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andrea-claxton
Reviews
Ascension (2014)
Worthy of a second season on SyFy
We really enjoyed this series, and we'd like to see SyFy pick it up as a weekly show. There were a couple of good plot twists that took us by surprise, one at the end of the 2nd hour, and one at the very end of the mini-series. The dilemmas faced by the second and third generation of this multi-generational space colonization mission and the way the crew is handling those dilemmas are well developed. The potential for growth and development for both the characters and the plot are excellent. If you liked Battlestar Galactica, Stargate and its spin-offs, Babylon 5 (if you're old enough) and other shows like them, it is worth taking a look at this show. We'd say it's a good choice for space travel fans as well as those who enjoy human psychology, anthropology, and sociology.
Funny Games (2007)
Snuff Film. Don't bother.
The previews make this out to be a black comedy, but it is really just a snuff film. Save your time, money, and happiness. We like avant-garde movies, but this one just masquerades as avant-garde. It sucks. It blows. It isn't worth the two hours you'll waste on it! We love Naomi Watts, and we've been Tim Roth fans since we saw "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead." We love it when a movie surprises us. We figure a Hollywood ending is when the dog survives the impossible. ("Dante's Peak" comes to mind!) This movie just disgusted us. Both of us. Yuck! It's awful. Oh man, if I could get my 2 hours back, I would do it in a heart beat. Wow, this movie is beneath all the actors who appear in it. How did this movie even get funding? My dog could write a better movie than this. Blech! Yuck! Terrible! Don't waste your time!!!!!!!!!!!!