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40. The Hour season 1.
I must admit, I very much doubt I'll be half as fannish about this as I've seen some be. I mean, I enjoyed it, even if I mostly found the cloak-and-dagger Cold War stuff slightly ridiculous. And I guess I could see an OT3 - well, except I started out finding Freddie annoying and that never quite went away.
41. Wrath of the Titans
I hadn't exactly planned to watch this, as I wasn't that impressed with Clash of the Titans, but, well, now I can say that I've watched everything George Blagden has been in so far - this and Les Mis and Vikings. Admittedly, his part is so minor that I didn't really manage to spot him properly - I think he's one of the poor soldiers accompanying Perseus on his quest and getting killed by Ares, but, well - it's a very minor part and the camera doesn't exactly like to go slow, so - maybe? (And I tried to google it and find a picture of GB from Wrath of the Titans, but no such luck...) In any case, why is it always Hades and Ares who get to be the villains of Greek myth stories? Come on, let's have some creativity here, just for once? Please?
42. Restraint
So. I honestly didn't add this to my to-watch list for any other reason than Travis Fimmel, but it was surprisingly good. TF plays Ron, a criminal on the run from the police with his girlfriend. They hide in the house of wealthy agoraphobic Andrew, taking the poor fellow hostage - and I found myself enjoying the story. Oh, Ron is no Ragnar - younger, stupider, more psycopathic, absolutely sucks at planning - and Andrew is no meek little Athelstan (and not half as pretty), oh no, but still, there were bits. Besides, Ron seemed to have a kink for tying Andrew up and climbing on top of him... The twist ending - storywise, it's fine, it works, it's been build up properly - I'm still not particularly thrilled with it (admittedly, that might just be because I preferred Ron alive *shrugs*).
43. Looper
It's an okay entertaining movie. Not great, but okay. I liked how both Joes thought the other was a complete idiot (and both were sort of right). Mind you, I simply can't figure out why the loopers would be expected to execute their own future selves - I mean yes, nice bonus, but honestly, imagine how much trouble would be saved if they didn't risk hesitating...
44. Castle season 5.
I'm not quite sure I'll bother watching the next season of this - I originally came for the quirk and the silliness and Castle's awesome family and now it's all lover's tiffs and out-of-the-blue spy sheenanigans. There's still the occasional fun episode and stuff, but I'm beginning to think this show might have had its glory days by now...
45. Once Upon A Time season 2.
So. I like Regina more and more. Mr. Gold, well, he goes up and down. The so-called heroes - not so much. Anyway, I found the plot of Storybrook's inhabitants remembering their Magical Forest selves interesting, but not properly developed - for one, the series never really seem to grasp the scope it should have had. Yes, the doctor is Frankenstein and the mayor is the Evil Queen and so on - but who are everybody else? Where are everybody else??? And why does everybody want to go back? In fact, why is there not more conflict between the modern-day democracy mindset of 28 years of recent life and the old world with its kings and queens?
Anyway, I liked many of the new characters - Hook is fun, the good Doctor is (not exactly new, but) awesome. The magic hunters/destroyers annoyed me somewhat. But seriously, I'm in this for Regina - Regina all the way, in all her fucked-up glory. Yay.
46. Supernatural season 8.
Overall, I liked this season. There were good episodes, some good characters - Benny (why do Dean get all the "good" scary friends?), Charlie, Kevin's awesome mom, Naomi, Abaddon. I enjoyed Crowley as a villain, even if I do prefer when he works with the boys (next season?). I liked the Men of Letters, even if I did find it a bit convenient that they show up just as the boys have lost each and every bit of their former friends and ressources, and I am still unimpressed by their teeny tiny can't-be-much-more-than-the-most-basic library. Other parts I disliked, like Sam's girlfriend - dull, dull, dull. As for the cliffhanger - one question? So, all the angels are kicked out of Heaven - where are they getting bodies? I mean, angels are eldritch abominations clothed in borrowed human flesh when walking the Earth - but presumably, the majority has never been to Earth, never needed to. So, where are they getting bodies? Mass conscription of convenient vessels? Or are some of them falling as pure angels, each the size of the Chrysler building, burning out the eyes of everyone around? Nah, probably not - far too likely to change the surrounding white-picket world beyond the premise of the show...
47. Elementary season 1.
I must admit, I wasn't expecting to like this show going in, but I found it quite entertaining. I rather like Joan Watson (even if I still think she would have been a kick-ass ex-army doctor) and her dynamic with Sherlock (which I really hope never devolves into braindead UST), I rather like Captain Gregson and Detective Bell, I rather like several of the takes on Sherlock canon (like Miss Hudson. More Miss Hudson?). Also, I very much like the Storm P. contraption intro. The cases never seemed particularly inspired or above and beyond run-of-the-mill crime shows, and frankly, despite it being a perfectly entertaining quirky expert assists the police show, frankly? I don't think this show ever quite manages to be a Sherlock Holmes for the 21st century. Not really. It's its own show, and it's fine, it's just not quite - you know what I'm trying to say? It feels like Elementary, not like Sherlock Holmes. Which isn't a bad thing, just.
48. Doctor Who series 7.
I must admit this hasn't been my favourite season of Doctor Who. I found the way Amy and Rory finally left clumsily and dissatisfactory - so what if the Doctor can't go to that space/time point? What's to stop them from taking a train cross-country or him aiming for five years later? And Clara, well, I just don't care about her. Are we ever going to get a primary companion that isn't a young, British, 21st century female? Just asking... Anyway, I enjoyed seeing more of Jenny and Vastra. I am - uncertain about the ending revelation of the not-Doctor. Although I do find the tendency the show has of teasing the Doctor as a potential monster interesting and would like to see it actually unfold (of course, that would sort of ruin his continued hero status, but you know...)
49. Dredd
I really liked this movie. Karl Urban's chin is a very good actor :-) Okay, less joking, more - I like how this isn't some overly shiny, over-sf'ed future world - a little run down, the occasional megabuilding and fancy guns, but mostly this world is recognisably our world. And I liked the plot - that it isn't an epic drama, save the world, massive consequences sort of thing - that it is just another day at the job. I like how it feels like it could have been the pilot episode for a tv show (one I would totally watch). I like that.
50. De skrigende halse
I don't really know what I expected, sitting down to watch this. I mean, I knew it was a) a cult movie, b) punk and c) by Søren Fauli (who I am allergic to - fortunately, he stays behind the camera most of the time). I enjoyed it - it was fun. I could have lived without literally every female character in the movie being all over Ronni and wanting sex with the soon-to-be-dead-rock-legend-wannabee-guy. Also, and this is admittedly a problem it shares with most Danish movies and series, it was just odd, seeing the actors in their parts - we don't have enough actors, really. It's hard to watch a movie and identify the person you're seeing with character, because they are everywhere, so it's more like you're seeing the actor playing the character, if you know what I mean? Nevermind, anyway, I liked the movie. Maybe I should ask for Anders-the-drummer fic for Yuletide? (Knowing my luck, I'd end up with a Forbrydelsen crossover about Anita changing her identity and being all cool and chill now because the love of her life died and all...)
51. Smash season 2.
So, instead of just one annoying brat who comes in from the streets and wants everything from the word go, this season had two, and Jimmy was just ... argh. Spoiled brat. Anyway. I liked Derek, I liked Eileen, I liked Ivy and was pleased she got to be Marilyn. I'm not sorry the series is done - it was a series about a broadway show, and even if individual characters probably have more stories in them, we followed Bombshell from idea to Tony win, and it feels reasonably rounded off (a bit too much, actually - it's pretty obvious they knew it wasn't going to get renewed). Also, I still find it unfortunate, that a musical series never actually manage to produce any tunes I found truly catching... (the dangers of working on demand, I suppose).
52. Marie Krøyer
There is nothing subtle about this movie and nothing surprising either. The story is - predictable and pretty much served up easily digested and very dreary and dark and moments of light before going "nope, sorry, dark it is - again". The visual side, though, that's pretty - very pretty, bright, pristine bordering on unrealistic - there are recreations of paintings and other visuals that I am sure must be paintings, even if I don't recognize them. But the story, it's - listen, I didn't need another "longsuffering wife and mother finally gets fed up with crazy husband occasionally trying to choke her to death and treating their daughter literally as a dog, seeks happiness elsewhere, twarted everywhere she turns" story, I didn't. It's been done and done to death.
I must admit, I very much doubt I'll be half as fannish about this as I've seen some be. I mean, I enjoyed it, even if I mostly found the cloak-and-dagger Cold War stuff slightly ridiculous. And I guess I could see an OT3 - well, except I started out finding Freddie annoying and that never quite went away.
41. Wrath of the Titans
I hadn't exactly planned to watch this, as I wasn't that impressed with Clash of the Titans, but, well, now I can say that I've watched everything George Blagden has been in so far - this and Les Mis and Vikings. Admittedly, his part is so minor that I didn't really manage to spot him properly - I think he's one of the poor soldiers accompanying Perseus on his quest and getting killed by Ares, but, well - it's a very minor part and the camera doesn't exactly like to go slow, so - maybe? (And I tried to google it and find a picture of GB from Wrath of the Titans, but no such luck...) In any case, why is it always Hades and Ares who get to be the villains of Greek myth stories? Come on, let's have some creativity here, just for once? Please?
42. Restraint
So. I honestly didn't add this to my to-watch list for any other reason than Travis Fimmel, but it was surprisingly good. TF plays Ron, a criminal on the run from the police with his girlfriend. They hide in the house of wealthy agoraphobic Andrew, taking the poor fellow hostage - and I found myself enjoying the story. Oh, Ron is no Ragnar - younger, stupider, more psycopathic, absolutely sucks at planning - and Andrew is no meek little Athelstan (and not half as pretty), oh no, but still, there were bits. Besides, Ron seemed to have a kink for tying Andrew up and climbing on top of him... The twist ending - storywise, it's fine, it works, it's been build up properly - I'm still not particularly thrilled with it (admittedly, that might just be because I preferred Ron alive *shrugs*).
43. Looper
It's an okay entertaining movie. Not great, but okay. I liked how both Joes thought the other was a complete idiot (and both were sort of right). Mind you, I simply can't figure out why the loopers would be expected to execute their own future selves - I mean yes, nice bonus, but honestly, imagine how much trouble would be saved if they didn't risk hesitating...
44. Castle season 5.
I'm not quite sure I'll bother watching the next season of this - I originally came for the quirk and the silliness and Castle's awesome family and now it's all lover's tiffs and out-of-the-blue spy sheenanigans. There's still the occasional fun episode and stuff, but I'm beginning to think this show might have had its glory days by now...
45. Once Upon A Time season 2.
So. I like Regina more and more. Mr. Gold, well, he goes up and down. The so-called heroes - not so much. Anyway, I found the plot of Storybrook's inhabitants remembering their Magical Forest selves interesting, but not properly developed - for one, the series never really seem to grasp the scope it should have had. Yes, the doctor is Frankenstein and the mayor is the Evil Queen and so on - but who are everybody else? Where are everybody else??? And why does everybody want to go back? In fact, why is there not more conflict between the modern-day democracy mindset of 28 years of recent life and the old world with its kings and queens?
Anyway, I liked many of the new characters - Hook is fun, the good Doctor is (not exactly new, but) awesome. The magic hunters/destroyers annoyed me somewhat. But seriously, I'm in this for Regina - Regina all the way, in all her fucked-up glory. Yay.
46. Supernatural season 8.
Overall, I liked this season. There were good episodes, some good characters - Benny (why do Dean get all the "good" scary friends?), Charlie, Kevin's awesome mom, Naomi, Abaddon. I enjoyed Crowley as a villain, even if I do prefer when he works with the boys (next season?). I liked the Men of Letters, even if I did find it a bit convenient that they show up just as the boys have lost each and every bit of their former friends and ressources, and I am still unimpressed by their teeny tiny can't-be-much-more-than-the-most-basic library. Other parts I disliked, like Sam's girlfriend - dull, dull, dull. As for the cliffhanger - one question? So, all the angels are kicked out of Heaven - where are they getting bodies? I mean, angels are eldritch abominations clothed in borrowed human flesh when walking the Earth - but presumably, the majority has never been to Earth, never needed to. So, where are they getting bodies? Mass conscription of convenient vessels? Or are some of them falling as pure angels, each the size of the Chrysler building, burning out the eyes of everyone around? Nah, probably not - far too likely to change the surrounding white-picket world beyond the premise of the show...
47. Elementary season 1.
I must admit, I wasn't expecting to like this show going in, but I found it quite entertaining. I rather like Joan Watson (even if I still think she would have been a kick-ass ex-army doctor) and her dynamic with Sherlock (which I really hope never devolves into braindead UST), I rather like Captain Gregson and Detective Bell, I rather like several of the takes on Sherlock canon (like Miss Hudson. More Miss Hudson?). Also, I very much like the Storm P. contraption intro. The cases never seemed particularly inspired or above and beyond run-of-the-mill crime shows, and frankly, despite it being a perfectly entertaining quirky expert assists the police show, frankly? I don't think this show ever quite manages to be a Sherlock Holmes for the 21st century. Not really. It's its own show, and it's fine, it's just not quite - you know what I'm trying to say? It feels like Elementary, not like Sherlock Holmes. Which isn't a bad thing, just.
48. Doctor Who series 7.
I must admit this hasn't been my favourite season of Doctor Who. I found the way Amy and Rory finally left clumsily and dissatisfactory - so what if the Doctor can't go to that space/time point? What's to stop them from taking a train cross-country or him aiming for five years later? And Clara, well, I just don't care about her. Are we ever going to get a primary companion that isn't a young, British, 21st century female? Just asking... Anyway, I enjoyed seeing more of Jenny and Vastra. I am - uncertain about the ending revelation of the not-Doctor. Although I do find the tendency the show has of teasing the Doctor as a potential monster interesting and would like to see it actually unfold (of course, that would sort of ruin his continued hero status, but you know...)
49. Dredd
I really liked this movie. Karl Urban's chin is a very good actor :-) Okay, less joking, more - I like how this isn't some overly shiny, over-sf'ed future world - a little run down, the occasional megabuilding and fancy guns, but mostly this world is recognisably our world. And I liked the plot - that it isn't an epic drama, save the world, massive consequences sort of thing - that it is just another day at the job. I like how it feels like it could have been the pilot episode for a tv show (one I would totally watch). I like that.
50. De skrigende halse
I don't really know what I expected, sitting down to watch this. I mean, I knew it was a) a cult movie, b) punk and c) by Søren Fauli (who I am allergic to - fortunately, he stays behind the camera most of the time). I enjoyed it - it was fun. I could have lived without literally every female character in the movie being all over Ronni and wanting sex with the soon-to-be-dead-rock-legend-wannabee-guy. Also, and this is admittedly a problem it shares with most Danish movies and series, it was just odd, seeing the actors in their parts - we don't have enough actors, really. It's hard to watch a movie and identify the person you're seeing with character, because they are everywhere, so it's more like you're seeing the actor playing the character, if you know what I mean? Nevermind, anyway, I liked the movie. Maybe I should ask for Anders-the-drummer fic for Yuletide? (Knowing my luck, I'd end up with a Forbrydelsen crossover about Anita changing her identity and being all cool and chill now because the love of her life died and all...)
51. Smash season 2.
So, instead of just one annoying brat who comes in from the streets and wants everything from the word go, this season had two, and Jimmy was just ... argh. Spoiled brat. Anyway. I liked Derek, I liked Eileen, I liked Ivy and was pleased she got to be Marilyn. I'm not sorry the series is done - it was a series about a broadway show, and even if individual characters probably have more stories in them, we followed Bombshell from idea to Tony win, and it feels reasonably rounded off (a bit too much, actually - it's pretty obvious they knew it wasn't going to get renewed). Also, I still find it unfortunate, that a musical series never actually manage to produce any tunes I found truly catching... (the dangers of working on demand, I suppose).
52. Marie Krøyer
There is nothing subtle about this movie and nothing surprising either. The story is - predictable and pretty much served up easily digested and very dreary and dark and moments of light before going "nope, sorry, dark it is - again". The visual side, though, that's pretty - very pretty, bright, pristine bordering on unrealistic - there are recreations of paintings and other visuals that I am sure must be paintings, even if I don't recognize them. But the story, it's - listen, I didn't need another "longsuffering wife and mother finally gets fed up with crazy husband occasionally trying to choke her to death and treating their daughter literally as a dog, seeks happiness elsewhere, twarted everywhere she turns" story, I didn't. It's been done and done to death.
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