I wish they included more technical explanation about the car with 3D visuals but I understand that it's for casual audience.
Great to take a trip into the past.. I'd forgotten how well they did in the one and only season in F1. Definitely worth watching.
8/10
Brawn - The Impossible Formula 1 Story is beautiful! A very well produced 2009 Drive to Survive full of heart and emotion! A must watch to anyone that likes F1 :heart:
Andrew Scott delivers a compelling portrayal of Tom Ripley, capturing his neurotic and disturbing essence with precision. While the series spans 8 hours, allowing for a deeper exploration of Patricia Highsmith's story, some pacing issues arise in later episodes. Nonetheless, the atmospheric black-and-white cinematography, slow pace, and dark humour contribute to its distinctiveness.
In contrast to the 1999 film, the series offers a richer portrayal of Tom's backstory as a New York grifter. Despite deviations in plot details, the core theme of Tom's envy of Dickie Greenleaf remains intact.
The decision to shoot in black and white adds to its film noir ambience, with Scott's performance reminiscent of Mads Mikkelsen's in "Hannibal." Despite its slow burn, the series effectively develops characters and maintains high production standards, making it a standout adaptation of Highsmith's work.
Excellent. I was afraid that the choice to be in black and white was pretentious nonsense, but it doesn't distract at all. Five minutes in and you forget it's in black and white. It also looks gorgeous and the way the black and white is graded may be the reason. I'm not sure it would look as good in color. The only negative thing that I could say about the show is that you can't watch it and do something else. There are long stretches without any dialogue and much of the movie is in Italian. I usually find it dstracting when English movies have the characters speak a language other than English. I would prefer that the imaginary people only pretend to speak a foreign language. In this case though, they use the foreign language to show Tom's character progression. His lack of ability to speak Italian at the beginning of the show and his fluency at the end tells you something about the character. This is just well done, and I hope that they adapt the next book Riply Underground.
I really wish the season was longer. Really loved how it showed how teens use technology nowadays. Overall pretty great show.
Netflix is really killing it with these international shows. They are 2 for 2 for german shows IMO which is saying a lot seeing how 95% of german TV is absolute shite.
