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David Betteridge (327 KP) rated The Stranger in TV

Feb 28, 2020 (Updated Feb 29, 2020)

The Stranger

2020 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.5

(8 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

Acting (3 more)

Interwoven story

Mystery

Giles!

Ending (2 more)

Slightly unbelievable actions

Under use of some great actors

Good short season, with a slight dip at the end

I started to watch this because people at work were talking about it, I'd never read the book so had no concept of the story or characters. Once I started watching episode 1 I was hooked and would find myself just letting another episode start even though it was way passed midnight!

I think The Stranger does keep you genuinely guessing with all the mysteries and secrets, and only let's you in, when it wants to, the acting was great and they do keep you intrigued until the final episode. However the final episode is where I have my issue, so much happens here that it could have done with splitting out into a couple more episodes, this would have fleshed out characters that could have had a bigger emotional impact and wouldn't have felt so rushed.

I think it would be nice if they have left things set up for another season.

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Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated Men in Black II (2002) in Movies

Feb 17, 2020

Men in Black II (2002)

2002 | Comedy, Sci-Fi

6.4

(25 Ratings)

Movie Rating

I really didn't think it could get worse and then I watched the second film. I think the only thing I liked about this movie was Frank, the pug.

I think the plot was just bad, so many of the characters just felt useless. Kay and Jay spent the majority of the film running around trying to solve this puzzle that Kay had left himself and somehow made Jay look seriously dumb? But somehow we're still talking about the same agent who hesitated and shot the little girl in the first film because he evaluated the whole situation before taking a shot. But he couldn't figure out the picture frame, was basically talked down to the whole film, and barely beat the guy with the multiple flying versions of himself? It's like he somehow lost 100+ IQ points between the first and second films.

The saddest thing of them all? I'm still going to watch the third one with a small chance that it gets better. My expectations are already extremely low.