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Billions: Cold Storage (2022)
Getting stupider by the day or episode
This starting to "smell" like the The Blacklist, where a main character is making the plot become too dumb. Paul Giamatti's character has lost its' purpose in season 4 and is now just irritating. The plot has lost its' purpose, it is like "cooking soup on nails". I hope that a season 7 is not happening, and if it is, it will be the tv-series Lost all over again. The Golden Globe that this show won (and I write that in past tense), had to be based on the shows before the stupidity became too obvious. I do not say that the actors are doing a poor job, but the writers on the other hand needs to get their act together and stop writing for Billions now! It is unfortunately a lost cause now!
The Blacklist: Roanoke (No. 139) (2020)
Time to end this series
The plot thickens and feels like concrete. It has reached an unbelievable level of stupid. James Spader is still carrying the show, but even he cannot save this incoherent storyline. The only reason I keep watching this show is stubbornness and a vague hope that it will revert to something watchable.
Idi i smotri (1985)
Apparently a masterpiece
Public opinion is that this is a masterpiece and I appreciate the fact that the movie shows war in all its' horror. I have to admit I really tried to see were the masterpiece was, but I failed horribly.
The symbolism in the movie and acting resembles something artistic from the seventies. The only thing more horrible than the topic of the movie, is the music. It is said to be an important anti-war movie, but I really struggled to finish it. The Finnish movies Talvisota and Unknown Solider, shows this better without actors overplaying every scene.
Waste your time on other movies than this one.
Fantasy Island (2020)
Horrible horror
This is as bad as bad gets. Horrible story and acting. A total waste of time, and not sure why it was actually made. The movie cannot decide whether it is supposed to be horror or comedy. The story is so full of holes that it resembles a Swiss cheese. Do not spend any time on this movie, unless forced to.
Without Remorse (2021)
A lot of remorse for watching this
This movie is better described as a turkey frying in its' own fat. It is just horrible, the plot is unbelievably stupid and B-movie does not even cover it. You have to move further down the alphabet.
I was not able to finish the thing. This has nothing to do with Tom Clancy's book, apart from totally disrespectful of the original story.
Castle: In Plane Sight (2015)
The plot from a boring hell
This gives episode gives the previous one a fair fight of which is the most stupid. Apart from seeming like the last possible storyline and found in the bottom of the barrel, the plot itself is an offense to the viewers.
The low point of the episode is when they state "the murder happened mid air and that the killer is still onboard". Duuuuhhh.
Hopefully the last season cannot drop to such a low as this.
La Révolution (2020)
Unbelievable slow moving and boring
The fast forward functionality helped me finish this season. I did not get into this show. It is beautifully filmed and staged, but this zombie/ vampire plot has been done much better previously. The plot is as slow moving as the slightly thoughtful actors, walking around during the French revolution with a story that apparently require them to get lost in deep thoughts a lot. There are a lot of better shows out there to spend time watching. This one is not worth the six hours or so.
Wanted: Episode #2.6 (2017)
When complications get boring
The last two episodes of season 2 is when I gave up. The plot makes no sense in trying to force more complications for the next season. I enjoyed the series up until the "end of New Zealand", but from there it just became stupid.
Breaking Bad: Fly (2010)
Totally pointless 40 minutes
Do not read anything higher purpose of this episode, than just being a result of an idea drought. It is unbelievable boring and totally pointless. I was struggling to get through it, without being bored witless.