Change Your Image
marianassampaio
Reviews
The Idol: Double Fantasy (2023)
Another episode, same problem
I was enjoying the first half of the episode, and then Tedros shows up with his entourage.
It had the exact same problems from the first episode. We are watching Joss' internal struggles and her team neglecting her calls for help because "the show must go on". These are the interesting bits of the show.
The mood suddenly changes when the focus switches to Joss' relationship with Tedros. I understand what's up with Abel's character, but it doesn't work. His acting is far from convincing and the script isn't helping.
They're giving us a solid plot for the first 30 minutes and soft p*rn for the last 30 minutes. There's only 4 episodes left and the time is being wasted with endless scenes os Tedros doing dirty talk. The show has lots of style, but it lacks substance.
Veneciafrenia (2021)
Could've been good
As someone who has been to Veneza, I thought it was a great idea to use it as a location. There are plenty of narrow alleys where a tourist can easily get lost and disappear. Typical masks and costumes were also a nice touch. That being said, the plot doesn't work.
At first, it seems like they're gonna go for "we can't prove our friend was here". Then it's hinted things might be something mystical, but that's not it. Then we have evil twins, conspiracies and revenge. It was all over the place.
What bothered me the most is that a few tourists where being killed right in front of multiple people - sometimes in broad daylight - and absolutely no one thought it was odd. They literally clap and record people dying, and the victims barely react. It's hard to take it this movie seriously, even as a slasher.
There's Someone Inside Your House (2021)
Horror movies aren't your thing, Netflix
As a huge horror fan, I'll start saying clichés aren't the main issue here.
The problem begins with the title: most of the action happens outside, so it doesn't make sense. And then there's pretty much everything else.
Main character is unlikable and we don't know much about her friends, so we don't care what's gonna happen to them.
The only likable character is Ollie, who's mistreated by everyone one for absolutely no reason.
Characters make dumb decisions to the point that it's unbelievable even for a slasher movie. You're outside on broad daylight and the person who you think is the killer is nearby? Get inside an empty school with the lights off. You called the cops, they asked what's your emergency and there's no one around? Don't answer and wait until the killer shows up. You're at a party full of athletes and the killer is here without a gun? Oh well, let's wait until everybody runs away and see what happens.
Not enough character development, bad dialogue, and terrible villain.
I'll give it 2 stars because I liked the music.
Vinterviken (2021)
Promising beginning, but overall very weak
We've seen this multiple times: poor boy falls in love with rich girl. Their romance is forbidden and eventually their different backgrounds becomes an issue.
Cliché storylines are ok, as long as the execution is well done. And that's the problem.
It's a visually stunning movie and the lead characters are adorable, but there was not enough development. Besides perhaps Sluggo (JJ's best friend) the viewer doesn't get to know their families and friends at all, so you don't care about them. We are introduced to their family dynamics but it goes nowhere. Their daily lives, who they are and their dreams and fears also doesn't matter much.
I feel like it was very slow paced and lacked substance. The climax is very sudden and lasts a few minutes, then there's an abrupt ending. When watching movies like this, we want to know the characters and root for their love. In this case we barely knew who JJ and Elisabeth were, so I genuinely didn't care if they would be together or not.
You (2018)
It's decent, but not even close to the high scores
The problem with this show is that the premise - getting inside the mind of a psychopath - is very interesting, but watching 10 episodes of him being obsessed with a vapid and unlikable girl gets old really fast.
There's a lot of plot conveniences and lazy writting, like being able to attack someone in the middle of Central Park and closely stalk someone everywhere in NYC without being noticed; plus, the main character's plans never fail.
First 3 episodes got me hooked, but those are the most interesting ones. After episode 6 the story keeps dragging and it loses it's focus. The whole dark and misterious mood from the beggining is gone and the series turn into silly romance and relationship drama until the final moments. Overall it's an average show, but only if don't take it too seriously.
The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Good soundtrack and that's that
As a fan of the first movie, I must say that this sequel is a huge let down. You don't really care about this characters because they are insanely stupid and have no survival instinct.
Also, every horror movie cliché that will help the killers is here: no one has their phones? Check. We have a chance to go but decide to stay? Check. Characters think is a good idea to split up? Check. I have a chance to kill the bad guy but I'll just run? Check. Killer doesn't die even after exploding? Check!
Finally, the whole mistery behind these regular people that kill "just because" is gone here. They are now omnipresent and ridiculously strong, so there's nothing to actually be scared about.