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Finding Michael (2023)
Mike Has Already Been Found
They know where he is before they start the film. Another climber gave them a photo of his body and they're really just going to bring it back. The film is probably just a way to make some money while recovering Mike's corpse but that doesn't stop them from putting on a show. They fly a drone around, fret about visibility, worry about weather conditions and investigate some bodies but it's all nonsense and phony. It's a good movie if you don't think too much about it too much but if you do you'll notice lots of details that don't make sense. Like how is their cell reception so good he can FaceTime his family with no lagging and crystal clear picture?
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Meh. Not bad, but not good either.
It's definitely not as good as some of these reviews suggest. It's a pretty so-so fantasy show comparable to something like 'Wheel of Time'. Idk if who's writing these glowing reviews but I'd guess they're either Tolkien fans who are willing to accept any trash with some elves in it or they watched a different show.
1. The story isn't compelling. It's heavy handed and uninspired.
2. The script is unimaginative.
3. It's jokes are predictable with timing that telegraphs their punchlines a mile away.
4. The drama is phony and manufactured, mostly people arguing way to stridently about stuff that doesn't warrant arguing let alone the emotion they characters are feeling.
5. The characters are often irrationally and do stuff that's confusing just doesn't make sense.
None of these are THAT egregious but cumulatively they combine to make the show irritating at times but mostly just ho-hum.
Christina P.: Mom Genes (2022)
Gen X has become Baby Boomers
Lots of hack jokes about people in the 80s were tough and kids today are soft. It's like people forgot how ridiculous our folks were when their walk to school was uphill both ways.
Life of Crime 1984-2020 (2021)
Lots of unanswered questions
There lots of breaks in the narrative: people you meet in the beginning who just sort of disappear and leave you wondering "What happened to Bobby?" or "Why is this guy in court?" and "Why is he doing that?". The confusion could have been alleviated with some captions.
Y: The Last Man (2021)
The West Wing with a few dead guys.
1. It's the West Wing with an apocalypse in the background. Lots of politicians TALKING about the apocalypse but the show hardly ever shows any of the carnage. 2. Nothing makes sense. Examples: Half the population's corpses are still rotting where they fell but people are worried about political parties? Or even the Constitution? The country would be under marshal law and nobody would care about anything but where their next meal. 3. The leading man is a useless, irritating dweeb. Maybe the show is supposed to be more about all the women than it is this one guy but it's not. It only seems to care about him and a couple of the women. 4. Basically the end of the species is imminent and people are concerned with normal, banal stuff and that's (almost) all we get to see.
Val (2021)
We all miss Val but c'mon...
Val had a bunch of personal footage and made it into a retrospective so he could get some screen time again. If you like that sort of thing and miss his acting you'll love this film. I don't and I didn't. ...And that's what makes horse races.