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re: True Detective S2E3: "Maybe Tomorrow"
Posted on 7/6/15 at 10:59 am to 0jersey
Posted on 7/6/15 at 10:59 am to 0jersey
I think the show is ok. Episode 3 was the best by far IMO.
The issue I have is similar to others. They are trying too hard to focus on character development and have abandoned the plot too much. There are 20 minute stretches that have nothing to do with the murders or Vinci. It’s absurd and ruins the pacing of the show.
Directing is trying to be too stylish and is completely abandoning substance. Writing is great in spurts and completely lost in others. They needed to spend about another year revising this script.
As far as the acting:
- Colin Farrell is pretty great. He pulls off his character and it’s a troubled character who is stuck somewhere between protagonist and villain. You root for him, but at the same time realize he’s a piece of shite.
- Vince Vaughn was bad at first, but I thought he has improved each episode. He is at the worst tolerable. Personally, I would give him a B-.
- McAdams is pretty bad, but she is hot so my little head blinds my big head and I look past it.
- Kitsch is atrocious. He cannot come close to pulling off the “brooding, repressed gay” that he is attempting. He is far and away the weak part of the show, both acting wise and character wise.
I will continue to watch and enjoy. I just hope the next season has better casting and writing. The overly-stylish directing can work well if the other things are in place. The downfall of this season, in addition to my stated issues, will undoubtedly be the shadow cast from Season 1, which was an all-time great television season.
The issue I have is similar to others. They are trying too hard to focus on character development and have abandoned the plot too much. There are 20 minute stretches that have nothing to do with the murders or Vinci. It’s absurd and ruins the pacing of the show.
Directing is trying to be too stylish and is completely abandoning substance. Writing is great in spurts and completely lost in others. They needed to spend about another year revising this script.
As far as the acting:
- Colin Farrell is pretty great. He pulls off his character and it’s a troubled character who is stuck somewhere between protagonist and villain. You root for him, but at the same time realize he’s a piece of shite.
- Vince Vaughn was bad at first, but I thought he has improved each episode. He is at the worst tolerable. Personally, I would give him a B-.
- McAdams is pretty bad, but she is hot so my little head blinds my big head and I look past it.
- Kitsch is atrocious. He cannot come close to pulling off the “brooding, repressed gay” that he is attempting. He is far and away the weak part of the show, both acting wise and character wise.
I will continue to watch and enjoy. I just hope the next season has better casting and writing. The overly-stylish directing can work well if the other things are in place. The downfall of this season, in addition to my stated issues, will undoubtedly be the shadow cast from Season 1, which was an all-time great television season.
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Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:23 am to TheCaterpillar
here's a question (may be a dumb one) about the next season. As people have mentioned in here, S1 was likely so tremendous bc it was this guy's life work that he put years and years into and he did it exactly his way....then with S2 he basically had to live up to it again on an extremely short (comparitively speaking) time frame. The network essentially said "great, now do it again and have it done by [X date]".
My question is, in situations like this why don't they just let the creative people take their tiem and just finish when they finish? Obviously, you can't give them COMPLETE freedom or it could be like 5 years between seasons. But take books for example. I don't read GOT but hasn't GRRM taken years and years between books? I'm sure the publsiher (and fans) would love to have each one come out on a fixed schedule, but he's like "nah, IDGAS. It'll be ready when it's ready". Is that kind of things not ever done with television?
My question is, in situations like this why don't they just let the creative people take their tiem and just finish when they finish? Obviously, you can't give them COMPLETE freedom or it could be like 5 years between seasons. But take books for example. I don't read GOT but hasn't GRRM taken years and years between books? I'm sure the publsiher (and fans) would love to have each one come out on a fixed schedule, but he's like "nah, IDGAS. It'll be ready when it's ready". Is that kind of things not ever done with television?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 2:41 pm to TheCaterpillar
Next season we'll get Leo and Daniel Day Lewis.
I'd love to see a Western type of setting, similar to No Country for Old Men. Big Bend Texas area. Red Dead Redemption meets NCFOM would be so dope.
I'd love to see a Western type of setting, similar to No Country for Old Men. Big Bend Texas area. Red Dead Redemption meets NCFOM would be so dope.
This post was edited on 7/6/15 at 2:49 pm
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