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Under the Bridge (2024)
Miniseries?
While the importance of this story to the people involved cannot be denied, 8 episodes was far too much time and material to cover it. The writing was not great. The editing was pretty bad. The acting was generally not great. The only sympathetic characters were the Virks and Dusty. Rebecca, Cam, and Gabe were all relatively hollow, both in portrayal and in substance. Their tangential story bits were not fleshed out enough to really make solid connections for me as a viewer. Not compelling, and redundant. The actor that portrayed Warren really had some great moments, especially the late scene with Suman in the jail's visiting area.
Amsterdam (2022)
Convoluted
Definitely convoluted. Casting was superb, acting was fantastic, but the story was almost as hard to follow as that of "Inherent Vice." Trying to follow everything going on and who was who and what their relationships were and what the plan was... It all wore me out. There were times I laughed out loud in the theater and no one else seemed to have caught the humorous moments. I'll follow Rami Malek down any road he takes, though, and he was definitely in great form--much better than in "No Time To Die"--so it's all good. Washington was also very good. Bale is capable of a lot more than this role afforded him, so that was a bit of a disappointment. In the end, it was about as good as I expected it to be.
Cruel Summer: As The Carny Gods Intended (2021)
Pointless
Good writing is supposed to either reveal something about the characters or advance the story. This episode did neither.