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The Undoing: The Bloody Truth (2020)
I think I've watched too many HBO productions
As another user wrote: it was never about a plot twist.
I mean, 2 or 3 episodes in and it was pretty clear that any of the presented possible twists (Grace done it, Henry done it, whatever) would feel extremely cheap, lazy and even stupid. Nothing even close to what I'm used to getting from HBO's writing standard.
Come on, after all these years, we oughta know better.
For example, think of the whole first episode, when Grace is genuinely intrigued by the appearance of this new mom, who is weirdly - as even pointed out by Sylvia - acting in a passive-aggressive way towards her. Then Grace's whole reaction to hearing about Elena's death. I mean, she was by herself on that scene after she hung up the phone. And then her whole - again - entirely genuine preoccupation and utter confusion with the whole situation, very umconfortably reaching for small details from Henry to try and put the pieces together.
You're telling me we're supposed to be surprised by a "VOALA! We got ya! She's actually a femme fatale who brutally smashed the woman's head"? That would be eye-rolling to say the least. A dozen of scenes and reactions she had to a number of things wouldn't make any sense.
Henry did it? Not good either.
By the end of episode 5 - when the murder weapon is found right after we basically have Jonathan diagnosed with sociopathy by his mom - I thought for a second they could go with the "okay, the guy is a complete narcissist with a God-complex and our audience got that already, so we'll have the son inheriting it from him".
I was so glad that the first minutes of the next and last episode took that possibility out. That'd be lazy too, since we're reaching the end of the whole thing already and there had been not a single hint of the boy's violent behavior. And we're talking an incredibly serious case of psychopathy here. Elena was unrecognizable.
So as soon as you see all that in front of you, it leaves you to be clear of what the series is all about: Jonathan's narcissism.
It's in the details they give us throughout. He's presented from the start as sensual, charming, funny, full of clever wit, but also a bit of an anti social hiding behind all that. He doesn't like to attend parties or fundraisings, and Grace even at one point says "you hate everybody", in a harmless innocent way. Which is a very crucial moment to the story, since we have a lot of dialogue reflecting on the "confirmation bias", the inability to see what's in front of you when it comes to a husband, father, etc.
This is the series. This is the subject and what is going on there. The study of a textbook sociopath and of course with some strong criticism to how the whole justice system works. I mean, if you were not on page with Fernando when he was angry out of his mind calling the lawyer "vial and disgusting", you were watching it all wrong. The whole thing was a circus. Jonathan was obviously the murderer. You're all just gonna have to watch it again or watch something simpler for your own good.
I wanna point out Hugh Grant's absolutely brilliant acting. I couldn't believe how good he was. When you come to realize that all the lines he was given where he was supposed to cry, be sad, feel injustice were all "fake", the acting gets even more amazing.
When I watched the scene where he cries on television, I felt very uncomfortable because I thought it was a badly acted scene. I thought it wasn't a very very bad crying but definitely not a convincing one.
Once you see that was literally the whole point, it knocks you out.
Brilliant miniseries, fantastic character study.
9/10
Peaky Blinders: Black Tuesday (2019)
It has all become simply embarrassing
It's been a while already since the show started to annoy me with the absolutely exaggerated "style" and the way Polly and Arthur - specifically those two - have become ridiculous cartoon characters.
What they've done to Arthur is basically a crime. The guy was completely turned into the "funny dumb dude" taken out of those stupid American sitcoms. It's EMBARRASSING to watch. Polly acts like she's the queen of England but in the most obnoxious and stupid way possible. Outrageously bad acting by Helen McCrory. She really doesn't know how to portray someone supposed to show elegancy or class, somehow thinking those stupid poses, sunglasses and annoying smoking will do the job. Just try and make it natural, lady, for God's damn sake.
The big meeting scene had me feeling offended by how dumb it was and the scenes with Charlie had me wordless. I really don't know where to begin to describe how bad they were. The kid is like 5 and they're giving him adult lines like "Arthur told me it was God's will, but you're not God!" while throwing something in rage and walking out. Worst acting and dialogue of all episodes so far BY A MILE.
Everything is forced. Everything.
Two things about me: I've always loved fashion and have also always been a leftist. Those are facts.
Never in my life did I think I could possibly feel annoyed by empowerment of women, by an inclusion of a important black character or by extravagant outfits. Not ever really.
Turns out all the three had me rolling my eyes the whole time. It's just not natural. It's there to please dumb folks and it's clear as day. This show is now officially being run by shallow and limited-minded people and I'm out.
2,5/10 because of Cillian Murphy alone.