Astrakhan Blog 84

I was watching two different tv shows today, one a hospital drama and the other one talking about the lives of several people who work as part of an air rescue team. The hospital drama was just absolutely excellent, with a super storyline, wonderful cinematography, and a director who obviously had the heart for it. Casting was also super, along with the intros, songs, etc. The other one? Completely opposite. Storyline was a terrible copy-and-paste from other film scripts, and there was nothing complex, nothing thought provoking. Actors who, aside from maybe two, don't know how to act. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE CGI. You know, I think even AD could do better. There were almost no special effects aside from CGI of helicopters crashing, etc. Even when a helicopter full of people crashes into the sea, we don't feel sympathetic at all. However, when a hospital director invites another doctor over, complicating already complex relationships even further, we are glued to the television screen. Although the air rescue one probably had a much much smaller budget, it was just dispicable. And it was meant as a comeback film for a former star. Sigh. I haven't heard of him since last year.