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It happens, perhaps, once every season that I get to watch a show that feels like it was conceived for reasons beyond the pure capitalistic motivations of content creation to keep subscriptions active. Carol felt like that show, whose story came from something original.

The show doesn't shy away from dealing with its premise head-on, probably because it doesn't care about stretching itself out for 200 episodes. This gives it freedom to really ask questions that such a premise deserves. The narrative is deeply philosophical, yet not necessarily dark like Bojack Horseman, something Netflix seemingly does less and less these days.

The show kind of loses the plot towards the end I felt, and feels like it creates filler episodes to keep some of its story for season 2. I wish they hadn't, but the "filler episodes" were quite interesting too. I'll wait for the next season 😊

Was forced to sit through this abomination of a movie, during a family dinner. The film sets out to preach the viewers about moralities and ethics and how to live a good life, but fails to go beneath the surface of its own superficialities.

Apparently it was alright for a father to shun his adolescent daughter for what was clearly his own failure in parenthood, but he made is through to heaven while the kid (who is naturally wired to lie) is expected to answer for that. I suppose nobody will question the insurance companies who clearly didn't pay up? Not to mention the incredibly deep-seated patriarchal messages being normalised again (his mum).

That's it. I'm over the word limit needed to write a review for this garbage.

As a documentary, @netflix's Downfall could have done better. But its flaws are quickly overshadowed by its chronicling of corporate greed & damning corruption in the US that caused such egregious tragedy worldwide - with very little consequences.

First and foremost - from a movie called The International, you expect some breathtaking cinematography - akin, even better than MI or Bond movies - and better locations than the stock. The movie spectacularly fails there.

Coming to the substance of the movie - the plot is laughably conspiracy-theorist, and there are no straight explanations to who is in charge or how things are moving.

An overall waste of time this movie.

The premise behind the show is great and I think the writers did a good job in bringing it altogether.

But the series could have done with much less screen-time. The series could easily be 4 episodes shorter, if not just a 2h movie with exact effect. In the end, I'm 9-10 hours out on my Sunday - and I don't think I got my time's worth.

The show is excellent in keeping you hooked with million-dollar visuals in every frame. But apart from that, it is kind of boring and empty. Either the show does an extremely competent job in showcasing the industry & its people, or it is just too self-absorbed in its Ivory Tower riches to connect to its very regular non-millionaire viewers.

The first season was still watchable, but the treatment of the pandemic in the second show was tasteless, tone-deaf and a bit too elitist - especially as the pandemic still rages on.

Cancelled my Apple TV+ subscription right afterwards (not that it matters to anyone 😅) - seeing that there is nothing else watchable on the platform anyway.

Good things first:

Concept is original, remarkably relatable and intriguing. Ensemble of a stellar cast does a good job in keeping you hooked to the screen.

But apart from that, the movie fails to deliver. The jokes are a tad too cynical or depressing to warrant a laughter. The plot gets stretched way too thin trying to cover the hundreds of different storylines to accommodate it's ginormous cast - giving the viewer no opportunity to properly connect with any.

At its heart, the movie's greatest flaw is its unashamed US-centricism - it's unabashed belief that world exists within the US and anything outside is as good as non-existent. Such a blatant loophole is a tad hard to ignore. This loophole could have been excused had the movie not dropped on Netflix worldwide at the same time. Russia, China & India are flippantly mentioned once or twice, and there's absolutely zero mention of Europe.

Anyway, worth a one-time watch if you're looking to kill time during the holiday season. Otherwise, there's much better content out there to stream.

TO SKIP.

Weird movie, has a lot of things to go for it - great budget, incredible actors, a story with a lot of potential - but fails to hold your attention for more than 10 minutes. I had to stop at 55 minutes because I couldn't just take it anymore.

Poor writing & direction turned the movie into a very expensive stock video. And thanks to awfully generic musical score and skill-less camera work, not a very good one.

Didn't (couldn't) watch the whole movie, but I can't remember the last time where I thought Aamir Khan was difficult to watch. Amitabh Bachchan's role could have literally been replaced with a cardboard cutout. Ronit Roy's performance felt a little better, but still nothing compared to what he's capable of.

In short, it didn't seem like anyone put any heart into the movie.

The enormously well-received series starts strong with an incredibly powerful pilot episode, and a very interesting second one. But that's where the charm ends, and the show becomes obsessed with incredibly boring white characters. I dragged it out till episode 8 so far, and will definitely finish the show - but I think it should just have ended at Episode 2.

Arnold Ridgeway - the most pathetically boring character invented in 2021.

If there ever was a high quality series, Corporate deserves to be counted amongst them. Seldom do I come across such an excellently executed programming, more than just laughs - the show's intense desire to poke fun at the ugliness of the relatable modern life - is what gives it a soul, and invariably elevates it to a level seldom achieved in the "Golden Age of Television".

I truly believe that this show should be taught in schools where they learn about comedy, satire and other forms of literary instruments.

Thanks Comedy Central for this genius!

As an expat who has lived in Paris for several years, the show was painful to watch. Really 10 minutes of serious, unbiased google search would have made this pile of garbage something worth watching.

HARD PASS!

Please stop paying this man for pooping out outdated nonsense and plaguing our screens.

With its glaring nepotism, lack of any originality, and loaded dose of (dated) stereotypes - the Killer KJo Combo (Kombo?) - this movie is another kalank on cinema. Go sit in the loo and scroll Instagram listlessly for two hours instead of watching this movie - and I bet you'll still be doing your life a favor.

I only disliked this menacing blotch of a director until now, but this dude had made Udaipur (my favorite city) the playground for this dump. Now I HATE him. I hope he retires soon from the industry.

I somehow feel guilty for rating this series so low, because I absolutely loved the concept of it all. However, the entire series couldn't have been more boring and uninspired. I was so excited to watch something so radical, with such great cast and a celebrated creator. But I had barely gone through two episodes before discovering that Deepa Mehta had fallen into the growing category of Indian directors who feel like they don't have to put much effort in the quality of storytelling or the series itself because it has a serious social/political cause attached to it.

Right off the bat, Leila shows promise. A dystopian not-so-far in the future of India, where extreme religion and sagregation have evaded secularism and democracy that the country had enjoyed for a while now, and reigns supreme, a persecuted mother must find her anducted daughter. But it never becomes anything more than that. Very predictable, very ugly and just completely unimaginative. And loopholes abound.