No one's got time to read in-depth reviews of everything. '100 Word Reviews' is here so you can know just enough about everything to make an informed decision.
You'll find that all the reviews at '100 Word Reviews' are 100% accurate - on word count, that is - actual opinions may vary.
If you've got anything to say, or something you want me to review, just drop me a line at 100wordreviews.net@gmail.com
I must have been expecting too much from the second season of ‘Andy Richter Controls The Universe’. I’d figured that Fox must have had some inside information to renew this show out for a second season despite the lacklustre first season, but I guess not. And the fact that five of the thirteen second season episodes were produced but never originally screened would seem to suggest that they learnt their lesson relatively early into this season. This time around, the plotlines get more and more absurd, and the characters feel even less appealing than they were in the first season.
When a show has to tell you explicitly how it’s trying to be funny, you know there’s a problem. Two episodes into this season about a faux news team, the title sequence was changes to include a caption detailing that the members of the public being interviewed were, in fact, not actors. Maybe this was necessary due to how bad the rest of the acting was, or maybe early audiences simply weren’t sure when to laugh. Personally, I didn’t laugh much at all when watching ‘Dog Bites Man’ – regardless of what I was told at the start of the show.
There are lots of things to consider when reviewing a restaurant: food, service, ambiance, and venue are just a few. Unfortunately, while ‘Script’ does well on a lot of points it fails at the most important hurdle. The venue is nice (decorated with sharp lines and dark wood tables), the service is pleasant (though surprisingly unfamiliar with the menu), and the atmosphere bustles (but for how long). The problem is the food. There are pale, unidentifiable scraps of chicken in a watery sauce, and tough lamb straps that feel like they’ve been boiled in soup, rather than marinated and grilled.
When did The Chaser change from a satirical news outlet to a “Candid Camera” TV show? There used to be some fantastic news articles (Anyone remember the sponsorship deal that would see the MCG renamed the McG™?); now we’re stuck watching the 38th iteration of “let’s see how security reacts when we try to deliver something inappropriate”. They simply don’t have enough good material for a weekly show. 75% of their stuff is rubbish, so my suggestion is to consolidate the good quarter into a monthly show. If they could promise me half an hour of innovative material – I’d watch.
For the record, my experience at Grossi Florentino Grill was of dining from the pre-theatre special menu. That is, two courses for $35 if you eat at 6pm. I knew we were first sitting, so I shouldn’t have been surprised to be rushed, but I wasn’t prepared for just how much. And from what I’ve heard about the place, I certainly didn’t expect the food to be below average. The tomato ragu pasta entre was passable, but the roast lamb was simply two slabs of grey meat swimming in watery juice. The best part was the roast potato. Very disappointed.
I can only assume that Peter Jackson thought that by spending loads of money on CGI he wouldn’t have to worry about quality writing, acting or directing. It’s an inexcusable mistake considering that he was paid $20 million upfront to direct this. And don’t think that I’m automatically dismissing this based on the fact that it’s a remake. There are plenty of high quality remakes out there (e.g. ‘Scarface’ or ‘3:10 to Yuma’). Unfortunately, this isn’t one of them. It’s just a bad film. If you haven’t seen the 1933 version, check it out as an example of cinematic class.
In general, I don’t have a problem with this meme. What I do have a problem with is that there’s no way to escape it. If Facebook had an option to “Hide all quiz posts”, then I’d do that, and you’d be welcome to find out which My Little Pony you are. In a post back in mid-march, I jokingly mentioned that I was expecting these things to get a little out of hand, and that’s happened. People get sick of things easily if they can’t avoid them, so in order to save itself, Facebook needs to manage this problem.
