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Severance
This shows first season was very entertaining. I would rate that an 8, but the second season so far apart form about half of it has been uneventful and rather boring. I have also noticed that this show this season has had a few stinker episodes that moved along at a snails pace in relation to not only the episode but also the main storyline.
This season the show as a whole presents as a short 100 page story that has been dragged out into filming with silence and facial reactions while the camera points at the actor(s) hoping to be found profound.
There is also a ton of scenery filmed and before you know it 3-5 mins has ed and there hasn’t been any dialogue. This last episode ( 8 I believe ) was the worst of season 2. We waited until the very end of the episode for it to be revealed that Kier’s designs for Severance weren’t his own. This is great, but could have been told and known to the office over a 5/10 minute dialogue between 2 characters.
It’s becoming evident that this show is going to move at a very slow place. Even as episode with information to share leaves you on a cliffhanger that isn’t visited or visited well enough in the episode that follows.
Severance’s story is an interesting one but the way this is being filmed despite several great episodes as a whole ( both season 1&2 ), it’s becoming very apparent the story arc has dips and lulls to the effect that it almost makes it difficult to watch.
And sure Ben Stiller has done some great things with the show but his tailor move is to throw some breadcrumbs down. Have you lap those up after you haven’t eaten for 6 weeks and then lead you to believe he’s got more for you, but in reality the more isn’t prolly coming until late 2026 and season 3.
This is sadly going to become a new way of telling a story or one that is praised more unfortunately as Severance is rated pretty high by critics and viewers alike.
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A Complete Unknown
Chalamet = Incredible. You could truly tell how hard he worked to honor Bob Dylan and I praise him for it.
A Complete Unknown = god awful.
whoever wrote this script somehow magically made the main character a co-star to the story. I mean it. Bob arrives in the village in the 60’s in NYC meets some heroes of his, one of the heroes gets him on stage at some folk club. He is liked nay loved immediately… I mean come on. He is a musical genius with a heart for the people playing folk music in the 60’s..
after this, the writer of this movie basically hits the fast forward button ( imagine seeing Bob becoming Bob but all the significant parts of him becoming Bob aren’t shown ) and the FF button is released at the most insignificant times in his life during the film. At one point Bob’s muse in the film actually asks him if he learned to make coffee and he says “ ah yeah”. Then FF again to another event of little importance, until we get to the third act of the film where Bob decides he wants diversify and play more rock style tunes. None of the coming together of the band he played with is mentioned, they just show up and play in a studio, moments later they are reluctantly introduced to the folk concert people who don’t like his electric brand of music, he is booed off the stage and the film essentially ends and up on the screen we read that the very songs he was booed off the stage for were part of a record that did very well and sold tons of copies. The end.
Again, Chalamet was gold in the role.. so imagine finding a piece of gold worth more than you’ll ever make on your life and then giving it to someone you absolutely hate that has taken advantage of you your whole life.
That is the what it feels like to watch the complete unknown. Where they make the main character completely unknown in the film.