Prom" "Mary meets Sir whine-a-Lot" "The Tweenie Diaries" just to name a few. Have I reached ten lines yet? Oh thank the Lord!
Under the Dome (2013)
Wow! I'm really starting to Hate this Show
I think what makes it so frustrating is that it started with such promise. This show is boring me to tears. So much so that I am thinking of taking up Needlepoint while I am watching it. This disaster of the week thing without moving the story line is just so very tired. For a Horror/Suspense show, it really lacks any horror or suspense. Badly written characters with nothing happening is a recipe for really bad TV. Episode 5 was the last straw - If I wanted a soap opera in a fish bowl I would watch Big Brother! Characters do completely inexplicable things with no rhyme or reason! And the only people who die, I really don't care about. Have they learned nothing from the Cable Channels 3 out of 10 Stars just for the production values.
Saving Hope (2012)
Bad... but not in a Good Way
I Really only have three ratings in the real world. Good TV... Keeps me entertained with no need for outside stimulation. A Good example is "Sherlock" It is so good I watch and that is all I do. Mediocre - run of the mill TV which you watch and do chores to. Most TV fits in this category. Then there is shows like "Saving Hope" that are just so bad you can't even watch. I turned this show off half way though the premier episode. Sloppy writing and a complete lack of imagination dogs this show right from the beginning. Then to top this train wreck off... we have the headache inducing streaky lighting effect... I kept wanting to clean my glasses. Pure cheese... but not in a good entertaining way1
Body of Proof (2011)
Wow that was Painful to Watch
Watching the show you could see that they did put some money and time creating this show. The problem is they forgot to spend any money on writers. This was like a glee mash up... Take one part Law and Order, mix in one part Quincy, add a dash of Bones and shake until you have killed several brain cells in your viewers.
You could plot the story points five minutes before they were to appear. Now if predictable was the only problem. This powerful emancipated woman is just irritating, grating and over the top. And wow talk about enlightened television programing... the Black medical examiner... no one will call him Doctor and he's played as a fool. So very insulting!
Anyone else notice how many clothing changes the main character has during the show. This has got to be the best dressed medical examiner in the history of the earth. Chance of being cancelled before 12 Episodes.... 95%
The New World (2005)
Washed Out and Stereotyped
I thought that Walt Disney's Pocahontas was bad, inaccurate and watered down. But it did have an excuse, it was a cartoon for children after all. After watching The New World in a near empty theater I discovered an entirely new realm of mental anguish and true physical pain. Instead of setting this movie in its actual time line we get eternal summer. Now we have the white Europeans who can't fend for themselves. This only makes sense in the true time line where they arrive in winter. The European genocide started the day they stepped off of the boat bringing with them syphilis and small pox. But I guess this image does not fit with the directors romantic images.
Then we have the "naturals" frolicking in the woods being one with nature. Why this image has gained such purchase in the modern world is beyond me. Their lives were more harsh. Entire summers were spent fishing, hunting and preparing for winter survival. Pocahontas would have been too busy drying fish and gathering berry's for this much frolicking. Why aboriginal people have grasped this image and continue to perpetuate it is beyond me.
After one hour of the movie, the eight people in the theater had dwindled down to only myself and my partner(who is aboriginal). Maybe we are spoiled. We live in a community where nature surrounds us. The horrible wince inducing voice overs. This movie is a Coffee Table book, all pretty pictures with no substance.
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
What a Horrible Movie!!!
How do you answer this question " Uncle Cliff why did the Cats hat go up when he looked at the picture?" ... Yes how do you explain why a cat got an erection when looking at a picture to a five year old.
What a lame piece of work this is... bury it in the cat box! as far from human eyes as possible! It is so bad! My niece actually asked to leave before the movie was even finished, and the child on the other side of me fell asleep.
Bad, Horrible, rotten, not fit for human consumption and i'm a Mike Myers fan!
The Hunted (2003)
No Wonder this was left on the Shelf!
I saw! I was bored! I left!
No wonder the studio had this on the shelf for so long! Produced before the dreaded actors strike that never came, the movie feels as if it went through a blender after many focus groups. Nothing but plot holes, empty promises and cheeze!
Biker Boyz (2003)
Horrible!
Saw this in a preview, thank God it was Free! It doesn't have the sex, story, or visuals to make it interesting! Rollerball for 2003! The ending alone was enough to make you gag! Fast and the Furious was a masterpiece compared to this!
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
White Bread
Only Ron Howard can turn an interesting life into such white bread. The entire story has been so sanitized of actual fact. Like enriched white flour, the story required a great deal of artificial flavoring to make it remotely palatable. Some good performances from the actors but little else. 5 out of 10