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I loved seasons 1 and 2 of White Lotus, but after watching five episodes of season 3 I am disappointed, bored and done.

I don't care how it ends because I don't care about any of these characters one way or the other. I've been a fan of Walton Goggins in Justified and Fallout, Michelle Monaghan in The Path and Parker Posey in several previous roles but here I just can't seem to connect with their characters.

The most appealing character, in my opinion, is Mook played by Thai-born Lalisa Manobal, a rapper and member of Blackpink the popular K-Pop girl group. She is adorable.

The hotel is, of course, gorgeous as well as the Thai scenery but aside from that, ho-hum.

This season is very disappointing considering how much I loved the earlier seasons. The storyline just doesn't measure up to those.

With so many awards and accolades, I expected this film to be compelling and entertaining. It was not for me. The first half is mostly talk with too many flashbacks and flashforwards. The second half has its exciting moments but there are too few to keep momentum.

The actors do reasonably well but the movie is simply too long to hold interest. I guess that's why the director inserted very loud sounds periodically to wake up viewers who drifted off to sleep, including my wife.

The story could have been told more effectively in two hours or less. I'm glad we streamed it at home so we could break it into two 90 minute segments. I would not watch it again.

As a fan of Yellowstone and its spin-offs, I was looking forward to this series -- especially since Taylor Sheridan is credited as the writer. I also like Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman.

Episode 1 was just okay, but left hope that the series would improve. Episode 2 was unnecessarily brutal and stupid. It had no redeeming values.

Episode 3 was a confusing mess. I had no idea what was happening most of the time.

The script does a poor job of storytelling, setting the scene, developing the characters and keeping viewers engaged. Episode 3 is where I get off. I would rather watch Yellowstone reruns than this garbage.