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Screened Out (2020)
Moved me to tears
This is an excellent, eye opening documentary about how smartphones and social media are changing the world we live in and how they are affecting the minds of children as well as adults. I am a typical millenial that relies on technology too much. I couldn't wait to finally buy my first iPhone in 2012 "because everyone else had one" and I haven't looked back. I've had social media, even before it was considered as such, which included Xanga, MySpace and the earliest days of Facebook. Over the last few years, I've been absolutely burnt out, depressed, and consumed by social media and screen time. I have felt so disconnected from the "real world" and I feel my relationships and quality of life have suffered. When Apple made the "screen time counter", I was absolutely disgusted by what I saw. I would spend 6 to 7 hours on my phone a day! All I could think of was what valuable experiences/education/happy moments could I have had in that time instead of looking at this stupid screen. This documentary really hit home for me and really opened my eyes and touched my heart. Being a 90s kid, I remember what life was like before technology took over. I long for those more easygoing days. After watching this, I finally took the plunge and bought myself a "dumb" phone. I'm going to challenge myself to take a step back in time and to lead a simpler life with real connections. I have nothing bad to say about this film.
Supernatural: Carry On (2020)
Heartbroken
This is my first time ever actually writing a review on IMDb, though I have given star ratings for years. I'm so sad, I just had to put my thoughts into writing.
Supernatural has not only been my favorite show for many years, it has also helped me in so many ways, like it has for many others.
The writing, the heart, the energy of the old episodes was electrifying. It didn't feel like you were watching a tv show on the WB. It felt like you were watching a tiny masterpiece week after week. The plots were amazing and well thought out, the comedic timing was flawless, the gut wrenching moments, truly frightening scenes, and incredible acting just haunted you.
That all went out the window with this finale and I am so sad.
I would have been okay with Dean dying "Butch and Sundance" style, but getting randomly impaled on a piece of rebar after fighting whatever the hell those vamp-mimes were? (Seriously, vamps with clown masks is gonna be their final fight?) It just wasn't right. It was hokey and Dean deserved a more "blaze of glory" type death for everything he has been through.
And middle aged Sam's hair/wig was so weird. Did they do this for bizarre comedic relief or because they really didn't care? They've had so many incredible effects and costumes and makeup over the years and this is what they can come up with?
It was sad to see Sam in that ridiculous wig living his own life after Dean is gone and it doesn't capture that he had a fulfilled life. You see him with his wife (who we don't know) and his son Dean, but the entire time they are doing this, it just had such a depressing air over it that you didn't even feel happy for Sam that he got the life he always wished for. There was no heart behind it, it was messy and rushed and disconnected.
There was a tiny bit of redemption when Dean is in heaven with Bobby and then he takes Baby for a drive while listening to "Carry On Wayward Son". Besides the first few moments of this episode, this was the only scene that I actually liked and that seemed to capture the feeling they were actually trying to give us.
The cover of "Carry On Wayward Son" that plays right after the original is so out of place and just sounds awful in comparison to the original. If they would have played Brianna Buckmaster's cover or the version from the musical, it would have been a lot better or at least made a lot more sense. This version was just so off and didn't match the show at all. It was distracting and took away from the emotion you were supposed to feel when Sam finally dies.
When Sam shows up in heaven, there's not a lot of emotion there either. Not some reunion that pulls on your heartstrings or anything. Just matter of fact. Oh there's Sam. Hey Sam.
It would have been so much better to have some grand reunion in heaven with all the loved ones they had lost and people they have saved. That would have been amazing. I know covid put a huge damper on things, but I would have gladly waited a year or more if they could have given this show a proper ending with all the characters that deserved to be there.
I was so incredibly disappointed in this finale. This show went from being one of the best shows in existence to fizzling out in some weird, depressing, lackluster ending. It's just heartbreaking. The Winchester brothers, as well as Cas and all the other incredible characters that made this show whole, definitely deserved a far more epic and powerful and emotional ending. It just dropped the ball for me in every way.
I will always adore the show as a whole. I hated most of season 15 and wasn't a big fan of seasons 12 on, but I will forever be grateful for what this show has given me.
Seasons 1-5 were golden. They started going downhill after that but still had incredible episodes through the later seasons as well. I just wish it ended in a much better way. This show deserved better, especially for how long it was on.
Thank you Sam and Dean for everything. You deserved better.