Paul-271

This movie turned into a huge letdown for me. The claim of it being a legal thriller is completely false. The legal procedural errors were rife. In addition, there's a plot element early on that beggar's belief but turns out to exist solely as a needed plot element.

I can't discuss details without offering spoilers to the point of destroying whatever element others may find in this pile of junk. There is simply no enjoyment, tension or caring about any of the characters throughout the entire movie.

There's a supposed twist at the end which I hoped would be worth wading through the sewage of this movie's plot. That too disappointed because, perhaps to my lack, I had no idea what the twist meant.

It seems Eastwood is going out with a whimper. Too bad.

Night Sky

I persisted in this tedious poorly done series until the final episode in season one because my work was so hectic that I welcomed a show that moved a bit slower than the continents do.

There is so much wrong here. The leads are supposed to be these long marrieds who share a life but instead generate zero passion or interest in each other. They are a repulsive couple who deceive each other at every important turn.

There are plot holes large enough to drive a Star Trek style transporter through as well as continuity failures which ware equally large. The plot often makes zero sense because no sane person would react to events as these characters do. The little tension generated is done by withholding information from the viewer. The entire plot is pointless until the 5th episode and then only wholly comprehensible in the last one. Or should I say apparently comprehensible because we can't be sure.

Unless you are frazzled beyond frazzletown at viewing time, I can't recommend this dud. It worked for me because its tedium offset my overly stimulated life. I do not plan on viewing S2 assuming one is foolishly presented.

This is ostensibly a dog movie which takes the usual turns although with some originality in the details. My wife saw a dog movie and since she's a big fan of our German Shepherd and for that matter, all shepherd types, she enjoyed every minute of it.

I liked the dog part too but the other movie was the despair US vets are experiencing in their lives after their service is done. The protagonist is one such vet who, despite severe and permanent wounds longs to sign on as a mercenary despite his manifest unfitness for such duty.

He fit nowhere in civilian life and in many ways was, along with his buddies, very much like Dog who, as a war dog, also had no place in 'civil' society. The presentation is a road trip meeting some expected strange characters along the way most notably Jane Adams as a spiritual healer/psychic.

The movie, once you look away from the sometimes comical bonding of the man and dog to the background faced by vets - both human and canine, the laughing isn't so funny.

I felt the movie a good deal more dramatic and moving than I thought it'd be. This is one of those movies that will work well for all but will hit each viewer differently. Overall, it was surprisingly good.