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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 7, 2024 9:55:53 GMT
Is anyone watching Ripley on Netflix? It has Andrew Scott and Johnny Flynn and mixed reviews: some critics love it, but it's not working for me. It's a shame, as I was looking forward to it, but Scott and Flynn feel miscast - both too old for the set up to be plausible, and devoid of anything in their characterisation to engage me. I've just finished it and it was so disappointing. Massively miscast, lots of style and little substance. Also story wise it doesn't work as an adaption. I like black and white, but it doesn't really serve anything here. And the number of 'arty shots' felt like it was the directors first job out of film school and wanted to throw everything at it. |
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Post by solotheatregoer on Apr 7, 2024 10:02:21 GMT
Is anyone watching Ripley on Netflix? It has Andrew Scott and Johnny Flynn and mixed reviews: some critics love it, but it's not working for me. It's a shame, as I was looking forward to it, but Scott and Flynn feel miscast - both too old for the set up to be plausible, and devoid of anything in their characterisation to engage me. I've just finished it and it was so disappointing. Massively miscast, lots of style and little substance. Also story wise it doesn't work as an adaption. I like black and white, but it doesn't really serve anything here. And the number of 'arty shots' felt like it was the directors first job out of film school and wanted to throw everything at it. Sadly, I agree with all of this. I was looking forward to this series for well over a year and, as outstanding as Scott and Flynn both are, they were both miscast in this. Completely devoid of any tension and nothing I haven't seen before cinematically. I also don't feel there is enough story to flesh out 8 episodes. I love the original but this was a huge let down. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2024 13:01:03 GMT
David Bedella in episode 5 of Big Mood, Channel 4
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Post by crowblack on Apr 7, 2024 19:49:17 GMT
I've just finished it and it was so disappointing. Massively miscast, lots of style and little substance. Also story wise it doesn't work as an adaption. I like black and white, but it doesn't really serve anything here. And the number of 'arty shots' felt like it was the directors first job out of film school and wanted to throw everything at it. Sadly, I agree with all of this. I was looking forward to this series for well over a year and, as outstanding as Scott and Flynn both are, they were both miscast in this. Completely devoid of any tension and nothing I haven't seen before cinematically. I also don't feel there is enough story to flesh out 8 episodes. I love the original but this was a huge let down. I've seen people say it perks up when the Italian police detective comes in - I'll give it another go. It looks beautiful with all the b&w and arty shots of statuary, but in my head I keep thinking "oh, Vienna!". I read all the Ripley novels in sequence a few years ago and maybe it would have made more sense if this series had missed out 'Talented' - a very well known movie and a hard act to follow - and gone straight into the stories where Ripley's older. |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 8, 2024 10:34:19 GMT
Sadly, I agree with all of this. I was looking forward to this series for well over a year and, as outstanding as Scott and Flynn both are, they were both miscast in this. Completely devoid of any tension and nothing I haven't seen before cinematically. I also don't feel there is enough story to flesh out 8 episodes. I love the original but this was a huge let down. I've seen people say it perks up when the Italian police detective comes in - I'll give it another go. It looks beautiful with all the b&w and arty shots of statuary, but in my head I keep thinking "oh, Vienna!". I read all the Ripley novels in sequence a few years ago and maybe it would have made more sense if this series had missed out 'Talented' - a very well known movie and a hard act to follow - and gone straight into the stories where Ripley's older. As good as he is, I didn't think the Italian detective really saved it. But yeah he makes it a bit more watchable, but all the problems are still there. I don't think it's enough to change your mind if you didn't like it already. |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Apr 8, 2024 12:32:34 GMT
Christmas 2023, settled into Hallmark "Christmas In Notting Hill" film and Killian Donnelly popped up as "Uncle Howard".
Also had a colleague stay for a weekend, she wanted to (re)watch a favourite series of hers, Magpie Murders. Killian Donnelly appears for about 10 seconds as non speaking German Passport Control in the first episode. "Ooo", I said "He's an Irish actor in loads of musicals". Colleague was confused, surely not, he was German ...
(She was thrilled to go and see Guys and Dolls at the Bridge recently with Daniel Mays, who also stars in Magpie Murders... )
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Post by crowblack on Apr 8, 2024 22:40:23 GMT
I've seen people say it perks up when the Italian police detective comes in - I'll give it another go. It looks beautiful with all the b&w and arty shots of statuary, but in my head I keep thinking "oh, Vienna!". I read all the Ripley novels in sequence a few years ago and maybe it would have made more sense if this series had missed out 'Talented' - a very well known movie and a hard act to follow - and gone straight into the stories where Ripley's older. As good as he is, I didn't think the Italian detective really saved it. But yeah he makes it a bit more watchable, but all the problems are still there. I don't think it's enough to change your mind if you didn't like it already. I enjoyed the last three episodes, the final one especially, but it was a bit of a slog getting there. Andrew Scott in Venice in some fine threads and a 'tache helps too. |
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Post by londonmzfitz on May 11, 2024 23:07:33 GMT
BBC clip of upcoming series Lost Boys and Fairies (just aired after Eurovision). Fra Fee + one wanting to adopt as a gay couple. I first saw him as understudy Marius in Les Mis and thought he was simply wonderful. Saw him in other stuff, was delighted to see him pop up in the Marvel TV series Hawkeye with Jeremy Renner a couple of years ago. I hope this is good ...
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Post by alece10 on May 11, 2024 23:13:49 GMT
BBC clip of upcoming series Lost Boys and Fairies (just aired after Eurovision). Fra Fee + one wanting to adopt as a gay couple. I first saw him as understudy Marius in Les Mis and thought he was simply wonderful. Saw him in other stuff, was delighted to see him pop up in the Marvel TV series Hawkeye with Jeremy Renner a couple of years ago. I hope this is good ... First time I saw him was in Candide at the Menier. He was excellent. |
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Post by londonmzfitz on May 11, 2024 23:19:29 GMT
BBC clip of upcoming series Lost Boys and Fairies (just aired after Eurovision). Fra Fee + one wanting to adopt as a gay couple. I first saw him as understudy Marius in Les Mis and thought he was simply wonderful. Saw him in other stuff, was delighted to see him pop up in the Marvel TV series Hawkeye with Jeremy Renner a couple of years ago. I hope this is good ... First time I saw him was in Candide at the Menier. He was excellent. Yes! Saw it too - that was a lot of fun! |
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Post by theatreghost on May 11, 2024 23:26:16 GMT
BBC clip of upcoming series Lost Boys and Fairies (just aired after Eurovision). Fra Fee + one wanting to adopt as a gay couple. I first saw him as understudy Marius in Les Mis and thought he was simply wonderful. Saw him in other stuff, was delighted to see him pop up in the Marvel TV series Hawkeye with Jeremy Renner a couple of years ago. I hope this is good ... I’ll never get over seeing Fra Fee randomly pop up on my telly! I know him from Les mis too. He’s doing well  |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2024 22:14:07 GMT
I don't know how I recognised her as I've never seen her perform on stage yet but I somehow recognised Jenna Augen playing a woman giving birth on an episode of Doctors this week when I was flicking through channels.
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