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Cruella (2021)
Well done movie and both Emma's were brilliant.
After watching the trailers i had high expectations of this movie. It did not disappoint. Both Emma's gave an excellent performance and really brought their characters to life. In fact all characters were done well. I also like what they did with Cruella's "sidekicks" as opposed to the originals. Those characters also had more depth and development and contributed to the story instead of just being bumbling idiots.
There was some concern about Cruella's signature cigarette holder not being in this movie. It is not needed. It would do nothing for Emma Stone's Cruella. Was not even missed. Stones portrayal of her character reminds me of Heath Ledger's Joker performance in the Dark Knight. Definitely award worthy performance from both Emma's.
Thompson was also brilliant with her character. After reading the list of others that were considered for this role, they made the right choice going with Thompson. I don't think any of the other considerations could have brought what she did to the Baroness.
The story was well done as well. It starts off a little slow, but it is all relevant to Cruella's origin so pay attention!. It all comes together in the last third of the movie and they tie it up nicely at the end.
So why did i only give a 9? Because 10 is reserved for movies i love so much i watch them over and over again every so often. I would definitely watch Cruella again, it just doesn't hit that point where i want to watch it regularly.
Appalachian Outlaws (2014)
Another Horrid show by the Dramatic History Channel
I watched a few episodes of this show. Wow its dumb. What happen to history channel? Why was it taken over by Ridiculous Drama INC? A cameraman basically follows these people around while they "commit" illegal acts on camera, including, but not limited too, trespassing, theft, armed robbery, kidnapping, etc.
I mean they turned Appalachia into the wild wild west of the 21st century. In fact, compared to this show, the wild west looks as safe as a police station. What happen to shows like "modern marvels" "the universe" "sworn to secrecy"" wwII in HD""wild west tech" etc? If i wanted to watch reality TV i would flip over to E! not watch history.
Ax Men (2008)
Awful
I've watched about 6 or 7 episodes and had an unknown many playing on the TV while i did other things( just leave the TV on for noise). I actually have to stop what im doing to turn the show off when it comes on now cause its drives me nuts.
The drama on this show is annoying at the very least. The lack of safety is appalling. The lack of common sense is astounding. I know a few loggers and i don't know ANY that log remotely close to this. Granted they might log in some tricky and dangerous locations, but they also do some of the dumbest things that result in someone getting injured or almost getting injured.
For example on an episode i just watched craig rygaard ( a supposed 24 yr logging vet) put his foot on a running cable drum on one of the machines, apparently trying to fix some unseen problem( guiding the cable with his foot maybe? i don't know i wasn't watching that closely). Now one would think that he, being a vet with the machinery, would know better than put his foot on a drum that is actually winding cable. But he doesn't. His foot gets caught and it sucks his leg in. Now if this stupidity isn't enough it gets better... oh does it get better.
The machine, from your view looks like it would suck his whole body in.. I mean he got his foot wedged enough to suck his leg in so why wouldn't it keep sucking the rest of him in? Well it doesn't. Once he gets to a certain point it stops sucking him in. Then the operator( who is literally pretty much right in front of him) finally shuts it down and craig pulls his leg out( on his own) he talks about how bad of shape his leg is in. But he climbs down off said machine with relative ease( he made it look more effortless than climbing down with a sprained ankle remember this in a minute).
He gets off the machine and we get to see a close up of his leg. The pants aren't shredded, they aren't blood soaked, and he seems to have the pain tolerance of a dead man. The only noticeable damage to his pants? it looks like someone tore it about 6 inches up from the bottom. Hardly the damage you would expect for someone that just got their leg caught between moving steel cable on a drum and the machine its mounted on.
It gets better. The son, gabe, tells us that his knee is broken and like jello. Now i just watched said knee being used to climb down off a very large machine.
Ignoring the fact that its TV and they are going to make it into a big drama event, the fact that a 24 yr vet does something so ridiculously stupid just shows you how far they will go to create drama for ratings.
I work in an industry that is semi dangerous and i have for 20 years. Experience has made me both wiser and more cautious not flat out stupid. And stuff like this happens ALL the time on this show. Its absolutely ridiculous how "careless" and "unprofessional" the people on this show are.
If your going to make a show about a real job and put it on what use to be a reputable channel for actual knowledge then don't make it complete drama. History channel use to be one of my favorite channels. They use to have great shows now its mostly garbage like ax men.