roadkill1292
Footballguy
Katla was indeed bleak but I was entertained. And I like the Nordics too but I also recommend the Bazatlan series, three movies revolving around the same detective, set in Basque country, I think. Always dark and foreboding.
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fatness
Footballguy
I'll check them out, thanks. I watched 2 series (The Mire and something else) from Poland but they were a different kind of bleak --- man-made bleak. And between the bad dubbing and bad subtitles were hard to understand at times.
fatness
Footballguy
Watched the movie tonight. It moved right along, probably had a few too many plot twists, left formerly important characters onscreen but without much dialogue or effect on the plot, and probably left anyone who hadn't seen the series wondering "where's this all coming from?" numerous times. Movie was decent, but nowhere as good as the series which really relied on character development and crimesolving without eerie overtones.
El Floppo
Footballguy
The wife tapped after the 2nd ep. Too...much...for her. I'll have to go this one alone, sadly...which means late night tired viewimg- not the best way to approach this one from what I've seen so far
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
I've become aware that many people don't like this show and have stopped recommending it to randos. For me, through episode 5 it is still the best show I've seen in a long time. Writing, acting, editing, score - all absolutely top notch.
krista4
Footballguy
Finally started "Mr. Inbetween" last night after all the raves here. Watched five episodes and am excited to get to the rest. Not a criticism, but just a query: do we ever get any background or context? Feels like we were just thrown in the middle without knowing who the people are or how they fit together. Again, I don't mind but am curious.
El Floppo
Footballguy
you do a get more of him and his family.
what I thought was done really well in the show is the ability to put you in the middle of viewer unknown relationships, but still feel like powerfully real people and relationships.
krista4
Footballguy
The family part was what it was kinda easy to figure out, at least it seems. I was more wondering if we know the relationship among him and, for instance, his friend who's married to the Russian, or the dude who owns the strip club. Maybe I'm overthinking it and the first is just a good friend and the latter is his...boss?
El Floppo
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Looking forward to more of the show tonight!
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Ray and Gary went to high school together, at least until Ray dropped out. One episode was about them attending their school reunion, with the predictable ensuing chaos.
krista4
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
I don't remember that at all... and considering how memorable that sounds, I must have missed that ep.
belljr
Footballguy
Maik Jeaunz
Footballguy
There are certainly things that happened between Ray and Garz and Freddy over the years. Things that allow them to be so…’proficient’ in certain things. But they don’t really ever touch on it. We just have to accept the implications that they’ve seen some #### together.
fatness
Footballguy
Just started Pigalle, la Nuit (not on Netfllix), a 1-season French drama set in the redlight district of Paris, where a man looking for his siter briefly sees her dancing. Then she disappears. The first episode was slow, almost bailed, but the second one started things moving. It's more like The Deuce with a much less expensive production, set in Paris. I expect we'll finish it this week. Bonus: Sara Martins is in it; the main police detective in the first 5 seasons of Death in Paradise.
TripItUp
Footballguy
GordonGekko
Footballguy
Mark Rylance will likely be nominated for an Oscar for Don't Look Up. I don't think he'll beat Richard Jenkins but this is not a strong year for films in general.
Adam McKay legitimately tried to make a modern day Dr Strangelove. There are at least 5-6 scenes that are full of unrelenting honest gut wrenching brutality in the film.
Shockingly, it's not manipulative. Usually modern films like this are full of cheap Spielberg tricks, but this runs along the lines of Kurosawa's Ikiru. A grim examination of the human condition.
It may be the best film no one is watching right now. Jennifer Lawrence and Jonah Hill are likely going to drag the film down overall as they don't show any real acting range here. (Because they don't have any) The casting is a bit off and that's it's core weakness.
krista4
Footballguy
We watched another 11 episodes of Mr. Inbetween tonight. 
I don't remember such a binge before, but with their being 30 minutes (23 without ads) it's easy to fly through, and given that there are only 26 episodes in total, it seems like a good push toward the finish. I'm never sure if it's ok that I laugh so much at this show as I do. So black. Aussie Willem Dafoe is incredibly good.
I don't remember such a binge before, but with their being 30 minutes (23 without ads) it's easy to fly through, and given that there are only 26 episodes in total, it seems like a good push toward the finish. I'm never sure if it's ok that I laugh so much at this show as I do. So black. Aussie Willem Dafoe is incredibly good.
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shadrap
Footballguy
I read your comments with unfettered envy as alas I finished the series a month ago. enjoy & report back.We watched another 11 episodes of Mr. Inbetween tonight.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
Started season 1 on Saturday. Liking it so far but was super confused until we figured out that each main character (Yennefer,Ciri,Witcher) was in a different timeline.
Mile High
Footballguy
Was curious on this one, online reviews haven’t been kind to it, but I suspect some of that is politically motivated given the allegory nature of the subject matter.
waiver wire
Footballguy
the book of boba fett came out today on disney
GordonGekko
Footballguy
Buckna said:
I recognize this is not the PSF, but the nature of the film is actually bi-partisan in nature. It's a discussion of the failings of the human ego, it doesn't matter what becomes of the political ideology of the person who holds it. Well not to Adam McKay.
The Mark Rylance character is a combination of Biden, Fauci, slightly Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
Jonah Hill and Jennifer Lawrence were casting misfires that will invite pundit criticism ( the film is just too brutally honest) but they were cast because they have their own built in audiences. McKay knew this would be a hard sell of a movie and wanted to find something to draw in younger viewers.
Rylance has one scene with DiCaprio ( aka "field mouse") that is just plainly terrifying. It's scary because its satire but it's so close to plausible that you realize everyone here with children will very likely watch them die at the hands of these powerful smug tone deaf idiots.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I liked the premise and point Don't Look Up was trying to make, but I thought the tone was all over the place and in the end I thought it was average at best.
Maik Jeaunz
Footballguy
just a follow up, Arcane has a 100% fresh score on RottenTomatoes.
I rewatched the whole season and have been listening to the soundtrack. I may be obsessed. if you're even slightly interested, I would say give it 3 episodes to see if you want to continue. the end of the 3rd episode is a gut punch.
Waingro
Footballguy
He really is a blokey blokekrista4 said:We watched another 11 episodes of Mr. Inbetween tonight.
jamny
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
at both.Just finished Season 2. That last episode was...rough. Knew it was coming, but just wrenching.
krista4
Footballguy
Ep1 - Eh, ugh, virus show starting a little girl.
Ep 2 thru 4 - Ok, post apocalypse gypsies, who are all these people?
Ep 5 - Ok now! Were at the the top of the roller coaster ready to go down!
El Floppo
Footballguy
Also I’m starting to think this might not be true.
I want it to be true SO badly...I have zero memory of watching it.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Yep! Got within three episodes of the end tonight. Had to shut it down until tomorrow, but caught this one.
Something I love about this show is that it has so many strings that are tied together. I love how there is always the notion of "owing," which extends not just to the big stuff among the hitmen, but down to his daughter always keeping track of who owed her for cursing. Another very cool bit was when Brucey asked if Ray would reconcile with their dad...as Ray sucked on a cigarette, which he'd promised his daughter he'd "try" to give up, he said, "I'll try." Love how this show ties stuff like that all together.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
My only criticism of Mr. In-between is a weird one. Spoiler below.
But I noticed pretty early on that he never wore a mask, wore gloves, cared about driving his own car to crime scenes, etc. So many shows nowadays are about cops catching criminals and criminals trying to avoid getting caught. This show just unabashedly didn't care about any of that. It was like police didn't exist. I accepted that they just didn't care about that piece. That's not what the show was about. The longer it went on, the more I liked it. But then there was the couple episodes in jail. That just weirdly disappointed me.
But I noticed pretty early on that he never wore a mask, wore gloves, cared about driving his own car to crime scenes, etc. So many shows nowadays are about cops catching criminals and criminals trying to avoid getting caught. This show just unabashedly didn't care about any of that. It was like police didn't exist. I accepted that they just didn't care about that piece. That's not what the show was about. The longer it went on, the more I liked it. But then there was the couple episodes in jail. That just weirdly disappointed me.
krista4
Footballguy
Yep, I actually noticed on his first kill that he smoked a cigarette and then tossed it off without a care, which made me think of DNA... Quickly I had just to toss that all off as inconsequential and that they were working so far outside the law that forensics didn't matter.
waiver wire
Footballguy
thanks for these
i started katla tonight and added the other to the list except bridge and killing .
i couldnt find them on netflix
jamny
Footballguy
There was an original movie that the show is based on called The Magician. At one point in the TV show, someone even asks "who was that?" and the other guy says "He's called The Magician"
I haven't seen it yet and the only place to see it that I've found is on Tubi.
Bogart
Footballguy
I think it's hilarious. I was behind the curve and just now catching up. Somewhere in season three.
But I also don't think it's everyone's cup of tea. But I think you will figure out if you like it or not pretty quickly.
Bogart
Footballguy
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I want to use an app to help track of what movies and shows I'm watching (first world problems with focus) and wondering if anyone has a recommendation? Downloaded Letterboxd, Sofa and TV Time, to try out, but willing to listen to other opinions.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
gianmarco
Footballguy
Somebody posted about the JustWatch app. I downloaded it but haven't really tried it yet.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I use that to find where movies are streaming if available, but does it let you log/rate what you've watched?
jamny
Footballguy
It only does like/dislike to generate recommendations. Once you click "Seen", it doesn't seem to put it in a list of any kind.
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