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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Avengers - Season 4 in TV

Aug 17, 2020  
The Avengers - Season 4
The Avengers - Season 4
1965 | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
9
7.5 (2 Ratings)
TV Season Rating
Difficult not to use words like iconic to describe this; the two seasons with Diana Rigg (this is the first of them) is what defines this series in the public recollection. Gentleman spy John Steed and his leather-clad friend Emma Peel investigate a wide range of threats to British society as we know it, ranging from the relatively mundane (attempts to assassinate visiting dignitaries) to the positively outlandish (man-eating Martian plants with mind-control powers).

Occasionally a bit tonally uneven, but still mostly a joy to watch even after all these years: the two leads are clearly enjoying themselves hugely and so are the characters (most of the time). The best episodes have a sort of intelligent silliness about them which is almost irresistible: they sustain a mixture of spy spoof, black comedy, and science fiction which many have tried to copy but few have achieved. This is the Avengers in its imperial phase.
  
    My Hero

    My Hero

    7.2 (23 Ratings) Rate It

    TV Show

    My Hero is a British television sitcom, written and created by Paul Mendelson, that broadcast for...

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated The Full Monty (1997) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020  
The Full Monty (1997)
The Full Monty (1997)
1997 | Comedy, Musical
2
7.3 (15 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
I'm sure it's sacrilege saying so, but I got absolutely nothing out of this - in fact I'm deathly sure I hated it. Not because it was exactly awful, per se - moreso because it was just so exhaustively timid, top to bottom. Seldom has a sex comedy ever been more self-conscious of itself, I sat in almost pure impatient silence the entire time waiting for it to end. I mean is it not enough that we rarely ever get to see these tiresome (less than) one note characters actually ever interact as a group? Or that even the overly-familiar sorta-half-jokes have to fizzle out before they're even delivered? And while we're at it, why is the direction so violently bland? And why is the film so indifferent about its own story while also trying to bolster it up as the main selling point? I mean there's hardly any stakes let alone momentum, nor even light fun because everyone just sort of "Yeah sure, whatever"s to everything that happens which is allegedly of consequence. Are we supposed to care? Basically the bone marrow of every sex comedy ever made, stripped down of all the meat and other fixings that made them funny/interesting/charming/memorable. Zero personality, and deliberately stops itself from having any anytime it threatens to use some. At best only mildly amusing, whatever made this entirely pedestrian British 'comedy' get shot up to Best Picture status over something like the mega superior 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘚𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘴 I will never grasp. The whole time I just wanted to see the "Always Sunny" gang or even the Broken Lizard troupe take a stab at this premise and give it the non-passive justice it deserves.
  
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Andy K (10821 KP) rated Zoo (2018) in Movies

Oct 19, 2019  
Zoo (2018)
Zoo (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Drama, Horror
7
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Saving your marriage or zombie apocalypse?
I have to admit being new to the world of British cinema (since I live in the US) so those extreme British accents are still a struggle for me at times (especially when you guys talk so fast!). I have to admit to even putting subtitles on a few times so I could get all the words.

Interesting premise of this film and the recommendation from a friend to watch.

How would you feel if a zombie infestation began right while your marriage was on the rocks? Which would be your priority to correct?

This young couple grapples with this exact issue and it is relatively successful. They spend time disagreeing with each other and moping about in their flat since they cannot go outside without having to deal with infected hoards trying to devour them. They begin having meaningful dialogue and then they get a knock at their door. A random couple ask if they can come and hide within to remove themselves from danger and are obliged. They immediately become a nuisance asking for provisions which are already in short supply and to "borrow a toothbrush"? I thought that was funny.

Their stay at the apartment is short, but long enough to have the couple start to unite themselves against their new house guests. After their departure, the couple becomes more intimate and work on their relationship before even more unwanted guests arrive.

The dialogue was a bit corny at times, but worked overall. I enjoyed the fresh take on the zombie genre. If romantic comedy zombie horror is a new sub genre I'm all in.