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The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)
Average
I live Michael Connelly's books and the Bosch series on Prime was brilliant. Unfortunately this suffers from Netflixitis. This is Netfilx's ability to rake really good source material and create something very average. It looks like a daytime TV series and made on the cheap. Even LA looks more like a poorly constructed stage and the in-car scenes remind you of poor 50's and 60's filming.
The casting is so-so but some of the criticism here is unfounded. Mickey Haller is a Mexican-American character in the books, so the choice of lead is authentic. It seems that many white Americans confuse the film version with the authentic character.
And there is the problem... the film spoilt us for what came next. This lacks the production budget and casting that the film had. I don't think that Connelly had the same input as he did with Bosch, or the film. So Netflix lost out. They haven't messed up the franchise but it does need some improvements if it continues.
Elven (2017)
Overlong
This series would have benefited from being shorter, an injection of pace and some serious cliffhangers. Instead, like a river, it meanders along with some slow twists and turns and eventually arrives at its destination. This could have been so much better but you soon guess who the culprit is but some plot points never truly develop and are only tied up in a rush at the end.
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Hopefully the last.....
I loved International Man of Mystery. The Spy Who Shagged Me was OK but not as original. Goldmember is a sorry excuse of a sequel. As is pointed out, the gags seem to be recycled but placed in a different order. Goldmember is a very poor and underdeveloped character. He is a two joke character that is not enough to base a movie on. Michael Caine is.... Michael Caine (pass the cheque and I'll show up). The best part is the opening sequence and a scene set in a Japanese mogul's office. Even my sister, who is a great Austin fan, was not impressed with this. Definitely a spoof to far.