Inspector Montalbano
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Jonesy23 said:
Cheap Fiats all look the same to me but yes you're right. Either way it must be the only one in the whole of Italy with straight panels and no rust.
It was tarted up a bit to look like a newer car for "Young Montelbano" and has stayed that way. Edited by Jonesy23 on Sunday 20th August 21:03
It was a petrol car in the earliest episodes, then got replaced with a diesel. It has its own Facebook page too.
https://www.facebook.com/latipodelcommissario/
From the blunders point of view, in tonight's episode the old tramp came up the beach to the veranda to say he was leaving Vigata, left his stuff on the beach, but then left the house through the front door.
It was a pretty good episode. The pious magistrate getting all hot and bothered was fun.
The only weakness to me was that the way the story was put together made it fairly obvious very early on that one particular character had been involved in the main crime, and it wasn't difficult to guess a 'why' quite a while before they came out and telegraphed it.
Another minor quibble was that the photos were supposedly taken secretly yet they mostly looked like posed shots taken looking at whoever had the camera. The photo thing was irrelevant really to the plot so would have been easier to explain if the girlfriends already knew he took them. It's a little thing but if you're going to show the audience something it's a bit of a stretch to then come out with the 'I didn't know!' bit when it doesn't match what was shown in all those closeups earlier! Maybe in the book the hidden camera was relevant?
The only weakness to me was that the way the story was put together made it fairly obvious very early on that one particular character had been involved in the main crime, and it wasn't difficult to guess a 'why' quite a while before they came out and telegraphed it.
Another minor quibble was that the photos were supposedly taken secretly yet they mostly looked like posed shots taken looking at whoever had the camera. The photo thing was irrelevant really to the plot so would have been easier to explain if the girlfriends already knew he took them. It's a little thing but if you're going to show the audience something it's a bit of a stretch to then come out with the 'I didn't know!' bit when it doesn't match what was shown in all those closeups earlier! Maybe in the book the hidden camera was relevant?
lucido grigio said:
Last of the series tonight, didn't last long.
I've seen quite a lot of this but don't ever recall the Ingrid woman appearing before.
I assume she's had "relations" with Salvo before.
To be replaced by a Swedish drama from next week at same time slot.
Ingrid first appeared in the third ever episode.I've seen quite a lot of this but don't ever recall the Ingrid woman appearing before.
I assume she's had "relations" with Salvo before.
To be replaced by a Swedish drama from next week at same time slot.
The characters are just good friends, although not for want of trying on Ingrid's part.
Re the Sicilian accents thing. One of the waiters in our local Italian is from Sicily. The bloke who plays Montalbano is from Rome, and our waiter chum reckons his Sicilian accent is equivalent to Dick Van Dyke's cockney in Mary Poppins.
I have no way of knowing whether this is true or not, but it's an interesting factette if it is.
I have no way of knowing whether this is true or not, but it's an interesting factette if it is.
lucido grigio said:
I just looked up Luca Zingaretti ,he's a couple of years older than me but looks about 10 years younger than me.
My paper round was obviously WAY harder.
Do you swim across the bay just outside your house twice a day? And always get interrupted at meal times, so you never get too overweight? And have all the stress of what all you're work colleagues are up to all the time, and a crap boss?My paper round was obviously WAY harder.
techiedave said:
Its such a beautifully shot show that myself and Mrs TD were quite taken by it
Mrs TD who often comments about how "sexy and charismatic" she finds the Inspector has ordered a box set off Amazon
I'm told it cost me some £50 odd quid
There's no accounting for taste....... Mrs TD who often comments about how "sexy and charismatic" she finds the Inspector has ordered a box set off Amazon
I'm told it cost me some £50 odd quid
Anyway, just catching up on the last one. It's a corker!
rodericb said:
In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes that same rib twice in succession yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we, to believe that this is some sort of a, a magic xylophone or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.....!
Yeah anyway, I think I got about half an hour into one Young Montalbano and couldn't stomach it. Blehh. As for "old" Montalbano, well that's one of the best series ever.
Will have to check the iplayer as I missed most of this season.
ou sont les biscuits said:
Re the Sicilian accents thing. One of the waiters in our local Italian is from Sicily. The bloke who plays Montalbano is from Rome, and our waiter chum reckons his Sicilian accent is equivalent to Dick Van Dyke's cockney in Mary Poppins.
I have no way of knowing whether this is true or not, but it's an interesting factette if it is.
It's correct. He mostly speaks Italian and throws in a few Sicilian words but with a strong accent. My wife uses the English subtitles to often work out what he was trying to say. I have no way of knowing whether this is true or not, but it's an interesting factette if it is.
Just caught up on this run of 4 stories. Good as ever.
These 4 were actually 2 series (10 and 11) of 2 stories each. Series 10 was originally braodcast in Italy in Feb/March 2016 and series 11 in Feb/March this year. The previous 3 series had all been 4 stories each.
The good news is that there should be another 2 stories next year.
These 4 were actually 2 series (10 and 11) of 2 stories each. Series 10 was originally braodcast in Italy in Feb/March 2016 and series 11 in Feb/March this year. The previous 3 series had all been 4 stories each.
The good news is that there should be another 2 stories next year.
Edited by Russ35 on Friday 22 September 17:18
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