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Life on Our Planet (2023)
awful
Just finished slogging my wat through the entire series...so much wrong with it I don't know where to begin...OK, Morgan Freeman narration was not great...well, may not his fault, but the fault of the writer...full of cliches, and with dramatic pauses in the middle of each and every sentence, and so many times there is a phrase like "he was the apex predator (overly dramatic pause) but...", or "life was fine (overly dramatic pause) but..."...all that became laughable after awhile......most of all, as others have mentioned, is the annoying jumping around of timelines (episode one could have been eliminated...it took awhile to figure out it was just an overview of the whole series).........and "human beings"?...who knows?...we see some baboons in Africa who seem to be related to humans, next we see of any humans are Native Americans hunting buffalo...what?... I could go on, but won't...two stars for some kiddos who may like it...
Slow West (2015)
different
Just watched this on a recommendation in a list of not-long movies in the NYT...enjoyable, clever film...
Spenser Confidential (2020)
Boston
Fun film...series?...stay in Boston!...don't go to freakin' Arizona...
Echo in the Canyon (2018)
don't look back?
Well, I enjoy looking back, so greatly enjoyed this film...as others have said, too much Jakob (though I didn't mind the new renditions of the songs)...and, again as already noted, there is much more to the story from both those already interviewed to people like Joni, Judy, the surviving Doors and others...and would have made a great mini series on Netflix or somewhere...a wonderful, magical, delightful few years there...
The Quiet One (2019)
terrific
Terrific, lovely doc from one of the original Rolling Stones...only complaint: it should have been longer...he must have several worthy films in that archive of his...
Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable (2017)
wreckage
As soon as I saw the name involved I went straight to IMDB to confirm my suspicions...total nonsense (and not in a good way)...please, Damien, retire from whatever it is you do...