Amazon Prime Video, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)
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macron said:
Ep 1 was so dull I didn't even realise it had finished. Nearly died of boredom half way through ep 2. Too slow, trying to be too clever and mysterious and already desperate for a second series.
Formulaic. Dull. Boring. Sure there are twists close to the end, nothing justifies the trudge to get there.
Time is better spent elsewhere I think.
I found it likewise. Formulaic. Dull. Boring. Sure there are twists close to the end, nothing justifies the trudge to get there.
Time is better spent elsewhere I think.
I actually watched episode 1 again and forced myself to focus as I thought I must've missed some key points or semblance of a plot? But no, dull & boring and nothing much happens. I forced my way through episode 2 until I could stand the tedium no more.
Expats.
Rotten Tomatoes, critics (not surprisingly) loved it 83%, audience less so 50%
Episode 5 looked liked it was heading for a good final, with lots of loose ends being tied up. Nothing could be further from the truth, so many things went unanswered, sub plots that had no bearing on the main story; it really had a feeling of being written on the fly.
Nicolas Kidman’s casting as a mother of a young family was stretching credibility.
Difficulty with audio in many parts, would have benefited from subtitles.
2 episodes, nothing really happened.
Cinematography was good though.
Having lived in Hong Kong, it held some interest for me. Would I recommend it, definitely not. Expats, feels, in the end, like many separate stories that don’t belong together.
Rotten Tomatoes, critics (not surprisingly) loved it 83%, audience less so 50%
Episode 5 looked liked it was heading for a good final, with lots of loose ends being tied up. Nothing could be further from the truth, so many things went unanswered, sub plots that had no bearing on the main story; it really had a feeling of being written on the fly.
Nicolas Kidman’s casting as a mother of a young family was stretching credibility.
Difficulty with audio in many parts, would have benefited from subtitles.
2 episodes, nothing really happened.
Cinematography was good though.
Having lived in Hong Kong, it held some interest for me. Would I recommend it, definitely not. Expats, feels, in the end, like many separate stories that don’t belong together.
You have to pay for it on Prime but not elsewhere, and Snowfall is just so good I think it's worth reminding people it exists.
Free on Disney+, and maybe the iPlayer, although I deleted that ages ago so don't know if it's still on. So use one of them not Prime
Still a little surprised Damson Idris isn't a bigger star, born in Peckham 32 years ago yet pulls off that accent and maturity of performance. His time will come.
Free on Disney+, and maybe the iPlayer, although I deleted that ages ago so don't know if it's still on. So use one of them not Prime
Still a little surprised Damson Idris isn't a bigger star, born in Peckham 32 years ago yet pulls off that accent and maturity of performance. His time will come.
illmonkey said:
Does Snowfall get better, cos I’m into S2 and so bored. There have been so good bits but few and far between.
By ep8 you'll see some story line changes you may not have anticipated. I won't add spoilers, but there are reasons this runs to 6 full seasons, even if like everything there are going to be some filler type parts of episodes to move events from one place to another. If it's generally your subject, where it lacks the humour of similar type shows, I think it's all the better for it myself.
Kamov said:
American Fiction.
Stunning layered masterpiece, straight into my top 5 films ever...
Satire at it best, holding up a mirror to those that need it.... wonderful.
I watched this over the weekend as well. I wasn't as enamoured with it as you were, unfortunately. It was beautifully shot and the performances all around were great but I felt it wasn't as clever as it thought it was and the two main stories never converged in any meaningful way. Stunning layered masterpiece, straight into my top 5 films ever...
Satire at it best, holding up a mirror to those that need it.... wonderful.
Given it's Oscar I was expecting more I think, had I gone in with no expectations I perhaps would have enjoyed it more. Good film all that said and worth a watch, just not one I'd revisit.
macron said:
illmonkey said:
Does Snowfall get better, cos I’m into S2 and so bored. There have been so good bits but few and far between.
By ep8 you'll see some story line changes you may not have anticipated. I won't add spoilers, but there are reasons this runs to 6 full seasons, even if like everything there are going to be some filler type parts of episodes to move events from one place to another. If it's generally your subject, where it lacks the humour of similar type shows, I think it's all the better for it myself.
biggbn said:
macron said:
illmonkey said:
Does Snowfall get better, cos I’m into S2 and so bored. There have been so good bits but few and far between.
By ep8 you'll see some story line changes you may not have anticipated. I won't add spoilers, but there are reasons this runs to 6 full seasons, even if like everything there are going to be some filler type parts of episodes to move events from one place to another. If it's generally your subject, where it lacks the humour of similar type shows, I think it's all the better for it myself.
rodericb said:
Fallout, which is based on a computer game of the same name, looks interesting:
Entire thread on it, if you are interested:https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
C5_Steve said:
I watched this over the weekend as well. I wasn't as enamoured with it as you were, unfortunately. It was beautifully shot and the performances all around were great but I felt it wasn't as clever as it thought it was and the two main stories never converged in any meaningful way.
Given it's Oscar I was expecting more I think, had I gone in with no expectations I perhaps would have enjoyed it more. Good film all that said and worth a watch, just not one I'd revisit.
As an avid follower of Coleman Hughes and John McWhorter, this film encapsulated what they have been saying for years so it struck a cord as i didn't think a film like this would ever be made.Given it's Oscar I was expecting more I think, had I gone in with no expectations I perhaps would have enjoyed it more. Good film all that said and worth a watch, just not one I'd revisit.
So many falsehoods given as fact in the wider debate, because the actual facts can be offensive.
But the idea that all African Americans are down trodden victims waiting to be shot by the police and all share the exact same experience is factually incorrect and is actually racist..... yet its what the very well meaning left liberals do.
They bring them into one homogenous group with no nuance and who all think the same....
This film addresses that in a wonderful way....
The ads suddenly cutting in with no warning is what's putting me off.
YouTube is virtually unwatchable now. Even stuff that barely has 1000 followers has ads, sometimes every 5 minutes.
Good job the evenings are getting lighter so I can find something more interesting to do like go for a walk, work on the car or bike.
Also the 'illegal' interfaces are getting much more user friendly
YouTube is virtually unwatchable now. Even stuff that barely has 1000 followers has ads, sometimes every 5 minutes.
Good job the evenings are getting lighter so I can find something more interesting to do like go for a walk, work on the car or bike.
Also the 'illegal' interfaces are getting much more user friendly
Kamov said:
As an avid follower of Coleman Hughes and John McWhorter, this film encapsulated what they have been saying for years so it struck a cord as i didn't think a film like this would ever be made.
So many falsehoods given as fact in the wider debate, because the actual facts can be offensive.
But the idea that all African Americans are down trodden victims waiting to be shot by the police and all share the exact same experience is factually incorrect and is actually racist..... yet its what the very well meaning left liberals do.
They bring them into one homogenous group with no nuance and who all think the same....
This film addresses that in a wonderful way....
Although I agree with what you say here, the ending missed it's mark for me. I loved how it started, and all the performances are brilliant though. So many falsehoods given as fact in the wider debate, because the actual facts can be offensive.
But the idea that all African Americans are down trodden victims waiting to be shot by the police and all share the exact same experience is factually incorrect and is actually racist..... yet its what the very well meaning left liberals do.
They bring them into one homogenous group with no nuance and who all think the same....
This film addresses that in a wonderful way....
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