elli56 Reviews

Rogue Heroes (2022–2024)

It's alright.......

[6/10 · 9 December 2022]

Certainly not gonna high five it nor will I pan it, it was alright overall.

Best episode I thought was the first, showed great promise & the pacing was excellent in that one, thereafter each show was a bit hit or miss, certainly slow n plodding in places with sporadic action, bit like real war i guess. It jus didn't quite gel for me, bored rigid in places waiting for stuff & meaningful scenes to happen.

Certainly missed Alfie Allen's character after his demise, thought he was the highlight amongst the acting & held it all together. A lot of the rest jus reminded me of some of the later Peaky Blinders which didn't really fit for me, the later episodes morphed more n more into that genre as well.

Soundtrack was great & fitted for me, but there again PUNK was my thing so couldn't fail there really, I mention as many have poured scorn on it but the clips suited the scene, at the club in Cairo we had Jazz/Swing which was authentic plus classical played on the Piano.

And as its the BBC they shoehorned in a few PC tropes as well which i'll only mention it passing..... preferred they'd stuck with a 1940's mindset.

So overall as the title says, its alright, nothing to get blown away by.

Peaky Blinders: Gold (2022) Season 6, Episode 3

Pretentious tosh....

[2/10 · 14 March 2022]

My how this show has lost its way and the end can't come quick enough for me....

I thought the opener dreary and slow but it's got worse with its endless melodrama and pretentiousness. Lost it's way last series in that respect but series six is horrible compared to the opening few series which were lively and above all else FUN!

Around the World in 80 Days: Episode #1.2 (2021) Season 1, Episode 2

Adventure?

[3/10 · 9 January 2022]

Episode I was better than middling and i thought lets give it another go and hopefully it'll kick on and turn into the grand adventure that it is(well the book was anywsy!)

Oh dear, how dreary everybody is, feeling sorry for themselves, not one redeeming came of this episode, dreary and dire, devoid of all adventure and escapism which is so lacking....

Lawrence: After Arabia (2021)

Amateur Dramatics shot with home movie camera

[1/10 · 2 December 2021]

I think my heading sums it up best...

When they started with the opening scene I though it had to be part of the local adverts..... right?

Wrong.... Yes i went in knowing it was low budget & shot locally but even so I expected much better than this.

Everything about it was poor, opening music sounded like it was done on one of those toy xylophone's, sound quality abysmal, acting that would have seen those in a local production having non-speaking parts the following year, the direction... where to start.... I think you get the picture...

It really is one to avoid, i walked out after 30 minutes otherwise I would have been rolling in the aisles & watching it locally I suspect there were a few in the audience who were "extras" so I saved myself the shaming....

Looking through the reviews I suspect those giving high marks actually appeared in the film as I really didnt see anything worthy of more than a one.

It really was horrible & moreso as I admire & am fascinated by the TE Lawrence story.

Lovecraft Country (2020)

I really wanted to love this show

[6/10 · 28 October 2020]

AND after the opening episode, even with the unexpected fantasy ending! I was hooked & raving about it to anyone who would listen.....

So what happened after the initial 10 I gave it? Well for me it jus lost it's way & tried to cover toooo many subplots with a good handful along PC lines which I didnt think really fitted with the main theme, which was racism in 50's America in a fantasy setting . If they had stuck to those main 2 themes I think they had a real winner here but it morphed off into 20mins sub plots with no real part in the story eg his gay dad's escapades in the middle of an episode?? Relevance?? NONE!

After the initial opening, which alone is worth the watch it stayed strong before disappearing up its own ar$e at times in the middle before a great tale set in Korea which again you could watch as a standalone, before again we descended into a bit of a mis-mash.

So much promise but in the end sadly didn't really deliver as it tried to cover too many (irrelevant) bases along the way.

The Third Day (2020)

If an emotional Jude Law is your thing.....

[3/10 · 8 October 2020]

Then this might be for you as he's sobbing his heart out like every 15 minutes......

Stuck with it for 3 episodes but it jus never got going, really slow, dreary and seems to be all about Mr Law at the expense of the rest of the cast. I've served my time and out on early release......