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Mothergamer (1546 KP) rated Chapelwaite in TV

Sep 30, 2021  
Chapelwaite
Chapelwaite
2021 | Drama, Horror, Mystery
6
7.3 (3 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
It's not a bad show, but it definitely could be better. It's based on the short story by Stephen King from his Night Shift anthology setting up a prequel to Salem's Lot. The premise is good, but the execution is lacking. It's meant to be a horror show, but sometimes it feels very dull with one or two jump scares. It takes far too long to get to the point and reveal with what is going on in the town and with Charles and his family. The cast is uneven too. Adrien Brody does a great job and some of the other cast are great too, but then you have some of the cast that don't deliver lines well, in a stilted robotic manner. If you're going to do a horror show, then do a horror show that is actually scary rather than boring and hardly any horror.
  
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David McK (3425 KP) rated Star Wars: Andor in TV

Mar 16, 2023  
Star Wars: Andor
Star Wars: Andor
2022 | Sci-Fi
5
6.3 (3 Ratings)
TV Show Rating Watch
Very marmite experience
I was one of those who couldn't quite see the point of an Andor prequel series: unlike Vader, say, or Obi-Wan, there was nothing in particular about the character that screamed out to me 'See more!'.

As a result, I never watched this as it was released on a weekly basis: indeed, I only got round to it for completeness sake just before the new series of the (much better, IMO) The Mandalorian started.

I also kept hearing how the critics seemed to love it, but didn't know a single person who had actually made it the whole way through the series.

Now, having watched it, I do have to say I found it a very marmite-like experience: some good episodes (and scenes), but far too drawn out for its own good!

And, yes, I miss the Force powers and lightsabres.
  
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David McK (3425 KP) rated The hunger games ballard of songbirds and snakes (2023) in Movies

Jul 3, 2024  
The hunger games ballard of songbirds and snakes (2023)
The hunger games ballard of songbirds and snakes (2023)
2023 | Action, Drama
6
6.8 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
I've read the original Hunger Games trilogy.

I'd seen the quartet of movies based on those books.

I haven't read the prequel, on which this is based.

So I had little knowledge of what to expect, going in, other than that it centred on a young Cornelius Snow before he becomes the tyrannical president of the original films.

This film is very clearly split into 3 acts (each proceeded by a card naming such): The Mentor, The Prize and The Peacekeeper - with the first two of those three acts the better.

Final act drags on a bit.

The middle section is the bit set during the 10th annual Hunger Games, which - here - are far more 'basic', far more 'real' than that of the Jennifer Lawrence films, with Rachel Zeigler's Lucy Gray also more a performer forced to become a warrior than Lawrence's Everdeen (the exact opposite).