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Non-Transferable (2017)
Fun, Cheesy and Simple
A cute romantic comedy set in today's social media world. Highly recommend for teenage and young adult audiences. It's not the greatest rom-com but it definitely has some fun moments and beautiful locations. Ashley and Brendan are likable and have some good chemistry. More than anything I see this movie as a great starting point for their careers.
I purchased the movie to support the creators and I don't regret it, but I would not have regretted a one-time rental from Amazon either.
Sherlock: The Final Problem (2017)
What happened to Steve Thompson?
Sentiment for Sherlock prevents me from rating below a 7, and I must say that "Six Thatchers" is by far the worst episode this series has ever had, "The Final Problem" comes in at a close second.
*****Spoilers Below*****
Unfulfilling is the very first word that comes to mind when I think of this episode. The second word is rushed. They spent so much time on these crazy (and wildly unbelievable) torture scenarios to set up Eurus as a terrible villain. Which, don't get me wrong, she was terrible; almost too terrible for this show. Children killing children is the creepiest thing I can imagine and I really cannot sympathize for her just because she's Sherlock's sister. But with ten minutes left they just decide "She just wanted Sherlock's love!" And with a nice hug everything stops, John gets saved from the well and we get a quick montage that shows everything is okay, the end! If this is potentially the last episode of the entire series, what a complete let-down.
Sherlock has always been strongest when it puts the mystery and the crime-solving up front and I feel like this was completely lost this season. Instead of focusing on interesting crimes, we get character plot twists that belong in a soap opera. I love that Mary was smart and could keep Sherlock on his toes, but making her an international super spy/soldier? Really? And aside from a funny moment in "The Lying Detective" with Mrs. Hudson driving an Aston Martin all of the secondary characters (Molly, Lestrade, etc.) were completely neglected this season. I also can't even imagine why they threw in that whole emotional "Make Molly tell Sherlock she loves him and vice versa" scene if they weren't going to follow up on it later. Again, I stress that the ending was very rushed.
Someone needs to save Moffat and Gatiss from turning into the next George Lucas. Complete creative control is not always a good thing. They constantly paint themselves into corners and just say "screw it" look at this next scene! (i.e. John being shot by Eurus at close rage with no injury to show for it or John, Sherlock and Mycroft surviving a large explosion with no injuries or the brief mention of Sherlock's organ failures due to his drug abuse in "The Lying Detective")
Which brings me to the title of this review. What happened to Steve Thompson? He wrote on the show for the first three seasons for some of the best episodes (The Blind Banker, Reichenbach Fall and The Sign of Three) This poor guy never received any credit for his great work and now with him gone, the show has devolved into pure chaos. I miss you Steve Thompson, I'll always enjoy your episodes and I really hope you come back and save the show.