What a great surprise! Nice job, Netflix!
Amazing performances, great script and superb directing.
3 episodes in and I am loving this series. Pleasantly surprised by the smart, thoughtful writing, excellent acting and stunning cinematography.
The Brits* conquer the west! Such a good limited series. My only expectation, as I began watching this series, was that it was a western and a friend had recommended it. All the movie posters were iconic silhouettes of the genre. But, my expectations (delight and appreciation) raised exponentially as the casting revealed itself, beginning with Sam Waterston (as the Marshal), then Michelle Dockery* (Alice), Tantoo Cardinal (Iyavl), Jack O'Connell* (Roy), Thomas Brodie-Sangster* (Whitey), Jeff Daniels (Frank) and finally Kim Coates sealed the deal. All the acting felt very authentic and appropriate and the imported* talent did well to speak American (although, I'm told, the Americans speaking Norwegian? Not so good). The storytelling was well executed, the production values high, the direction was solid (except someone forgot to do a body count in the last episode - of the 30 men at least 50 of them were shot dead) . I give this series an appreciative 9 (superb) out of 10. [Western] (In case you didn't catch it the * behind a name indicated British actors.)
If you're a fan of Western genre, please do yourself a favor and watch this limited series. This is one of the best western TV shows I've watched, you'll be rewarded for watching this.
Godless is a Western series that is better than I initially thought it would be. The series is full of intense gun battles and action scenes that will have keep you engaged. The story is well-written and expertly crafted, with each episode building upon the last to create a truly immersive experience. The characters are complex and multi-dimensional, with each actor delivering a standout performance. The cinematography is excellent, capturing the style and brutality of the Old West.
Someone(s) got a little lazy on the last episode. All you have to do is count the number of bad guys shot from scene to scene and subtract it from 30. Seems kind of easy if you ask me.
This was phenomenal. There was such great care taken in the attention to detail that it made so many scenes really stand out for how well fleshed out they were. The acting was superb! There were so many wonderful performances, there were too many to list, but Michelle Dockery and Merritt Weaver were exceptional. I'm not a big fan of the western genre, but this was so far above and beyond a simple western tale. This is one of the best mini-series I can ever recall having watched.
Show is alright. Kind of drawn out though, all the story combined could have been a 2 hour movie and you wouldn't have missed anything at all. It's a show that tells you something 20 times when it could have been done with a telling look instead.
The final episode features some of the dumbest scenes you've ever seen. Even untrained people wouldn't be so stupid. Your favorite people will die the dumbest ways. People hop up from underground with guns just to shout and die. One lady hopped out from hiding and started to reload there instead of taking one step to the side first. Actually most of them just hops out without shooting. Main villain just sits there all the time, no body ever thinks to shoot him. Roy brought all this upon them, but everyone's just like "aww yeah he saved us".
Kind of hated all the "supernatural" stuff like ghosts, knowing when you die, and Indians knowing what will happen.
Just because it's olden days or you're indian doesn't mean hokus pokus existed.
Anyway, as I said, it's alright.
I'm not a Western fan usually. Very few are actually well written anymore. Plus in general, they usually don't confront the facts of the past and cling to the false romanticizing of the period. This confronts all of that, subtly. The newspaper guy exaggerating and romanticizing the outlaws. The cowboys committing crimes and blaming the Native tribes. The Army too lazy to help homesteaders, under orders. The best part of this whole series is how it confronts the past while being very well written, fantastically directed, and with an amazing cast.
There were a couple scenes that I would've written differently, particularly the ending, but the ending works and probably truer than what I would've wanted. But you can see from the other comments the ending threw some of us.
I'm pretty stingy with 10, and I just couldn't dock it more than a half a point, 9.5 at worst. So 10. First episode seems all over the place but the second will have you binge watching the whole thing.
A show not to be disregarded. These are seven intense episodes, worth every single minute. Absolutely fantastic watch!
Great entertainment, impeccably made, with a solid cast and excellent writing. And the final episode is amazing.
Superb take on a Western. Women must take charge and defend themselves in a mining town when all the men die in a blast. Gender and alternative lifestyles get airtime while Jeff Bridges acts his heart out as a haunted villain in a classic but complex outrider tale. 10/10. Highly highly recommend.
i hate the last episode: 光環不死身、深情凝望、勇猛及時、crossfire、豬隊友、耍帥大戰扣一分
Just started this series and the cinematography is... wow. This is beautiful.
best show of 2018 for me
Highly recommend this mini-series if you’re into Westerns. It’s made very well overall.
I was just looking for a western movie to get in the mood before playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and I found this series instead. I didn't expect it to be that good but hell I enjoyed every second of it.
Niezły, ale raczej nie będzie następnego sezonu. "Frank told Variety that he first wrote it as a film, but executive producer Steven Soderbergh (The Knick, The Girlfriend Experience) suggested that it might be better as a miniseries — and he was right. The seven-episode format really lets Frank establish the characters before moving them into confrontations with one another. The only question is, will we get more of Godless? Probably not. While nothing definitive has been released one way or the other, Frank told Variety that when he gave the script to Netflix's vice president of content, she immediately said she wanted it to be the streaming service's first in-house limited series"
Not bad show - can't see a second season from the ending of it - no point. If you're stuck for something to watch, then definitely take the time to bing-watch this. 8/10
Wauw....just wauw. Great show. Not a big fan of westerns but glad i watched this. Atmosphere is great acting is superb.
Great script and acting. So great to see a western of this caliber. If you liked this show checkout Hell on Wheels and Deadwood for more great western tv shows.
not as good as deadwood, but its original story with superb acting. 7 episodes made for binging.
Just finished the limited series of only seven episodes and I highly recommend that you binge watch the whole thing. Then tell your friends what they’re missing out on. I gave it a solid ten.
Off to an excellent start so far. Can definitely recommend it.
Review by LeftHandedGuitaristBlockedParentSpoilers2017-12-03T12:39:33Z
Not quite the "feminist Western" which Netflix seemed to promote it as, but that's fine because it didn't need to be. Godless is a lush and rich Western miniseries which somehow feels fresh while still embodying many tropes of the genre. We have a tired sheriff with an overeager deputy, a band of outlaws seeking revenge and a mysterious stranger on the run. All this happens in and around a town populated almost entirely by (badass) women.
It's to the shows credit that it makes each of these clichés feel unique and interesting. The sheriff is losing his eyesight and is regarded as a coward by the women he's charged with protecting, while simultaneously struggling with feelings of resentment to his own little daughter. The evil outlaw (played superbly by Jeff Daniels) is actually a man capable of incredible compassion and acts of love alongside his brutality. And Whitey, the overeager deputy, turns out to be one of the most enjoyable and unpredictable characters in the whole thing.
But it's the girls of La Belle who do manage to steal a good portion of the show. Maggie is tough as nails and doesn't back down an inch when confronted with male posturing, as well as being engaged in a very natural relationship with Callie. Meanwhile, Alice lives her life exactly on her own terms as she raises her son along with her (awesome) Native American mother-in-law.
Godless is not an action-fest, although when things go down it's extremely satisfying. This is more of a measured story which lets things breathe. The cinematography is absolutely glorious and my jaw dropped at the staging of several scenes. I found it to the show's benefit that we spent so much time just taking things in as my attachment to the characters grew more and more. To give a specific example there's an episode in which a lot of time is spent with horses, and while it doesn't further the plot significantly, it pays off down the line and only allowed me to enjoy the experience all the more.
The cast are uniformly excellent, and it's easy to forget that three of the main characters are Brits. The writing is also of a high quality, and while this is not in the same league as the poetry and magnificence of Deadwood, it's very much going for a different vibe and doing its own thing. This feels more like an epic Western whereas the HBO show had a tighter focus on the comings and goings of the town it was set in.
That's not to say the show is perfect. I'm definitely not the first to notice, but there are a number of plot threads which are introduced but go absolutely nowhere. We meet characters like John Doe who have a mystery set up and then no more is given to us. We don't really get any huge revelations into Bill's past with his wife or situation, and what the Indian and his dog were all about. The (fantastic) German character Martha is only introduced at the very end. And we don't even get a proper explanation as to why Roy betrayed Frank in the first place. It definitely feels to me like there is plenty of room for a continuation, but this appears to be a one-off.
But I absolutely loved Godless. It manages to be incredibly satisfying despite its flaws, is one of the best looking shows you can watch right now and when it kicks off the thrills are absolutely glorious.