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Game of Thrones (2011)
Mixed review for a mixed up series
It's been said before but Game of Thrones is Outstanding... That is for the first four series and part of the fifth.
If you have not seen this series ever, a quick word of warning! Unless you enjoy watching programs that are so powerfully portrayed that they become a passion only to then have it all torn away in a rushed and totally disappointing series finale then Game of Thrones is the series for you.
I honestly could not enjoy the first five series anymore, I was truly passionate about it and devoted weeks to the program, I read the books and purchased the merchandise and now I wish I hadn't of bothered.
The worst is that the characters that I had spent eight years getting to know became caricatures of themselves.
The cast is fantastic, it's truly acted well, the production was fantastic if a little poor with its use of CGI towards the final series but unfortunately this is a series that was plagued with poor writers (D&D) that seem that they could not escape fast enough.
Series eight is abismal. Anyone who hasn't seen it I would warn away, if you need to then act as if series 5 was the finale, otherwise the outcome will just make you angry
Good Omens (2019)
A fantastic comedy with an incredible cast
Having just completed watching this series I am incredibly impressed by the talent and performance of such an amazing cast with brilliant writing from the talented Neil Gaiman.
Laughs, drama, action and even a hint of romance, the arc of this amazing series has it all.
Adapted from the original book of the same title, this was originally written as a collaborative piece between the late and great Terry Pratchett (Creator of Disk World) and Neil Jaimen who has a nack for these type of biblical epics.
It captures a great deal of the comedy writings of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams fans will feel at home also with this series. Fantastic and I cannot wait for series two
Morbid (2018)
Poor writing and poor acting
I recently watched this on YouTube. Looking at all of the positive comments I was really intrigued and thought it looked promising, how wrong I was.
The plot of this situational comedy is the takeover of a successful undertaking business following the untimely death of its owners. The business passes down to the inexperienced, uninvolved and grown children of the now deseased owners. This pilot episode focuses on their blunders and mishaps in attempting to keep the business afloat.
The positives here is that the concept is a very good one, however, the cons are that unfortunately it is poorly executed. The production is decent, good camera, good sound as should be expected, but the script is poorly written and its just not funny. Additionally the acting is terrible! I mean really hammy by the whole cast!
I initially placed a review in the comments section of the YouTube video itself but it would seem that the production team cannot take honest critique and it has since been deleted so I would expect that it will happen here also. If not then I hope this helps other readers to not waste a good 45 minutes of their lives that they won't ever get back.
1 star!