There's one reviewer of Episode 1 who was very disappointed, he expected a lot more. I understand. The desire for instant gratification is almost ubiquitous and generally, those with this affliction don't get subtlety and the concept of laying a foundation. To be fair though, Season 2 of Better Call Saul needs to develop a plot, and quickly, but I've got faith in the people involved to do this and in any case, this episode was superior to 90 per cent of what's currently out there. The production values are excellent and the performances are good. But for those who don't get subtlety and wish for instant results, you've always got your fall-back of the Food Network where outcomes and winners and losers happen between every ad break and subtlety doesn't exist. Bring on Episode 2!
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God Help the Girl
(2014)
Shallow
14 February 2015
For some reason I expected a little more from Stuart Murdoch who has written some beautiful songs, even though with varying degrees of lollipop. In God Help The Girl he does a few things well. The dance and musical sequences, though possibly jarring to some, are blended into the film reasonably well. But the rest of it is pretty shallow. It's as if he had the idea of jumping into the ocean but got to the edge and just paddled, not really able or wanting to get wet. For example, James is potentially an interesting character but Stuart doesn't develop him beyond the paper thin. At one point in the film, Anton (Pierre Boulanger) describes Eve's music as, and I'm paraphrasing, baby stories for young girls. I think Anton's analysis could equally apply to God Help The Girl.
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