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Guy's Grocery Games: GGG Impossible: Part Three (2016)
I completely disagree with the result.
Robert Irvine himself would have voted a contestant off for not following the game play and he did not make a casserole but Stephen did. This was not fair judging on that fact alone. Flavor is important, but they were raving about Stephen's casserole AND it was an actual casserole, so he was robbed. I doubt Robert Irvine is a very gracious loser, but I would have been happy to find out in this episode and maybe watch him be put down a peg or two. He cooked on a plane for 600 troops? How did they all fit with him and his inflated ego? Stephen wanted to donate to help homeless in Phoenix, that would have been a great use of that money.
Succession (2018)
Good drama, but I will never get those hours back.
I hate basically everyone in this show - utterly selfish, very likely pretty realistic for what they're portraying and I assume the Murdochs and Trumps "function" exactly like this family does. I watched the whole thing, but this last season I pretty much just watched because it was ending, so it was a finite commitment, but I don't think there was a single episode of this season I enjoyed. Now that I am totally done with it, I can say that I'll never get those hours back and I did not like this show. The acting is good and the drama is good, but the characters are all terrible people and it's hard to watch them be terrible constantly. I swear a fair amount, but this show was over the top with the profanity and I can't even count how many times various characters said "it should be me" or something to that effect - what a surprise, they keep thinking they should each get the top job. I guess it was satisfying at the end for the kids to not maintain the company and for Tom to take the reins, but the kids are still going to come out with billions of dollars, despite their petty fights throughout the entire series. Toddlers are the only ones who should be justified in behaving the way Logan's grown kids did and that's just because they don't know any better. Turns out childhood trauma (neglectful parents) can really do a number on someone.
MH370: The Plane That Disappeared (2023)
Just a bunch of conspiracy theories.
My 2 stars are only for the (very little) factual information included in these three conspiracy-laden episodes. I guess Mike Exner can have some stars, he seemed to be the only one following actual data/evidence.
I feel for the people that lost family members, but I think it's quite unhealthy to keep entertaining these crackpot theories and keep dragging on their grief and anxiety and to keep putting the blame on whatever country the conspiracy theorist happens to dislike. I think giving these people a platform is dangerous and this is a huge problem of the 24 hour news media cycle.
The disappearance of this flight is a fascinating mystery, but I'm content assuming it crashed into the incredibly vast ocean and that's why so little debris was located.
New Amsterdam: Essential Workers (2021)
Confused by the timeline
As an essential worker who worked in a hospital throughout the pandemic, the timeline seemed more clear until Ella was still pregnant - in the previous episode (which was very good) they showed healthcare workers getting vaccinated, but the roll out of the vaccine and the lifting of the mask mandate were at least a year apart (in NYC at least) and, though several people wear masks in this episode, many don't, despite being inside a hospital. They keep talking about how bad the virus is while not wearing masks, it's annoying. So, what I figured out is that Ella was pregnant for at least a year and a half OR this is her second baby of the pandemic (but they don't say that) and what was that epidural scene?? Who places one with the patient standing? I've seen dozens of epidurals placed and, you know, since their legs basically go numb, they're not standing for placement. It also seems they still could have tried again, since she was all prepped and stuff. Ella also wasn't wearing a mask and all patients were mandated, there were many complaints from birthing people about wearing a mask in labor, they could have at least had her wear one and then take it off because she couldn't tolerate it. Iggy's storyline was moving, his storyline gets most of the stars I gave the episode.
New Amsterdam: Luna (2019)
Iggy storyline was more believable.
A vertical C-section at home and both of them live?? Congrats on delivering a 3 month old! Also, they'd previously told us the previa resolved and all of a sudden it's back? I assume they mean the placenta was abrupting, but why consult an actual OB to get those details right? Just do the most dramatic thing you can think of. I generally hate depictions of any birth stuff on American shows and movies, because as a birth worker, I end up ruining the scene for everyone else because of how ridiculous it almost always is. Iggy's storyline was pretty good, as was Floyd's, but the baby delivery stuff was absolutely absurd. 0/10 for Max's storyline this episode, 3/10 for the episode overall, because that amount of drama is just so ridiculous and predictable for American television.
Wrong Place (2022)
The score is what bothered me the most.
The movie is bad overall, but the soundtrack was abysmal. There were numerous times the score was way louder than the rest and, at times, louder than the bad dialogue. The score often didn't match the story/scene. As other reviewers have said, there are many plot holes; characters who should have succumbed to their injuries didn't and then were remarkably nimble in their next moves. I could say more, but I think the 1 star I gave says enough. Apparently I have to say more to fulfill the character requirement for a review on here - the acting is bad without any exceptions, just bad all around. If I had been watching this by myself, I would have turned it off in the first 10-15 minutes.
Echoes (2022)
Could have been done better.
Lots of reviewers say it was unwatchable, I wouldn't go that far, but the thing I didn't buy was that only two people could tell these women apart, which meant that one of their husbands couldn't - I just don't buy that. I have a few pairs of identical twins in my life and if you know them well (as a husband/partner should, I would think) then you can tell them apart by subtle differences. It was challenging at times to keep flipping between the flashbacks and which woman was implicated when, but having subtitles on was pretty helpful, as it would tell you who was speaking "Leni: yadda, yadda, yadda" when it wasn't that obvious from just watching the scene which one she was supposed to actually be. I liked the premise of the series, but, as another reviewer said, the falls scene couldn't even pretend to not be a green screen, it was not done well at all. I like thrillers and did watch this all the way through (which, by definition, means I did not find it to be "unwatchable") and was very glad that Paula wasn't actually turning into a bad cop in the end, but thought the best way to end it would have been for both women to be killed somehow as neither was a very good person and both were pretty toxic for each other.
Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend: Battle Street Food (2022)
Cheesy, but good cooking
I didn't know that the set and showmanship of Iron Chef could get more ridiculous, but here you go. I enjoyed watching Curtis Stone cook as I've only seen him as a judge on Beat Bobby Flay, so that was fun. The chairman seems to be taking a less active role this time, which is fine with me.
Inventing Anna (2022)
Well, that was a waste of time.
I did watch the whole series, but found it very underwhelming. The writing made Todd likeable, so you kind of want him to win, but why did anyone think Anna didn't deserve what she got? The whole fashion courtroom thing was absolutely absurd and though this appears to be factually true, it made quite a mockery of an already questionable American "justice" system. As other reviewers mentioned, her accent is unpleasant to listen to, so that's the upside of finishing it, but it felt like it could have been much shorter and still could have told the story. I also would have appreciated knowing which parts were made up, as each episode starts out telling you some of it is. But, oh man - that birth scene: total cringe. While his way of motivating Vivian was amusing, as a birth worker, I would *never* look to the partner to get the woman to push, that doctor should have spoken directly to Vivian and their "sterile field/prep" for a routine vaginal delivery was nonsense. I hope there aren't still hospitals using those antiquated "vaginal birth is sterile" methods. Rant over. For now. Tv births are awful.
The Swing of Things (2020)
I should have read the reviews first.
I like going into movies not knowing much about them, but that was a mistake with this one, which earns its 1/10 stars by being a terrible story with no cohesiveness. It's not funny and I figured it would be better just by having Jon Lovitz and Luke Wilson in it. Those names are probably why most people watched it at all. My advice would be to not waste your time, but if you're currently watching it and reading these 1 star reviews while it's playing, then you probably also have a partner who figured you may as well just finish it.