This Week’s Binge | March 2022
I achieved my goal of watching all the Oscar-nominated movies prior to the awards ceremony. I’m very happy Coda won, it was definitely my favorite! What an action-packed night, amiright?
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Watch | Series
Bridgerton | Season 2
Netflix
Let me just start by saying that Bridgerton is not good, I’m well aware of that. The stories are cheesy and predictable and flirt with soft-core. With that being said, when I binge an entire season in 2 days, is there anything else to say other than Obsessed?
I loved Bridgerton season 1 so much that I wasn’t sure what to expect of season 2, especially knowing that Regé-Jean wouldn’t be in it, but I found myself pulled in.
I haven’t read any of the novels because I don’t love romance novels, which is exactly what this series is. It’s a romance novel turned into a soap opera-y saga but somehow Shona Rhimes has made it addicting.
I cannot WAIT for season 3!
I am: Obsessed
The Gilded Age
HBO Max
The Gilded Age was presented as an American version of Downton Abbey, it’s from the same creators after all, and in the same general time period.
It kind of is, but since it takes place in NYC it’s without all the royalty, without the countryside, and with a little more lightheartedness.
The series takes a few episodes to get into, but once the characters develop it’s quite entertaining. I’ll be watching season 2!
I am: Entertained
Watch | Movies
West Side Story
Disney+
As someone who loves the original West Side Story musical, and has seen it countless times, I wasn’t sure what to expect with Steven Spielberg’s 2022 reboot.
He does a great job! Almost too good actually. The casting is great (shoutout to Ariana Debose’s Oscar win), but the story and the music are very, very similar to the original. Like so exact that it makes me wonder if a remake was actually necessary.
So there you go, I guess it’s kind of a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ situation. I’m complicated.
I am: Entertained
The Power of the Dog
Netflix
This movie is slow and not particularly original, but I watched it because it was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. I think this is one of those movies that is nominated because of the cinematography, but if I’m being honest, wasn’t anything groundbreaking.
The acting and casting were great though, so I’ll give them that.
I am: Entertained
Read | Books
The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave
This book has a twist on a typical whodunit, in the fact that we kind of know whodunit, it’s a question of whydunit (I believe I just made that up).
When the husband of the main character goes missing, but it’s clear he planned it, and leaves her with his teenage daughter, they want answers.
This book has suspense and is a page-turner; it kept my interest the whole way through. I also like that you ultimately get answers, I loathe when things are left open-ended.
I am: Entertained
What Else I Binged…
Here’s a quick review of what else I binged this month
- Love is Blind | Season 2 | Nick and Vanessa Lachey are back for a season series of the experiment, where couples choose who they are going to marry before seeing them. Still bad, still good. | Entertained
- American Auto | This scripted sitcom has great casting. It’s like The Office was current and took place in the executive offices of an automotive company. | Entertained
- Belfast | As my aunt puts it, this is a ‘slice of life’ film during the unrest of Northern Ireland in the 1960s. | Entertained
- Love on the Spectrum | Season 2 | The second season of this heartwarming reality series about people on the Autism spectrum looking for love in Australia is just as good as the first (with some repeat appearances!) | Obsessed
- King Richard | I wish this film focused more on Venus and Serena Williams’ rise instead of their father, but it gave me a whole new appreciation for their journey of breaking barriers as a professional athletes. | Entertained
- Licorice Pizza | A coming of age story set in 1970s California, there were some themes I was bothered by but the highlight was Cooper Hoffman’s (Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son) acting debut. | Entertained
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