I usually check out Rotten Tomatoes when I want to know something about a film or a series episode that I am considering downloading, but the site has not been too much help to me recently.
For each item there is a Critics Score, and an Audience Score if the item has been available long enough for people to respond with their views. I usually put more weight on the audience response, as I have little confidence in the critics. Even so, I come unstuck time and again, probably because my standards are very different from other people’s.
Bodyguard, 93/83, for example; a short series about a politician’s bodyguard. Highly touted, but very boring. Not to be confused with The Bodyguard, and Kevin Costner!
The Sinner, 90/71, not a series about one person, but the subject changed every season. The one person tying the whole thing together was the investigating detective.
The Stranger, 86/64, two ladies that seemed to take a pernicious delight in wrecking other people’s lives!
Airplane, 97/89, supposedly hilarious, but I found the humour rather sparse.
Dark, 95/95, the plot, such as it was, was spread over 26 episodes. At times it seemed that the actors had forgotten their lines, and the prompter was nowhere to be found. If it had been compressed into 4 epsodes total, it might have made some sense. As it was – utterly boring!
Zardoz, 45/54, or otherwise “Sean Conerry’s Mistake! The title is apparently a play on the “Wi’ZARD’ of ‘OZ’, and is apparently set in the year 2293. The film is junk from start to finish, and once you’ve seen this:-
you’ve seen it all. Don’t bother downloading it!
Dead to Me, 90/90, is very entertaining, and full of surprises. Two series, each of 10 episodes, very worthwhile!
The Witcher, 67/92. The first series of 8 episodes, is based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski. These episodes are not in any chronological order, and the same characters may appear in a later episode after having been convincingly killed in an earlier one. Nevertheless, this is really gripping entertainment, and highly recommended!
There must be more to come, as there are 8 books in the series:-
The Last Wish
The Sword of Destiny
Blood of Elves
The Time of Contempt
Baptism of Fire
The Tower of Swallows
Lady of the Lake
Season of Storms
Henry Cavill really wanted to play the Witcher, and Anya Chalotra makes a fantastic contribution as Yennefer. Do watch the Youtube presentation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13qHfXhY47Q
Cuties 88/3
Here there is a tremendous disparity between the Critics score, and that of the audience, who mostly regard it as out and out child pornography. For once I find myself in agreement with the critics.The transition through puberty is a difficult time for many girls, and when coupled with the fact that the father has taken a new wife, it is no surprise at all that Amy doesn’t know which direction to go.
Symphony
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