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3 Body Problem (2024)
Addicting and different
I very rarely feel so hooked to a show that I can't wait to sit down and watch the next episode. I binge-watched this within two days while working and it was quite a distraction.
The topic is something new that I haven't seen in other movies or TV shows. It was very well executed. The characters are likable and interesting. There is enough character depth that makes you know each individual and be interested in their story.
You could say that there are a few things here and there, such as the rather mild reactions by individual characters to something as extraordinary as an extraterrestrial device, but these are minor aspects that are less important compared to the heavy story and the very intriguing underlying plot.
I can't wait to see what comes next.
Bonding (2018)
Season 1 is entertaining, Season 2 fell off
This is one of those shows that start out good (or not so bad) but then come with a second season, since the first one went quite well, and mess it all up.
The first season made sense and had a story to tell. Despite Mistress May's. Constant grumpiness and her "why am I even here" face, it was entertaining and enjoyable. It is different from what we usually see, so it provokes some interest.
The show has a lot of potential but the characters are not particularly likable and it really looks like they didn't know what to do after the first season. In season 2 it turns a little bit into a disconnected mess full of clichés and lackluster political statements.
The cancelation of season 3 is probably for the better.
The Last of Us: Left Behind (2023)
Essential episode but too long
This backstory is one that we experienced in an expansion to the original game. It is essential to the character of Ellie and makes you understand what she lost and how she really got infected. It is heartbreaking in the game and just as heartbreaking in the TV series.
Those who complain that this is unnecessary do not seem to remember the game or do not understand the point of subplots/backstories. Nothing about it was weird and everyone familiar with the games already knows about Ellie's sexual orientation.
That said, I think the background story was a bit too long. It could have been told in much shorter form while leaving more space for Ellie and Joel's current struggle. Although I am very interested in each backstory and subplot and enjoyed the point of this episode, it became increasingly boring and took too long to get to the point.
The end was rewarding and emotionally taxing, but that element should be more dominant throughout the episodes. Two major sidestories within the first 7 episodes is too much.
The Last of Us (2023)
It is perfect!
Given the very disappointing history of game-to-film adaptations, I was getting ready to be disappointed by The Last of Us, but I am absolutely blown away. I could not have asked for more. This is by far the best adaptation of a video game ever made and I wonder why others did not have the same idea of staying faithful to the game.
Watching this series is even better than playing a third part of the video game. It brings me back to when I played Part I for the first time and was moved through a rollercoaster of emotions from the beginning to the end and beyond. Now I can sit there and be even more amazed and also watch my wife, who never played the game but occasionally watched it on the screen, feel the same emotions.
I have seen her react to the intensity of the second episode and I can't wait to see the rest.
There is nothing else to say. Please continue and please let others adapt video games to the screen JUST like this.
Russian Doll (2019)
Should have been 1 season
The first season is very entertaining. It is fantasy but is touching and funny. The second season ruins it for me. It includes too many illogical ideas such as that two physically different people are perceived to be the same.
Irréversible (2002)
Stupidity and Shock Value
I watched this movie twice. The first time I was not all there and found it interesting for its controversial content and unorthodox filming.
When I watched it for the second time, I realized that the plot is extremely stupid. The characters are highly irrational and uninteresting, they are hardly relatable, the scenes induce disgust just for the sake of shocking the viewer, and I'm sure not many lives have been changed for the better due to the poor message of this overrated movie.
It's a shame that Monica Bellucci had to be exploited for this.
Free Guy (2021)
Funny, childish, cringeworthy, dumb
I didn't realize this movie was made for much younger audiences. It's not really a movie for gamers but rather for very young people who think this is what gaming looks like.
The movie is quite funny and entertaining, but on the other hand there are so many over-the-top cringy moments including juvenile jokes and popular political comments. I honestly wanted to walk out after the first hour. I stayed because I paid for it and because it was still mildly entertaining. I also like watching Jodie Comer and Ryan Reynolds.
The choices of the characters were very strange. Jodie Comer's character is very stupid and doesn't realize what everyone is aware of from the first 10 minutes.
It was okay but definitely not deserving of the high ratings.
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Disturbing
I want to give it a low score for the second part of the movie but a high score for the overall quality. I was speechless and disturbed during the second part of the movie. This is a unique film, one that makes you feel bad.
Zeiten ändern Dich (2010)
Ich versteh's nicht
Was sollen denn diese schlechten Bewertungen? Wenn man einfach mal objektiv bleibt und sich diesen Film anschaut, ohne von vornherein "bestimmt so ein assozialer Scheiß" zu denken, kommt man auf etwas anderes als 1 oder 2 Sterne. Man muss einfach mal dieses Gehasse lassen und sich den Film komplett anschauen. Was dann noch zählt ist; die Meinung über Bushido irgendwo anders zu lassen und einfach mal darüber nach zu denken wie der Film ist. Mir war ja klar dass der Film Fans gefallen wird und andere ihn schlecht finden werden aber dass man so verhasst reagiert und übertreibt...
Also Ich fand ihn ganz ok. Dass diese Gruppensex, Groupiesex Sache wieder ganz cool dargestellt wird hat mir natürlich nicht gefallen. Normalen Frauen sollte das auch nicht gefallen. Drogen und alles drum herum gehören auch dazu. Naja... Abgesehen davon fand ich den Film ganz gelungen. Besser als ich erwartet habe ist er. Nur hab ich dass Gefühl dass manches anders erzählt wurde als es in Wİrklichkeit gewesen ist. Also ich weiß ja nicht ob ich richtig aufgepasst habe aber im Film wird erzählt er habe am 11. September 2001 wegen seiner Freundin seltsame Gefühle bekommen und anschließend gemerkt er könne Rappen. So hat er auch seinen ersten Text geschrieben. Hab ich das richtig verstanden? Aber er hatte doch 1999 ein Demotape.(?) Naja... Das hat mich zum Denken gebracht. Aber sonst fand ich den Film ganz ok.