snshami Reviews

Tumbbad (2018)

A poorly made movie with disjointed storyline and poor acting

[1/10 · 10 November 2021]

The story has some original elements but is spoilt by ridiculous sound effects that have little bearing on the storyline.

The story is too disjointed to bring the viewer in and instead one spends the whole time distracted by the poor acting and terrible special effects that are reminiscent of a B grade 1950s movie.

The Dry (2020)

Disappointing both as a crime and as an Australian outback movie.

[5/10 · 18 January 2021]

I watched this movie with great anticipation. I had read the book which did a great job painting a distressed town in the grip of a devastating drought. In the book one could feel the heat and hear the desiccated undergrowth crackle. Emotional conflicts were also handled nicely. The writing and the way the book paints the landscape and the people masks the weakness in the plot and the poorly developed unveiling of the perpetrator Sadly the movie fails to show any emotional depth in any characters. The town is greener and far less bleak than shown in the book. To make matters worse the way the crime is solved is even more abbreviated than in the book. As a consequence it fails as both an Australian outback movies as well as a crime movie. My adult son who had not read the book described it as boring.

Gerald's Game (2017)

Complete nonsense. Over complex and implausible plot.

[1/10 · 22 December 2018]

The movie started ok but quickly degenerated into supernatural nonsense.

Yes, Prime Minister (2013)

Made me laugh out aloud more times than I can remember having done so recently

[7/10 · 12 September 2013]

This show has a serious problem. It has to overcome our memories of the first series. The main reason for this is that they used the same names for most of the characters. The series is set in the current era and there seem to be several plot ideas that have carried over from the original series. In truth except for Zoe Telford none of the new characters measure up to the Brilliant originals. I don't think there was every any hope that was going to happen. The original cast of characters were absolutely perfect in every way. Everyone knows one cannot improve on perfection

As a consequence I spent the first episode comparing the new with the old and feeling quite a bit let down. If I had to rate this series based on just the first episode it would not have rated better than four or five.

Even putting the disappointment caused by the characters aside the first episode is really not that great. The only reason I watched the second episode was because I was stuck on a plane and bored and consequently desperate.

Episode 2 was much better than the first. The actors start loosening up a bit. It was almost like someone had given them a real talking to after the first.

Episode three onwards is seriously funny. In fact I really cannot remember laughing so much recently. Was it better than the first, no that is not possible. But it was really good comedy, nevertheless.

The best character is Claire Sutton played by the gorgeous Zoe Telford. The worst is probably Sir Humphrey. He just isn't that beguiling and charming, manipulative and Machieavellian character that he was in the original series. In fact he is quite wooden and doesn't appear to lead the show.

Still the main purpose of a comedy is to make you laugh. If you loosen up and can let go of the past you will enjoy it, quite a bit. If only they had changed the characters' names it would have been seen as a really good show in its own right.