pale_pixie Reviews

Versailles (2015–2018)

A feast for the eyes

[10/10 · 4 January 2016]

I've been waiting for what seems like ages for a series to come along that I look forward to each episode. This is it. Absolutely gorgeous, stunning settings, costumes and sets.

The actors are fascinating. I don't care if it is minute by minute historically accurate as I can read a history book about Versailles and life there, but this is super interesting as a drama within that palace and time frame. Everyone is just so real. They are horrible, loving, scheming, nasty, lavish, flamboyant, crafty and violent, but isn't that what real life and humans are all about? I am loving the costumes, jewels, food, florals, decor and art.

Fingers crossed for Season 2.

Sabotage (2014)

Immature, unbelievable, low brow....

[1/10 · 27 July 2014]

How it got over a 5. rating so far on IMDb, completely mystifies me. If you like fart jokes, fart comments, high school T + A comments, implausible if not far (or fart) fetched story line, poor acting or lack of acting skills, car chases, improbable events and lack of reasoning, then THIS pile of rubbish, is just for you. What a waste of time. It is a complete embarrassment from start to finish. What were they thinking? Really? Two days later, I am still shaking my head in disbelief that someone on that crew or cast could not speak up even just once and ask "what are we doing here" or make a judgement call. Utter garbage. For imbeciles. Lowest common denominator. Sorry, I've run out of descriptions for how stupid and low this movie was. And Marielle Enos? Come on! She looked about 80 years old. An 80 year old skeleton. My eyes!!!!

Shell (I) (2012)

Complicated story, beautiful setting and very moving

[10/10 · 8 August 2013]

First, I just want to say that as a Scottish person, the father Pete sounded very English. I know now that he is from England, but you'd think that they could have found someone who could at least "sound" Scottish to play a Scottish man.

Other than that, the location and beauty of the countryside, the photography, the flora and fauna is typical and unique to Scotland. Breathtaking. Many people in the cities like Glasgow and Edinburgh don't venture out too far into the highlands and they really should at least once in their lives.

The story has a lot of twists and turns. The relationship is complicated between the daughter and father. All she knows is her little corner of the planet but now that she is 17, she has urges and yearnings for more from life. The father is really torn as he has done as much as he can to protect her all her life, home schooling her and even though he has constant personal struggles with his health, being a young man raising a daughter, he knows the day will come when she will have to leave.

I was sad that he chose his own ending, thereby freeing both of them at the same time. The final part is when she realizes that staying where she is, the boyfriend will just replace the dad and her life will go nowhere, you are really glad to see her take the plunge.

The ending does leave you satisfied. The whole story leaves you satisfied. No loose ends.

The Signal (2007)

A sadistic, rambling romp of gratuitous violence

[25 April 2013]

The pest control man who repeatedly sprays poison in peoples' faces, bashes them with objects, has lost touch with reality and people shambling like zombies.

That sums it up. If that's what your looking for, then put your mind in "Park" and get ready for 1 1/2 hours of utter rubbish.

I'm not even sure what the director set out to accomplish as the end result is so scrambled, convoluted and irksome that it is almost an insult to the viewer's time invested in sitting and waiting for some sense to appear. There won't be any resolutions. It rambles to the very end.