Lamiae

SATC was my favorite "chick" show. I used to identify with all of the female characters but I can barely recognize them now. The show is a wokefest - it's lost its edge. I keep watching though, out of (almost morbid) curiosity and hoping that they will turn it around, even at the last minute!

Come on Girls, please don't go down in history as the Queens of Woke!

So, as others have mentioned, this isn't the most deep, nuanced, complex plot in the world, but I don't think that all series are supposed to deliver that. I almost watched all episodes in one go because it put a big smile on my face. I soon started to feel for the characters. Watch it folks, with a nice glass of wine, or whatever you fancy. Enjoy!

I would have liked to give this documentary more stars, as it presents fairly accurate evidence in relation to the negative health effects of sugar consumption. However, it also presents dairy and meat in a negative light, arguing that eating sugar is as bad as eating meat and dairy. This is misleading. At one point, she actually said "eating meat makes you want to eat more sugar". I don't know where she found evidence for this, and, moreover, most of the anti-sugar experts she interviewed are not also anti-meat. So, I found that while the documentary had good intentions, it also provided a great deal of misleading information. It was also cringe-worthy to see her arguing against sugar, while making huge pots of fruit jam and chopping up masses of carrots (did she not check the glycemic index/load of those foods?)

This documentary takes an unusual stance: it is anti-sugar, anti-carb, anti-dairy, and anti-meat, while being (only) pro-fruit, pro-legumes, and pro-vegetables. I think the documentary will struggle to gain the acceptance of most food camps.

I enjoyed the first 45 minutes of the film. I found the way Jackson (Bradley Cooper) and Ally (Gaga) met, began their collaboration, and fell in love, to be captivating. The high point of the film was the first time they performed live together. The on-stage scenes were filmed beautifully and realistically.

I found the rest of the film to be mediocre because of minimal character and plot development. Here's an example: Ally gets into a fist fight with policemen early in the film, which set an expectation that this side of her character would be elaborated later on. But - oddly - she never portrayed any form of (physical) aggression thereafter. This fist fight snippet had me waiting for scenes of jealousy and heated arguments, in response to the many challenges of being involved with a major rock star (e.g., him being on tour, late nights with band members and roadies, long-distances, infidelity, groupies etc). Ally didn't get the chance to explore and react to these kinds of experiences at all, which made me question why the fist fight scene was even shot to begin with. In relation to this, I have to ask: where were the groupies? Where were the backstage stories? How can a rock extravaganza exist without any backstage action? I just didn't find the 'context' of the relationship between a rock star and a rising star to be realistically portrayed.

Another character/plot weakness included Ally's development as a musician. She started as a scruffy, unconventional, rock singer (which suited her), but then rather abruptly "sold out" to become a pop star (we got to hear horrendous songs at that point), and ended up in a posh concert hall propped up like a Celine Dion (!) I found these transitions to be bizarre, boarding on the surreal.

I think Gaga was the weakest link in this film. While her role could have been 'easy' for her (she has relevant experiences to draw from after all), she struggled. To the contrary, Cooper's rock star performance was almost effortless, but still, I was expecting more complexity, more to be going on in his personal life. Apart from the references to his troubled childhood, it was as if he had been carrying no other personal baggage at the time he met Ally - how could this be? Give us an ex-wife, a child from a woman living in another country - something to show that he has... well, lived! Didn't Cooper read any rock star bios prior to this?

I also didn't like the end. Jackson may have had weaknesses, he may have been a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, but I found his last move to be out-of-character. He did show quite a bit of maturity throughout the film and I thus felt that he could have "helped" Ally in a different way. The end was a classic example of cheap sentimentalism; some viewers were crying, so I guess you could call the film a tearjerker.

It's an okay film that's been overrated by viewers and critics alike.

First off, I have to say that I watched the first 3.5 episodes before giving this one up. I usually finish something before reviewing but I think there's some value in communicating reasons behind dropping series/films.

Even though I found the premise farfetched from the start (married couple that decides to have sex with other people but being truthful and honest about it with everyone involved), I decided to give it a chance. What annoyed me the most is that while everyone agreed to and declared that "it's only sex - no emotional attachments", emotional attachments did form from the get-go. The husband was already emotionally involved with his colleague from episode 1 and they spent loads of time eating together, listening to music, doing stuff that people who are in a loving relationship do.

Another thing that annoyed me were the sex scenes: I saw no chemistry whatsoever and the grunts sounded as fake as porn.

Finally, I feel I've seen this series before: in other series, other films, real life, and I know how it ends.

How is it possible that this show is not known by EVERYONE? I keep checking the show's IMDb page for awards and nominations and I can't understand why there aren't any. The show has it all: action, speed, drama, comedy, well-developed story line and characters, attention to detail (I had to research Ryan Wheeler's seemingly weird ear situation)...

This is not just a show about mixed martial arts (although there would be nothing wrong about that and the fighting scenes are breathtaking) – it is a show about 'family', in my opinion.

I have watched each and every episode and fallen in love with each and every character (well, maybe not with the women in Jay's life, including his mother).

Watch this show!

I cannot believe that this film has received so many good reviews. I cannot believe that this film was Oscar nominated for "Best Motion Picture of the Year". Here's IMDb's synopsis of the film: "A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential." This film, however, is about a bully music teacher who insults, assaults, slaps, degrades, and humiliates his students to death. Literally. This film is realistic only in the sense that it depicts the catastrophic effects bullying can have on people's well-being. Everything else in the film would simply not happen. Other reviewers, with music knowledge, have explained why such music institutions and teaching practices and methods are implausible, nowadays. I am a psychologist and I can verify that bullying will not and cannot motivate a person to become greater. Peoples' potentials are most likely to be crushed as a consequence of bullying. Victims of bullying do not easily "overcome" or "harden up" to become better human beings. Moreover, victims of bullying tend to become bullies themselves, later on in life. So, I would claim that this is a film about the making of a bully.

I am a big fan on violent films and I have felt emotionally exhilarated – completely satisfied – after watching films like Oldboy, and Sympathy for Mr & Lady Vengeance. Whiplash left me feeling disgusted, wondering about what kind of people made it, watched it, and enjoyed it.

I actually watched this film thinking that it was a satire. So many times I had to laugh because of what I saw (e.g., the US military paraphernalia with skulls painted on them, language used by US "heroes", blatant historical and political lies, Sienna Miller's constant nagging), but I also fell asleep for about a minute (i.e., endless, tedious gunfire). Still, until the very end, I assumed that Eastwood directed a satire about US and US attitudes towards war. Then I came to IMDb to check out what other people thought about the film and I realized that…it wasn't a satire!? I don't know what Eastwood was thinking when he was directing this one, but, being a huge Eastwood fan over the years, I am disappointed to say the least. Unfortunately, some people don't seem know when they have crossed a line and, also, they don't seem to have true friends to tell them that are in the wrong path.