Monday is movies. And sometimes TV. Today, the “Top” Ten Times I watched a raved-about show or film and thought, “really? REALLY?! That’s It?!?! THAT is what EVERYONE was on about?!”
No Dr Strangelove? Actually I’m a bit like that with The Shining. A feast for the eyes but too abstract to grab me or give me the frights. The bloody MCU is just exhausting but I’m definitely down with Logan. That one was a pleasant surprise.
I liked Jojo Rabbit and I totally disagree about Dr Strangelove, but couldn't argue with the concept or the rest of the list. I think theres a lot being made now because the focus groups think they want it and one of the streamers wrote the check?
19 hrs ago·edited 18 hrs agoLiked by Simon Sweetman
Love this.
You're so right - why does everything have to be like "I loved this" "I hated that" - so many things deserve a 2-5 out of 5, but too many are plonked at the top or bottom maybe by the explosion of vitriol or excitement (sometimes due to a director/star's involvement, seemingly more than anything else).
I don't agree with all of your "blah" top 10 (I'm a big Breaking Bad fan boy/completist - Better Call Saul has some flabby bits in the middle, a bit like this post, as does Breaking Bad, but the whole things hangs together .
But i feel you on the whole of Marvel (what is the point?), Ted Lassoo (WHY?), Star Wars sequels (why was episode VII such a bad rehash of episode IV, why is Adam driver cosplaying Darth Vader with a whiney voice, and why was the ending/denouement such a crock of shit?), and the less said about JoJo Rabbit (beyond what you've already said) the better. Never understood the wave of critical claim for Dr Strangelove either - feels like Taika in 201whatever it was taking whatever Kubrick was taking in the '60s.
No Dr Strangelove? Actually I’m a bit like that with The Shining. A feast for the eyes but too abstract to grab me or give me the frights. The bloody MCU is just exhausting but I’m definitely down with Logan. That one was a pleasant surprise.
I liked Jojo Rabbit and I totally disagree about Dr Strangelove, but couldn't argue with the concept or the rest of the list. I think theres a lot being made now because the focus groups think they want it and one of the streamers wrote the check?
Maybe Breaking Bad INSISTS upon itself?
https://youtu.be/0pnwE_Oy5WI?si=BTBrEN-3clnH-f_Z
Love this.
You're so right - why does everything have to be like "I loved this" "I hated that" - so many things deserve a 2-5 out of 5, but too many are plonked at the top or bottom maybe by the explosion of vitriol or excitement (sometimes due to a director/star's involvement, seemingly more than anything else).
I don't agree with all of your "blah" top 10 (I'm a big Breaking Bad fan boy/completist - Better Call Saul has some flabby bits in the middle, a bit like this post, as does Breaking Bad, but the whole things hangs together .
But i feel you on the whole of Marvel (what is the point?), Ted Lassoo (WHY?), Star Wars sequels (why was episode VII such a bad rehash of episode IV, why is Adam driver cosplaying Darth Vader with a whiney voice, and why was the ending/denouement such a crock of shit?), and the less said about JoJo Rabbit (beyond what you've already said) the better. Never understood the wave of critical claim for Dr Strangelove either - feels like Taika in 201whatever it was taking whatever Kubrick was taking in the '60s.