Ryan Gen Z's Reviews
If you like writers who mock God, demonize the wealthy, treat sex like it's nothing
patricktowson16 says:
Rabbit/Hole started off great, the pilot clued me into a classic political thriller a la Tom Clancy. It started strong, however, as the series progressed, it became increasingly evident that the show was poorly executed and ultimately uninteresting. I like Kiefer Sutherland and Charles Dance, but frankly neither are at their best here.
The characters were poorly developed, and the acting was lackluster, making it hard for me to emotionally invest in the story. Furthermore, the show was plagued with hamfisted contemporary politicking that only served to remind me that the writer's room was full of people with nothing but distaste for the very people that would like this kind of show. The writers seemed more interested in surreptitiously promoting a political agenda and using as many contemporary buzzwords as possible than delivering a captivating and exciting story.
Rabbit Hole had an excellent premise, but unfortunately, it failed to deliver. The show was poorly executed, uninteresting, and preachy. Viewers who were hoping for an exciting espionage thriller will undoubtedly be disappointed with the series. While the show had its moments, it ultimately fell short of the mark, and I cannot recommend it to fans of the genre. At the time of this review I have seen the first 5 episodes, and I will not be finishing the series. If you want the kind of show that Rabbit/Hole appears at first glance to be, I recommend The Terminal List or The Night Agent.
Created: 08-04-2024
White people are bad
iceteapeach14 wrote:
The dialogue is boring and stale. Movie script doesn't make much sense. I almost fell asleep, thus had to stop watching.
It's clear that all the talented and amazing people in this movie are of black or brown skin complexion. White people take advantage of everyone and are mean and oppressive.
I could only watch 20 minutes until I realized that this movie was not for the purpose of entertainment but for making me realize that I, as a white male, am a bad person, and that this movie is mostly a continuance of the current political agenda.
Do not watch this garbage. Stick with the original trilogy.
Created: 01-13-2024
Strong start but loses it's way
anthonyjlangford16 wrote:
Very strong opening. Excellent two to three episodes. Good production value with an important and rare story. Finally, something fresh. The immigrant experience.
How disappointing to be wrong.
It soon loses it's way. By mid-season, it's clear we're party to the old Bait-n-Switch. Unfortunately, it heads into fantasy and becomes yet another modern identity lecture. Strong independent women, awesome flawless minorities, 'pithweak' evil white men.
Even the excellent Sam Elliot gets relocated to the back seat.
This is just fantasy. Such an awful shame, as there really was great potential for many story threads and a valuable insight into the type of history that is overlooked now in favor of the usual 'victim' diatribes. What lack of insight. What incredible shortsightedness.
I had rated this and the early two episodes a 9. I was really enjoying it. By midway, I had to change the rating to a 7. At best. The focus, on just a few characters, who are more at home in the 21st century than the 19th... Give us reality. Not modern polemics. The cinematography is the only redeeming feature.
I won't watch the last 3 episodes. I refuse to be party to more of Hollywood's false moralizing narrative. A valuable opportunity squandered. A rejection of history. A juvenile soap opera.
Created: 12-28-2023
British Wokeness with a Side Order of Gary Oldman
Usual British woke nonsense, "Working class white men all thick, violent, racists and are the biggest threat to society. Conservative politicians are also all racists, albeit of of the closet variety, supporting white supremacists. Diversity, however, is rather marvelous and wouldn't it be totally spiffing if all the top political positions were held by BAME lesbians (black, Asian, and minority ethnic). Will English people just hurry up and die out?". Plot holes that assume viewers are too stupid to see through the naff Oxbridge-scented weak sauce. Gary Oldman is it's only saving grace.
Created: 12-03-2023
Religion bad, atheism good -- once again
wz-372176, on October 2020, wrote:
Every time I hope a documentary will give me an inside look at a different, interesting way of life, I get the usual, tired, "breaking away from" Amish/ Hassidim/ Mormonism/ whatever. Always with an assumption that religion is oppressive and evil and has nothing good to offer, so why tell us about it?
This was so disappointing, we had practically no information about the Hassidic way of life, only three people who had experienced unusually bad situations, the same sort of things, domestic abuse and molestation that can happen in any walk of life. They were part of the only 2 percent who want to leave the sect.
The counselor in the beginning exclaiming over the woman's number of children and saying "Where was your choice? You had no choice!" was such an obvious use of a trigger word, it was laughable.
We're led to think of the Hassidim as terrifying people keeping their members prisoner, even though "freedom" is just a few blocks away. These young people have left a secure world of warmth, community, tradition, and purpose for a world of drugs, violence, crime and prostitution, but the documentary is careful not to hint at any of that. The positive side of Hassidim was never shown and the secular life was a false promise. A fantasy in the guise of a documentary.
Created: 11-29-2023
Brutal & bleak at times, yet high-quality, engrossing series
The world presented in this series is a strangely fascinating and sometimes unsettling mix of hopeful perseverance, disorientation, brutality, and unearthliness. What held it all together, and kept it credible, in my opinion, was the exceptional writing and acting.
(I don't remember any wokeness in it.)
Created: 08-17-2023
Starts out good then becomes unbearably woke, apparently...
"Billions is a classic example of everything that's wrong with woke television. And the sheer fact that Rotten Tomatoes would have a critic review of 100 for Season 6, clearly underscores the kind of woke, wag the dog, nonsense that Rotten Tomatoes represents to the world of reviews." — Dinesh P
"Season six was a huge let-down. I was so bored I struggled to finish it. The Chuck Rhodes character became woke and almost a parody of his former self. " — Waldo R
"I hated Season 6, so woke. I couldn't even watch all the episodes. After watching season 7 premiere, I realized the fun of the show was completely gone. Too bad. They have no interest in entertaining their audience, only pushing indirectly their own political agenda. I watched Billions because it was fun, not to be influenced. Sigh." — Joshua A
"The last season was too PC or Woke for my taste. Episode 3 season 6 show several close up life size photos of failed gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams in Axe Capitals office. How ironic this episode played during Abrams photo scandal of her unmasked with masked students at an Atalanta elementary school. The first five seasons were great but with Lewis departure and the new Woke theme, I stopped watching since I don't care what happens during this final season." — Lance W
Created: 08-16-2023
Anti-U.S, anti-white, racially-focused, preachy
"Hollywood and its never ending propaganda. First three minutes of series were interesting but couldn't stomach the anti-government, anti-white bigotry. Somebody let Robert Redford know that he needs to move on; his anti-U.S. dogma is both irksome and tiresome." — Chuck H
"So, it took less than 13 minutes to get to the first racism comment. Only watched the pilot, but it's getting tiring to watch almost every TV show featuring anti white bigotry and racism in such a didactic over the top way, nailed onto every white character. It's a huge negative to sit thru and it doesn't even ring true. That aside, there's a few positives for those that want to stick around. The cast is good, acting seems good, and I like that the entire story is Indian centric. That's a good thing. But the racism under every rock and the negative race relations, tired of the lectures." — Anonymous
"...Wokism sadly does creep into the writing at times, and unsurprisingly leads to predictable and preachy endings." — DW
"Some shows have a great cast, are well-written, are entertaining, and don't get all PC. Too bad Dark Winds can't say the same — we get it... indigenous people are good and white people are bad. It's such a shame that a show can't have a mostly indigenous cast who get to stand out for their actual acting ability without being overshadowed by a script with the same, tired message. How great would that be? Aside from that, it's a mindnumbingly badly written and acted show. Jessica Matten should have her acting license revoked." — JB
Created: 08-13-2023
Talks gender role rejection, patriarchy, white privilege, toxic masculinity
When I saw the movie Free Guy, as much as I enjoyed certain aspects of it, I really wish they'd left out lines like, "[She] wrote a memoir that's a searing indictment of gender roles, the patriarchy; it's a little preachy in parts but, over all, it's pretty good," or "The first time I kiss a non-toxic guy in, like, forever," or "That story sounds horrible and boring and full of white privilege." A film critic who also couldn't help but notice wrote, "Lieberman’s script attempts to sneak in some woke social commentary in the most sanctimonious ways imaginable." Free Guy was directed and produced by Shawn Levy from a story by Matt Lieberman and a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, all of whom are Jewish, and by no means untalented.
Created: 08-10-2023
If you like prank shows...
This show sets up an extremely elaborate prank, all along making sure its audience feels like it's in on the joke through a constant barrage of humorous musings on human behavior. Whether you'll like it or not mostly depends on what you find funny, but if you like well-made prank shows that aren't mean-spirited and aren't spoiled by wokeness, you might want to check this one out.
Created: 08-09-2023
