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I loved this, didn't want to watch it (purely because wife said it was good.....she's never right)
The girl....her facial expressions...bordering on overacting, but just so....well...brilliant, like someone said above, I felt a bit 'teenagery' over her (polite way of saying I would)
I laughed quite a few times during it too...
Worth a watch.
Just for her.
The girl....her facial expressions...bordering on overacting, but just so....well...brilliant, like someone said above, I felt a bit 'teenagery' over her (polite way of saying I would)
I laughed quite a few times during it too...
Worth a watch.
Just for her.
Well I hate to say it but I've lost a fair bit of my love for it now. Certainly not the 5 star show it promised to be at the start.
I love a brain out action movie, but I guess I'm also a bit of a stickler for an acceptable level of procedural logic in shows like this. I guess there are only 6 episodes to cram in all the action so some shortcuts and shorthand has to take place, but as it accelerates to a conclusion, it's getting further and further away from a believable and coherent tale. The Bodyguard was similar in how it progressed.
I watched the couple of episodes last night with the 3 assassins, the off road "chase" and mexican standoff bit, the safe house, the returned suitcase (mmm lets try on some perfume from the nice assassin
) and the incident at Eve's home.
I can only guess about police and intelligence operatives, but surely even the most back office of analysts and investigators get basic training over the protocols over gathering, handling and protecting sources and information, and people in custody, there is so much that appears to be done wrong this is wrecking the realism for me now.
Saying that, watching the hapless novichock poisoning unfold makes me think this is truer to life than I imagine....
Enjoyed the scenes around Turville though, a great place to walk and cycle (and for a Sunday lunch) near Henley & Marlow. Anyone spot the Chitty Bang Bang windmill in the background?
I love a brain out action movie, but I guess I'm also a bit of a stickler for an acceptable level of procedural logic in shows like this. I guess there are only 6 episodes to cram in all the action so some shortcuts and shorthand has to take place, but as it accelerates to a conclusion, it's getting further and further away from a believable and coherent tale. The Bodyguard was similar in how it progressed.
I watched the couple of episodes last night with the 3 assassins, the off road "chase" and mexican standoff bit, the safe house, the returned suitcase (mmm lets try on some perfume from the nice assassin
) and the incident at Eve's home. I can only guess about police and intelligence operatives, but surely even the most back office of analysts and investigators get basic training over the protocols over gathering, handling and protecting sources and information, and people in custody, there is so much that appears to be done wrong this is wrecking the realism for me now.
Saying that, watching the hapless novichock poisoning unfold makes me think this is truer to life than I imagine....
Enjoyed the scenes around Turville though, a great place to walk and cycle (and for a Sunday lunch) near Henley & Marlow. Anyone spot the Chitty Bang Bang windmill in the background?
I've watched all the first series now, it's good, better than the bodyguard (not difficult I know).
Both lead actresses are gorgeous, and it is very well acted by all the cast, for 'brain out' TV it is streets ahead of any other current series from the BBC.
When Villanelle was cooking sausages for Konstantin and she was wearing that silk gown with her assets nearly popping out, I had a moment.
Both lead actresses are gorgeous, and it is very well acted by all the cast, for 'brain out' TV it is streets ahead of any other current series from the BBC.
When Villanelle was cooking sausages for Konstantin and she was wearing that silk gown with her assets nearly popping out, I had a moment.
Utter b
ks, intelligence officers who have a known mark within a few metres but don’t see a thing, and then fail to notice their suitcase being nicked?
And the scene where the guy was hiding from crazed gun toting enemies while holding a conversation with his colleagues......on speakerphone!
And the nightclub stab scene where the guy wandered easily through the crowd, but a moment later eve struggled like hell?
Diabolically bad!
ks, intelligence officers who have a known mark within a few metres but don’t see a thing, and then fail to notice their suitcase being nicked?And the scene where the guy was hiding from crazed gun toting enemies while holding a conversation with his colleagues......on speakerphone!
And the nightclub stab scene where the guy wandered easily through the crowd, but a moment later eve struggled like hell?
Diabolically bad!
Taglioni said:
Utter bks, intelligence officers who have a known mark within a few metres but don’t see a thing, and then fail to notice their suitcase being nicked?
And the scene where the guy was hiding from crazed gun toting enemies while holding a conversation with his colleagues......on speakerphone!
And the nightclub stab scene where the guy wandered easily through the crowd, but a moment later eve struggled like hell?
Diabolically bad!
It's not a documentary.ks, intelligence officers who have a known mark within a few metres but don’t see a thing, and then fail to notice their suitcase being nicked?And the scene where the guy was hiding from crazed gun toting enemies while holding a conversation with his colleagues......on speakerphone!
And the nightclub stab scene where the guy wandered easily through the crowd, but a moment later eve struggled like hell?
Diabolically bad!
Awful. People told me it was good but I lost interest minutes into the first episode.
I tried to look beyond the fact that the lead actress annoys me, but still didn't work. Seems like it was written by women for women, didn't stick to one particular genre - some farce, some serious drama, some comedy.
Ridiculously out of place loud music; basic plot errors......"oh, the car doesn't start sometimes, wonder if that might be important later"
And the ridiculous, "I'm hiding from them I hope they don't hear me while I'm on the phone, I know why don't I run while she's standing 20ft away" scene... JESUS CHRIST!!!!
I tried to look beyond the fact that the lead actress annoys me, but still didn't work. Seems like it was written by women for women, didn't stick to one particular genre - some farce, some serious drama, some comedy.
Ridiculously out of place loud music; basic plot errors......"oh, the car doesn't start sometimes, wonder if that might be important later"
And the ridiculous, "I'm hiding from them I hope they don't hear me while I'm on the phone, I know why don't I run while she's standing 20ft away" scene... JESUS CHRIST!!!!
Watched this under duress over the weekend.
Fantastic TV. Highly recommended. Reasonably-paced too - I have seen too many box sets in recent years where it feels they are just padding it out in the middle and it could all have been done in a 1hr 45 min film.
Genuinely enjoyed this and look forward to whatever comes next
Fantastic TV. Highly recommended. Reasonably-paced too - I have seen too many box sets in recent years where it feels they are just padding it out in the middle and it could all have been done in a 1hr 45 min film.
Genuinely enjoyed this and look forward to whatever comes next
limpsfield said:
ajprice said:
It's not a documentary.
This is a great line. There are some right miserable gits on here. If I hate something I don't watch much past the first one or two episodes. I think whinging TV watchers are the 40 yr old version of teenage goths.
Now get back to strictly you big gurly
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