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Foundation: The Mathematician's Ghost (2021)
Planting Seeds for Future Payoff
To be honest I never liked the novel Foundation. I preferred Foundation and Empire much more. So unlike the people giving low scores for the parts not in the book, I actually loved the new stuff in this particular episode. I think the frustration is that this episode did not advance the plot of the story from the perspective of the novel. But I think a key character was greatly developed in this episode and the show is planting the seeds for payoff in a future episode. To me Foundation is a book of concepts/ideas, it is not character driven and a direct translation would not work on TV today. Therefore episodes like this are important for establishing the world/plot of this new material. It's too soon to judge if this new material will work out or not, but if it's too painful for you to watch due to your closeness with this material maybe it's best for you to drop the show and come back to it after it's over or a season has passed. You are judging a large painting with eyes a centimeter away instead of a few steps/feet away.
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
This movie made no sense
The evil guy (played by Gimli from LOTR) wants his nephew (Chris Pine) to be king... Well why did they say they want to take the crown and simply seduce her from the start. She would have said yes. He would be king. Everyone got what they wanted. The End. smh
Or the other thing they could have done is just abolished the marriage rule at the start. Why the guy in parliament changed is mind randomly, made no sense.
The one complaint Chris Pine had was that she never got to know the people. And he still has a point. After high school she went to college. And when she was back in Genovia she stayed in her palace all day or attended high class parties. The orphan kids at the parade was not enough and chicken scene she herself never really talked to the people. She never got out and really tried to understand her country. Why do you think the British Royals go out and visit people where they work, visit hospitals, etc etc.
The other thing was her clumsiness and everything just seemed so forced. In the 1st movie it felt so natural. The VHS version even had her fall on some bleacher stands because it was unscripted and Anne Hathaway fell. Charm can't be forced down ones throat.
The saving grace of this movie is Chris Pine which is odd for me because I don't usually like his type of character. The stereotypical bad boy, who is very smooth but has a heart of gold. But he plays the role well.
This movie is such a waste, I really loved the 1st movie. And what bothers me is that the movie seems to disrespect its audience (bringing up characters from the first movie like the friend who gets nothing to do, the mom, the hair dresser) just to play up on our nostalgia.
Also most random Stan Lee Cameo ever.
Servant (2019)
If you want answers this is not the show for you
Many of the negative reviews I've seen have issue with not knowing what is going by the end of season 1 and thereby calling the show a waste of time. This show is more about the journey to get there, the atmosphere and cinematography. The pacing can be quite slow but for me I was hooked. I did binge the entire series at night so maybe the people truly upset were those who spent each week waiting for the next episode.