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Madam Secretary (2014)
Not a balanced show
It's really too bad. The Secretary is a full character, good dialogue and believable. But her entire entourage is weak, silly, childish and completely unbelievable. This is not a comedy, but nearly plays like one much of the time. So this show basically needs new writers, and a shake up at the State Department. Fire those kids, and employ adults who sound like they advise a Secretary of State. The President and his chief of Staff are acceptable. Some of the best scenes are at home with the kids - who have been given more than token characters, and her husband, a warm and intelligent character. Why can't the producers of this show (and Madame Secretary is one of them) see the major flaw that makes this potentially good show into a dud. This show has decided to resolve the story line every week. Perhaps they could get rid of each of the stupid support staff one week at a time. No one would miss them.
Left Behind III: World at War (2005)
a sermon not a movie
One if the things I was upset about was the fact that there was no warning on the box in the video store about what this movie was really about. What are they afraid of - rejection ? I thought Christianity was stronger than that. I watched the movie from front to back, hoping for a redeeming factor, but there was none. Poor acting, long boring sequences, simplistic ideas, not a real or original plot, nothing to "think about", and frankly, in this genre, I've seen wonderful movies - although they were made in the fifties and sixties of the last century. If you think about it, there are many television shows these days with similar themes, but the honest ones are all on the tel-evangelical channels, where they aren't afraid to say who they are - right up front. Movies should always have an entertainment factor, even if they are serious. If they bill themselves as Documentaries or other genres, that's different. And if proselytizing is the goal, then this failed miserably as well. I would recommend that viewers think twice about spending their hard earned money on this film, it doesn't deserve to be on the shelf of my video store. Now if they had a section called..." Religious Films" that would be a different story.