GM3
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Just finished watching The Devil Judge, fantastic show! Definitely a favorite of last couple years. The quality (story, OST, camera work, characters, drama, emotions, etc.) is just on another level... The Guest was another favorite, but unlike TDJ, lots of supernatural, like spirits & possessions so that might not appeal to everyone...
I'm eagerly waiting for is The Witch: Subversion part 2. I don't want to spoil it, but if you like "Action · Mystery · Sci-Fi", the movie definitely worth a watch.
But I guess warning; I think the 'average' person is very different in say Asia & the West... I won't go into the why, but what they seem to enjoy is very different... I've always loved movies by Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket, etc.) for instance, or Paul Verhoeven (Flesh & Blood, Starship Troopers, Robocop), my favorite director Ang Lee (Eat Drink Man Woman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, etc.) ... And these are quite different from the 'average' Western blockbuster or average TV show...
So taste-wise, seems to be a huge disparity between West/East, and I seem to be drawn far more to Eastern stuff... So if these are not your cup of tea, likely won't enjoy any/all of the above... So yeah, very different audiences... Overall, watching western movies/series, I'd give most current stuff something like ~3/10 (very low value), whereas anything Asian tends to score far more in the 8-10/10 (great/masterpieces)... But I think that for most westerners, it might be the exact opposite... *shrug*
Most stuff produced in the West is sadly unwatchable garbage these days... The music can be good, but the rest; plot, characters, stories, etc., it's all so unoriginal, bland, they've managed to ruin many iconic franchises; Star Wars, Star Trek, Terminator, LOTR, etc., And so woke...... Gives me shivers... No more tolerance for that shit, I've overdosed on wokism years ago now, and it just keep getting worse and worse...
So I find myself having to go to movies/series exile to find good movies or series to watch... Of course not a guarantee, Asian stuff produced by Netflix will also suffer from it... But anyway, in general, it's so refreshing to just be able to enjoy well written stories. As far as I'm concerned, the Hollywood writers strike should go on indefinitely and we would all be better off.
But not everything has always been bad... Star Trek TNG was great, Babylon 5, Farscape, Dexter, Breaking Bad, 24, first seasons of Walking Dead were decent, The Outer Limits, House, etc., there used to be good series, seems like it's just becoming rarer and rarer, now that wokism seems to be the focus rather than quality stories... So it really degraded last 1-2 decades, and now...
So I find myself having to go to movies/series exile to find good movies or series to watch... Of course not a guarantee, Asian stuff produced by Netflix will also suffer from it... But anyway, in general, it's so refreshing to just be able to enjoy well written stories. As far as I'm concerned, the Hollywood writers strike should go on indefinitely and we would all be better off.
But not everything has always been bad... Star Trek TNG was great, Babylon 5, Farscape, Dexter, Breaking Bad, 24, first seasons of Walking Dead were decent, The Outer Limits, House, etc., there used to be good series, seems like it's just becoming rarer and rarer, now that wokism seems to be the focus rather than quality stories... So it really degraded last 1-2 decades, and now...
I'm eagerly waiting for is The Witch: Subversion part 2. I don't want to spoil it, but if you like "Action · Mystery · Sci-Fi", the movie definitely worth a watch.
But I guess warning; I think the 'average' person is very different in say Asia & the West... I won't go into the why, but what they seem to enjoy is very different... I've always loved movies by Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket, etc.) for instance, or Paul Verhoeven (Flesh & Blood, Starship Troopers, Robocop), my favorite director Ang Lee (Eat Drink Man Woman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, etc.) ... And these are quite different from the 'average' Western blockbuster or average TV show...
So taste-wise, seems to be a huge disparity between West/East, and I seem to be drawn far more to Eastern stuff... So if these are not your cup of tea, likely won't enjoy any/all of the above... So yeah, very different audiences... Overall, watching western movies/series, I'd give most current stuff something like ~3/10 (very low value), whereas anything Asian tends to score far more in the 8-10/10 (great/masterpieces)... But I think that for most westerners, it might be the exact opposite... *shrug*
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