BB B

So very disappointed with this series. I was looking forward to watching something akin to the White Queen, but in fact this is nothing more than a queer pornographic series in period clothing. There is nothing to be learned from it and has zero entertainment value due to lazy screenwriting, and an overuse of F-bombs and other offending language.The steady stream of homosexual sex scenes are just beyond necessary to the storyline and soooo tedious. I couldn’t get past Episode 3. What a waste of time and talent. I can not believe Julianne Moore attached herself to this boring mill stone.

What a disappointment. This movie had all the components to be a potential success; a truth is stranger than fiction storyline, a great cast of comedians (okay there were a couple stinkers in the mix) and an array of pop culture iconographic images to create visual interest and sight gags. And yet, it is just sophomoric, silly and one-dimensional. Hugh Grant does a good job in his role as Tony the Tiger. John Hamm does a good job reprising his infamous Mad Men character. Bill Burr, as JFK, is as close to funny as this script gets and yet very irreverent… which is obviously the intent and therefore not completely successful either. Seinfeld is “okay” in his role as Kellogg’s right hand man. But the rest of the cast is dry as toast and Amy Schumer is just plain bad… I mean really bad. Please, Hollywood, stop putting this person in front of a camera. She is not funny! I was looking forward to this movie but it’s a big snore. What a let down.

It’s been a very, very long time since I laughed out loud in a movie. I definitely laughed during the Fall Guy and relished it! FINALLY ! No preachy messages… no gratuitous sex… I didn’t have to see anyone’s boob or underwear… no F-bombs!! What a breath of fresh air! This is a fun Rom-Com/Action Movie/Whodunnit. Ryan Gosling is super cute and just such a star. He carry’s the film but Emily Blunt is also very good… and the supporting actors are all believable and well-cast. The Special Effects are great, while the Chase scene is comically over-the-top. The film pays a well-earned homage to the unsung heroes of the industry… the stunt men and women. And, as a Boomer, I loved the nod to the 80’s TV Show “The Fall Guy”. If you stay through to the end of the credits there’s a really fun payoff scene! We were the only ones in the theater who stayed to earn the reward at the showing we attended. Too bad… it’s really great! And I’ve been singing the ear worm Fall Guy theme song all weekend. Great date night film or Girl’s Night Out. Really enjoyed ourselves!! 4+ Please… please Hollywood… make more of this!

Really disappointed and surprised at how bad this film is. It could have been good. But, as Hollywood always does, they take a creative original idea and dumb it down with a boring, clichéd over abundance of sexual debasement. The beginning is good and held my interest. The ending is thoughtful and takes a non tradition turn. But the middle is tediously boring with one gratuitous sex scene after another. And so… congratulations Emma… you have an Academy Award for soft pornography. This film was decadent but not interesting. Had great potential but that potential was sadly never realized. What a snoozer. And Ruffalo’s cartoonish performance was over-the-top in the very worst sense. I want my money back.

This film gives us a peek behind the velvet curtain of the world of classical music, musicians, and the conductor at the podium. As a classical music fan, albeit not an aficionado, I really enjoyed the beautiful music and watching the scenes of the daily life of the orchestra members. Watching how “the sausage is made” runs the inevitable risk of making one lose their appetite for it, and seeing the political-side of classical music performances definitely dulled its sheen a bit for me. The plot thickens as the unseemly, narcissistic side of the title character, Lydia Tar, is peeled back layer by layer revealing that, irrespective of age, gender, culture, hetero or homosexual identity, the biblical Proverb that “Pride goeth before a fall” is as true today as it ever was. Power corrupts… Blanchett’s performance is an absolute work of art. She certainly deserved to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

No plot. Boringly boring until the end. Then it’s simply absurd. Hands down, worst film ever.