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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: The Princess and the Plea (2023)
In tears
This episode was really moving. I was really in awe over the dinner table scene, Abe frustrated over the decline of his generation, the changes in the world around him, pivoted with the humbling acknowledgement that he has never really seen Midge. The way the other men simply move on from there "we should order" had me gutted. Too many shows today preach, it can be exhausting. But to see this growth within Abe at the dinner table, coupled with our Midge's story, then finishing with Hedy's character taking the reigns in the last few minutes; this show for me just pioneers a delightful critique of history and tradition that is funny and unique. Very excited to see the ending, surely it won't disappoint.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: The Pirate Queen (2023)
When you're a professional piraaaaaaate!
The episode was great, though I have caught myself wondering where this season is headed. We've been disappointed by fan fav shows in the past. We've had our hopes high before, only to see them dashed painfully episode by episode. Maybe we've come to except to be disappointed when a show finally makes its farewell season. But after this episode, I've become more hopeful that this season will end delightfully well. I may be able to proudly rewatch this show, enjoying it again year by year as the subtle nuances I missed in previous watchings season themselves anew. But above all else, the inclusion of the aforementioned "when you're a professional piraaaaaaate" will for this reviewer, reign supreme as the greatest episode of all time. I was raised on that movie, on Tim Curry's "this is my only number", and am hopeful, more than a show has ever made me feel before, that Mrs Maisel will end its run with a bounty of booty! Arghh!
Carnival Row: Carnival Row (2023)
GOT all over again...
Bleh. If I watch this series again, I'll stop at season 1. Why did Philo end up alone? It made no sense for his season 1 character, which was all about his facing his fae fears and opening up to love, when he finally did there was so much character growth. Season two, he chases Vignette around while she flies off to different plots willy nilly. For some reason Vignette and Tourmaline end up together even though T lectures V through half the episodes about how she keeps flying off to join a cause-which V does again and again. Yet Philo, who was constant, gives big speeches about how he deserves to be alone. It makes no sense. Poor way to end an otherwise entertaining show. There was also a trippy scene where Philo talks to his alter ego in jail, and it was so off putting, irrelevant, and unnecessary that I struggled to make it to the lack luster ending. These big budget shows with millions of viewers deserve better.
Little Women (2019)
Watch the 2017 PBS version for the good story
I was so excited about this movie, but what a let down. Poorly cast, choppy storytelling, and Chalamet shouting like a teenager at McDonalds half the time. Florence Pugh comes off as a 12 year old about as well as my great aunt Rhoda. But the worst bit was the character development. Essentially Gerwig skips the actual work of building the March girls by piggybacking off of earlier versions of the story. So if you've never seen the 94 version or read the book this movie will make zero sense to you. Really lazy work. But I write this review because in all the others no one seemed to know that there exists a vastly superior version on PBS starring Maya Hawke, who kills the role with verve and wit and gumption, and Emily Watson as Marmee steals the role. She is the best Marmee, bar none. You want a longer Little Women, with accurate storytelling and well defined characters that jump out of the screen and into your living room, try PBS. There's even a short historical piece about the Orchard House where Louisa and the real little women lived. Check it out!
The Pursuit of Love (2021)
I wanted to like this, but....
...stepping into the shoes of Love In A Cold Climate wasn't gonna be easy, especially when using another director's work. The other reviewers are right- I felt the whole time like I was watching a bad Anderson-Coppola mash up. And the worst part was (besides the distracting music-which wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't so overused)...they somehow managed to make the lovely Lilly James unattractive in this. The lighting in every scene stole her away, she was unrecognizable.