Friend tells me to watch Ozark: Curiosity- "Bah, this Breaking Bad wanna be. Oh well, guess I'll watch episode one."
Episode One: Intrigue- "Ok, I like this. I'm hooked!"
Episode Five: Confusion- "So creepy FBI guyIs such the Casanova that he seduces a redneck with fly fishing romance? Sure, ok. What is he, like charming men with his poor nervous jittery voice and mock sincerity?
Episode Six: Doubt- "...Well I guess he can. Also, I'm not really feeling"how random bad fortune happens at the most inopportune moment to progress the plot.
Episode Seven: Anger- "I quit."Did she just walk out into the road and get hit? I knew it would happen, and yup... it did. Ugh, I bet Marty needs to give back the investment money. I hate this show.
Intermission for 3 days... Friend tells me to finish the show.
Episode Nine: Shock-
Oh wow... that ending.
Episode Ten: Acceptance- Great payoff. I take it back, I like this show. Bring on next season.
Just finished episode 5, loving it so much.
The pilot was one of the best I've ever seen.
I hated Ruth at the beginning, but I'm starting to like her.
Still hate Charlotte tho.
I agree, i like how they handle Marty in several of those scenes, for that reason.One of my favorite scenes is when the Bar Owner is reading through Bateman's books and confronts him about how bullshit it is.
Normally, she would tell him to leave and he would just get up and go. But in this he GETS FIERY! He is screaming, she is screaming, and it was incredibly realistic.
That wouldve been really cheap drama.Episode 7
I wish the daughter drowned. And her brother too somehow.
God, the kids are annoying as hell.
Shrugs, I liked Charlotte.
The FBI agent is the only character I'm kinda meh on. So much overracting.
Also the Snells but the show obviously wants you to hate them.
That wouldve been really cheap drama.
When that scene was happening i was hoping for the writers to not be that stupid.
Thankfully they werent.
Shrugs, I liked Charlotte.
The FBI agent is the only character I'm kinda meh on. So much overracting.
Also the Snells but the show obviously wants you to hate them.
Am I remembering incorrectly or is the last scene with the hotel managerher taking all of the money from the walls of the bungalow and driving off with it?
I don't remember if anyone found this out or not.
If i remember correctlyshe only took 3 bag/suitcase worth. She can't load 50 million in cash in her little car. Remember they brought the thing in via big truck. And yea no one knew about it when the show ended.
Im sure others have said this but the show is guaranteed to be more impactful for those who havent seen Breaking Bad. Its pretty good, but the shock of the scenario are less fresh if you know Breaking Bads misfortune elements.
The convenience store? That was the preacher.His flashback was nice tho.
I know right!?? Bizarro universe shit. Show is great.the metacritic + blurbs for this show are baffling
the metacritic + blurbs for this show are baffling
The producers have come up with a somber, plodding, almost entirely humorless mix of Breaking Bad and Justified,
I dunno this one seems pretty accurate to me so far
hard not to agree with sepinwall as well that this all feels a bit overly familiar if you've watched a bit of TV
its entertaining enough to keep watching.. I'm a little tired of the unhinged investigator trope that I'm seeing seeds of
As someone who has followed Sepinwall since the days of The Wire and The Sopranos, I strongly disagree with him on this review (the plodding comment I find 100% wrong). While I can see why someone would say this show might be somewhat familiar, it is done in a way that is quite different than Justified and Breaking Bad. Actually the Justified comment is a big reach. Tone wise and story wise it is in a different universe. I guess in his mind anything with white trash or rural America needs to be compared with Justified? I can get the Breaking Bad comparisons more, but they did a smart move by bringing the family in on it so fast. No bullshit drama of 'When will they find out?'. Also Ozark from the first frame has always felt like a dark noir which neither of the shows mentioned do. Given that tone I had no real issue with the lack of humor. I love Sepinwall (we share the same love for most shows, especially lately the Leftovers), but I don't agree with him sometimes.
This show delivered, specially in a post-Breaking Bad world it managed to be its own thing, also Jason Bateman proved to be a competent director.
Yeah the Gift is great. Joel Edgerton directed it and starts along Bateman.Dude can deliver intensity. Definitely worth checking out The Gift.
Same with Adam Scott and The Vicious Kind.
My favorite part about the Snells isthe wife is the one with the temper and wants to murder everyone. You think about it, women are the murders in this season (outside of the cartel).
One person that doesn't get enough credit is Peter Mullan as Jacob Snell. He is always great at delivering a parable or any kind of speech. If you haven't seen him in Quarry, you should check it out. It is a Cinemax series from 2016, but it only got 1 season. That said it works only being 1 season, and it is a great show (I would say it's season 1 was better than Ozarks). Shame they didn't renew it.
Mullan did a pretty damn good job covering his Scottish accent.
Loved him in Session 9 (haunting performance) so I was thrilled when he showed up here. The Snells immediately felt dangerous- and that credit really goes to the acting of the couple. Good stuff.
Finished watching the season over the weekend and enjoyed the series quite a bit. Hoping for a second season as well.
One of the things that bothered me though.Both Marty and Bruce saw what happened to the guy that was stealing from the cartel and working with the feds (strangled and eyes ripped out), yet Bruce still thought it'd be a good idea to skim money from Del/the cartel. I know it's the whole set up for the show but it's amazing how stupid they made Bruce's character.
It was just renewed!
It was just renewed!
quit after episode 4, can't stand the dislikeable cast, boring pace and the blue colour filter.
I've finished the show and definitely enjoyed it. All around great cast too.
But there's a few things i don;t get...i probably wasn't paying attention.
I believe it was episode 9 or even 10 where Marty tells his wife it's done, it's over. At first i thought this meant he had sent all the money to Del Rio and he was truly done. But actually all the money was still in his possession and they hid it in the walls.
Then we get the scene were Del Rio's goon is acting weird, as if he wants to kill Marty's wife and children....why is this? Surely Del didn't want that and that's where it all went south. Then we have the preacher acting on his own which puts him against Jacob but apparently Marty and his family now have to fear for Jacob as well. Why? It's not Marty's fault that the preacher is not willing to do his job anymore.
I feel kinda stupid now...i must have been half asleep.