TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

InspireGato Film Perfection

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

matthewludtke I'm a huge fan of this series. They keep you in your seat. Full of action and drama. I have always been interested in the history of Cartels, Drugs, and how they change and destroy regular peoples lives. Amazes me how much someone is willing to pay so a short high. It's extremely sad at how people destroy their loved ones by their addiction and greed.

cmavromoustakos This show is great. I love history pieces and this is exactly what this is. It covers the Reagan era drug war from a view we have not seen.

paul2001sw-1 In theory, 'Snowfall' should be a great drama, even a new version of 'The Wire'. It's an account of the coming of crack cocaine to America, which led to social devastation and (arguably racist) political over-reaction. But this first series, setting up the scenario, seems strangely mute, telling us a tale of a C.I.A. agent who wants to help the Nicaraguan Contras and a good black kid who somehow becomes a drug dealer. Meanwhile, the various Latino characters fail to hold the attention compared with the black and white protagonists. The story seems broad and unfocused, yet without the detailed portrait of the socio-economic ecosystem that was the greatest strength of 'The Wire'. One guesses the writers have big things planned for series two; but they may struggle to keep their audience watching.

Weedinator I like gritty street-crime dramas, and while I tried to like 'Snowfall', I felt it just kept coming up short. I'm only 5 episodes in, so maybe there's some great redeeming stuff coming up but as it stands so far, I find too many holes in the narrative that are inexplicable and head-scratching.The whole part where the Mexicans kill the security guard to cast suspicion on him as per the stolen money isn't even depicted. I mean, if it was just some matter-of-fact occurrence that goes off without a hitch then fine, dialogue after the fact can cover it and bring the viewer up to speed. But as it was, it seemed like it caused a major paradigm shift in the trio's relationship, the 'Bear' was injured...etc... yet we're left with only vague mention of what actually happened. Same with the plane crash. Why not clarify how it happened instead of thrusting this flash-forward on us when there's nothing of a reveal involved?Then the editing... my god, how choppy can you get? The rape scene was cut away from so many times that it drained it of most all of its tension. They're interrogating/intimidating the guy for ten seconds, then it's off to some other story thread where nothing happens, then another few seconds, rinse and repeat...After being annoyed by that scene, I started noticing the same pattern again and again...Like I said, maybe there is redemption in store but as it stands, the story/editing is high school level at best.