An entry from my music journal. 03/24/20
- Agitatus
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Hunters 2020
Amazon Prime
The FIRST episode was really excellent. It drew me in in many ways, I was captivated by the trauma of a young man in crisis over the death of his grandmother, surprised at the lengths that people would go to to hide in our midst yet also not surprised. I was impressed with the many little details of the 70s that they threw into the script, and the accuracy of it's buffoonery, to some degree. It was enough to draw me in to the show and want to see another episode - #2 of Hunters. Sure! Could not wait to be done with my days' work to sit back and see what would happen. The FBI lady in Florida was intriguing and I was already drawing lines between the 2 parallel stories.
Ok, but half way through the 2nd episode I had to stop. During the torturing of the piano man. I had had enough. This is outright the most juvenile and tortuous representation of media that I've ever seen. It's a laughing stock. There is a point at which I am truly confused, if this is really supposed to be a drama, or a dramedy, or just outright comedic darkness. Totally confused. The scene of "hunter" introduction in the elevator was the first huge mistake, and after that it went totally south...
I am just going to stop watching and call it a night and go find something serious to do, like paint a painting, or read a great book or something. Amazon Prime, you've just outdone yourself with this stupid waste of money and my time, and also demonstrated you have quite a ways to go to get into the Netflix standard, or AMC. Horrific, ridiculous. I can't even begin to believe that Al Pacino was willing to put his name on this and be a part of it.
I LOVE Israel, the Jewish people, their culture, and their lives, and I would die for them the same as I would believe that they might die for me if I were oppressed. I cannot stand the idea of Nazi perpetuation, their ideology still in place even today in the 21st Century. I would not have a faith at all if it were not for the existence and the perpetuation of the Talmud, the Torah, and the living scrolls of testimony and history that completely reveals the story of mankind. I believe in the right of Israel to exist as a nation, in fact I am in favor of those of our own who have fought for that right, and beside them, dying for their cause.
But this audacious display of nationalistic mockery and buffoonery makes me ill. I don't care how close to the truth it may be, it is a shame to display the seriousness of this history in a way that makes clowns of it's heroes. You can call it black comedy if you want, but there is a point at which the black becomes actual darkness, and you've hit it here AP.
Amazon Prime, withdraw this series please, and reconsider in order to make something worthy of our time and attention. And may I say also that this is why this particular post does not have a picture with it. The show is not worthy of a screenshot.
And of course this does meet all of the current social rules of including LGBTQEtc heroes and ethnicities, so it has that, consider that a plus or not is your own decision (and that's me partially placating and complying with the LGBTQEtc and Ethnicities social rules for those of you reading this that have a sensitivity this way).
- Agitatus
The FIRST episode was really excellent. It drew me in in many ways, I was captivated by the trauma of a young man in crisis over the death of his grandmother, surprised at the lengths that people would go to to hide in our midst yet also not surprised. I was impressed with the many little details of the 70s that they threw into the script, and the accuracy of it's buffoonery, to some degree. It was enough to draw me in to the show and want to see another episode - #2 of Hunters. Sure! Could not wait to be done with my days' work to sit back and see what would happen. The FBI lady in Florida was intriguing and I was already drawing lines between the 2 parallel stories.
Ok, but half way through the 2nd episode I had to stop. During the torturing of the piano man. I had had enough. This is outright the most juvenile and tortuous representation of media that I've ever seen. It's a laughing stock. There is a point at which I am truly confused, if this is really supposed to be a drama, or a dramedy, or just outright comedic darkness. Totally confused. The scene of "hunter" introduction in the elevator was the first huge mistake, and after that it went totally south...
I am just going to stop watching and call it a night and go find something serious to do, like paint a painting, or read a great book or something. Amazon Prime, you've just outdone yourself with this stupid waste of money and my time, and also demonstrated you have quite a ways to go to get into the Netflix standard, or AMC. Horrific, ridiculous. I can't even begin to believe that Al Pacino was willing to put his name on this and be a part of it.
I LOVE Israel, the Jewish people, their culture, and their lives, and I would die for them the same as I would believe that they might die for me if I were oppressed. I cannot stand the idea of Nazi perpetuation, their ideology still in place even today in the 21st Century. I would not have a faith at all if it were not for the existence and the perpetuation of the Talmud, the Torah, and the living scrolls of testimony and history that completely reveals the story of mankind. I believe in the right of Israel to exist as a nation, in fact I am in favor of those of our own who have fought for that right, and beside them, dying for their cause.
But this audacious display of nationalistic mockery and buffoonery makes me ill. I don't care how close to the truth it may be, it is a shame to display the seriousness of this history in a way that makes clowns of it's heroes. You can call it black comedy if you want, but there is a point at which the black becomes actual darkness, and you've hit it here AP.
Amazon Prime, withdraw this series please, and reconsider in order to make something worthy of our time and attention. And may I say also that this is why this particular post does not have a picture with it. The show is not worthy of a screenshot.
And of course this does meet all of the current social rules of including LGBTQEtc heroes and ethnicities, so it has that, consider that a plus or not is your own decision (and that's me partially placating and complying with the LGBTQEtc and Ethnicities social rules for those of you reading this that have a sensitivity this way).
- Agitatus
Tuesday, March 03, 2020
A Hidden Life
2019 R - 174 min
I was going to write a review on this film at some point, but I'm quite certain that I found another review that goes beyond my style and states everything QUITE clearly. A great review by a fellow writer/critic. And as of this writing I've been able to catch this film in the theater only once on opening day, and it was magnificent, as predicted. But...also difficult for me to put into words any better than Joel Mayward. So, without ado...here is his link:
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Joel Mayward on A Hidden Life
- Agitatus
I was going to write a review on this film at some point, but I'm quite certain that I found another review that goes beyond my style and states everything QUITE clearly. A great review by a fellow writer/critic. And as of this writing I've been able to catch this film in the theater only once on opening day, and it was magnificent, as predicted. But...also difficult for me to put into words any better than Joel Mayward. So, without ado...here is his link:
...
Joel Mayward on A Hidden Life
- Agitatus
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