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Wish (2023)
More boxes ticked in another flop
There isn't anything positive to say about this movie. The dreadful voice-overs made me crnge, particularly Asha who many mumbles her way through the lines, I turned the volume up to no avail, subtitles are needed for sure.
The songs are very generic aka boring, there isn't one memorable number for me. If these made it into the movie, imagine what was cut! Gone are the days of Oscar-winning, toe-tapping, warm, emotion-filled songs.
Can Disney please concentrate on making great movies again, instead of box ticking? You have filled whatever quota you needed to fill, the is no need for more virtue signalling.
Ambulance: Code Red (2020)
Narration is everything that's wrong with today's TV
For me the narrator can make or break a programme. There are so many amateur, monotonous narrators used for TV programmes such as this. Reciting inane comments over and over, for example a man has a cardiac arrest and the narrator says 'time is of the essence' or 'must get him to hospital as soon as possible', do they think we lack the intelligence to know that already?
Worse is when they repeat full sentences already uttered by the show's participants, word for word, for example 'where's your pain?' 'in my leg', so the narrator tells us 'the patient has pain in his leg', yes we heard it the first time thank you.
They add nothing to the show, and if subtitles are available I watch them with the sound down. There are several medical fly on the wall docs on channel 5 who do not use narrators at all, what a breath of fresh air they are.
Of course, there are many good examples of narration, with my personal favourites being Sue Perkins, Mark Strong, Phil Davies, Cheri Lunghi, Mel Giedroyc to name a few. I guess the show's budget negates some of the best in the business, but come on producers, have a thought for the end user and invest in your narration, it's so important and can make or break a show.
Medium (2005)
Love the family scenes but a few weak links
I have watched this show from to finish twice and enjoy the scenes when the family are at home the most. However i noticed throughout my second run through the dialogue is often the same for all characters and there is not much character individuality. Even if we are from the same town, we all use different terms and have our own little sayings, nuances etc, but in Medium every single character says 'excuse me' instead of what or pardon or eh. Other examples are 'I don't know what to tell you' and 'be that as it may'. A weak link in the writing.
Secondly who ever cast the deputy mayor should be fired. Tina di Joseph is more wooden than the Dubois' front door. She has no emotion or personality behind her eyes or in her words. Another weak link in my opinion.
Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
Why is this not repeated more?
With all the channels on satellite TV I find it hard to believe this isn't on any channel (as I write this). The scripts and acting are second to none, and no show today has this winning formula for me. I have always had a soft spot for Jerry (The Good Life) and so anything he starred in after was a hit with me, but Nigel Hawthorne steals the show. His character highlights the idiocy, bureaucracy and hypocrisy of British politics that's allowed to continue to this day.
Murdered by... (2018)
Good programme, awful narration
Not sure if it is just me but something bad is happening to documentary narration. It seems anybody is allowed to narrate nowadays, whether they actually have a talent for it or not. Its either done in a disjointed way, with gaps in sentences that are not natural, or in a monotone way with the obligatory upward inflection at the end of each sentence, that's painful to listen to. I end up using subtitles and the mute button.