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Caught in Providence (2000)
TV court show with something different
Recently discovered this program through social media and began watching episodes on YouTube. I have been a fan of courtroom shows for years.
Caught in Providence is something different and has something extra.. Judge Chapiro is wonderful, charismatic, compassionate, and fair. Most people still have to pay something.
The people on this show that appear before the judge represent their community so beautifully. Everyone is actually remorseful, apologetic, and willing to take it on the chin. It's so wonderful and refreshing to see.
These things make Caught in Providence a wonderful show but these something still...
It's the direction and production. The audience are also the stars of this show. Throughout the cases we see cut aways to audience members. This has been done before, but these us something different here. The tone is perfect and adds such amazing levity to the whole show. There's little slices of other stories going on, slices of lives, and sometimes the most honest therefore hilarious reactions.
The camera shots in this show are amazing. We see all sorts of degrees of close ups and wide shots. This adds so much value to the storytelling of the show and keeping it alive and engaging. Sometimes it's not even that noticeable, but it makes all the difference.
This truly us a courtroom show for everyone. It's gentle nature, generous spirit, and feel good vibe bucks the trend of the usual model. Highly recommend.
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Great Production, Great Performances, No Compass
What Dreams May Come explores a subject long wondered about, the greatest untold journey. This film has some stunning visuals, particularly for its time of release. These Visuals still hold up pretty well today in 2013.
The strong theme of love and a goal for our main character allows us to follow the film through till the end, but at times lacks little more substance and offers the story-line little more than 15 minutes worth of plot.
Whilst in a realm that isn't our reality and with rules thrown out the window, it feels at times, we the audience can gain little more footing as to whats going on as the main character, and feels as though the story is being made up as we go along.
What Dreams May Come overall is an OK movie and anyone who's a fan of Robin Williams will be pleased with this one. The production design is fantastic, and all the players fill well what is there for them in the characters, but you cant help but feel lost and a little confused, as this was adapted from a book i cant help feel that there was a lot more in the book left out, or in the book the context works better in print.
3/10 for me, half an hour too long, not one i would recommend