Reviews

This is a memorable movie. It carefully and elegantly handles many topics while not feeling too crowded. Sexual orientated topics like new sexual experiences, stigma around sex workers and stigmatisation of sex in general comes to mind, but there were also topics I didn't expect the movie to hone into. Through the two leads things like accepting ones body is discussed and also the strongest topic for me, judgement from parents (or from all people in general).

This is also where my problem with the movie comes into play. Throughout the movie, we see Nancy (main character) judge other people constantly. She thinks her son is too boring, her daughter too wild and she also has prejudices about Leo (other main character) because he's a sex worker. Through the dialogue, the movie constantly reminds us that her constant judging isn't right. I really like this and found the movie really stood out because of this. The dialogue in this movie is rather clever actually.

We also get glimpses of the real person behind the Leo persona, when Nancy keeps prying about information of Leo and his mother. The judgements from Nancy also got to him sometimes and eventually this back and forth between them builds up to a heated argument. I really thought/expected/hoped this would be a turning point for the movie. For Nancy to realise how much of a hypocrite she actually has been, because this judging comes from a place of insecurity (the fear of being boring, among other things I believe). This part was extra powerful because we now also learn a bit about why Leo didn't want Nancy to ask about his mother, because to his mother he is dead. For me all things came together here. At one point I thought the movie was gonna end here.

Now we go to their fourth meeting (the fight happened in their third) and to my surprise we still see Nancy as judgemental as ever (with the waitress for example). This really disappointed me because for me this kinda undermines the whole fight in their third meeting. It would have been really satisfying for her to learn of her ways then and there. Instead she only changes her ways after Leo tells exactly what happened between him and his mom. For me this was too late in the movie and made it all less impactful. When Nancy finally orgasmes for the first time (because that has been a thing in the movie) it's not really a beautiful moment or anything, because in the back of my mind at that point I'm kinda like: you're not that good of a person actually.

Maybe I'm being too harsh on Nancy but hey it was my viewing experience and I'm just explaining what I think holds the movie down for me. Maybe after a re-watch down the road this doesn't bother me anymore, but as of right now it does. Don't let this last part fool you though, I still think it's pretty impactful movie with great acting.

The title says it all on how I feel about this movie. The premise is great, the movie is pretty unique and there's an interesting meaning/message. Where the movie fails though, is the logic. The explanation the movie gives for the clones creates so many plotholes that it almost just ruins the movie for me. Like I (and a lot of others) have so many questions:

How did the clones survive underground?

How do they know how to mimic their originals?

Why do they even do that?

What if the original travel by car, train or plane?

Why did the government just leave the clones underground?

I could go on.

Aside from that though the movie is still enjoyable.

No consequences for the actions of Wendy and Marty? Especially Wendy...

And why kill Ruth? One of the only characters in this whole show that deserved some form of redemption.

I get it, they subverted expectations and let the bad guys win, because that's 'realistic'. Sure, but I personally just don't find it satisfying.

This ending is spectacular. I saw people commenting on the fact that it is disrespectful to bring back a new season of Dexter for then to kill Dexter. In my opinion, it isn't disrespectful. This show was basically a do-over for Dexter's series finale, so it's not strange that could Dexter get killed.

Now about the ending; it's a really fitting one. Dexter ran away from Hannah and Harrison to protect his kid from him. (Which was an understandable decision). But by abandoning Harrison, his kid became filled with hatred. So by shooting his dad Harrison could let go of this anger and finally have a chance at a normal life.

Now for Dexter; he tried to kill himself once before, so when Harrison pointed that gun at him he saw this as a way to finish what he tried to do before. This is a great ending for Dexter because he knows this is the best for his son.

The first reason being the one I stated before about Harrison being able to let go of his anger. And the second reason being that he knows people around him die or get hurt.

So this ending was a great way to conclude everything.

What I don't like about this season finale (and this goes for the previous four season finales as well) is that it wraps everything up, for the next season to go back to square one. There's almost no real progression in the story. Every season starts with Dexter not really knowing what to do with himself, he then finds someone he hunts down and after offing that person he gets in some sort of trouble and the season goes on from there. Then he finds the one, main killer/villain of that season and at the end of the season this killer ends up on his table.

Now ofcourse, the seasons have much more to bring to the table than this, but this is pretty much how all seasons go. In my opinion this is what keeps this show from being one of the best. Because shows like Breaking Bad, Dark, and Better Call Saul evolve every season and that (ofcourse among other things) is what makes them really great. There's well thought-out story being told there. Dexter is starting to feel like a typical show, where every season has the same structure.

The only big thing this show has going for it are the characters, because they are all really well-written and entertaining.

This was a really tense season finale. I vaguely remembered what was gonna happen to Rita (because my dad watched this show a while ago). So that made the episode even more intense.

That being said though; I didn't like the final twist that much. Yes, I was shocked and emotional, but the problem was, I probably felt more than Dexter did in that moment! I wished for Dexter to finally just lose it and cry for once, because that would have made the scene feel much more impactful. Now the ending feels a bit rushed and empty.

I could be saying that for every season so far, though. With every season the ending have felt empty. Like there was potential for something greater. Every season so far has started with a new character being introduced to us (friend or foe) in the first episodes, for the season to then end with said person ending up on Dexter's killing table. It happened with Lila, Miguel and now Arthur. (Not mentioning Ice Truck Killer because that was the first season and thus an exception).

Don't get me wrong though, Dexter is an amazing show with unique and interesting characters, it just always manages to fall a little flat during the season finales.

This season was weaker than the first two in my opinion. This season had the same vibe as the others but it was just less interesting because the story feels dragged out over 10 episodes. This season could have been 6 episodes and that would have been better paced I think.

About this last episode, it was good but the fact that Joe played that he was paralysed was only there to shock the audience. Why would he still play paralysed if Marienne was literally in danger when she came over to his house? A bit stupid, but overall good finale.

Yes the fact they quit the game to then go back at the end of the episode, might be a bit devious. But I'd say it's really worth it. We get insight into the lives of our main characters and I'm pretty sure the future episodes will have a lot more stakes because of this. Excited to see what's next!

When Omni-man showed his true colours he became one of the scariest villains I've ever seen across any medium. The fact that he's as powerful as Superman and sees humanity as even less than ants is super haunting to me. Homelander in The Boys is scary, but Omni-man even more so!

Season one review: 9 The first and the last two episodes were amazing. Episode 2 to 6 varied from quality and felt like filler sometimes. Luckily it all came together by the end. Great first season in my opinion.

This season finale is good, but not a lot more than that for me. It's cool seeing a (rather small) herd tear down the farm and the ending with Rick becoming somewhat of a dictator was really interesting as well.

The first three episodes of season 2 were amazing were really exciting and emotional. Especially epiosode 2. That ending with Shane, damn! (I also love the fact that AMC shows make characters go bald when they become more and more conflicted. I'm looking at you Breaking Bad).

The episode I see more as a season finale was the episode before this one. The best part of this season has been Shane and his growing hatred for Rick. Ultimately that clashes in the penultimate episode.

Man do I love the writing in this season. The growing conflict between Shane and Rick is masterfully done. This episode was a counting time bomb till the very last scene. And what a scene that was. Shane shouting on the top of his lungs and opening the barn like a lunatic, them shooting all the walkers and the cherry on top, the reveal of Sophia. This episode is one of the best in my opinion.

This episode was an interesting one. It's notable how Jenner was created just for this show, since he isn't a character in the comics. I love that we get a deeper insight on how the dead come back to life. It's also good the show didn't give us an explanation on how it all started, it keeps it perfectly vague.

The season overall is a really good first season. Not as character drivven nor spectacular as the next seasons, but still pretty good.

The first couple of episodes were good. Nothing amazing, just proper MCU material. Episode 4 and 5 were amazing in my opinion. John Walker slowly growing wilder, the racial undertones with a black Captain America. I loved it all.

But man was that last episode bad. All the hype I had slowly disappeared when the show rushed to one plotpoint to another.

This show is defs worth a watch. I guess you should just skip the last episode and leave some things open.