Purely Joyful Movie!

An Exercise In Nonsense

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Blistering performances.

This must be the worst TV show I've seen in a long time. A master piece of junk and bad acting. The TV show's action scenes look like they are made by Bollywood. I wouldn't recommend watching this at all because it makes you feel dumb that the directors actually believe that you would enjoy it. The only reason I am giving it a review is because it is so terrible. I hope none of the actors actually get any other roles because it would remind me of the worst TV show I've ever watched. Go watch something else and not waste your time with this "TV show". I feel embarrassed that I even call it TV show because it looks like something a 12 year old would film with a Go Pro.

A Foot in Mouth: Brutally Honest Review.***Contains Spoilers*** Leverage in my mind is an example of how to make an extremely entertaining, engaging and very fun TV shows with some outstanding casting, very well written characters and some of the quirkiest story lines is a beautifully executed ice cream cone of perfection. Yummy! I was really upset when they cancelled this show after season 5, but I really think they should bring it back! The premise of the show is essentially a group of the 4 best highly skilled criminal operatives in the world ranging from a hacker, grafter, cat burglar and a hitter are brought together under the supervision of an ex-insurance investigator to pull a heist that goes slightly wrong, so then they start to help average everyday people get leverage over large corporations, millionaires, the authorities and pretty much anyone who tries to screw over us honest hardworking everyday people.One of the most important things for me is not only the portrayal of the characters on screen but the chemistry of the characters, if I am invested in the characters and their mates I don't care what the story is I will watch it, examples: Castle, NCIS, NCIS: LA, NCIS: New Orleans, Person of Interest, CSI, Elementary, Death in Paradise The thing that shines throughout these TV shows is not only a phenomenal cast and the writing, but the relationships between the characters.Leverage has an amazing cast who play some very lovable characters with their physical, emotional and verbal banter with the backing of their dramatic, flawed and charismatic performances, with a teaspoon of deliciously funny and a dollop of whipped quirkiness and not forgetting a chocolate flake this show has everything you want. Except the flake that's mine!

Netflix says this is like Burn Notice, and that it's got 5 seasons. That implies that it's popular. My question is: Why?The first few minutes of the first episode introduces us to a boring man who's in charge of leading a team of "master criminals:" a girl who killed her parents for a toy, a batman-impersonator who only fights well when the camera isn't looking, and a token black guy who uses "Baby" as punctuation.Here's a summary of their first heist. If you consider this a spoiler, or if you've already decided you like the show, feel free to move on.The girl cuts a hole in a window, then throws the hole, along with the tool she used to remove it, onto the populated street below. Batman and TBG amble into a door and use a grocery store scanner to break the door's password. They are surprised by guards, the reason being poor planning. TBG acts as if the scanner works faster if you call it "baby" several times. Batman shows that he is also an excellent fighter against opponents who stand perfectly still. TBG hacks a computer which has a cartoonishly huge red bubble font for empty folders. It is revealed that the aware guards have "reset" the rooftop alarms, which blocks the way they came in, but doesn't alert any other guards or the police. The three "masters" argue over how they will escape. The boring man reminds them that they have disguises in the large bags they've been carrying the entire time. They change clothes in an elevator, with jump-cuts making the process complete before the doors are closed. A few more jump-cuts later and the girl is made to look injured, complete with a leg cast and a cane in the wrong hand. Some bad acting and incomprehensible dialog later, and they've walked past the inept guards who are looking for intruders in the empty, locked building, but ignore the three strangers with large black duffle bags walking out of the also locked elevator. Having taken ten steps away from the large, transparent door, the girl starts marathon-walking on her cast, tosses her cane to TBG, and they all climb into the getaway car.Mission Accomplished.A few choice lines in the episode include:"I cry in my angry place""Is anyone else here involved in a bribe?" (from an FBI agent to a crowd of bystanders)"I could request your underpants" (from the same agent to a suspect)And a flashback that plays twice in the span of about 45 seconds.The whole thing seems like a heist show made by someone who doesn't know what a heist is, and it seems to take place in a world where computers are magic, ridiculous plans are brilliant, and competence eludes everyone but the boring protagonist.It'd be hilarious if it wasn't trying not to be. But apparently, people see this as equivalent to A-Team and Ocean's Eleven. And Burn Notice....Why?

I have just seen a few episodes of the first season and it is very likable. Not as great as many of the other reviewers say, but I see the potential. In many ways, it is a "Hustle" rip off, but with a more aggressive tone. The most interesting thing is the flirtatious tone between Timothy Hutton and Gina Bellman, but that has a lot to do with me liking her a lot on "Coupling". Eliot is the Dinozo or Derek Morgan of the show, Hardison is McGee or Reid, while Parker is Abby or Garcia (If we use NCIS or Criminal minds as a comparison, but they are comparable to many more shows).It is fun enough that watching it doesn't feel like a waste of time, but, if it doesn't get at least a bit better towards the end of the season, I'm gonna give up.P.S. When I first added my review, I'd only seen a few others. Later I saw how many people compared this show to "Hustle". Kudos to them. Mickey Bricks rules!