Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Paul Evans I've read some of the negative reviews, and I can assume is they watched one or two episodes and judged on that basis, having gotten through til the end I would say it starts off slowly but develops into something rather good. Nightvisiting is the best of the early episodes, but the latter episodes are exceptional, the finale is brilliant.The series perhaps suffers slightly by the confines of the School, but there is so much more mileage here, I genuinely think with a new team this could be turned into something memorable. A definite failure by the schedulers, putting this on at absurd times, it was never going to build a following. A Saturday evening slot would have been so much more effective.Solid performances I would say, the show benefits enormously when Pooky Quesnel arrives as the new Headmistress. Her last scenes contain a true squee moment.Series two is a must, this show really does deserve a second chance, it's so easy to axe a show after one series, especially sci fi, give it a chance. 8/10

keeray-69-742466 OK - a summary - episode 1 isn't that great but from then one it gets really good. Yes, it's quite dark at times but it's FAR better than how Torchwood started. The cast are very skilled especially the girls in it. There are some important story-lines about family issues that are very well acted. Yes there's a teenage mixed race straight couple and there's a teenage white gay couple. There's a mother who's disabled and issues about parental divorce. Get over it. They're very realistic discussions including romantic feelings (sexuality is regarded as irrelevant) and on religious views.When I saw the episodes of this series I was puzzled by the first one in it. Peter Capaldi's doctor is in the first episode but he's almost like an afterthought.But from then on they get better and better. The acting is very good and the stories are exciting/interesting. I'm a Whovian and my wife's a Trekker/action film fan. We both became MAJOR fans of this series after watching episodes 2 and 3.We both want another series after this one. It can only get better.

Do I Need To? I definitely liked this series despite the amount of negative things I have to say about it.The whole story started very quickly and I felt that over the series, there wasn't enough building of tension to be fully engaging; it was just one thing after the next and I never felt like the characters acted like they were in grave danger. Some of the acting was difficult to believe, like there wasn't enough weight behind it; a disconnect between the character and the actor. I'm not sure if it was over- acted, or if the emotional scenes were just in the wrong places, or perhaps whether it was because of the script that it didn't seem like it didn't allowed the characters to develop and flourish. I didn't like the fact that there were characters introduced (such as April's dad) that didn't really add a lot to the plot. The only thing binding together the whole story line was the Shadow Kin, otherwise each episode felt very self contained. And on the subject of the Shadow Kin. They were not scary or menacing enough. The fact that they make jokes completely takes away from any impact they could have had. The inclusion of the weeping angels at the end was surprising; there having been no reference to them at all. It seemed a bit pointless to have them at the end, when if they had have been included earlier on, that could have been really good. When April and Ram go to the Shadow Kin world, it's like it's the most casual thing. It needed more peril and just came across as very underwhelming. The fact that they made Tanya 14 was just so unbelievable, the actor did not look 14 and the whole character was not one of a 14 year old. I couldn't stand April's mother, her story line didn't add much and she was so patronising to April and Ram. In fact, all of the parents didn't seem to care that their children's lives were in danger and there didn't seem to be much of an attempt to stop them. Ram's personality changed constantly; not liking the rest of them, then liking them, back and forth and his character seemed vague. There was too much focus on football, and again, did not add a lot.In the first episode, my initial reaction was that the theme song seemed completely out of place, sounding very upbeat whereas the series definitely had a dark tone. (Also why wasn't the actor's name who plays Matteusz in the credits at the beginning like the others? he was just as much a part of the series). The detention episode was good in the way that we learn more about that characters (could have come earlier or even served as a first episode) but that they somehow correctly guessed everything about the rock and the fact that it made everyone argue being the main point of conflict was certainly not thought out well enough.Apart from all these negatives, I think Charlie and Matteusz's relationship was very strong throughout and and just felt more real and believable unlike April and Ram's. The diversity of the characters and cast was good. The visual effects on the whole were good, the music fitted really well and the editing was good too. Miss Quill's character in general, and especially her snide and humorous remarks, were enjoyable. I liked April's song in the last episode, that was really lovely.All the way through, I was comparing it to Torchwood whose series 1 was so,so much more hard hitting and engaging than Class. It really drew you in in the first episode, establishing characters fully and built on that really well. Class had a strange combination of really gory and adult scenes, yet quite some young-seeming ones all interspersed with sarcastic quips, some of which were enjoyable. It was like a combination of Doctor Who and all its spin-offs, but I'm still confused where to place it. I am giving it a generous 6. Class was a really good concept, but I think it just fell short.

c-61786 A few episodes in and I was loving the characters in this Class.It's Buffy crossed with Doctor Who, feels like what Torchwood should have been.. As in the characters are complex, diverse (yay for all the sickass representation), interesting and the overarching story line is consistent with tons of character development. Even with only 8 episodes in season 1 (at all atm! D=) it moves at a faster pace than Doctor Who.Once in the thick of it Class doesn't even have the ol' Doctor Who "hit 'n' miss" episodes! (c'mon whovians admit they exist) It's great. Watch it. Also make more please!