BLOODLINE: new netflix florida noir drama starring kyle chandler, sissy spacek and ben mendelsohn (2015)

He is pretty good in the quite ridiculous but enjoyable Starred Up as well, also looking forwards to seeing Slow West with him + Fassbender .

some good pictures of him in a nice jacket http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/only-the-very-best-screenshots-of-ben-mendelsohn-wearing-the-worlds-most-majestic-fur-coat-in-the-new-western-slow-west/

just finished this. pretty enjoyable throughout despite its occasional hiccups and cliches. mendelsohn should get an emmy nom, for real

still not quite sure who the creators wanted the audience to sympathize with tbh, if only because I can't really see how, in the end, any character is more worthy of empathy than danny despite the bad shit he ends up doing. like I I bought all of his motivations, everyone else comes off entitled in some type of way or another

you know what is a cool better show than this with similar vibes: the affair, recommended

entitled isn't exactly the right word for the other siblings, but idk I liked danny and chelsea and not really anyone else

other major deficiency is the women characters, well acted all around but p underwritten, even sevigny, which is odd bc these creators made damages and for all that show's numerous flaws the women on it were very well drawn imo

xp really? heard a lot of strong hatred for that show but then again am going solely off reviews and one friend who watched it

i loved it, p much the height of prestige trash with some legit subtly and humor in there and cool characterization

hm, I'll try a few episodes of that at some point. I'm a huge fan of both mcnulty and ruth wilson (alice morgan on Luther = 💯), although the idea of mcnulty as ennui-stricken author is kinda strange

i dont want to spoil anything but mcnultys character is so perfect

The Affair has some good stuff but was pretty underwhelming as a whole imo

I thought The Affair was terrible and have always found West a really terrible + appallingly wooden actor, he seems the opposite of Mendelsohn to me, who has the presence + talent to elevate cack like Bloodline to above average television. West has the opposite effect for me, he makes watching trash even more unbearable and drags it down even further with his anodyne shiteness.

ur anodyne shiteness

I don't get paid for my anodyne shiteness :p Would you consider West a fine actor? I wouldn't trust your judgement on fuck all else if you did.

sure hes fine

He is amongst some of the worst British ex-Eton actors ever, he represents mostly what I hate about the class system in my country. But at least you can enthuse about what you like about him rather than giving non-committed monosyllabic smart arse replies. At least I hate the talentless cunt and really feel the hatred.

i appreciate and salute your passion for the topic of dominic west but at the same time i dont actually owe you any sort of explination, i will say tho that the same things that makes him perfect as mcnulty makes him even more perfect for this role i really enjoyed the performance

Mcnulty is just a tedious stock macho Irish/American character and the writer he plays in The Affair is even sketchier and more badly written than that, only saying this because you fucking started it and now I am making pithy little comments on your fucking worthless opinions:p

my opinons are very worthwhile, clearly

BLOODBORNE: new PS4 souls noir drama starring kyle chandler, sissy spacek and ben mendelsohn (2015)

same

would watch

finally watching the finale tonight. Thought this developed very nicely. It's easy to forget what Danny's gasoline runs contributed to. A credit to the performance. When you remember, it's impossible to side with Danny. But you still want to side with Danny.

Guess you can also credit the fact that you have no backstory for his innocent victims.

he didnt know

Until he did. And then his response was "ok, this guy is a big timer. I'd better move drugs for him."

Guess that's unfair. But he was still trying to get the drugs moved after he knew.

at that point he's gone too far down the road of his ultimate goal (making his family pay for what they did to him) to turn back from his dealings with lowery. but I definitely think it shakes him up, which is a testament to both how complex they made danny as a character - at the expense of other characters - and how well mendelsohn plays him

to be fair I could be projecting bc of how much I like the character, who could've easily been just another antihero to add to prestige TV's list of antiheroes but is ultimately too complicated to fit in that box. the other rayburns, especially the pig brother, are more typical antihero than danny

pretty good show. agree that danny definitely elevates it. not too enthused about a second season with danny 2.0.

i think, more than anything else, i just enjoyed this for its slow pace and setting. the acting was usually decent, if the characterizations weren't always. this was ideal for netflix, as it was probably too slow to sustain week to week interest.

pretty good show. agree that danny definitely elevates it. not too enthused about a second season with danny 2.0.

― ryan, Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:42 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

shd just have mendelsohn play him too

or actually i bet what they do is have tons of flashbacks filling in the story as to how he got so desperate

a godfather 2 type scenario if u will

hmm. i like it.

seems likely right

yeah but i fear it will involve a lot of teen angst with 2.0 as well. though i did think it was pretty funny how little anyone gave a shit about john's son.

"dad! but why can't we hang out with our transparently creepy uncle!"

"hes a criminal under investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies" seems like its wldve done the trick idk what the problem is

but he can't say that because secrets

tru

bandana around the neck nagl

i've been enjoying this. i've got two episodes to go. i really like marco. i like how gay he seemed around his family at the birthday party. and he's smart and very handsome.

hes the normal functional human who got swept up in the shitstorm that he didnt recognize for so long because of his fealty to authority

snake/sharks like danny are pretty much my least favorite people on earth. as a type. ever since i was a kid. it can be kinda agonizing to watch people like that try to be nice/funny when you know they just want to steal your wallet. i definitely appreciate direct aggression more. saves time.

bandana around the neck nagl

― Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 9:41 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what abt for a dog tho

feel like they got the fashion culture just right

double up
http://i1.cdnds.net/15/14/618x410/ustv-bloodline-season-1-still-03.jpg

shark tooth necklace perhaps the best

hes a salty dog