If you can come into this with two declarations, you will enjoy this show: (1) I will not compare this to the previous version of the show, and (2) I will watch this until the end. I enjoyed this show's first season a great deal, laughing with my partner about he awkwardness of the confessionals and genuinely appreciating the different set designs and challenges. We were wrong about the winner, but we were 95% sure who the mole was. That didn't take away from how much fun we had! What it lacks in originality, it makes up in casting.
There you have it, folks. “Big guy” revealed. The King is back and we are obviously because the man (and the actor who plays him) is a legend.
Happy for Erika - disappointing that Survivor hasn't really figured out how to edit its [female players with subtle gameplay] well. We should all be feeling things with Erika, but most are probably feeling distant from her. Shame-shame.
Touching moments that would feel a bit too straightforwardly cheesy if it wasn’t a holiday-themed show. The “go home Airbud” moment in particular felt like something I’ve seen a bunch before. Hoping to have my expectations subverted in the next eps! It’s getting predictable, but it’s still enjoyable.
Enjoyed this episode more than the others so far for some reason. Maybe because I think the characters' budding friendship was a clear theme of the show at this point. I think we'll find it's going to be central.
Are you having fun yet? I sure am. This was fantastic. Oh, and by the way everyone, this is how you create inclusion with diverse characters and stories. I could write paragraphs more on what they did with Echo and Clint's loss of his hearing aide.
Selena is doing a great job acting like she is feeling absolutely no emotions while in the same room as greats like Martin Short and Steve Martin.
I've enjoyed Hailee as Kate so far. She's got the sarcastic and annoying little sister vibe locked down.
So far it's been a swift character setup, so I think it'll get pretty fun in the next couple eps.
(I think the Clint family stuff is... less fun; I get that's the man's story arc, but it's always been less interesting to me)
Ashley Romans is playing the bad-a$$ness of Agent 355 perfectly.
This will not be the last time I make this statement, surely.
I am ambivalently surprised at how well the lead actor is playing the eventually loveable man-child of Yorick I read in the comics.
The ending scene was this show getting to flex comedic editing muscles it rarely gets to with it's standard format. Really good stuff, and I hope to see it in Dan Levy's next TV show!
Okay don't hate- I loved this ep, but that man is Disney Prince level of perfect and that has me a bit on edge.
Not gonna lie...
I see comments about the musical parts of this ep (which I liked, except for the villain's song). Y'all blaming Ryan Murphy, but despite being the showrunner, I do not think he was the writer or director of this episode. Not my favorite ep, but definitely not my least favorite. That prize goes to the ridiculous episode where they covered up the John dying.
The beauty of this episode can't exist without the context of the 8 hours before it. That's how you know this episode was meant for TV.
After wading in the emotions of these characters with just bits of information that helps you piece together what they must've went through to feel--so--bad, this episode finally gives you (some of) the answers you were looking for in a way that makes you want to cry and give all the people you were shaking your head at a hug.
This movie means a lot to me, and I identify very closely with it. I feel like I understood the director/writer/exec. producer's vision so clearly, and it is a truly beautiful way of looking at the ups and downs of life. Not many people seemed to have had the same intimacy with this movie that I did, but I watch it with the people closest to me nonetheless to see the way they interpret it (and me, by extension). I think this movie has a lot to say about a lot of things, without using many words. Hopefully it will touch many others the same way.
Beautiful episode packed full of such a variety of ways to deal with grief. Really loved the direction of this episode in showing the perspectives of people's experiences - I felt like I was watching a movie the most from this episode.
I feel like I'm watching the lives of actual people when I watch this show.
(That is high praise.)
Such a beautiful episode with so much positivity combined with looming sadness and dread. The feeling of being a teen was captured wonderfully here. This show is rewarding those who stick with it.
Love Olivia Munn - Sam Clafin is charming, what'dya want from me. Wife left put this on and fell asleep 30 seconds after and me, like a sucker, watched this on a dime from start to finish. Not my usual style of movie, but I actually enjoyed watching this, lol.
Kelly Reichardt creates atmosphere and immersion better than almost every filmmaker out there. You watch the movie immersed in so much subtly in the environment that you may forget that typical movies have plot and structure that push you to predict what's going to happen next. In Old Joy, you feel what the characters are experiencing more than you truly know and think about what is going to happen. It mimics life in that way. And that's impressive.
I'm honestly surprised I enjoyed this. I didn't choose to watch it (my wife, who fell asleep 5 min after it started, did). I often watch movies that are hard to understand and that challenge me. But maybe the reason I liked it was exactly because of that. It was just pleasant. It was simple, didn't require constant attention, and was the perfect end to a long workday where all I did was think myself to exhaustion.
Can't say I'll be intentionally returning to movies like this, but hey, I had enjoyed myself.
Luca Guadagnino rules at telling complex stories with so much subtlety and realism that his work can seem just as painfully confusing as life is. When I see people and situations I don't understand, I see that as a challenge to figure out what I'm missing. This was my favorite episode among the first three, and I'm strapped-in for the rest.
Doing my (3rd? 4th?) rewatch of Season 1 and if you're here it's cause you like Sorkin, so I won't say anything trying to convince disbelievers.
All I wanna say is I love this show for how much it packs into ~60 min. Sorkin is among a select few who can actually make shows that feel like you know the characters really well and feel like you're embedded in their worlds. Many shows can learn from that.
Okay I lied, I also wanna say that Sorkin can create action among dialogue under the genre of romance and drama better than anyone. This ep makes you feel like you're watching fight scenes in [the best action movie].
I'm callin' it before it's called: the subtitles were added after getting so much hate for the previous whisper episodes. Shows how chaotic it really is without leaving us in the dark. I like. (Also there goes my winner pick...)
This episode meant a lot to me. I love this show, and I think this may've been my favorite episode that I've seen so far. High Maintenance captures the ambivalence, the peaks and the valleys, of being human. I really think this episode encapsulated what I love so much about this show.
I'm a big comic book reader. I also like TV and movies. I'm not a Harley guy. I like smart, self-aware comedies that comment on society though (Community; Boondocks; Parks n Rec; Rick & Morty) and this was that for sure.
This show is Great. Highly recommend if you're like me!
Wow, I'm extremely impressed by the self-awareness of this show and its commentary on superhero antics and silliness. Amazing.
Good job everyone. Very good episode and editing. This was probably one of the best single performances by a Survivor.
So many mixed feelings about this episode but ultimately I say it's a...fun ep.
Loved the narration bits. Thought Vincent Cassel was really great in every scene he was in vocally or visually. Perfect casting. Didn't have as much fun with the genre bits as I wanted, but I thought the other parts of the ep were great.
