groovethang
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Jan 5, 2007 9:15:54 GMT -4
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Apr 4, 2016 21:31:33 GMT -4
Post by groovethang on Apr 4, 2016 21:31:33 GMT -4
Anyone else watching this on HBO? I want to like it more than I do because I love the 70s, Marty Scorsese movies and Bobby Cannavale.
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Apr 4, 2016 21:34:19 GMT -4
Post by prisma on Apr 4, 2016 21:34:19 GMT -4
I've heard only tepid to not-so-great reviews of it, so I have not been willing to give it a try yet.
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Post by ratscabies on Apr 4, 2016 22:41:06 GMT -4
I have watched the pilot. I was having some difficulty with suspension of disbelief as it blended real with fiction. The NY Dolls are real. The Diplomat Hotel is (was?) real, the hotel where Sid killed Nancy (Chelsea?) is real. I have no recollection of any of those places collapsing while the Dolls played. That was bizarre.
I will watch it eventually, because I miss that era profoundly (Reagan hadn't fucked everything up yet!), and as a red blooded hetero male, the promise of naked Thirteen is impossible to resist.
I understand it gets better.
I usually catch up on tv on the iPad on long flights, but that naked Thirteen thing means I probably shouldn't watch this show on the plane....
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Apr 5, 2016 11:50:58 GMT -4
Post by batmom on Apr 5, 2016 11:50:58 GMT -4
We've been watching it but I'm having trouble figuring out if I'm supposed to be rooting for anyone. They're all pretty unlikeable.
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Nov 28, 2024 8:55:27 GMT -4
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Apr 5, 2016 12:16:45 GMT -4
Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 12:16:45 GMT -4
I had the same problem with Wolf of Wall Street. I've come to realize that I generally don't like Martin Scorsese's work because he's in the habit of glamorizing assholes.
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groovethang
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Apr 5, 2016 21:40:53 GMT -4
Post by groovethang on Apr 5, 2016 21:40:53 GMT -4
We've been watching it but I'm having trouble figuring out if I'm supposed to be rooting for anyone. They're all pretty unlikeable. I'm rooting for Lester Grimes. |
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Apr 6, 2016 11:52:09 GMT -4
Post by divasahm on Apr 6, 2016 11:52:09 GMT -4
Yeah, it's pretty messy and disorganized--but so were the early/mid-Seventies. I think they could still portray the chaos without replicating it in the editing room, though.
The episode with Richie spending time with Ernst was confusing until the end. I had to go back and watch it again--it was devastating and I loved it. I am also fascinated by Devin--in a show full of over-the-top performances, Olivia Wilde is playing out this universal struggle of trying to be all things to all people without losing one's sense of self in a beautifully nuanced way. I hope she wins some awards.
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