MovieGuy-10924

This has the components to be a good series, but is unfortunately not written to live up to its capabilities.

The main character keeps performing actions that there is no reason for, other than attempting to intrigue the audience. This makes everything unbelievable. I remember an Alfred Hitchcock film where a deaf/mute woman suddenly revealed that she could hear and speak. What purpose did she have for pretending to be a deaf/mute? None, other than for some false intrigue. This entire series (as far as I've watched, and won't bother watching further) follows that same failed idea.

I wish that writers would have more faith in the audience.

The main character was great in his role, particularly because he didn't quite fit the mold. I wish there could have been better writers.

Intrigue for the sake of intrigue without logic is a losing formula.

This film follows two friends who work together as tour bus operators. They deal with normal life issues as well as some extraordinary life issues as they try to find success and love.

The story includes a number of supporting characters who add a bit of depth and richness to the story.

There are some nice storylines and some nice characters, as well as some annoying situations that could have very easily been left out to everyone's benefit. Mario Carotenuto is always fun to see on the screen. His scenes as a charlatan psychic were good and silly, but there were rather insulting and sad sequences involving a heavy set woman that were a little too mean spirited for this kind of a movie.

It was very pleasant to hear Claudio Villa, one of the leads, singing throughout the course of this film.

This movie wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. I wouldn't recommend it, but I wouldn't try to talk you out of seeing it.

You'll be disappointed.

A lot of people were generous with their reviews and lamented that it went downhill after season 4. I stopped watching in the middle of season 2.

Without any spoilers, let me say that the things I loved about the series, the things that made it sweet and endearing and beautiful, started falling off little by little, until they almost didn't exist by the middle of season 2.

The writers broke their agreement with the audience. They first did this by repeatedly providing outcomes to situations that didn't logically follow. Then they added situations for no other reason than drama. Then all humor, which was sweetly plentiful early on, slowly fell away until there was none at all. Hope was the next casualty. The final nail in the coffin was when the characters that you've put your time and faith into lose the qualities that drew you to them in the first place.

For an 8/10 experience, watch through the beautiful Christmas episode in season 1 and then turn this turkey off before the writers have the chance to ruin it for you.