Because no matter how visually and narratively striking it has been and could be, it is not enough to give female characters like Beverly Katz and Alana Bloom spectacular deaths.
This episode didn’t feel like there was a heavy corporate hand trying to sway the writers toward better known villains out of a concern for the bottom line.
I mean, you can say that it’s a show about men and these particular men and how they treat the women in their lives--but that also has nothing to do with random, prolonged boob shots.
What makes True Detective stand out from the other sons and daughters of Lynch and Frost is the amount of ways it engenders interpretation, the many ways to read True Detective.
Yes, there is some eye rolling dialogue, a scattering of plot holes, and the effects are a bit tired, but my advice is to just sit back, relax, and let yourself be a kid again.
Film and TV are the ultimate collaborative projects, an anthill of various experts uniting for a single cause.If one or two cogs fail to operate it can make the entire endeavor seem like crap.
I've been known to complain about the lack of good science fiction cinema these days, but I suppose there's rarely been a time when there were consistently good sci-fi films filling the theaters.
Nate catches the premier of a bleak British series and a live read of Boogie Nights featuring Dane Cook, Olivia Wilde, Jesse Eisenberg and more at TIFF day two.