So I watched a French movie (with French audio and English subs to try and keep it authentic as much as possible since I do not speak the language) for the first time, ever. And I am left stunned by it. The acting is top-notch and on point always. Since I have gotten to experience kinda similar treatment in hospitals (MS patient living in a "third world" country) the emotions were relayed rather easily. I also really liked the underlying karma story at the end. All in all, a roller coaster of emotions and I do hope souls that have passed on are indeed watching over us (got a few myself). A must watch in my book and I thank the CNN article that I glanced over this morning mentioning it. Totally worth the time spent watching it. One of those unexpected and hard to find rare gems.
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3 Reviews
A slow burner that got burned out by itself at the very end
9 March 2020
After having seen the first couple of episodes I had high hopes for this show. I mean, you have it all here - great cast, great plays and a great writer to top it all off. Yes but no, in fact. What seemed like a build-up for a great ending only got to disappoint. I guess you could say that all of Stephen King's movie adaptations are either a hit or a miss (plenty of examples that I won't bore to name now). And this falls to the latter type. The screenwriters started making what seemed like a tasty cake at the beginning, then proceeded to add the topping in the middle slowly little by little only to take a huge dump on it right at the end. If we think of the 10-star rating system where the 6 is a median, I am giving this ending episode a 5, while a solid 7 for the whole show. Might just be me, then again it might not. Oh, well. Won't be losing any sleep over this.
The Grand Tour
(2016–2024)
Disrespect is my second name
18 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
First of all, I would like to state I am (was) a huge fan of Top Gear when it was on BBC. Also, this is my first review on IMDB after being an user for around 10 years. Now, let's get going. I can easily summarize The "Grand" Tour - a very disrespectful, insensitive and ignorant show. What once was a very respectable show about cars, now is a joke.
The first season - in absolutely every episode they laughed at various things, showing how mighty and powerful are the British people. If anything is "lesser" or weaker they would make everything and anything possible to showcase it. They also had guests (mostly British peeps not known to the vast majority of viewers) but thank God we could skip those moments filled with fake laughs and daft humour. All in all, I would not watch season one again.
The second season - what started with a glimmer of hope that the old style programme that made the three stooges famous was making a return was false and quickly doused in merely 11 episodes time. They managed to prove that that the old saying about a wolf changing his coat but not disposition is still true to this day and age.
This is merely a show about kids' jokes and pointless tests making fun of anything (everything) that they don't like. If you make up your mind based off this show then you surely must drive an old British made car with 5+ litre engine. Oh, did I mention they tried to be politically correct for once - getting a female test driver who never gets a name or the chance to speak apart from muttering out "right" or "let's go".
I am truly disappointed and shocked what modern media has come down to. To me, personally, this show is a massive let down and I would think twice or even thrice about watching another episode after they made sure to make fun of people living in Mozambique. That triggered me to write this review and stop watching them. Everyone makes up their own mind on their own and chooses what to watch and not but mine is made up.
Verdict - 4/10 due to the first few episodes of season two.
The first season - in absolutely every episode they laughed at various things, showing how mighty and powerful are the British people. If anything is "lesser" or weaker they would make everything and anything possible to showcase it. They also had guests (mostly British peeps not known to the vast majority of viewers) but thank God we could skip those moments filled with fake laughs and daft humour. All in all, I would not watch season one again.
The second season - what started with a glimmer of hope that the old style programme that made the three stooges famous was making a return was false and quickly doused in merely 11 episodes time. They managed to prove that that the old saying about a wolf changing his coat but not disposition is still true to this day and age.
This is merely a show about kids' jokes and pointless tests making fun of anything (everything) that they don't like. If you make up your mind based off this show then you surely must drive an old British made car with 5+ litre engine. Oh, did I mention they tried to be politically correct for once - getting a female test driver who never gets a name or the chance to speak apart from muttering out "right" or "let's go".
I am truly disappointed and shocked what modern media has come down to. To me, personally, this show is a massive let down and I would think twice or even thrice about watching another episode after they made sure to make fun of people living in Mozambique. That triggered me to write this review and stop watching them. Everyone makes up their own mind on their own and chooses what to watch and not but mine is made up.
Verdict - 4/10 due to the first few episodes of season two.
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