Agatha Christie's Ordeal By Innocence- Season One
TV Season
When wealthy philanthropist, Rachel Argyll, is murdered at her family estate, her adopted son Jack...
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters
Book
Even though everyone is talking about it, there is no concept in business today more muddled than...
Allied (2016)
Movie Watch
Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) and Marianne Beauséjour (Marion Cotillard) are World War II operatives who...
Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated Leap Year (2010) in Movies
Mar 8, 2020
The Good Wife
TV Show
When a very public sex and political-corruption scandal lands her husband, Peter, in prison, Alicia...
Leading Mindfully: How to Focus on What Matters, Influence for Good, and Enjoy Leadership More
Book
Simple practices of mindfulness can enhance our effectiveness and enjoyment in leadership work....
Sarah (7798 KP) rated The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) in Movies
Jan 4, 2019
Roots - Season 1
TV Season Watch
The classic story of "Roots" is retold in this miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel. The show...
Erika (17788 KP) rated A Discovery of Witches - Season 1 in TV
Apr 6, 2019 (Updated Apr 6, 2019)
I felt like the series tried to appeal to both people who didn't read the books, and the ones that did, and I don't really think it worked. There were weird, unnecessary changes from the book, that didn't even really make sense... Marcus can't sire? Since when? Dude had a vampire army at one point... Normally, I try to distance the comparison between books and the adaptation, but you had to read the books to fill in the blanks.
The series is beautifully shot, but then we get to the corn factor. This show was SO LAME and CORNY, but I kind of liked it. I watched it all last evening, and ripped on it endlessly with one of my friends, but I still enjoyed it. I laughed out loud at how bad/corny certain moments were.
I do have to completely rip on Teresa Palmer, homegirl is not a good actress. It was a very Twilight performance, like others have mentioned, the open mouth breathing bothers the F out of me. Her American accent wasn't right, seriously, she said the word vampire like Sookie from True Blood.
I'm also wondering why Matthew Goode took the role of Matthew, it was super confusing to me when he was first announced. At the very least, he's nice to look at, and this made me want to go watch Chasing Liberty.
Overall, this was hilariously lame, but I'll still watch the next series, and probably will watch it again in the background before my free week ends.