afrodome

Not going to be very formal in this review because I have to let off some anguish after trying to sit through this series.

What a stink pile of bad acting and exposition. The characters could not be any less convincing. I was waiting for another meteor to head towards earth so I wouldn't have to listen to this adult version of the high school drama club. It gets an extra star for being very well shot and having a great score (especially for a TV show) but lord does the dialogue, story, and garbage acting really pull it down. So bad it gives me a headache.

Sorry For Your Loss is a show that takes a big risk of being upfront and honest about its characters and the changes they experience following the events of losing a loved one. All too often I still see these major networks airing these absurdly intellectually and emotionally dishonest TV dramas that become so obnoxious you just want to immediately withdraw from it's shameless lack of authenticity. SFYL has a way of immediately making you feel what you're seeing. It pulls you in somehow. The writing isn't masterful nor is the directing or storytelling, but what is does master is making its audience feels those uncomfortable feelings of grief and pain. Watch but keep some tissues nearby.

This is the very definition of tragedy porn. It takes the ideas of traffic accidents and plane disasters and turns it into a popcorn flick. Take something like Scream but instead of a masked killer (which has already been done to death) an airplane crash with severed heads and burnt up bodies. Why the ___ in this day and age would people pay money to watch dozens of violent deaths for the thrill of it? Watch a movie which shows tragic death without the depersonalization. It will serve as a reality check and maybe people will then understand that these filmmakers don't give a damn about film and that they only want to make money off of fetishized hyper-violence.