The Four Seasons - Netflix TV show

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Anonymous wrote:Trying so hard to see what you all liked about this. I just hated every bit of it -- and I watched the whole thing in part because of the positive comments here, trying to see if it would grow on me.

No one was convincing as longtime friends or spouses. It bummed me out how unattractive they all are and how ugly their clothes and stupid hats were. (That's not something I care about and don't know why it makes me cranky except maybe they screwed around with a movie I loved.) The editing and pacing were horrible. Maybe that's what happens when you stretch a single movie into 8 episodes.

This was godawful.

NP - My feelings are along these lines, though slightly less intense. I wanted to love this and enjoyed a lot of it, but was ultimately really frustrated by it.

+1 tried to like like it. It felt forced

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It's just too slow. Endless awkward scenarios stop being funny pretty quickly.

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I just finished it this AM. I was strangely sad about Nick. It could be that I just love Steve F (he looks great, btw). But, overall, the whole series felt forced and full of stereotypical tropes. I did like;

Alan Alda’s cameo
The play scene—hilarious

Tina was so wooden, which was disappointing. And, while I could relate to the marriage themes, it was like being hit over the head with them…over and over.

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I love most of what tina fey does, she plays to her strengths which is the high functioning/overfunctioning professional daughter or wife who is surrounded by well meaning but underfunctioning/clueless friends and family (see Baby Momma, Date Night and Admission, for example). She's good here overall but I saw early on that she was sticking to what she knows best. Unlike a previous poster's comment, the couples felt real enough to me and tge acting was good overall. Steve Carrel especially. I found the music cloying and overdone but it was done by Jeff Richmond, Fey's husband, who is very talented. But it seemed a mismatch to me.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished it this AM. I was strangely sad about Nick. It could be that I just love Steve F (he looks great, btw). But, overall, the whole series felt forced and full of stereotypical tropes. I did like;

Alan Alda’s cameo
The play scene—hilarious

Tina was so wooden, which was disappointing. And, while I could relate to the marriage themes, it was like being hit over the head with them…over and over.

I thought she was more wooden in the beginning but improved.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just finished it this AM. I was strangely sad about Nick. It could be that I just love Steve F (he looks great, btw). But, overall, the whole series felt forced and full of stereotypical tropes. I did like;

Alan Alda’s cameo
The play scene—hilarious

Tina was so wooden, which was disappointing. And, while I could relate to the marriage themes, it was like being hit over the head with them…over and over.

I thought she was more wooden in the beginning but improved.

I just don't understand why Kate would stay with her husband. That coupling makes no sense.

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I appreciate that they didn't make the younger GF a cliche. Appealing character.

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I didn't love it, but it grew on me. I'd watch a season 2.

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I thought it was entertaining-not great but fun. As someone in midlife, I appreciate seeing middle aged actors/characters onscreen. While I wasn't crazy about the ending overall I thought it was a good watch.

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I enjoyed the show. I really enjoyed the Alan Alda cameo, and it made me miss him. I didn't realize that he both wrote and directed (as well as starred in) the original movie, which I also enjoyed. He was ahead of his time.

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**nO SPOILERS**

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciate that they didn't make the younger GF a cliche. Appealing character.

That was a surprisingly judgment-free storyline. If anything, he was relatively sympathetic because the wife's character was so deeply annoying.

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Cute, but doesn't hold a candle to the original. Too much trite updating.
Scenes that were dumb- the throuple

Stereotypical gay tropes
Stereotypical Gen Z crap- the sober gluten free vegans who don't know who Kenny Loggins is. Bad writing.
The college play. Come on! There were better more subtle ways to do that. It was just cringe.
If you want a mindless evening- or 2 evenings, ok, watch it.

But- the original Four Seasons made you think and feel.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate that they didn't make the younger GF a cliche. Appealing character.

That was a surprisingly judgment-free storyline. If anything, he was relatively sympathetic because the wife's character was so deeply annoying.

True. I really wanted to dislike him, but found it hard to.

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I liked most looking at the house interiors, so east coast. (I am on the west coast so it felt very exotic)