What an episode! I was just mesmerized the entire time. Now I'm completely hooked. Incredible acting from Julianne (as always) and I love every moment spent in Boo'ya Moon. Those screaming souls were terrifying. Can't wait to find out what's coming next.
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The darkest, and goriest episode, not easy to watch
moviesfilmsreviewsinc21 January 2022
Perhaps almost being killed may cause Lisey's eyes to be opened. Sadly, that was still to be determined following Lisey's Story Season 1 Episode 4. That's because while Lisey accepted Scott's weirdness, she has repressed memories about conversations and events connected to it, for her own sanity. Only now insanity reigned all around her. It wasn't just Scott anymore, or her mentally ill sister Amanda. Her biggest problem lately was Jim Dooley, Scott's psychotic superfan. Lisey was discovering that Hamlet nailed it: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Scott's Bool hunt had been causing Lisey to open her mind. But that has been something fun, a way to stay in touch with Scott with the prize possibly being something that could help the catatonic Amanda. There is nothing enjoyable about Dooley. He's dangerous strange, not kooky strange. Dana DeHaan has been mesmerizing as Dooley. He's courteous and soft-spoken one minute, then explosively violent the next. Part of that was that the police gave little credence to Dooley. Also, Scott always had downplayed his crazy fans. Mostly though, Lisey was wrapped up in her own stuff, between dealing with the reminders of Scott and the sister drama with Darla and the institutionalized Amanda. The self-important Dooley frequently had been laughed at during his life so he was hypersensitive to what he perceived as Lisey's disrespect. The plastic bag Dooley pulled over her head should have been enough to convince Lisey to take him seriously. Another storyline that remained largely shrouded in mystery is Scott's childhood. Their father appeared to love them, but he bled Paul and tried to keep Scott from being gone. Paul is dead but how did that occur? What happened to Paul's father? Boo'ya Moon was something of a refuge for the Landons. But Scott said it's populated by broken people. Does that include him and Amanda?
Did no one listen during editing?
gkimmarygleim19 June 2021
Yikes. I can't hear or understand most of the dialogue. Four episodes now and I simple can't get the dialogue over the sound effects and/or music. Plus the show is so shadowy that the actors faces are dark making it impossible to even lip read. So I have bought the novel on my Kindle so I can read along. (This is not a hearing problem on my part. I can hear other shows without any problem.)
The list of glaring absurdities to force the plot just keeps growing
mynewyaa23 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Dear Hollywood:
I went waaaaay out of my way to suspend my disbelief thus far (esp. In the previous episode), but the list of glaring absurdities to force the plot just keeps growing. I can't overlook this crap anymore.
The latest one: the plastic-bag-over-the-head nonsense. Do you not understand basic physics or basic human instinct? It's a freakin' plastic bag! You can just tear it. If you've got one (let alone both) hands/arms free, then your immediate and overwhelming survival instinct would be to...oh, I don't know...poke a damn hole in the thing, tear it off your nose and mouth, kick, try to walk backward/forward, flail, fall, hell, anything at all, not just stand perfectly still and rest your hands on the very thing being used to suffocate you!
I just can't anymore. It's just so damn stupid, and it's a shame, because this could've been done well, but it would've required way more attention and effort than apparently anyone working on this show was willing to put in. I can't believe that of all the people involved in this, not one every said, "This (and this, and this, and this) doesn't make sense at all!" Oh well. Another show that's gonna be a one-and-done. Next.
Sincerely, Enough Already.
I went waaaaay out of my way to suspend my disbelief thus far (esp. In the previous episode), but the list of glaring absurdities to force the plot just keeps growing. I can't overlook this crap anymore.
The latest one: the plastic-bag-over-the-head nonsense. Do you not understand basic physics or basic human instinct? It's a freakin' plastic bag! You can just tear it. If you've got one (let alone both) hands/arms free, then your immediate and overwhelming survival instinct would be to...oh, I don't know...poke a damn hole in the thing, tear it off your nose and mouth, kick, try to walk backward/forward, flail, fall, hell, anything at all, not just stand perfectly still and rest your hands on the very thing being used to suffocate you!
I just can't anymore. It's just so damn stupid, and it's a shame, because this could've been done well, but it would've required way more attention and effort than apparently anyone working on this show was willing to put in. I can't believe that of all the people involved in this, not one every said, "This (and this, and this, and this) doesn't make sense at all!" Oh well. Another show that's gonna be a one-and-done. Next.
Sincerely, Enough Already.
Horrible, but not in the good way
dax-87-7570533 April 2022
Boring and stupid. The story is so lame, a child in Kindergarten could write it better.
The best way, never watch this sh..t.
Too much of boring memorys and only a small hint of horror. Not like every other Stephen King storys.
The best way, never watch this sh..t.
Too much of boring memorys and only a small hint of horror. Not like every other Stephen King storys.
Episode 4 - I'm done.
pnwgirl3 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Massive violence against the main protagonist, a woman. I cannot imagine who's mind dreamed this up but then again we know, don't we?
I am a huge fan but I never read this book and I am horrified this got through in the name of storytelling. Is it really necessary to show a woman getting the skin beat off of her by being punched repeatedly in the face over and over again until she's a bloody pulp?
That's what you get to see happen to Julianne Moore if you watch this. Won't be continuing and I won't be a Stephen King fan anymore. What a sick psyche that man has. He beats her repeatedly through this episode. Violently. You've been warned.
I am a huge fan but I never read this book and I am horrified this got through in the name of storytelling. Is it really necessary to show a woman getting the skin beat off of her by being punched repeatedly in the face over and over again until she's a bloody pulp?
That's what you get to see happen to Julianne Moore if you watch this. Won't be continuing and I won't be a Stephen King fan anymore. What a sick psyche that man has. He beats her repeatedly through this episode. Violently. You've been warned.
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