Survive

Aka, how to turn a great photography human interest story into a fully orchestrated false sentiments soap opera. The script sadly and fully inconsistantly moves by the episode from a truely gripping opening into a highly unrealistic peptalk drama that even the nowadays Walt Disney studios would probably be too ashamed to subscribe their name to. From the twist in the plot, one predictable cliche from A to Z, accompanied by a rediculously overdone full orchestra musical soundtrack that desperately tries to even enhance the already completely unproportionally overromantized message.., and a shame it is, for the first few episodes really did show a lot of promise..

And they make you pay for it too! Quibi has some money behind it and it will probably last, but Survive has to set the tone for this new "network," and they haven't done so yet. Users have voted this a 6, and I must concur. Apparently, this series (or rather a movie with an interruption every 8 minutes) is supposed to be about plane crash survivors, but early on it's about a suicidal drug thief who ditches her young sister. She isn't very likable. I guess we're supposed to feel for her and she'll turn into a hero? Eh. Maybe this would be better if we could watch it on a television, but Quibi's braintrusts decided to offer this on phones only. Also there are 2 entire episodes in the middle of this series that consist of the drug thief and the bossy stalker sitting in a cave talking. Talk about slowing down the action! (It's also a cliche because every Lost-in-the-woods story has the scene where they "just happen" to discover a nice warm hunting lodge or a convenient cave.)

Does anyone remember the 90's movie ALIVE? About the South American Rugby team that crashed into the Andes? The true story about how they had to resort to cannibalism to walk the mount.... dammit it is the same movie but not done as well. Did either one of these two drink any water during their trek?

A nice, but ultimately pointless show. It's basicly a remake of "The mountain between us" for people with the attention span of a gold fish. And that's just sad. The story is good (it made for a hell of a movie), the acting is solid (hence the two star rating), it's the notion of breaking down a story into 8-10 minute bits and then offering it exlusively on small screen that ruins it for me. I know everyone has bills to pay but this show ought to have been turned down by both actors, 'cause it sure as hell won't further their respective careers.

The main idea is absolutely not new. The acting was amazing though! I hoped if it was a little more longer with a different end! All in all it was fine.