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An error has ocurred. Please try again////DRAMA///// 1. Mad Men (2007) 2. The Americans (2013) 3. Dark (2017) 4. Fargo (2014) 5. Game of Thrones (2011) 6. Planet Earth II (2016) & Blue Planet II (2017) & Planet Earth (2006) 7. Mr. Robot (2015) 8. The Crown (2016) 9. American Crime Story (2016) (People vs O.J. Simpson) 10. Sherlock (2010)
Hon. Mention:: Daredevil (2015), Person of Interest (2011).
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1. The Office (2005) 2. Parks and Recreation (2009) 3. Seinfeld (1989) 4. Friends (1994) 5. Arrested Development (2003) 6. The Good Place (2016) 7. Master of None (2015) 8. Freaks and Geeks (1999) 9. Silicon Valley (2014) 10. Permanent Roommates (2014)
Hon. Mention:: Barry (2018), Fleabag (2016).
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Good Time (2017)
An unfortunate tale.
Yesterday I had the pleasure to watch this film. I was trying to watch the film at least for 6 months now but didn't have the opportunity but yesterday I finally watched it. I heard a lot of good words about this film and praise for Robert Pattinson. After watching the film I can say that this film is absolutely praiseworthy.
So about the movie, the title here is kinda sarcastic actually. Because almost nothing in this story is supposed to be a good for the lead characters. The story revolves around Connie ( Robert Pattinson ) and his mentally challenged brother Nick ( Benny Safdie ) whom he loves very much. After doing a successful robbery in the bank they thought that their good time began but they couldn't have thought that in how many possible way things could go wrong after that. And after the robbery, in any direction he (R) was going things were going out of control, out of hands and situation was becoming more problematic then ever.
About the title, it is actually a prison slang. It is used when someone gets their sentence reduced because of their good behavior in the prison. And it suggests that Connie behaved well in prison and that's why he got out early from the prison. But after getting out he again starts to do this and thus his not so Good Time begins.
Robert Pattinson gives a very memorable performance as Connie. His character is in stress, tensed about his brother health, worrying about how to arrange money or how to be safe or both at the same time but circumstances never went according to his way. Till today Pattinson's most famous work and also his most mocked work was "Twilight". I also remember his bland work in Twilight. But in this film, his character is motivated by the affection for his brother but doesn't care whether it is to good or bad direction. He just need his money and safety for him and his brother. He is desperate, he is needy and the way his expression and whole body language changed while playing the character is just fabulous.
Good time also includes some supporting characters like Barkhad Abdi, Buddy Duress who also gives very remarkable performance.
The way this films shows the crookedness around us is really wonderful. It also questions the morality of the characters we see on the screen which is kinda a pressure to watch for the audience. Audiences will try to watch the things from his perspective at some point of the movie. The measures he takes to gain that money and the reason behind it really confuses the audiences whether they should support him or not.
Good time is a good crime-thriller which begins as a heist then carried out by the lead characters performance and events that happens around them. The direction and the camerawork was good. Some scenes like chasing in the road or the theme park situation were really noteworthy. But people will remember this film for Robert Pattinson's awesome performance.
Rating: 8.5/10