Blame It on the Rain

It was okay. Javier and Chloe were my standouts. I'm still on the fence as to the innocence of the Brothers but I guess that's the point. Speaking of- they both did a fine job.

The soundtrack was really rather chilling in points (hummm!!!) and Milli Vanilli are always welcome at mine.

So while I enjoyed it for what it was, I really detest how these shows bring out a fresh slew of fan girls who fall in love with the actor portraying a role, and then decide that the actual killers were innocent little sugar-sprites. It's disgusting but nothing new I suppose.

Next year we have the gorgeous Charlie from Sons of Anarchy as Ed Gein. Seriously, Ryan!? I know you like your boys pretty but Ed was anything but..... Place your bets now folks! Henry Cavill as Pee Wee Gaskins!?

Ryan Murphy did an incredible job capturing other views that the public about this notorious case, the acting the script, and the cinematography was absolutely superb. I think one of the reasons people find this so controversial it because Ryan Murphy through his unique storytelling, compels the audience to try to provide answers for questions that still linger on about this notorious case. One of the scenes that really scared me was when the brothers were able to lie and cry at the same time when they were getting interrogated in an effort to deflect attention away from identifying themselves as the killers.

Even with diving into this series with prior knowledge of the subject, it was still quite dark and very well portrayed but the two leads. They did a great job with time-relevant pop culture, music and vehicles. The acting was great and I loved the different points of view. Sometimes the story jumps in time and in perspectives, which isn't my preference but the series does a good job of avoiding any confusion with that. They do show some instances of... weird relationship boundaries that I question if it is relevant or needed at all. Overall, not as great as the Dahmer "season" but still a great watch.

My Review- 'Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story' My Rating 6.5/10

Ryan Murphy's latest Crime anthology at times stretches credibility even beyond his realms of fantasy . Many of its so called facts have been widely disputed by the actual people people involved including Lyle and Erik Menendez from their separate prison cells .

As an entertainment I found The Lyle and Menendez story one dimensional and lacking impact although it's well acted .

Especially by the 2 main stars Cooper Koch as Eric and Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Lyle Menendez.

Unlike the thrilling first series of Monsters which told the chilling story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer the question of who the monster or monsters were is not answered in the Menendez story?

For me the Inconsistencies and lack of credibility started from the first episode when we see the murder of Kitty and Jose Menendez in graphic detail with a deafening barrage of gunshots that would have woken up every neighbour in a mile radius .

No spoilers but the murderers just take off from the murder scene from their parents mansion in their luxury car to try and establish an alibi.

Chloë Sevigny and Javier Bardem as the parents from hell Kitty and Jose Menendez didn't impress me at all .

I thought they played their roles in a melodramatic campy style that really lacked any room to understand or develop their characters in much detail.

I blame the script writers Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan who seem to place style over substance in this series .

Based on the actual crime and trials that sent the two brothers to separate prison life sentences for the brutal murder of their parents Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story a nine part series is puzzling to me ?

Why did Ryan Murphy portray the brothers as intimate lovers as this has been categorically denied not only by Lyle and Erik but many others.

Perhaps it was to appeal to his wide LGBTQ audience .

The most annoying characters in the series for me are investigative reporter Dominick Dunne played by a favourite actor of mine Nathan Lane and Leslie Abramson played by Ari Graynor they also both seem to play their roles in a campy stagy manner.

This series is obviously very popular I read it's the most popular series on Netflix but then I seem to read that about every new Netflix series these days .

I'm glad I watched it and I did enjoy parts of it but just wondered how a great director like Alfred Hitchcock would have presented this tragic and brutal chain of events?

Yep episode 1 started like that, It's a hard watch knowing that this story is based on real events, and the murder is really detailed, the actors is really good btw and the very first portrayal on their parents is shocking on some scenes as a person who does not have knowledge on their story.

As a curious person who wants to know the story of the Menendez brothers, it's truly shocking how they murder their parents that way and they got away with it, not for a long time but, yeah they have their reasons why they have to do that to them their parents is really toxic and abusive and i guess they have enough of their actions and they try to end it that way is a really monster way to it.