superh13 Reviews

Downton Abbey (2010–2015)

soap opera with a high production value

[6/10 · 17 October 2013]

It reminds me of typical soap operas: shallow black and white characters, all good or all evil, lousy and predictable plots, silly intrigue, cheesy dialogue. If had lived in those times and under those circumstances, first thing I'd done would have been to kill myself.

Other than that it is somehow fun to watch and I can't quite put my finger on it. Is it the actors? They're definitely a treat. I love the kind of English they speak, it's nice to hear something intelligible for a change (I watch too many US shows). Is it middle-aged lord Fauntleroy (Earl Robert Crawley), whose only concern day in day out seems to be what to wear, when to wear it and how to wear it. Seriously, what's with that uniform he wears from morning to evening, it's hilarious :) Thanks to this show I now understand better why the french needed guillotines :) I guess this show is what is called a guilty pleasure.

Prometheus (I) (2012)

Sci-Fi?

[1/10 · 13 August 2012]

Where's the Science in this "Science Fiction"? Prometheus is one of the worst sci-fi flicks ever, if not THE worst ever. Even top notch CGI, though impressive, can't save this "Olympus Mons" of plot holes, bad dialog and inconsistent plus unnecessary characters.

I won't get into all of the plot holes, it has been pointed out in various comments already.

This whole creationism crap, creating live on earth et AL. Please keep in mind that live on earth formed in the Archaeozoic, long before there was breathable air, continents and waterfalls, on which one of the aliens destroys(!!!) his DNA....OMG. You could hold against that, that he only creates human live, but then again, where's Aquaman? ;)

At a certain point, namely right after they entered the alien complex, it became just vicarious embarrassment: Seriously, who takes a geologist on a mission to an alien planet who turns nuts on the first sign of (dead!!) alien lifeforms? And the biologist, who seems to feel the same way, but is delighted by the discovery of a large penis-shaped alien snake and wants to hug it! Yes, seriously, it's a penis shaped alien, and he wants to cuddle with it, I've seen it in 3D!

I wonder how this disaster could have happened? Is it dementia on Ridley Scotts side, or was he just forced by studio executives to let Lindeloff ruin the script?

Unless there will be a refund policy at the box office for shitty story lines in the future, you won't see a dime out of my pocket any more, Hollywood. Ah well...at least Charlize got some good plastic surgery buck out of it to keep her fresh for the next 10 years.