MyNameIsJonas
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You put some respect on the works of Tim Allen
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MyNameIsJonas
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Yeah, they had some lull's over the journey, but the finish was excellent and Foster was as good as anyone in the TD franchise, Reis a stud the whole wayThe Curse & True Detective both crushed their finales…
Found both extremely satisfying.
JackBurton
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The acting the two leads showed in being horned-up over men was incredible.
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Volcanologist
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I like Jodie Foster but True Detective was awful this time. the weakest season of the 4 with ease.
MyNameIsJonas
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Oh no no no.
Season 2 was easily the most laughably bad season.
Kelly Rielly in particular.
In fact, the only thing i thought was good, was Vince Vaughn legitmatly trying a serious role in a season that gave him no support.
MyNameIsJonas
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I keep banging this drum, but Death and Other Details is singing to this point and a must watch if you are into whodunnit's and the Knives Out style of film.
Volcanologist
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season 4 is just boring. there's no payoff. not even using tropes from the past worked -- dropping the "time is a flat circle" line, or the "2 cops execute a guy and lie about it" plot, for instance.
it also suffers from terrible pacing. the first couple were ok and then it went to sleep for nearly 3 complete episodes.
MyNameIsJonas
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I agree there was a lull in the middle, but for me the 2 leads performances got me through that, and their reveal was well above satisfactory for me. I feared the whole season it would be a dumb reveal...which i didnt think it was
Pwner
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A couple of thoughts about Season 4 of True Detective:
- The leads are Antiheroes. Which is cool, as there are a lot of them in Cop/Detective movies/shows. Normally, these Antiheroes get what's coming to them (colloquial karma), sometimes they don't. I guess one out of two ain't bad? Literally they where making a certain point, then having their Hero have get the opposite of the point is an interesting choice.
- The final episode set up a "Trolley" Problem/ Needs of the Many vs Needs of the Few. And well they took an interesting approach to it....
- I know this is an unpopular opinion but I just didn't buy Foster in the role of a damaged, gruff has-been that life has turn against. I loved Ries's performance though, not bad for an Ex-boxer!
JackBurton
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One thing I am done with is the "damaged detective" storyline. Holy f*ck. Enough. Just once show me a detective that doesn't smoke, take drugs or drink and is married and a stable individual.
Season 2 was ridiculous. Every cop was headed for the looney bin. Season 3 I thought at least got-away from that a bit, and is the 2nd best season of TD(And what was up with Stephen Dorff's fantastic performance? That shocked me).
Season 2 was ridiculous. Every cop was headed for the looney bin. Season 3 I thought at least got-away from that a bit, and is the 2nd best season of TD(And what was up with Stephen Dorff's fantastic performance? That shocked me).
Volcanologist
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Dorff's performance might arguably be the best in the series.
The Curse finale was... Unpredictable to say the least.The Curse & True Detective both crushed their finales…
Found both extremely satisfying.
zeke
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Isn't that the whole point of the show?
mbow30
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mbow30
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I mean rings John and George have the same story except for the endings, and the 4th guy is like the dad from elf.
Hopefully they don’t feel the need to dress this up like that awful queen pic.
JackBurton
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Should it be though? You can have a mystery show without a "Damaged Cop on the edge".
MyNameIsJonas
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Murder She Wrote proves this