Mini-Reviews #7
A new batch of condensed opinions of recently watch movies and TV shows.
(Update 2023: Added five-star-ratings [may diverge now from what I had in mind, years ago, when I wrote the text…].)
Film
- Hercules (2014)
- Not as bad as expected, but nevertheless a rather unremarkable matter.
The first half is indeed quite entertaining and humorous, while the second half only offers generic fantasy action.
3/5 stars - Gravity (2013)
- Interesting, because it was different; but in the end not all what it was hyped to be.
3/5 star - Bad Neigbors (2014)
- (Sadly) A typical, generic, gross flick; probably no. 2379 on the ever-growing list of such US-&“comedies”.
My advice: Watch the trailer, don’t endure the whole 97 minutes.
2/5 stars - Stromberg: Der Film (2014)
- [DE] Wer die Serie mag (so wie ich) wird auch diesen Abschlussfilm mögen.
Natürlich kein Big-Budget-Event-Movie, aber war mal nett, die Charktere ausserhalb der Büros agieren zu sehen.
3/5 stars - The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
- An unnecessary reboot, a remake way too early — and also not a very good film.
2/5 sta - Kingdom Of Heaven (Director’s Cut) (2005)
- Rewatch – Watched it for a second time now; an impressive, epic film, and one of the few films in this millennium
from Ridley Scott that doesn’t suck.
4/5 stars
TV
- Justified — Season 3
- I really love this show: Dark humor, violent action, scheming and lively dialogs.
(And that’s also very impressive, since I do remember how mediocre I found the first season to be,
which made me almost quit it after its initial run).
5/5 stars - True Detective — Season 1
- Again a case of too much unfullfilled hype, from my point of view.
The start was OK, but the last act not so much. In general just not that great.
3/5 stars - Sons Of Anarchy — Season 4
- Liked it. The show is not a revolutionary milestone, but quite entertaining.
3/5 stars - The Bridge — Season 1
- The american remake/interpretation of an scandinavian show (that I haven’t seen, yet).
The first season was mostly alright…
3/5 stars - The Bridge — Season 2 (partially)
- … but the second season quickly lost my interest after 4 or 5 episodes: So, I didn’t finish the season. One factor was the changed attitude of the main character; and the slow pace didn’t help either — and now the series is canceled anyways.\ 1/5 stars
- The Walking Dead — Season 4
- It’s getting better. Still a slooow going show (I fast-forward quite a bit), but I’ll stick with it.
3/5 stars