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Breaking Bad (2008)
A smart, unbeatable show
No show can top Breaking Bad. The ones that come close, however, always drop the ball at some point. This show has foresight and planning for character arcs and conclusions that are genuinely impressive--increasing the intensity of the threats and scale of the series every step along the way. By the end, you'll be surprised at how far the show has come. There is not an ounce of weakness in its production quality or acting, just solid execution from start to finish. If you're a fan, definitely check out Better Call Saul: A prequel focused on Saul that has many of the same qualities in terms of dialogue, character development, storytelling, and so on.
Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
A kind of rare movie by today's standards
A strange, unconventional, polished, slow-burn thriller about 2 suspended detectives that are following some awful people with intent to rob them. The movie is dark, brutal, gritty, and serious, but most importantly: It's actually good. The bad reviews are from people that can't sit still for more than a few minutes, ignore them and enjoy this fresh and new addition to the neo-noir crime genre.
Gravity (2013)
A number of things about this movie are debated
So to clear some of that up, here's the real facts (some parts are copied from sources):
1. The Hubble Space Telescope, the ISS, and China's Tiangong-1 are not close enough to travel between like they do in the movie (this is an artistic liberty to make the story work).
2. Kowalski didn't necessarily have to let go of Stone, but there is a possibility that the velocity pulling his weight away from her (whose foot is tangled in a cord and barely hanging on) could have ended up with her being pulled out to space with him. This is why: Kevin Grazier, science adviser for the movie, and NASA engineer Robert Frost, maintain that the pair are actually still decelerating, with Stone's leg caught in the parachute cords from the Soyuz. As the cords absorb her kinetic energy, they stretch. Kowalski's interpretation of the situation is that the cords are not strong enough to absorb his kinetic energy as well as hers, and that he must therefore release the tether in order to give her a chance of stopping before the cords fail and dooms both of them. If the astronauts were truly still decelerating slowly, they would have been continued to be pulled into space, making this a misconception, not an error. (This is an artistic liberty to make the story work)
3. Stone could use a fire extinguisher to fly through space, technically, BUT it would be wildly inaccurate. The odds of her flying directly to her destination is extremely unlikely (this is an artistic liberty to make the story work).
4. A satellite, once destroyed, CAN form a catastrophic cloud of space debris that would continuously orbit Earth, and could do so for decades. It's possible that the debris could even travel at speeds so fast, that if you were there, you wouldn't even see it pass you. "In January 2007, the Chinese unleashed more than 1,600 pieces of debris into the atmosphere when they destroyed one of their own satellites with a missile. The impact of that missile strike sent the debris into orbits much different from the original satellite's, creating, in Frost's words, a cloud of debris "enveloping the Earth and (continuing) to threaten any spacecraft between those two altitudes."" But it wouldn't circle the entire Earth in as little as an hour like it did in the movie. The main problem with this movie is the distance of everything presented in it, not the physics (either way, this is an artistic liberty to make the story work).
5. Their communications with Earth would not have been knocked out, because "those communications satellites are 35,900 kilometers above Earth--100 times higher than the Hubble." (This is an artistic liberty to make the story work)
6. Satellites like the Hubble that fly close to Earth do in fact fall out of orbit sometimes, but wouldn't happen as quickly as it does for her in the climax of the film (this is an artistic liberty to make the story work).
7. Numerous objects in the film are incorrect in their design, or misrepresented, such as the fire extinguisher and the jetpack. Their faces would burn without a special visor on their helmets that is clearly not present (these are artistic liberties to make the movie look better).
8. Astronauts exercise for around 2 hours every day in space because they can lose up to 20% of their muscle mass in 5-11 days once in space. So, yes, she would have trouble standing up on Earth in the end, but, similarly she would have a lot of trouble kicking herself through space and water too (this is an artistic liberty to make the story work).
9. Her hair would float, and her tears wouldn't float away from her eyes (these are artistic liberties to make the movie look better).
In the end, a number of big names in related fields seemed to like the movie and seem to agree that the film has a lot of realistic qualities and ideas presented, albeit certain things are altered some to make a stranded-in-space survival film work.
It's a simple tale--the type you've seen before, but one that is well-made and polished with excellent visuals, sound design, score, and original action. Can't imagine this concept being done any differently, nor any better.
With 239 award wins, including 7 Oscars, and a 96% positive rating from a combination of over 350 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, it's hard to suggest this movie is anything less than great.
The Father (2020)
Flawless movie about dementia
Utilizes clever set changes, editing, and more to confuse the audience alongside the man suffering from this awful disease, and it doesn't treat the viewer as an idiot either. It's smart, well-made, well-written, and wonderfully acted.
Arcane: League of Legends (2021)
Excellent animation, one of the best
I do not play League of Legends, I'm not interested in it in the slightest. This is one of the best shows I've ever seen. Amazing production value, incredibly thrilling and intense. But most of all, this show is surprisingly emotional.