Dreadfully Boring

An absolute waste of money

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I liked the TV shows, I think some things were just happening too fast. I would enjoy it if a second season would come out for this show. I think there was a lot of good acting in it.

Like almost everyone, I never even heard of this show in 1999-2000, so it died a slow death from poor ratings. I heard about this for years, but I never believe the hype most of the times. I finally watched the first season on Netflix and what a gem.I can see how it didn't resonate in 1999 with shows like 90210, Dawson's Creek, Buffy, and even Party of Five. The drama was very subtle and it was very realistic, so nothing was really in your face like the shows I named before.I think this show had a great mix of drama/humor, and that is something that is really lacking in today's Golden Age of Cable/Streaming Dramas. Many shows these days are just too serious and tough to get through sometimes compared to a Freaks and Geeks where I breezed through the season in 2 weeks.How did Linda Cardellini not become a bigger star after this show? She went from the lead role to playing the secondary role in everything she has done since?

People not having an education system like USA or system similar to this one most likely wont find this relatable...for example education system in Asia is hugely different from this.I think most of its followers like it a lot because they can relate to this. I couldn't relate myself to this but i liked it anyway.At the beginning I was puzzled at it's high ratings. I saw normal actors playing normal role in a normal story. To be honest the story in some episodes is not close to decent. Some key characters don't have enough buildup. A lot of the times they don't have anything to do in the story being told in a particular episode, they are just in the frame being useless although despite not being extras.But after a while I started to understand how nice the making is. Obviously it's making is not comparable to Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad or other super popular modern series but its properly executed. I liked how Lindsay's parents became minor to key characters throughout the run of the show. There are small characters in this who has more impacts than a major ones(say i don't see what Seth Rogen is doing here at all)To summarize a decent TV series. Has some horribly unnecessary characters. Has some very lame episodes. Still the ones which doesn't have these flaws are enough to justify the cult followings it has now.

There's an authenticity at the heart of "Freaks and Geeks" that won me over when I first watched it, and keeps me coming back again and again. It's set way before I ever went to high school, but the issues herein are timeless. And the writing for these characters hits on the anxieties of coming-of-age, at least for me. This is subject matter that varies from hilarious to deeply sad - both genuinely so. What's odd (or cool) is that, in a cast full of future comedy stars, it's Martin Starr who gets all of the great lines (not to mention the pivotal role in "Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers", my vote for series best episode).And they really nailed 1980, not just with the soundtrack (a stellar list of song choices) but also the production design. Knock a point off for seeing no snow during a school year, but seeing as they were depicting suburban Detroit in Newhall, California, they did a bang-up job. It feels real without looking like they just plastered products on the set. Case in point, the Weir house; lived-in and decorated by baby boomers. You've seen this kind of house before.The quality here is beyond question. This is a personal favorite.10/10