So far most of the comments I've seen here have been pretty negative. Personally I very much enjoyed the movie taking it as a fun action ride. Yes, there's been plenty of time loop based movies, but the combination of the good fight scenes, little comical points and nods to other movies combined with the time travel aspects made it to me highly enjoyable. Overall I thought the acting was pretty good for this type of movie from the Grillo, Gibson and Watts and on the whole it was an enjoyable watch.
Let's remember, we never watched the old 80s movies with the classic action stars because they were going to win oscars, they were about having a bit of over the top mindless fun. And this for me fit the bill well
This is a very unpopular opinion but I really like this series. You could see how much effort they put into it, not only musically but also cinematography. The camera shots were distinctive, outstanding fight choreography and funny dialogues. I know many people would disagree with me since it wasn't purely accurate to the anime... But you have to think of this: If it was a full copy of the Anime, it would be quite boring. Besides, not everything that is animated you can shoot on screen. People always neglect that! Therefore, you have to consider this series as separate from the Anime, then you can probably enjoy it.
For me, I enjoyed it a lot and hope they make a second season despite of the stigma
Edit: Unfortuneately, the second season got cancelled. But there is also a petition for it. So if you want more of Cowboy Bebop, you can support them on the following link:
https://www.change.org/p/netflix-save-the-live-action-cowboy-bebop
The acting. I need to start at the acting before anything. Every single person on that screen was every inch of believable. Even that dog, the dog, amazed me with its acting skills.
Next up is the cinematography, it was filmed almost like a documentary and I think that's what makes this different from most movies for sure. I loved feeling like these characters were real.
The story and the dialogue are both top-notch, and the ending is very controversial, I'd say. Also, the soundtrack is both soothing and chaotic. I love it.
The only reason I'm not giving it a higher level is because I didn't feel connected enough to any of the characters to care enough. The case itself is interesting, but the answers are too thin.
This movie is being targeted by the far right across the internet. Don't take any ratings or comments as useful information, you're on your own for this one. Maybe just watch it and find out. It's perfectly fine for children to watch, so maybe just put it on and find out. The only way it's not suitable for children is if you have a middle-aged man shouting at the screen behind them.
Having been a die-hard fan of the video games I have high hopes (but low expectations) that this show will be awesome! I felt Silo had a very Fallout feel to them and if this is at least as good as Silo has been then this will be a winner!
If I have to describe The Serpent in one sentence, it would be – a mess of casting and accents:
- The casting - Charles Sobhraj is Frenchman of Indian and Vietnamese parentage but Tahar Rahim is a French actor of Algerian descent. Close enough for BBC, I guess. :laughing: Several times in the series Sobhraj refer to himself as an ‘Asian’ and I was like, where is this ‘Asian’ he was talking about?!
- The accents – At first, I was very confused why all these British diplomats are concerned about two Dutch backpackers. Colonizers support colonizers? :thinking: Turns out they are supposed to be Dutch, German, Belgian. Oh! :open_mouth: Their terrible accents come and go, so you can easily tell they are all English actors. I hate when USA/UK make movies set in foreign countries but everyone conveniently speaks English instead of their native languages. :rolling_eyes:
Other problems I have with this show:
This series did not portray Charles Sobhraj accurately. In real life he was a mystique and captivating, but this is lacking in Rahim's portrayal. He plays Sobhraj in a very flat and dull manner. The constant blank stare into the distance wasn't enough to convince me he had any charisma.
The constant jumping back and forth in time isn’t executed smoothly. I'm sure BBC thought this was a clever device to create excitement/dynamism, but in fact it’s simply lazy and cheap way of story telling. A sloppy way of creating the drama to avoid having to tell the story well in a single timeline.
The lack of dramatic tension. Only in episode 3 did I get excited about what might happen. The most moving scene of the series is Dominique getting home. No time was taken for the viewer to have any empathy with any of the characters/victims.
All the “Mary Sue/Marty Stu” characterization - from Knippenberg to Siemons, there are too many lazily written cartoon characters. Their sudden and unexpected outbursts of anger seemed way over the top. Next you have Nadine – too many scenes where she decided to scarify herself to help the investigation. It seemed way too exaggerated. Actually, the show focuses more on these characters instead of Charles Sobhraj, it should have been called, “The people who hunt the Serpent down”.
That leads to my next problem with the show. Since most of the show is for the “good” Westerners, there is no mention of all Westerners helping Sobhraj in his crimes. The French businessman named Jean Dhuisme was left out. Barbara Smith (Canadian), Mary Ellen Eather (Australian), Hugey Courage (Belgian) were shown in the last episode but for a very brief moment, and no mention how Sobhraj recruited them. For some reason BBC didn’t want to focus on them, probably not to show colonizers in bad light. Westerns that aren’t rich enough to be rich in their ‘first world countries’ love to move to poor countries to live out their millionaire fantasies. No mention of another Western criminal - Jacqueline Kuster (German), she met Charles while they were both in prison, she was 34, while he was 51 years old. They wanted to get married. Speaking of which, why was Nihita Biswas left out as well? It would have been interesting to see more about Sobhraj‘s life after he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The show is just facts of what Charles did only from the Wikipedia article about him, one would expect the writers to do more research.
One last thing - I do realize that people in the 70s smoked more, but still it is repellent to watch every character smoking heavily in almost every scene.
I'm a sucker for an open ended narrative, and Anatomy of a Fall gives us so many breadcrumbs to work with it's hard not to get lost in how we feel once the credits roll. It's been amazing to read multiple interpretations throughout the days following my viewing, and I'm still not sure where I land on the ultimate conclusion of the plot. What I can say for certainty is that Anatomy of a Fall is a glorious peek inside the life of a delightfully nuanced couple. Their interactions are raw and real, arguments feel clumsy and looped, realistic and believable. It asks us to question our perception and interpretation of others; seeing relationships for brief moments and coming to grandiose conclusions about their infinite nuances without ever truly knowing these people and the dynamics that push and pull between them. I'll continue to return to this movie in my head for weeks to come, as another minute detail bubbles up and questions the narrative I've built in my head about these people and what transpired between them. Maybe I should watch it again, I can't imagine what a second viewing will unearth. Fantastic film, I expect a lot of award season love for this one.
SUPER excited for this. The Silo series books were fantastic, and I always thought they would make a great movie or show. Fingers crossed that the show is just as interesting as the books!
A high quality production of a really shocking story. I went in blind, hadn't heard about this case before, and I couldn't believe how it transpired. A very emotional watch with an outcome that could have been different if it were not, yet again, for police corruption and incompetence. I've watched some sensationalised, low-quality true crime recently and I felt that this one was empathetic and coherent in its retelling of events. The victims voices are centered from the very start and the case is detailed in a refreshingly succinct three-parter. There are some loose threads which I really wish had been answered (such as why did Muller want Andrea? who else was involved when Denise heard people come to the house?) but I am just so relieved it was resolved thanks to Det. Carauso!
[tv+] Throughout this kind of anthology that establishes connections between the characters, there are some stories that are more interesting than others, especially as it moves forward in time and show more distant possible futures. It isn't so much a question of imagining a future marked by climate change, but of forecasting, based on current scientific data, what life in our society would be like in forty years from now. There is less dystopia to propose some solutions through bioengineering, and although it is inevitably discursive, the proposal is more interesting than usual.
A neo-horror flick about how the criminally aggressive US health care system is hell bent on crushing the working class out of existence after stealing all their money, and an evil God that will do everything in his power to prevent you from saving your daughter's life on your own unless you get on your knees and beg. Scary shit.
Season 4 is lame compared to previous seasons (except episode 1). Not much happening, too much drama and emotions, not much shooting or real story lines. The main story of ‘who shot John’ and Jamie visiting the prison to find out his father did it bled dead and instead they fill the episodes with all these stupid emo shit. The airport plan is just taggling along, wtf they just killed this guy with the snake who was STILL fishing in the stream next to Dutton, random shit happening.
The rating I’m going to give for Bingo Hell is for a “B” movie rating. I’d give it a solid 8. The performances are good and the movie has a good gimmick and made me laugh my ass off.
If you love B horror movies your miles may vary, but I really enjoyed it.
Solid near future dystopia thriller. I enjoyed it.
I’m not sure what the end of the film says about the questions it initially asks, but it was a mindless afternoon watch and you could do much worse this Halloween season.
Read my full review:
https://explosionnetwork.com/movie-reviews/by-nights-end-review
