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The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (2020)
Sad story but incredibly boring
First episode was great. After that, not so much. Drawn out, repetitive and honestly it was hard for me to finish.
If it was 2-3 episodes, this would've been a solid (limited) show since the case is eye-opening and gut-wrenching.
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)
Where's the point?
Rhetorical question; there is absolutely no point to this movie other than "fAsCiSm bAD", which everyone already knows.
Nothing is explained throughout the movie and there's no conclusion. All you know is that the fascists are doing bad stuff and yeah, that's about the whole plot of it. Snore.
Black Mirror: San Junipero (2016)
blegh
All of the previous episodes of Black Mirror up to this point has questioned technology & futurology to a great extent - they really made you think about the ethics, morales, dilemmas, dichotomies and consequences behind some of the developments that could become a thing in the future. This episode did none of that.
The whole concept of a simulated reality post-mortem could've been proposed much more appropriately with another plot, but instead they chose a bleak love-story to do so.
Whilst & after watching it, I found myself with pretty much nothing to question about the technological aspect of it - all I could think to myself was "Hey, good for them."
The only thing that begs for intellectual thought was the dichotomy that Kelly felt due to her previous relationship with her husband and Yorkie - and even that fell short, since Kelly just decided to say f### it and uploaded herself into the simulated reality anyways. It's like the whole episode was attempting to build up to something that never happened, or at least, something that wasn't thought-provoking in the slightest.
Also, from the beginning I felt like the "nerdy" guy 'Davis' was going to end up having a more serious role in this episode. Was he one of the "zombies" or not? Plenty of other plot-holes to question, but I am too lazy to do so.
The episode wasn't bad in terms of cinema, but in terms of Black Mirror it was pretty bad. Yeah, 6/10 at best.
Utopia: Episode #2.1 (2014)
Simply great.
Whoever gave this episode a 6/10 did so unjustly.
The reviewer in question does bring up a good point that the series did well without any need for a flashback, and I actually second that notion. It certainly did not need a flashback.
There's plenty of options to choose from when you want to present a backstory and dedicating a whole episode to doing so wasn't necessarily the best choice.
BUT - This episode was nothing less than pure excellence. The simple fact that they went with the choice of dedicating this whole episode to a flashback and not another alternative is NOT a good reason to give this episode a 6/10 - completely unjustified.
The way it was written and presented was marvelous. Any questions that you had at the ending of season 1 will be answered in this episode. This leaves the writers to be able to more easily focus on the actual plot that was left behind after Season 1 and not having to add any backstory/flashbacks in further episodes of Season 2. This choice of presenting story is therefore (imo) better in the long run.
Approaching the story with another alternative could've very well ended in a mess, and thus I'm glad that the safer option was taken.
Remember, simplicity can be done intricately - 10/10