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Halt and Catch Fire: 1984 (2014)
Reaches mad men heights in reflective finale
After the sloppily, coincidencal drama of the last episode, the writing returns to its main characters, finally reaching the poetic beauty of Mad Men's arcs. Beautiful end and set up for next season. Some thoughts on the episode specifically: I loved that Joe is realizing how badly he failed in his attempt in becoming the future. I laughed when Gordon's speech complimenting him About how the Giant was only possible because of Joe and shows the reach and power of his vision is actually insulting to Joe. The burning of the computer was a nice throwback to The burning of the coding earlier in the season. The satisfaction of Cameron telling him to buzz off was next level, but I still feel bad for him weirdly. Cannot wait to see where his misery takes him next. It is going to feel so gratifying to see the two men grovel to be allowed into Mutiny. Cameron recruiting Donna gave me chills, especially when I realized what Cameron's idea was. It's so nice to see Cameron so happy after a season of both women being pushed aside even though they were both most responsible for getting the Giant done. I think it speaks to the strength of Scott McNairy's acting that again, I ended up just feeling sorry for him after a season of really disliking his mania and treatment of the family. Him asking what's next broke my heart. This show has never stopped surprising me. This is one of those show that I describe as having synergy. Acting, writing, music, directing, cinematography all working in tandem like an orchestra.
Talk to Me (2022)
Disappointing
Talk to Me fits right along with the recent trend of moralizing horror like Hereditary, The Babadook, and Relic. The issue I had with this film (and Hereditary) is the inability of the storytellers to choose whether they want to talk about grief or scare you. The film looks good is pretty much all I can give it and the preformers are certainly committed. The film fails to emotionally mine the grief of Riley in any meaningful way. It also didnt scare me. The more I think about it this just feels like a padded out evil dead with none of the scares and humor. What makes The Evil Dead so perfect is that it knows what it wants to be. The characters aren't fleshed out, and they don't have to be. The effect ends up being you put yourself in Ash's shoes and then begin to realize how horrible the situation truly is. It wasn't trying to explore trauma and tie it up with a neat bow.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Udûn (2022)
Best episode so far
Amazing episode. Yes there are still a lot of conveniences and characters are protected with plot armor, but this episode was just thrilling from start to finish with the ending image quite a sight to see. Some serious tension throughout but also still found so much time for levity with the villagers. Adar has been so cliched so far but this episode gave him some fascinating development. The real star though was the directing from Charlotte Brandstrom. Really felt like out of all the directors so far, she replicates Peter Jackson style in the best ways: the sweeping shots of the armies and horse riding, the almost slasher body horror of war, but also real moments of emotion. I kinda squealed when Isildur got that side hug from daddy. This is fun TV!