I liked the first Paul Christopher spy novel better; this one has too many characters, too much plot and explanation, not enough exciting moments or memorable characters.
One Sentence Media Reviews
I liked the first Paul Christopher spy novel better; this one has too many characters, too much plot and explanation, not enough exciting moments or memorable characters.
Deeply unsatisfying, annoying season, way too stacked with unlikeable dummies who I hated and who just stressed me out, ridiculous nonsensical ending, I couldn't stop watching it anyway which is what made it so annoying, one thing I will say - excellent music and sound design.
Glorious old spy novel from the 20s, uneven and wordy but also fascinating, with some extremely funny and extremely touching moments.
Silly movie that definitely put all its budget into its heroic Samuel Becket-like never-ending car chase at the expense of story and pacing, but despite all that it has some great shots of Los Angeles and the people of the city in the 70s.
Came highly recommended but most certainly not for me; covid setting is way too soon for me to want to watch it, whole thing too stressful, characters hard to like slash embarrassing... I could see this working for other people and it's certainly well done but I doubt I'll try again.
Beautiful, florid, long, wordy, deep, incredibly well-acted and -read, thoroughly enjoyable if you're in the mood for a slow-burning family drama with a crazy royal family but maybe not if you're not.
You have to really want to learn about "product management" in the context of tech companies to get anything out of this manual, but I sort of did, and did, and my thinking did change in some helpful ways at work, and the cool part is that some of the big ideas here (the importance of product+engineering together continuously interviewing customers, especially) is also a big point from a book I read 3 years ago that really impressed me, Beyond Command and Control.
For film buffs this glimpse of Kubrick's style developing in the mid-fifties is very cool (interplay of light and shadow, action sequences, camera angles), and the story overall is tense and enveloping, altho on final consideration the plot was thin.
I liked it a lot; this is a flawed noir movie that could've been a ton better with better editing and a different actor for Marlowe (he's way too clean + handsome), but it was an easy watch with great shots and many scenes that just sucked me in.
It's impressive that the third installment in the Knives Out series manages to stay fresh and different, but they do manage, through a clever combination of emotional and mystery related tricks, and I really appreciated it - oh and also Daniel Craig has really grown into the role.