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Shôgun (2024)
NOT ENTERTAINING because of poorly shot scenes and massive number of fast subtitles
1. COLORS: Poor choice of colors and too many blurry out of focus misty background scenes. Even the indoor scenes were terrible. For some reason inside is a misty mess and background totally out of focus. Very unrealistic lighting and colors and very distracting.
2. MUSIC: Just didn't go with the scenes. It was ........ I don't know what it was.
3. SUBTITLES: Too many, too fast and too many unfamiliar names. My wife and I could not watch it together because both of us had to rewind at different times just to try and figure out what was going on. If you watch the actor's expressions you miss the subtitles and rewind, rewind, rewind.
4. COMMERCIALS: I was going to join Hulu so I wouldn't have to watch commercials. Fortunately, I decided to watch it on FX first to see how I liked it. I won't be joining Hulu or for that matter I have no desire to watch another episode. Yes, too many distractions.
5. ACTING: We were spoiled by Richard Chamberlain and John Rhys-Davies (actors in the 1980 much better version). Current actors don't even come close. Shame
6. STORY: I love the story, it is amazing. Unfortunately, there are too many distractions to enjoy the story.
7. SCENERY: I lived and traveled all over Japan for three years. I don't know where this was filmed but for sure IT WAS NOT IN JAPAN......AT LEAST MOST OF IT. Maybe that is why a lot of the outdoor scenes were misty/hazy and out of focus.
8. RATINGS: IMDB currently gives it a 9.3. It's only been out three days. Take a guess who gave it all those high ratings! I give it a "one" because of all the distractions.
ALL I CAN SAY IS .......WHAT WAS THE DIRECTOR THINKING?????
Willow (2022)
Not engaging or fun to watch and non charming actors
The potential is there but it is just not that engaging to watch. It's not a fun adventure or told in an engaging way. At least not so far. Unfortunately the actors lack charm and charisma. I didn't know who to root for.
I think this might be interesting to teenagers because it has young beautiful people. It may never happen (I have no idea) but It's hard to imagine a young kid fighting a battle with a small sword against a big bad guy with a big sword.
I think the script might have something to do with the lackluster performance. It's like, you say this, I say that, you say this, I say that, then next scene. It might get better but I am not marking my calendar for the next episode release.