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The Dunes (2021)
Terrrible Acting
The story is ok, the scenery is nice, but the acting is wooden and completely unbelievable.
As much as I love to support Australian cinema, this movie is a 3 at best.
Don't believe the high scores, clearly made by people connected to the movie.
Glitch (2015)
Preview for Series 2
Glitch revolves around 6 people, from different time periods, coming back to life in the quiet town of Yoorana. None of the 're-born' have any memory of who they are or how they died. The town's sergeant and local doctor try to help them remember, and also try to work out why and how they came back.
There was much hype surrounding this series coming to air. The ABC did a lot of promoting it through social media and TV commercials, but after watching all 6 episodes on iview, I felt cheated.
The production and direction is of a high standard and the actors do a wonderful job. With the use of flashbacks, each episode provides you with back story of one of the characters. There is a good balance of humour, tension and emotions.
SPOILERS:
But here's why I only give Glitch a 5 - YOU GET ZERO ANSWERS as to why and how these people came back to life. The ending is extremely unsatisfying and you turn off feeling like you've watched one long preview for series 2. If you are happy to only know the outline of the story, then by all means watch series 1, but if you're expecting some answers then I'd wait for series 2 and watch them together, though if the writing is anything to go by, the answers might not be provided until series 3 or 4 or ...