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Gaslit (2022)
Could not watch this mess - sloppy & inaccurate set up
I came, I tried, I bailed laughing.... and at, not with.
I wanted to enjoy Sean & Julia playing the infamous but the scene set up from the start was so absurd that I could not suspend any disbelief.
The worst opening offense was the "clever" momentary pause of the camera pan while some overtly homeless character took a dump on a sidewalk a few blocks from the Capital. Yes it was unnecessarily gross but beyond that that it was completely absurd. There were no rag wearing homeless people anywhere on business side of DC in the 1960s...especially near Capitol Hill. And no one defecated on the streets in that era, no one. That's 2020s phenom. Ruh Roh.
Of course to set the mood of troubled times they must include street protesters, right? No. Cuz in those times they were rarely out and when they were, there were hundreds to thousands. But here get a smattering of stand ins causing stress on one corner. LMAO
Then we meet the players and they're just as buffoonish. John Dean is shown smoking a joint at home in the morning before running off to work and face to face with John Mitchell. John Dean? As if! And it was actually a face to rubber face meeting, Penn' make up as Mitchell reading more like clown face. By the time Julia made an entrance she was as believable as Joan as I am while I sit here and type.
Don't insult the viewer, especially when depicting well know people, places, and events.
Check please!
The Curse of Civil War Gold (2018)
Hard to Take Seriously
I didn't make it thru the 1st episode. There's too much baiting the viewer with repetitive hype, not un common on the HC...who needs to be constantly reminded what and why they're watching a program? Hook someone with interesting content. And be real. This was a group of no nothings (no real academics or experts) going on hunches and convincing themselves they're on the right trail. Their decisions and evidence begger belief. They're ecstatic to find an old bolt under a farmer's field. A field and location the chose on nothing more than supposition, really? BTW sister show Oak Island is what on season 5 or 6 of a similar drawn out quest with no discovery, only clues clues clues.
Compare that to the 5 episode The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer. Great production, concrete finds, and gripping form one episode to the next. Can we please see more!?
Annihilation (2018)
self indulgent "star" vehicle
Natalie Portman underacts her heart out and achieves critical annoyance. JJ Leigh is pumped with so much botox it's painful to watch her perform. Everything around them comes off as a B movie at best. Art it ain't.
Get Shorty (2017)
Didn't make thru episode 2
Well crafted, well acted, well shot, well it's just about everything except exciting. it's All drama with a chuckle, but slow paced. T'was into the story but it just didn't bounce enough for this viewer. I'll put that on the director(s). Anyway, slow is everywhere on the screen these days...ain't nobody got time for that :)