dzhaviland-22916 Reviews

Arranged (2015– )

Surprisingly interesting and compelling

[9/10 · 14 January 2024]

Watching this makes you realize just what a melting pot the US is if you've forgotten. It follows 3 couples very young traditional Roma "gypsies", , professional Indian and Southern Baptist Bible Belt. These are of course probably in the top 5 of patriarchal cultures in the US which makes for some great drama.

There's of course the expected misogynistic Baptist MIL saying she doesn't think a woman should be President and the Roma mom explaining how a woman's job is to take care of husband, house and babies. Yet surprisingly, there's the Roma council advising a young husband who's been bullying his wife that he needs to change his ways and get counseling. The main players are all interesting and you really get invested in their lives. I'm just sad this show wasn't picked up by a major network as I think it could have been a hit as it's much better than TLCs 90 day franchise and similar shows.

The Spanish Princess (2019–2020)

Watchable but not nearly as good as its predecessors.

[5/10 · 17 July 2023]

Historical inaccuracies aside I just couldn't get past the staccato accent of Queen Catharine. It was so off putting and fake sounding it ruined scenes when her acting was believable and that was only about 1/3 of the time. Same goes for everyone who was from Spain.

I also think they failed to develop Catharine's devout and kind side. I don't know if this was the director's fault or her own but her character came across as way too ambitious and scheming, neither of which she was in real life, at least according to historians. Henry, his grandmother, Maggie and others did a great job.

I enjoyed the other series White Queen and Princess way more.

Year of the Jellyfish (1984)

Exciting in the 80's, now not so much

[2/10 · 12 June 2023]

I think anyone scoring this higher than a 4 is either trying to appear "smart"' or really likes breasts. When I watch French movies like this I always wonder if the French have sex for sex's sake because there is never any real passion. Is it because women bare everything in public other than their actual vaginas(everything around the vagina can basically be seen too) so by the time they get to actual sex they're bored?

Anyhoo... this is the most boring movie with frank nudity I've ever seen. A bunch of world weary people including the teens all trying to have sex with someone yet as I said before, the sex is more boring than watching a 40 year married couple do it in the dark. Plot is nothing. Skip it unless you like to see 20-30 women all with the same body build (5'5" 115 bs) topless and sometimes nude.