Reviews

I started watching this 2 x and had to turn it off because of all the noise in the show. Screaming, yelling, loud music and toxic relationships really turned me off. I decided to give it another try using the MUTE button and reading closed captions which helped somewhat. Sometimes the music on the show competes with the yelling and you can't hear anything! I'm sure that was a purposeful artistic choice to make one feel uncomfortable. Some of the scenes were too long and drawn out. I wanted to fast forward to the upcoming event so many times but I remained patient. Another pet peeve is none of the Berazzo's looked Italian. Loved Jamie Lee but she surely a far stretch from Italian along with her daughter, Sugar. Carmen can pass for Northern Italian and his brother, Michael for southern Italian. I don't get it...are they half Italian. Probably not as Donna would not have. Gone through all the trouble of making the 7 fishes for Christmas.

Things I like: the main character, Carmen. He was enough to make me continue to watch. His silences speak volumes to the screen. I like Richie after his transformation but had he been working for me, I'd dump him a long time ago due to his vulgarity and disrespect for Carmen. I really like Marcus...he brings much needed solace to the scenes.

Sydney started out okay but as her character unfolded, she got more annoying. She is in Carmen's face about his girlfriend..yet he is the one who apologizes...what' (s that about.

WHat the show inspired me to be was more organized. (as I look at my messy desk..lol)

Although flawed, I found the film enjoyable. I'm a sucker for writers' biography and memoirs and Ivy League settings.

The young boy playing JR was soulful and wonderful...such an authentic little actor. My beef was that physically he looked nothing like the actors playing his mother or father with his black hair and dark eyes compared to their sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. Just when I could suspend disbelief, the older JR comes in with light hair and light eyes!

IMHO, if you wanted to cast both of them, hair dye and contacts should have been used to match the look of both ages

I loved the mom. I loved Uncle Charlie. I loved the Dickens Bar.

I didn't buy older JR's blatant disrespect to his girlfriend's father.

I didn't buy the girlfriend's callous, oversexed nature. Why would she bring him home for Christmas if she wasn't serious about him?

Also, when he got his father arrested for hitting the girlfriend, wouldn't the girlfriend have to be the one to press charges?

Lastly, where does this kid with no job expect to park the car his uncle gave him in NYC?

There is no explanation as to what happened to Izzy mother. The father is living in an apartment. There is no mention of a death or otherwise. It does not make sense as in a previous episode, Izzy tried to call her mother and said she gets worried when she doesn't check in.

The first time I saw this film when it was released I absolutely hated the movie. This time, I watched it alone without the benefit of seeing the other two movies before it. I appreciated certain things about This film although the first two Godfathers were much superior. It was great to see Diane Keaton and Al Pacino again. I love Andy Garcia but he was ridiculous in the role of Sonny's illegitimate son., Vinny. His temper tantrum's were laughable...Almost like a comedy skit on SNL. I like how MIchael is looking for redemption but I don't understand how he can be so nonchalant about his daughter dating her first cousin. In this generation, nobody.. especially Catholics date their first cousin. It's considered incest and he doesn't treat it as seriously is any Italian father would. I could understand her attraction if she didn't realize he was her first cousin but the whole relationship seems absurd to me. Also, why is her mom, Diane Keaton approving of this relationship? No mother in her right mind would approve of such a thing. Michael vows on his children's life to God that he will never sin again. Yet he sins by proxy through his nephew, Vinny and his beloved daughter dies. Al Pacino's performance with the silent scream is amazing. Diane Keaton's Portrayal of a mother's grief is heartbreaking. If something was said about sins by proxy, the film would have a greater impact.

I became a big Breaking Bad fan during Covid and although never much liked the Saul character I decided to give BCS a try in May. I could barely get through 4 episodes and put it to rest until I hit the bottom of the COVID TV barrel.

Friends kept recommending it so I decided to go back and give it another try. I waited 4 FULL seasons for it to get better. It did..sort of but was very slow moving. I loved the Kim character and her stellar acting perfectly balances her flaws, responsible nature and her love for Jimmy. I also appreciated the great acting of Chuck and Howard, Mike and Fringe. IMHO Jimmy's acting is hit or miss as at times, I don't know if he is acting like a bad con man or if if it's just plain bad acting.

In the Season 4 finale, it made no sense that Jimmy would hoot, holler and brag about conning the bar into giving him back his license right outside the door where he could easily be heard. That scene exemplified a stupidity that was not a part of his character. Either that scene was poorly directed or poorly acted. If he pulled Kim aside and excitedly whispered, I might have believed it.

Even more unbelievable is the letter writing and phone scam to keep Huell out of jail. Cute but the montages are a bit much and I fast forwarded through them to get to the point. Just why would Kim risk her job on doing Jimmy another favor when she is already disgusted with him? I'm so disgusted with the Saul character and even more so with Mike who supposedly has a code of ethics but kills good guy (Werner) just for sneaking off to meet his wife. Yet, he won't kill Hector who is a royal pain in everyone's ass. He should have used his brains to help Werner escape.

What also doesn't make sense is the openness of exchange at Los Hermanos Pollos when in Breaking Bad, the location was Fringe's secret front.

Yeh..i read all about the nuances of their psychology, pathologies, etc. With nothing else on, the show hooks you in but I won't be paying Amazon for season 5....I think...lol

I binge watched this whole series during the coronavirus quarantine and I need a antidote. I can hardly breathe. So many lives lost and ruined for "Baby Blue." I don't think I can ever listen to that song again without crying. Walter's final confession to his wife that he did it ALL for himself because it made him feel "so alive" is ironic as the rest of us feel so dead inside. I think I need a meditation retreat before embarking on the El Camino movie.

I absolutely loved the finale...great writing and stellar performances by all. I do have a few questions that I hope someone can clarify. What I don't understand is why didn't Carrie get the flight recording box after giving up the name of the asset. Did Yevgeny double cross her and know that the Russians intended on keeping it? It would have made all Carrie's actions in vain. She'd have to be furious and I understand that she would have no choice but defect and redeem herself by becoming an asset to the US herself. When Linka Glatter says that she thinks Carrie "LOVES" Yevgeny, it confuses this even more. Maybe somebody can clarify.