SuccessLocksmith
Joined Feb 2006
Welcome to the new profile
We're making some updates, and some features will be temporarily unavailable while we enhance your experience. The previous version will not be accessible after 7/14. Stay tuned for the upcoming relaunch.
Badges2
To learn how to earn badges, go to the badges help page.
Reviews5
SuccessLocksmith's rating
This had a time traveling mechanic as the background, but the story, a love story, isn't about how it's archived, more about why would it be used.
Acting is superb.
Visuals are very good.
Some of the tech is really stylish.
One thing I agree with the nay sayers - is s bit too slow, but not to slow to suggest not watching it.
Acting is superb.
Visuals are very good.
Some of the tech is really stylish.
One thing I agree with the nay sayers - is s bit too slow, but not to slow to suggest not watching it.
Writing this waiting for the last episode of the 5th season.
Can't recommend this show enough.
A bit about me (as I feel it places a review into context): I'm a 45 year old white, Jewish family man originally from Israel living in NC, USA. Pretty much a geek, usually not into drama shows.
My wife and I have been watching this show for the past few years, first bingeing on the first few seasons, then following as the show progresses.
Acting, directing and writing is superior. Soundtracks works very well. Plot touches on so many aspects of family / relationships, and dealing with the world in-general.
Don't get duped by the bad reviews about reality seeping into the drama. The drama embraces reality from the first moment, and deals with a lot of tough topics, and it does this rather effectively with the most burning topics as well - without making the show ABOUT those topics.
The last season does address BLM and COVID-19, but it does not become about it, and I believe it does a very good job in describing the effects on our main characters very well.
It's a TV drama, an excellent one at that, and I think it's for anybody who's willing to take down their cynicism guard, and allow some love into their heart.
Can't recommend this show enough.
A bit about me (as I feel it places a review into context): I'm a 45 year old white, Jewish family man originally from Israel living in NC, USA. Pretty much a geek, usually not into drama shows.
My wife and I have been watching this show for the past few years, first bingeing on the first few seasons, then following as the show progresses.
Acting, directing and writing is superior. Soundtracks works very well. Plot touches on so many aspects of family / relationships, and dealing with the world in-general.
Don't get duped by the bad reviews about reality seeping into the drama. The drama embraces reality from the first moment, and deals with a lot of tough topics, and it does this rather effectively with the most burning topics as well - without making the show ABOUT those topics.
The last season does address BLM and COVID-19, but it does not become about it, and I believe it does a very good job in describing the effects on our main characters very well.
It's a TV drama, an excellent one at that, and I think it's for anybody who's willing to take down their cynicism guard, and allow some love into their heart.
Apparently this dropped today on Amazon Prime, and I just noticed it on the Fire TV.
The basic idea, which you can see in the trailer, in part, very similar to the matrix, but takes a different approach.
The premis, that our protagonist is living in a simulated reality.
In this treatment of the narrative, the real world is the "too good to be true" version, and to exit three simulation, you need to ingest colorful crystals. This is no action flic, don't expect "The Matrix".
It's far from perfect, there are quite a few plot holes, but nothing bad enough to ruin it (at least for me). The performances are solid, and the pace is right.
The daughter character is great, and I always like Owen Wilson (although I know some don't). Salma Hayek is Salma Hayek (not bad, but an uneven delivery)
The story works, and I think we get to share the feeling of wonderment and anxiety when dealing with a world we don't understand - wether a blissful one or a wretched one.
If I would philosophize a bit, this movie gives a perspective into depression, with a (pretty obvious) hint of drug abuse.
I think might find it not dark enough, but it is in no way a "light watch".
7 out of 10 seems fair. Good cinematography, good pace, excellent acting, very good premise, good story.
I think especially in this "shelter in place" reality were all living right now, this is an above average watch.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
The basic idea, which you can see in the trailer, in part, very similar to the matrix, but takes a different approach.
The premis, that our protagonist is living in a simulated reality.
In this treatment of the narrative, the real world is the "too good to be true" version, and to exit three simulation, you need to ingest colorful crystals. This is no action flic, don't expect "The Matrix".
It's far from perfect, there are quite a few plot holes, but nothing bad enough to ruin it (at least for me). The performances are solid, and the pace is right.
The daughter character is great, and I always like Owen Wilson (although I know some don't). Salma Hayek is Salma Hayek (not bad, but an uneven delivery)
The story works, and I think we get to share the feeling of wonderment and anxiety when dealing with a world we don't understand - wether a blissful one or a wretched one.
If I would philosophize a bit, this movie gives a perspective into depression, with a (pretty obvious) hint of drug abuse.
I think might find it not dark enough, but it is in no way a "light watch".
7 out of 10 seems fair. Good cinematography, good pace, excellent acting, very good premise, good story.
I think especially in this "shelter in place" reality were all living right now, this is an above average watch.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.