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Aunty Donna's Coffee Café (2023)
-1 stars
I guess a lot of people managed to enjoy this - good for you!
I am sure if I was taking some mind-altering substance or younger than a teenager then this would be hilariously funny. I watched a few episode and the humor just misses mark for me. It reminded me of the feeling you get when someone makes screeching noises from chalk on a blackboard. In the history of ABC Australia I have never seen a worse comedy team. Although better than their previous series by maybe a half star.
Previous comedy and/or satire shows like The Big Gig, The D-generation, The Chaser, The weekly, Kath and Kim, Fast Forward were so much better than whatever Aunty Donna has vommited up, so far. I hope they improve.
Intelligence (2020)
worst comedy writing
There are a few characters that hit the mark correctly but that was probably an accident eg. Christine Cranfield (Sylvestra Le Touzel) . I know what good satire and comedy is but this was truly awful. The writer, Nick Mohammed, who plays Joseph Harries (Jerry's sidekick) was trying way to hard to be funny and none of this humor hit the mark. It will make you cringe from S01E01 until the very last episode of season 2, and you wont laugh. It was consistently mediocre for all episodes. It should be used as a case study for teaching what is bad comedy writing and casting.
I have absolutely no interest in the cliff hanger at end of S02E06 will Jerry Bernstein (David Schwimmer) be tortured one can only hope he is forced to watch this series on an endlsess loop :-)
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun (2020)
missed the mark 100%
There are many funny Aussie comedians but these 3 guys are not on the A, B or C lists. I watched first 3 episodes and it is just not funny - yeah it's satirical. The production values were great. There's a Aussie slang as expected so non-Aussies are probably going to need a guide / lookup the words.
Compare this to the clever script writing in LetterKenny from Canada (non-Canadians need a guide for that too which you can find on the Internet). Letterkenny humor is a 10 star rating. This "Big ol' House" gets 6 stars for production value but overall only worth 1 star for this a "steamy pile". You can have the more stars when you do a genuinely funny sketch.
So far been watching Netflix in Australia for 4 weeks and this is the only show that has been a "steamy pile of ...."
9-1-1 (2018)
Undecided
The local overhyped promo adverts do lead to disappointment for me.
Pete Krause (six foot under) looking great and I like seeing him back in a series. Watched one Ep and nothing really grabbing me about the show so far. There are just so many of these shows around and I don't feel need to watch any of them. On the other hand this would not be first time I watched a series because of just one fav actor. Just over the line to try a few more episodes before I decide.
I enjoyed the series Emergency (1972) it stands out in my memory but not any others (ie a series involving emergency services). I would add an Australian Series - Police Rescue (1989) and English series Danger UXB (1979).
Restoration (2016)
need get to the end to make sense
This was shown on TV split into to 30min by Ch9 Australia 2016 and I think that was a bad idea as watching the first half would not keep you engaged to watch the second part. The story leaves a few plot lines unresolved. It feels like the story was compromised to contain it in 60min. There was a plot twist in second half that I thought was clever to resolve the blackmail. The main problem with this movie is the plot but production and acting were OK.
**** SPOILERS ****
The concept of wiping memory to hide a crime is an interesting one. The sci-fi about memory backup and replacement bodies is better told in the book Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Saga#Longevity. The hardest part of the plot is believing your backup would be willing to kill your original self and body deliberate or accidental. I suppose you could argue that mind + body interacted to produce a killer or perhaps the backup is not complete copy. Extra points for pointing out clones would smell different.
**** SPOILERS ****
Take Me Home Tonight (2011)
Something light for a 80's nostalgia
This is a lightweight movie but mostly enjoyable, nothing spectacular it's not something to watch to study 80's culture. If I rated it without the background music it's a 6. Topher Grace and the choice of 80's music is what made me keep watching and made this enjoyable.
Acting/Casting: 7 - Topher Grace, Chris Pratt barely recognizable he looks a lot better now.
Directing/Cinematography/Technical: 7 - 80's look and feel good and as the usual stereotype props are there.
Plot/Characters: 6 - boy tries to impress girl with an "clever" ploy. The characters follow a predictable recipe.
Entertainment Value: 6 - You may get a laugh or two and will make you smile. Not something you would see at a cinema but solid for television.
Banned from Television (1998)
Shows an ugly side of human behavior - not worth money
I am rating this low mainly for the choice of footage which is of low quality rather than for it's "ugliness". This looks like bottom of the barrel dregs served as alleged entertainment. The poor quality video/film clips are from amateur home video footage , police tapes and other sources. Some footage is 18 years old (for example the state trooper and getting verbal abuse) and it looks even older (watch time indexes on police footage for that one).
Some of the footage is in poor taste and does fit "banned for television" labelling. I would not pay money for this. It should be re re-edited and 50% of the footage dumped, and then might be better product.
Shooting Porn (1997)
Funny and gross
Some of the information was a bit gross and I thought it was really amusing to watch the behind the scenes peak. It is focussed on Chi Chi La Rue and Gino Colbert productions. It would be interesting to see a remake by Falcon or His Studios to get an unbiased perspective of porn studio. It is definitely recommended for those who enjoy porn videos and want to know more, but be warned it may shatter delusions of porn forever.