The Night Manager? Anyone?

[GetCarter]

It's the Bond movie they should have made.

[chris watton]

I thought it was excellent entertainment throughout and could easily watch it all over again. With that in mind, I shall probably buy the box set.

[TEKNOPUG]

Finally got the pay off in the last episode with the nipple shot.

[vxr8mate]

Enjoyed it, but I think I missed somethings:

1. Where did he get the drugs to sort out the casino fella?

2. How did he dry his clothes after the pool incident?

3. How did the guards miss those lads in the back of the mini bus?

4. What happened to the kid who's life he saved?

Hope you were all paying attention.

[GetCarter]

vxr8mate said:

Enjoyed it, but I think I missed somethings:

1. Where did he get the drugs to sort out the casino fella?

2. How did he dry his clothes after the pool incident?

3. How did the guards miss those lads in the back of the mini bus?

4. What happened to the kid who's life he saved?

Hope you were all paying attention.

1 Almost anywhere in the Middle East
2 Drip Dry... he's English remember
3 They were foreign Jonnys who don't have a clue how to shine a torch
4 See next season

[Mezzanine]

GetCarter said:

It's the Bond movie they should have made.

Completely agree.

Slick production, some good humour, bit of intrigue, sneering bad guy. The Bond production team should be contacting the director/s immediately.

As brains out Sunday entertainment, it was unparalleled to most other things I have seen on terrestrial TV recently and the BBC should be applauded for once. It stayed consistent throughout too which was good.

More please!

[Quickmoose]

Thought the intro imagery and score were very well done also...

Much as I like Hiddleston's stuff, he ain't no Bond.

[Mezzanine]

Quickmoose said:

Thought the intro imagery and score were very well done also...

Much as I like Hiddleston's stuff, he ain't no Bond.

Agree with the intro and music - like Bond but better

I think he would be a good Bond (and this is obviously his pre-interview presentation to Eon Productions), I thought D.Craig would be a rubbish Bond but was proved wrong on that one.

[popeyewhite]

Beg to differ. For £20,000,000 they shouldn't have left gaping plotholes and nicked lines from Apocalypse Now. Some errors ie, missing the three guys in the van, his clothes dry having drowned someone, his easy affinity (untrained) for murder - were ridiculous. Some of it was like a teenager was completing a GCSE in film direction. How about the looooong shots of Roper watching them at the bar whilst our hero caresses the lady's back? Oh puhleese! - It was directing by numbers not talent. A shame as it could really have been cracking.

[peterg1955]

Anyone else think Roper being taken away in the truck was just like the end of 'The Long Good Friday'?

[Quickmoose]

Suave, debonair, British to the core, clever and charming...but totally unconvincing in a bare knuckle fight situation, or when he gets annoyed/angry.
As a baddy he worked well as he used his voice, 'evil-mind' and minions.....didn't have to take anyone down...in Thor/Marvel world he really needed his big stick.
Without it he's just a bit 'thin'...IMO

[HarryW]

Caught up with the last one yesterday on iplayer, enjoyed it for what it is. Well done Aunty Beeb, happily watch part 2 if they ever make it.

[Quickmoose]

peterg1955 said:

Anyone else think Roper being taken away in the truck was just like the end of 'The Long Good Friday'?

at least 2 others in this thread alone...

[popeyewhite]

peterg1955 said:

Anyone else think Roper being taken away in the truck was just like the end of 'The Long Good Friday'?

Yes, two pages back:

popeyewhite said:

Finished it tonight. Lavish production. Reasonable acting from Hugh Laurie. Terrible screenplay and some sections made the suspension of disbelief almost impossible. The last scene in the police van was a straight rip off of The Long Good Friday, but was done appallingly.

[boyse7en]

popeyewhite said:

Beg to differ. For £20,000,000 they shouldn't have left gaping plotholes and nicked lines from Apocalypse Now. Some errors ie, missing the three guys in the van, his clothes dry having drowned someone, his easy affinity (untrained) for murder - were ridiculous. Some of it was like a teenager was completing a GCSE in film direction. How about the looooong shots of Roper watching them at the bar whilst our hero caresses the lady's back? Oh puhleese! - It was directing by numbers not talent. A shame as it could really have been cracking.

I thought the 'nicked' Apocalypse Now reference was deliberate. Surely Roper would have watched the film at some point in his life.

He wasn't untrained, he was ex-army so will have had a least some training in killing and incapacitating people

You'd be amazed what you can get away with in a dimly lit bar, even in front of husbands...

[MrBarry123]

I was very impressed with the series as a whole however it felt that 30 minutes of filming was crammed into the last 10 minutes or so, making the ending appear rushed.

9.5/10.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I was disappointed that the Eurofighter on the shopping list didn't get delivered

[AndrewEH1]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I was disappointed that the Eurofighter on the shopping list didn't get delivered

Along with the Vulcan or whatever other Cold War relic was on the list?

A Eurofighter would be the last thing these type of people would want, I wish the writers/prop people had spent a little more time on that list, most of it was laughable.

[StevieBee]

Been saving this up on Sky+ and went to start watching last night but Ep 1 has disappeared from the planner, catch up, the internet and the known universe it seems.

Anyone know why?

[Bluedot]

StevieBee said:

Been saving this up on Sky+ and went to start watching last night but Ep 1 has disappeared from the planner, catch up, the internet and the known universe it seems.

Anyone know why?

Presumably because they want people to buy the box set ?