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Avoidance (2022)
Sitcom, but with one crucial element missing....
....and that would be the comedy. I think Romesh Ranganathan is a funny comedian, but this is just boring. I made it to episode 2, but when the funny bit is people burping because they've eaten too much chilli, you know the writing is bad.
It's a whimsical sitcom, but without the com bit.
I've given up on it after episode 2.
Flightplan (2005)
It's alright, but it's like they ran out of ideas half way through....
Just watched Flight plan, 17 years after its release!
Some great ideas, but I think the writers just ran out of ideas. It never reached the levels of tension it should have. It should have been a Die Hard in the air, with the added high tension of a mum desperately seeking her missing daughter. But it just seems to fall short.
Jodie Foster is great as ever, but supporting cast is weak.
Popcorn movie only. Not a bad effort, but I certainly won't watch a second time.
The English Game (2020)
I thought this would be (at least in part) about football....
The English Game looked so promising..... a historical drama set in the very early days of what has now become the world's most popular sport. Unfortunately it falls incredibly short.
As a historical drama in the guise of something like Downton's Abbey, it is perhaps okay. But when it comes to the football, the whole show is severely lacking. Each episode touches on 'The English Game' for what seems than less than 5%. The choreography of the football scenes is woeful, with the 'highlights' of each match (of which barely any are shown) lasting for just a couple of minutes.....
The script is clumsy, with what should be sub-plots (i.e. the personal lives of the main characters), taking over the whole series and completely overshadowing the main plot, which is supposed to be about football! The premise of show was supposedly to be a historical drama of the early days of football. It really isn't, and I feel as poorly informed of those early days than I did before I started watching. Many historical facts are changed, such as the actual FA Cup final at the end....(why do dramas do this??). Save yourself a great of time and just read Wikipedia about those early days of the FA Cup!!
I have made it to the end, but this has been endured more than enjoyed. I had to really try to push through to the end in the vain hope it would improve and there will be at least a little bit of excitement; it didn't. These were supposedly exciting FA Cup games, but this drama just makes them appear so boring and, as I have already said, the choreography of the games is so poor, it looks like they did not have any advisers on set who knew anything about football.
I'm sorry, I had reasonably high expectations of this show, but it is just so poorly written and filmed.
Unless you absolutely love historical dramas (forget that it is supposed to be about football), then steer clear.
The fictious team Blackburn win the FA Cup at the end..... This did not happen!! There was never a team just called 'Blackburn'. I have read up on the proper facts. The show could have been equally as 'exciting' if they had used the real facts (Blackburn Olympic won the cup).
Arrrrggghhhhh!!! The more I think about this show, the more angry I get! Why did they have to change facts just from dramatic effect? There had 6 x 45mins (4.5 hours) to tell the story!! Absolutely no excuse to have to change facts, they didn't need to squeeze it into a 2 hour film. This show was clearly made by non football fans. The makers of this show should be ashamed of themselves for showing no respect for the real people of time and telling their story correctly.
An absolutely missed opportunity.
First and Last (2020)
BBC sinks to new lows on a Saturday night.....
Saturday evening TV has never been the best in the UK, but I do hark back to the days we had the Generation Game, Gladiators, Blind Date.......
Started watching this, and OMG, this has to be poorest idea for a gameshow ever.
Jason Manford is a great comedian and he desperately tries to hold together a competition that would be expected in low quality holiday park.....
People hiding in card board boxes and weighing onions.... this is not light entertainment.
Please BBC, put some more effort in.
Still Game: Over the Hill (2019)
I will miss Criaglang!!
Wonderful, just wonderful. The best British sitcom for many a year. The best (in my opinion) since Gavin and Stacey. I have the same feelings as when I finished G&S, that I will actually miss the characters.
I am very sad it has come to an end, but a very moving ending.
A fantastic show. I wish more sitcom writers would realise that it is not farce that makes something funny, but true characterisation.
Arrival (2016)
Two hours of my life I am never going to get back.
I wasn't expecting Star Wars, but I also wasn't prepared for two hours of utter, boring tripe. I could barely hear some of the mutterings of the actors and for a sci-fi film, the visuals are very, very disappointing.
I get the point of movie, i.e. humanity etc, but it is just so boring....... and if it was meant to be an unexpected twist at the end, it was like seeing an oil tanker coming into port.
The film could have been so much more. One of the most disappointing films I have ever seen.
Close encounters it isn't. I have no idea why t has 8 out of 10. Maybe I was in the wrong movie?
Take Me Out (2010)
Bring back Cilla!!
30 desperate girls (some slightly deranged), 1 desperate man. What a formula!! Blind Date it is not. Paddy McGuiness, what are you doing?? Paddy's gags barely hold together a show that should never have made prime time TV. Maybe I'm just too old to get it, but please give it a wide berth and do something more interesting. Go to the pub and meet real people!! Bring back Cilla!!!! AT least Blind Date tried to have a serious element by interviewing last week's 'winners'. Take me out does none of this and just moves on to yet another desperate guy trying to impress 30 desperate girls. It is 1 out of 10 because it is just so cheaply made and a terrible formula. Just bad.