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Post by Brother Fease on Jul 24, 2023 21:33:06 GMT
Bad Sisters, Season 1, Episode 7. Shocking ending to the episode. Really digging this.
Hijack, Season 1, Episode 5
Ted Lasso, Season 2, episodes 2-3. Currently re-watching the show with Mom.
The After Party, Season 2, Episode 3. Paul Walter Hauser killed it in this episode
Silo, Season 1, Episodes 7-8. Really hoping for the banger of an ending. The show is good.
Next month, I plan on watching The Lincoln Lawyer Season 2 (I have read all of the Mickey Haller books) and finishing up Better Call Saul.
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Post by tep on Aug 5, 2023 0:09:15 GMT
Finished The Stand miniseries from a couple years ago. Not very impressed.
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Post by Brother Fease on Aug 5, 2023 1:23:03 GMT
Finished up Hijack (Apple) - terrific show
The After Party (Apple) - recent episodes were a parody of Wes Anderson films and Ocean Eleven.
Better Call Saul (Netflix/AMC) - watched Season 6, episodes 1-9. These are way too addicting. I feel bad for Howard. Didn’t deserve that treatment.
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Post by stabcaesar on Aug 19, 2023 7:48:36 GMT
Saw Cunk on Britain and Cunk on Earth. Diane Morgan is a revelation.
I think Britain is better-written than Earth though. Many jokes in Earth became a lot more forced.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Oct 10, 2023 8:12:53 GMT
Recently caught up with Scenes from a Marriage (2021) and George & Tammy... took me so long to see the former because I wanted to rewatch the original first and kept putting it off. Some interesting parallels between these Chastain TV projects – about doomed marriages, but where the couple still find themselves unable to romantically detach even after it’s “over”... also I think Chastain is somewhat upstaged by her male costars in both, though she’s still quite good in them. Scenes from a MarriageI think my main issue with the show was that there was too much of an imbalance in terms of how sympathetic the characters were. Like the whole time it’s painfully clear that she’s the way more fucked up one of the two, and it would have been more interesting if the characters were more equally flawed. Instead, you just spend the whole time nodding your head in agreement with the verbal lashings he dishes out, and infuriated at all the nonsense that comes out her character’s mouth. We’re set up in a way that makes you just feel sorry for him and hate her for being so emotionally immature, and I wanted something slightly more complicated than that. Also, we’re never really shown why he loves her or how he fell in love with her in the first place, so we're not entirely sure why he decides to just throw away his progress of moving on in the final episode. I’d say the show is better in parts than as a whole because I think the writing is mostly pretty good on a scene-by-scene level – the characters are believably written overall, it’s well-acted, and it’s never not engaging to watch. Episode 2 has the weakest writing though imo and contains some moments that don’t feel like actual human behavior: the topic of divorce comes waaaaaay too late in the conversation and should have happened in the kitchen during the initial revealing of the affair, NOT 10 minutes later when you’re in the bedroom getting ready to go to sleep ffs; Chastain’s mundane dry-cleaning comment feels too ridiculous, acting like everything is totally normal after dropping that bomb on her husband; Isaac’s reaction to her going away for 3 months is too muted (I know he’s supposed to be in shock, but the complete lack of outrage isn’t believable to me); and after seeing bruises on your wife’s back, why wouldn’t you continue with follow-up questions about it?? Maybe we’re meant to think that she’s into S&M or something and he knows that about her personal history, so he doesn’t question it, but we don’t know that for sure as a viewer, so she could have been abused by her lover or attacked by some rando for all we know, and the fact that it’s never made clear or brought up ever again is weird. I liked Isaac more overall, but I admire how Chastain gives a kind of daring, unvain performance where she’s willing to be unlikeable. Great chemistry with Isaac, acting caring and tender towards him when they’re not fighting, suggesting a believable history between the characters. A lot of what defines her performance is “acting” a certain way to cover up the character’s true feelings: in the first episode, she’s uncomfortable and self-conscious during the beginning interview scene while acting pleasant, distracted while acting engaged, “agreeing” but not really agreeing with her husband, acting fine but not actually fine. After the separation, she acts friendly and happy to see Isaac while hiding an underlying sadness, acting self-assured with her new situation but hiding pain, and later hiding hurt when he basically tells her he doesn’t love her anymore. She suggests someone who has been living in her own head for far too long, thinking through private plans repeatedly, rationalizing, convincing herself of what the best course of action is, however delusional. I mentioned that Episode 2 has the weakest writing imo, but I think it’s also where there’s the most going on in her performance - she conveys a kind of desperate conviction and resentment, but also self-loathing and shame, and there’s one interesting moment where it’s like she catches herself not being truthful and then forces herself to be firmly honest as if she’s told herself prior to the confrontation that this how she needs to act. She seems to be trying to reconvince herself that she needs this as much as she’s trying to convince him, and the way she behaves as if she’s “pushing” herself through it also manifests in how she’s frantically packing and rushing to leave as if she’s afraid she’ll change her mind. Side note: One tic of Chastain’s that I’ve noticed is how she often acts moments of emotional pain as if she’s literally experiencing sudden sharp physical pain – like the way she shamefully winces while revealing the affair as if she’s feeling an acute stabbing pain (she does the same thing again in a later episode), or how in Miss Julie she reacts to being called a whore as if she had been punched in the gut. Side note 2: I watched this with my wife, who had trouble getting through it because apparently Oscar Isaac and I have similar-looking “sad faces” and it was unsettling for her lol. George & TammyDon’t have as much to say about this because I didn’t have as many issues with it, but there’s nothing really all that special about it either aside from the performances. Sort of follows the Star is Born template, but it’s pretty watchable overall, and I enjoyed the music even though I don’t consider myself a country music person. Chastain I think is even better here than in SFAM, even though she’s not exactly perfect for the role on paper. She’s too old for it, and yet, in addition to having great chemistry with Shannon, she manages as a non-musician to be believable in the context of the show’s world. The fact that she does her own singing should not be downplayed because there’s A LOT of it, and a lot that’s involved with it as well. She has to do it solo AND harmonize with Shannon, charismatically interact with the crowd while performing, and also do non-performative, casual “on the fly” singing convincingly (writing/revising songs, showing the creative process). Not only that, but she also has to act while singing too: doing it introspectively/contemplatively lost in thought, crying while singing, conveying internal unease/conflict while singing specific lyrics because of what they mean to her... so rather than perform the songs in a vacuum, she does them in a way that’s bound up with the character’s in-the-moment experience. And she also happens to have a pretty good voice too. All of that together is the most impressive aspect of the performance, but the non-singing parts of the performance become more interesting in the later episodes as she goes from someone who’s driven and no-nonsense, but playful and sassy, to fearful and conflicted to sadly lethargic and listless by the end, in a perpetual daze. A couple great moments that she has in the later episodes: when she is trying to get her medication from the pharmacist who is a fan of hers, and the interaction is friendly but removed and calculated as she uses her celebrity to manipulate and get what she wants; and then during her drugged, dazed wedding scene, her smiling, unsettling delivery of the “You make my pain go away” line to Zahn’s character. I haven’t been keeping up with the Emmy race much, but it seems like Wong is the favorite in her category(?) NS Beef yet, but it’ll be kind of a bummer if Chastain loses, especially after losing the Tony earlier this year (though Comer did deserve that).
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 10, 2023 10:47:14 GMT
Side note: One tic of Chastain’s that I’ve noticed is how she often acts moments of emotional pain as if she’s literally experiencing sudden sharp physical pain – like the way she shamefully winces while revealing the affair as if she’s feeling an acute stabbing pain (she does the same thing again in a later episode), or how in Miss Julie she reacts to being called a whore as if she had been punched in the gut. This is one of my favorite things when any actor does it - when words act as triggers to a gun shot or punches absorbed by the body - a lot of her fave actors (I guess?) do this in their most famous roles ( Huppert in Story of Women - especially - does it in a complicated way where her body both denies what she's hearing on one level (actors do this tic a lot) and is also involuntarily succumbing to it in a way that betrays her resolve in the face of those words .............and even deeper in some ways that suggests an actual abortion - which is her character's "profession" ......of being gutted or a feeling of vacancy........ I think Chastain is very much a student of acting ......I would like to hear her speak on this actually I bet it'd be great.......... Glenn Close too is a famous example when she almost can not stand / walk and loses her balance in Dangerous Liasons (a move Malkovich earlier foreshadows - rather brilliantly) - and which takes on a symbolic implication in both cases - (ie he / she's lost their moral / ethical balance etc)........alhough in that case it may be actually in the script (?)
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Oct 10, 2023 11:25:11 GMT
Side note: One tic of Chastain’s that I’ve noticed is how she often acts moments of emotional pain as if she’s literally experiencing sudden sharp physical pain – like the way she shamefully winces while revealing the affair as if she’s feeling an acute stabbing pain (she does the same thing again in a later episode), or how in Miss Julie she reacts to being called a whore as if she had been punched in the gut. I think Chastain is very much a student of acting ......I would like to hear her speak on this actually I bet it'd be great.......... Oh definitely. There was actually a recent interview with her at TIFF just last month (can’t seem to find it now) where she admitted to stealing “moves” from Huppert... like making mental notes of specific things she sees her do to use for herself later.
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Post by JangoB on Oct 12, 2023 9:53:54 GMT
After watching a bunch of CGDCT anime series in a row I decided to change gears and finally get acquainted with an uber-huge classic that is Cowboy Bebop. The first four episodes were fine but they got me a bit worried because I just couldn't connect with the show on a human level - I appreciated the animation, the style, the music (Yôko Kanno!) and all those things yet overall it just kept leaving me cold. But Episode 5, entitled Ballad of Fallen Angels, sure lived up to the series' reputation. 'Now we're talking' is the thought that kept running through my head. Kinda hope that the rest of the series is more like this.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 25, 2023 20:25:43 GMT
After watching a bunch of CGDCT anime series in a row I decided to change gears and finally get acquainted with an uber-huge classic that is Cowboy Bebop. The first four episodes were fine but they got me a bit worried because I just couldn't connect with the show on a human level - I appreciated the animation, the style, the music (Yôko Kanno!) and all those things yet overall it just kept leaving me cold. But Episode 5, entitled Ballad of Fallen Angels, sure lived up to the series' reputation. 'Now we're talking' is the thought that kept running through my head. Kinda hope that the rest of the series is more like this. CB is a strange beast. It is considered The Godfather of the anime world, but that is totally unfair to it. Don't go in expecting a masterpiece. It *is* a masterpiece, but it is a masterpiece of accumulated details. Individual episodes don't have much punch - most of them are good style over substance action pics - but taken all together, the underlying themes and ideas accumulate, churning and swirling and slowly sinking in rather than punching you with its brilliance. I consider the first episode of the show one of my favorite TV episodes ever, but only in retrospect - I liked it well enough on my first go, but after sharing the whole journey with the crew of the Bebop, it is granted more weight. In retrospect (spoilers for the whole series) seeing a show do three variations on the exact same episode - Asteroid Blues, Ganymede Elegy, The Real Folk Blues - makes the differences between the three stories striking and the ideas they present stand out. This sort of thing is done several times, with backstories for characters being rewritten (Honky Tonk Women to My Funny Valentine to Hard Luck Woman for Faye), concepts being re-explored (Spike's indifference towards his own life being brought up in different scenarios, everywhere from Toys in the Attic to Waltz for Venus to Pierrot le Fou), etc. etc. All of this is done in an episode by episode construction of entertaining one-offs that don't further any driving plot - and which can absolutely be enjoyed on their own merits as fun standalones - but become a masterpiece when taken together. As for my recent watch, I just checked out the first episode of Andor, which was definitely my shit. This looks like a smart show. Being run by Disney. Hell has frozen over.
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Post by JangoB on Nov 25, 2023 22:02:50 GMT
After watching a bunch of CGDCT anime series in a row I decided to change gears and finally get acquainted with an uber-huge classic that is Cowboy Bebop. The first four episodes were fine but they got me a bit worried because I just couldn't connect with the show on a human level - I appreciated the animation, the style, the music (Yôko Kanno!) and all those things yet overall it just kept leaving me cold. But Episode 5, entitled Ballad of Fallen Angels, sure lived up to the series' reputation. 'Now we're talking' is the thought that kept running through my head. Kinda hope that the rest of the series is more like this. CB is a strange beast. It is considered The Godfather of the anime world, but that is totally unfair to it. Don't go in expecting a masterpiece. It *is* a masterpiece, but it is a masterpiece of accumulated details. Individual episodes don't have much punch - most of them are good style over substance action pics - but taken all together, the underlying themes and ideas accumulate, churning and swirling and slowly sinking in rather than punching you with its brilliance. I consider the first episode of the show one of my favorite TV episodes ever, but only in retrospect - I liked it well enough on my first go, but after sharing the whole journey with the crew of the Bebop, it is granted more weight. In retrospect (spoilers for the whole series) seeing a show do three variations on the exact same episode - Asteroid Blues, Ganymede Elegy, The Real Folk Blues - makes the differences between the three stories striking and the ideas they present stand out. This sort of thing is done several times, with backstories for characters being rewritten (Honky Tonk Women to My Funny Valentine to Hard Luck Woman for Faye), concepts being re-explored (Spike's indifference towards his own life being brought up in different scenarios, everywhere from Toys in the Attic to Waltz for Venus to Pierrot le Fou), etc. etc. All of this is done in an episode by episode construction of entertaining one-offs that don't further any driving plot - and which can absolutely be enjoyed on their own merits as fun standalones - but become a masterpiece when taken together. I'm sure that's the case for many people, and I'm glad the show has such an enduring legacy, but I must confess that I bailed on it While watching Episode 11, "Toys in the Attic", a realization hit me that I simply did not care about anything that was going on and that I felt practically zero desire to go to the next episode. That lack of connection I was talking about in my initial post? Well, it never changed. I appreciated the animation, the world, the music - all of that. But it simply didn't speak to me on a human level, and as a result I felt nothing while watching it. So I chose an amicable split.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 25, 2023 23:13:05 GMT
CB is a strange beast. It is considered The Godfather of the anime world, but that is totally unfair to it. Don't go in expecting a masterpiece. It *is* a masterpiece, but it is a masterpiece of accumulated details. Individual episodes don't have much punch - most of them are good style over substance action pics - but taken all together, the underlying themes and ideas accumulate, churning and swirling and slowly sinking in rather than punching you with its brilliance. I consider the first episode of the show one of my favorite TV episodes ever, but only in retrospect - I liked it well enough on my first go, but after sharing the whole journey with the crew of the Bebop, it is granted more weight. In retrospect (spoilers for the whole series) seeing a show do three variations on the exact same episode - Asteroid Blues, Ganymede Elegy, The Real Folk Blues - makes the differences between the three stories striking and the ideas they present stand out. This sort of thing is done several times, with backstories for characters being rewritten (Honky Tonk Women to My Funny Valentine to Hard Luck Woman for Faye), concepts being re-explored (Spike's indifference towards his own life being brought up in different scenarios, everywhere from Toys in the Attic to Waltz for Venus to Pierrot le Fou), etc. etc. All of this is done in an episode by episode construction of entertaining one-offs that don't further any driving plot - and which can absolutely be enjoyed on their own merits as fun standalones - but become a masterpiece when taken together. I'm sure that's the case for many people, and I'm glad the show has such an enduring legacy, but I must confess that I bailed on it While watching Episode 11, "Toys in the Attic", a realization hit me that I simply did not care about anything that was going on and that I felt practically zero desire to go to the next episode. That lack of connection I was talking about in my initial post? Well, it never changed. I appreciated the animation, the world, the music - all of that. But it simply didn't speak to me on a human level, and as a result I felt nothing while watching it. So I chose an amicable split. Well, I chose a split with Sound Euphonium after four episodes of season 2 (the Mizore/Nozumi arc) because of the excessive melodrama, so I think we just run on very different wavelengths It pains me - especially that you didn't care for Toys in the Attic, one of the funniest pieces of fiction I've ever seen (coincidentally, also one of the most thematically dense episodes... which is surprising when you consider that it's just a spoof of Alien) - but I'll let you go your way.
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Post by JangoB on Nov 25, 2023 23:52:22 GMT
I'm sure that's the case for many people, and I'm glad the show has such an enduring legacy, but I must confess that I bailed on it While watching Episode 11, "Toys in the Attic", a realization hit me that I simply did not care about anything that was going on and that I felt practically zero desire to go to the next episode. That lack of connection I was talking about in my initial post? Well, it never changed. I appreciated the animation, the world, the music - all of that. But it simply didn't speak to me on a human level, and as a result I felt nothing while watching it. So I chose an amicable split. Well, I chose a split with Sound Euphonium after four episodes of season 2 (the Mizore/Nozumi arc) because of the excessive melodrama, so I think we just run on very different wavelengths It pains me - especially that you didn't care for Toys in the Attic, one of the funniest pieces of fiction I've ever seen (coincidentally, also one of the most thematically dense episodes... which is surprising when you consider that it's just a spoof of Alien) - but I'll let you go your way. We'll always have Liz and the Blue Bird
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 22, 2023 20:35:45 GMT
The Andy Griffith Show: Christmas Story (1960) S1E11 Perfect stocking stuffer viewing. I can't wait to be full of evidence this xmas.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jan 20, 2024 19:44:22 GMT
After pushing myself through season 1 of Star Trek TNG (which I'm hoping will evolve into greater things), I decided to treat myself to an anime that has gotten a bit of buzz recently. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is such a simple, quiet little show about grief and regret, and I'm really enjoying it after two episodes. It's a chill slice of life story about... an old woman seeing all of her friends die. It's A LOT happier and more blissed out than that sounds. Jango, are you aware of this one? It seems to be up your alley.
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Post by JangoB on Jan 20, 2024 21:40:47 GMT
After pushing myself through season 1 of Star Trek TNG (which I'm hoping will evolve into greater things), I decided to treat myself to an anime that has gotten a bit of buzz recently. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is such a simple, quiet little show about grief and regret, and I'm really enjoying it after two episodes. It's a chill slice of life story about... an old woman seeing all of her friends die. It's A LOT happier and more blissed out than that sounds. Jango, are you aware of this one? It seems to be up your alley. Nah man, haven't heard of it. Although now I'm seeing that it was really well-received. I'm actually not sure if it's entirely up my alley because I'm not into all this fantasy shit like elves, princesses and all that. I mostly like my anime (series, that is) down-to-earth. But your description does pique my interest..
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Post by Martin Stett on Jan 20, 2024 23:06:22 GMT
After pushing myself through season 1 of Star Trek TNG (which I'm hoping will evolve into greater things), I decided to treat myself to an anime that has gotten a bit of buzz recently. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is such a simple, quiet little show about grief and regret, and I'm really enjoying it after two episodes. It's a chill slice of life story about... an old woman seeing all of her friends die. It's A LOT happier and more blissed out than that sounds. Jango, are you aware of this one? It seems to be up your alley. Nah man, haven't heard of it. Although now I'm seeing that it was really well-received. I'm actually not sure if it's entirely up my alley because I'm not into all this fantasy shit like elves, princesses and all that. I mostly like my anime (series, that is) down-to-earth. But your description does pique my interest.. There are some annoying fantasy anime tropes present, but the generic fantasy elements seem to be included precisely because their genericity is so universal that you can immediately understand the broad strokes of the backstory, allowing the writers to focus on Frieren and her companions. At the moment it appears to be about Frieren's regret at growing apart from people she considered her best friends, only realizing at the end of their lives how much they meant to her. It's neat. I don't think it's gonna be a masterpiece or anything, but I'm reservedly excited (it is hard to be out-of-this-world excited for a show so insistently set in a minor key) for what's to come.
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Jan 21, 2024 17:00:20 GMT
I just watched the American Nightmare docuseries and, oh my God, I was riveted. Had my jaw on the floor with every new development. Truth is stranger than fiction, indeed. If you're a fan of true crime, watch it.
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Post by JangoB on Feb 2, 2024 12:32:24 GMT
Having greatly enjoyed The Curse, I wanted to get to know Nathan Fielder a little bit better 'cause I wasn't really familiar the guy before. So I started watching Nathan for You... and just two episodes in, I already feel comfortable saying that it's the funniest shit I've seen in a long, long time. Episode 2 especially, holy shit - the goat rescue video, the summer Santa stuff, "Teen Street"
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Post by JangoB on Feb 3, 2024 23:53:02 GMT
Nathan for You, S2E2 - I'm fucking drowning in tears and snot from laughing. Someone call the cops because the East LA International Film Festival segment straight up KILLED me. If this episode isn't a masterpiece of comedy, I don't know what it.
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Post by rhodoraonline on Feb 4, 2024 19:04:41 GMT
So I went to the Black Bird (2022) thread but there's practically no traffic there. Did you guys not watch it or something? Just caught up on it (all episodes, S1) and wow, what a great series.
It was a worthy follow-up watch after the last "prestige TV" limited series I watched [Mare of Eastown]. Of course PWH was superb and his characterization was so fluidly switching between vulnerable, weirdo, likeable, and a coldhearted psychopath. I'm really surprised by the ease with which he made all these disparate elements of the character feel a seamless part of the whole person. It was thrilling to watch. He's really giving Jesse Plemmons a run for his money for the title of the next Phillip Seymour Hoffman here, isn't he?
And what a wonderful surprise was Egerton's performance! Boy has always been likeable but the way he nailed all the cliche facets of his role like a slam dunk character actor, that was beautiful to watch. Super, super impressed by it. These kind of lead performances only ever get nominated, but rarely win, but are no less worthy imo. I haven't seen Rocketman yet, but this was the first time I was really gripped by his character work beyond his regular, immensely likeable and solid lead performances in various films before (including Tetris).
I don't follow Greg Kinnear's career much so I've finally watched him in something after such a darn long time... this made me fall in love with him all over again. What a great choice for that role. Somebody else would have either overdone it or undercooked it too much, or taken the "schtick" route to add "dimensions" to the character etc, but Kinnear was just pitch perfect. Wish he gets more great prestige TV roles like this in the near future.
The main thing I loved about this show was how it focuses on the dynamic between the two main characters instead of creating artificial suspense/mystery/thrills etc beyond what naturally arise from the story. The drama takes its sweet time bringing the two face to face, and then yet more time in getting that dynamic into the groove where Larry Hall starts opening up for real. The best episode for me without a doubt was that CLEANING episode, when the rest of the story stops to just get them talking and connecting to each other in the mess hall. The writing is rarely this superb for long stretches of conversation in ANY genre! Props to Denish LeHaane. Also props to real-life Jimmy Keene for navigating such elite stuff in real life. It may not have went exactly like this in real-life, but to get what he did out of real life Larry Hall, it couldn't have been any less precision work and thrilling as it unfolded in real time, let me tell you that.
By the last episode and even as it progressed, I was really tense how they were gonna tie things up and it did not disappoint me in a nice, surprising way. I feel they powerfully managed to dramatize/depict how things played out probably in real life rather than desperately changing things up for sake of Hollywood-style endings.
Overall, this made me realize Egerton would do so much better in more rangy dramatic lead roles than the type he usually gets, but this business rarely matches up an actor's authentic skill set with the characterization required, alas!
Also, get PWH an Oscar-worthy role, people!
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Post by JangoB on Feb 18, 2024 5:04:58 GMT
I guess February is now my month for all-time great TV viewings: last year it was K-On which became (and still remains) my favorite thing ever, and this year it's Nathan for You which is not only an unbelievably hilarious pinnacle of filmed comedy but also a completely fascinating study of the fragility of principles and of mini-fictions people create for themselves in order to get by. The show's last episode, "Finding Frances", is more original and thought-provoking than any recent movie I can think of, never ceasing to be laugh-out-loud funny at the same time. I really need to thank The Curse (which I'm now obviously seeing in a new light) for introducing me to Nathan Fielder. When I first read about Emma Stone joining it, I thought "Why is she doing her big TV project with some Nathan guy?"... How ignorant and wrong I was. She couldn't have made a better decision. Can't wait to watch The Rehearsal now.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Apr 16, 2024 23:22:37 GMT
Finally getting around to Park Chan-wook’s The Little Drummer Girl before starting The Sympathizer. About halfway through it and I kind of wish someone else had been cast in Skarsgård’s role. I get that his character is supposed to purposely have a withdrawn coldness, but his “quiet intensity” comes across as just wooden more often than not, and I don’t think he and Pugh really have much chemistry. Aside from that, quite good overall so far... though definitely a slow burn (between this and Decision to Leave, that seems to be Park’s preferred mode of pacing recently). And maybe I need to see Lady Macbeth, but I don’t think I’ve seen Pugh be better than she is here... she also looks pretty great in this particular outfit :
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 16, 2024 23:38:48 GMT
Finally getting around to Park Chan-wook’s The Little Drummer Girl before starting The Sympathizer. About halfway through it and I kind of wish someone else had been cast in Skarsgård’s role. I get that his character is supposed to purposely have a withdrawn coldness, but his “quiet intensity” comes across as just wooden more often than not, and I don’t think he and Pugh really have much chemistry. Aside from that, quite good overall so far... though definitely a slow burn (between this and Decision to Leave, that seems to be Park’s preferred mode of pacing recently). And maybe I need to see Lady Macbeth, but I don’t think I’ve seen Pugh be better than she is here... she also looks pretty great in this particular outfit : Poor cold Florence
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Post by stephen on Apr 16, 2024 23:46:30 GMT
Aside from that, quite good overall so far... though definitely a slow burn (between this and Decision to Leave, that seems to be Park’s preferred mode of pacing recently). And maybe I need to see Lady Macbeth, but I don’t think I’ve seen Pugh be better than she is here... she also looks pretty great in this particular outfit : Still her best performance.
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