frandrijasevic

Because of the low IMDB rating I did not feel like watching Heart of Stone. However my daughter is a huge fan of Jamie Dornan and I gave in.. I thought that after 10 m I could safely leave after my point was made.. Well, what a great surprise! Not only did I stay to the end but I really enjoyed it! It is everything you look for in this kind of movie! A good plot, good actors, good action, good twists. The truth is that Gal Gadot has this pure star quality and she really lits the screen. Likewise for Jamie Dornan.. This is not a masterpiece but a solid action movie. In addition I am a sucker for beautiful landscapes and I got that too!!

This is a review on series 2 on Picasso. I just came back from Barcelona and after visiting the beautiful Picasso museum and discovering what incredible pictures he already painted as a young boy I felt the need to learn more about him. I found the series both educating and entertaining. The episodes are not in chronological order and jump from Picasso being a young man to him being older, with various stages of his life in between. WW1, Spain's civil war, WW2, it is all there. It is fascinating to get to meet all the artists, painters and poets Picasso befriended and all the women he loved and needed. The whole subject of his treatment of women can fill a whole book. But still, according to the series they all wanted him, regardless of his behavior.. What really bothered me is that most of the series takes place in France. Most actors were French but had to speak in English with a French accent! Why couldn't they speak French! It would have been so much better. Antonio Banderas was fabulous. I wish we could have heard him speak more in Spanish. The actor who played Picasso was excellent too. In fact the acting was very good. Altogether I really enjoyed this series and feel that I have learned a lot.