strawgal

Quite a few because I follow actors so perhaps a good percentage from 2014, and this is why I know his standard looks
He is a bit like Tom Cruise, he is so successful no one says surprise me and try less.

Yes I seen some of it on line. There are many actors who are completely different than the roles they play, that is why its a skill. I suppose one of the most famous is Alan Rickman, who was often the scene stealing Hollywood villain as well Snape in Harry Potter and yet in real life he was kind,friendly, and very funny.

James is so good, there are few actors who manage to convey being a two faced sh!t, and not over act. I am basically skipping through most of it just for his scenes, and the rest the writing is a bit meh,

Its best not to think too much about this because it is all nonsense.
What ever is salvageable in this is down to the ML charisma, hair and makeup, it come close to Tide of Love in its awfulness.
The direction is so stiff and flat, like a pastiches of the silent film section in Singing in the Rain, (should be able to find the scene on Youtube) unfortunately not as funny, constantly grouping actors in a huddle tableaux like they can not afford an extra take, microphone or editing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMzV96LV6Cc

I have been think about my rating for this since it finished, and on reflection I think it is one you get wrapped up in but given time you see flaws.
I think that it tackled the issue that given the circumstances people will do what they can to survive, but the best revenge is always living well, sometimes it it better to walk away with your scars and start a fresh, do not let turn the rest of your life in to a miserable hell.
The one thing did not shy away from was how people seen as less than are used, and there are often no happy endings for many, and it did not gloss over that aspect.
I think what made believable is that the main actors were all well cast and the fact there was no over acting.

No matter what you budget with hand held cameras its possible to do interesting camera work, and editing, the lighting or lack off in SOTB mean that looks all one tone and very two dimensional IMO.

Just looking at the cinema box office for this year low budget productions that were made for a fraction of the cost of big budget movies have done really well even if not well advertised, WOM is a huge factor for something success or not.
In my timelines The Early Spring did not get much advertising on my social media but it has done well globally on a fairly low budget and short run time.

I think you can have complex characters and still have clear story telling, no matter what the budget or even running time, or else a lot of theatre would work, you do not get thirty hours to tell the story of Macbeth. Good writing and drawing people in to a world that often they no experience of is a key part of story telling. Of course in theatre you get a very raw experience and on screen you often see the thoughts fleeting pass the actors in close up which can makes it magical, but how it is directed and shot does affect how those thoughts are seen or not on screen.

I am finding this a bit hard going, the story doesn't really flow or draw you in not helped by rather flat direction full of fairly basic static camera work, with little lighting.
The way the main characters are written it is hard to like them.
I am watching Against The Currant at the same time so I can not help but compare, and that has a very clear narrative and interesting direction.

This is like a big thick novel like War and Peace with no edits to compress it in to a drama. Its quality but not sure how it is going to hold up over 47eps

Sin and Love, I felt I had literally seen it all before, so the novelty had worn off, so I couldn't be bothered to watch all of it, even flicking through it.

It was good in a cheap bar of chocolate.way you think your really going to enjoy it because the packaging looks amazing, but in the end its is not as good as you thought it was going to be.
It's a shame it descended in to tropes and a formula ending and I am not sure what the direction was L'Jane because sometimes the eye twitching was annoying, combined with blank looks.
The songs used for the OST were good.

The direction for The Knot is so static, like they are posing for some biblical scene painting. Mum stood with the handbag, I wonder if it was product placement it was so static. Oh an the big fight where they stood around just waiting to be shot.
They also have no idea of how to pace a episode so it always ends on a whimper.
I have a soft spot of Unforgotten Night because it is so crappy and OTT.

Couple watch over four nights. One of the best opening episodes I have ever seen, so what came after seemed a bit flat. All the acting was great, and I liked that the villians were seen as full characters not just muscle.
The last two episodes where almost a farce, that white round building, you know they all fall off in to the centre void, just for variety they filled the bottom with water to fight in.
It was a really good story but they had add things that didn't make any sense just to fill the screen and time. The ship cabin was a particular fail.
Who ever did the set design made every interior 'home' look almost the same with throw up colours to give you a headache.

I love JCW acting but the trailer was just a bit naff, with lots of over acting. What is it about growing food that they find so interesting, two of my family were life long farmers, one grew soft fruit and there is nothing that interesting about grow it, or picking it, unless you want to grow fruit.
Clarkson's Farm it the edited highlights of how it's a life of battling nature with the help of sometimes compliant machinery.

Liked it a lot but the curse of the last episode, where everything has to be tied up quickly and neatly was in full force. What I also wasn't that keen on was the fact there was no real character development for the prince, Ongsa is a pretty crier,but when the default response and is I will just look sad and cry it devalues a serious plot.
Pond IMO was the stand out performance and how did he manage to make someone who is so self centred and flawed seem human at the end?

I see it as settled love, the sort that you know every breath of your partner so depending on you mood, you either react or let things go with not too much drama, and a bit more calculation.

Unless you have been around people who have a lot of money ,resources and choices, its hard to understand although they are completely unaware of the everyday pressure most people have, I they have different stresses. You go why the f!ck are you worried about that, but it is still stress to them and because they have 'everything' the guilt of I have all this but I still feel bad/ worthless is some way worse because they have non of the standard excuses.
Having money does not protect you from anxiety, or the private MH hospitals would not be doing well.

I think Luke has to have tangible measured success to feel successful, I think that is pretty much standard for a lot of men, as well as being seen to be in control. I have male family members like this, and what usually happens is they end up with someone who has a strong sense of self worth who realises their own strengths, the FL just hasn't got there yet.

Well another episode which makes no sense plot wise, well it might have done on paper but not in the execution. I suggest they need a proper fight co ordinator and someone who knows how to shoot it.
What ever they are paying the actors they need to pay them more, because they are the only thing going for it, although they do have to stand around looking perplexed, and shocked a lot.

I think the only 'good' thing about this is hair and makeup,

You know when something is perhaps not as interesting as it should have been, when villains/villainess are more memorable that the MLs, not quite as memorising as Hans Gruber, but almost there.
A lot of it was just drama violence, looked impressive but not based in reality of consequences, so after the initial ouch, your brain kicks in a pulls it apart.
What really made me want to laugh was the coach trip feel of getting your crew to the event on a main road, with no 4x4's.

I think BJ is older has money and is used to getting things done by himself, not collaborating. If you know people with a lot of money they often have no idea the choices people have to make when spending money, It's less just buy it.
LJ wants to make his own choices or at least have chance to be involved in the decision and ut at the same time he is used to suppressing what he wants. I actually think good they are having these conflicts now.