i will binge watch the season in a few months and see how that goes... and no. if there's a seaon 3, bring back cary fukunaga
Ugh, I wasted 8 1/2 hours of my life that I can never get back watching that crap thinking surely it would be worth it if I made it to the end. What a terrible ending to a terrible series. If HBO can't do better than that hot garbage they should not make a season 3.
Maybe this whole thing was made to tell one story. Imagine season 1 was a movie instead. That way they wouldn't have the pressure to make multiple seasons? i'm trying to digest this and it doesn't work anyway you slice it. People claimed s1 was better then bb with just one story. Also s1 had one director, s2 had a new one every single episode. Did Mr Nic pepperoni feel he HAD to make follow ups? Could he have used the s1 story arch beyond one season? This is a terrible fall. I was defending this season a lot in the beginning claiming its clear it wont be as successful as season 1, but common this is hot garbage.
Thats a nice way of saying he got paid for having his name put in the credits without having any involvement in the creative or production aspects of thisseason at all. There was bad blood between him and Pizzolato, and he absented himself from the process after season 1.
Frank's dad kept him in a basement for 3 days with no food, water, light, etc... he had to fight to live. They reintroduced it to show Frank fighting for his life again. It actually made me think he might walk out of there alive. He had strong will. That was Frank. Makes perfect sense to me and was used well IMO.
Well, I decided after the second episode to stop watching and wait until later to binge watch. Dropped in today to gauge some opinions and now I'm not sure that I'll ever get around to watching it. It's a shame too, the first season is one of my all time favorites as far as shows go.
McAdams - Her character was interesting but I think someone said . .. she did not stretch the character like she could have. The were opportunities where she could have been made a more tense character with tense moments but they took the easy way out. They were also heavy handed with the foreshadowing .. . I mean seriously show the knife practice and then use the exact same move in 35 minutes later . . . you had 8.5 hours. . . . Vaugn - So was he incredibly stupid or what? How did this land deal thing fall from under him so completely. In the first Episode he is Don Corleone at then end he is Freddo. I mean seriously . .. you a wanted criminal with all kinds of mobsters after you and you get caught with a simple box in move . . .you not paying attention at the most tense moments of your life? MotorCycle Guy - The subplot of his homosexuality was .. . .meh. I mean I added I guess to his motivation but I thought the PTSD was more intriguing. The Subplot with the actress was crap. his mom was crap. his wife/gf added to the story . He had one of the better arcs Colin Farrel - best character . . best arc. . . still silly ending. The second he took that exit you knew. It was too fricking cliche!! the movie HEAT did it better *grin* The results letter CLICHE!! [oooo look Rickey just got his SATs back and he could have went to college and been a football star . .. WWWOOOO *Boys in the Hood Reference* ] If you from that city . . .there are millions of places to go but hey . . .go to the woods. why? Good thing the tracker has better reception that his cell phone They could have easily shaved off about 3 maybe 4 hours and still been on the same level Rocket River
Season 1 ranked right up there for me, as well, and you would be correct in not watching this season. It will only disappoint you. There's a few apologists for this show, but really it just wasn't good storytelling in the slightest. Hopefully Season 3 bounces back, if there even is one.
* Loved Season 1. Really enjoyed the characters and chemistry. It was shot well. I enjoyed the ending. * Did not enjoy season 2. But that has nothing to do with it as compared to season 1. Just did not "connect" with the characters early and that hurt. They were TOO heavy handed early on. "Everyone was dark, bad" etc. The way Rust Chole talked in season 1? Now EVERYONE is talking that way in season 2? Everything "bolded", takes the specialness away from certain things. The plot wasn't interesting and it was messy. I thought Ray and Ani's characters were done well. But I did not FULLY care for them until the LAST episode. I thought the finale was good and unlike the rest of the episodes. * Despite season 2 being underwhelming, I will absolutely watch season 3. While season 2 was never going to top season 1, season 3 now has an easy chance to top season 2.
Yep, thought they were setting it up for Frank to live. What a letdown that he croaked. I liked Franks entire sequence- he was so focused on going legit that he ignored the crooks in the background. Natural reaction. The way he went out was stupid, though.
I finally got around to finishing the last 2 episodes. I really enjoyed the season once i got past Colin Farrel's crappy strained delivery for all of his dialog. Vince Vaughn didn't bother me too much. Over all not too bad. I'll watch season 3 if they make one.
*Spoilers ahead* How did the Mexicans know where to find Frank when he was supposedly making a getaway in a clean car? You knew they were going to show up again when Frank burned their deal but just out of nowhere they show up? Did Velcoro's video finish uploading? I thought it did and that's why he suicided but I read on Slate it didn't. The girls and Nails only got away to Venezuela with $100K right? Who ends up owning the corridor land since the Corporate dude and the Russians were killed? Will anyone ever find the diamonds on Frank's corpse. You know, the sophomore slump is a real phenomenon. The first installment was so new and different and the starring roles so unique #2 was never going to match it for surprise and delight, partly because we were always going to be comparing it instead of absorbing it as a separate entity.
I think the corridor land went undeveloped, hence the opening scene Velcoro's message was not delivered.
This show sounds like it sucked. After watching the first and second pathetic episodes, the wife and I lost interest. After reading through here and hearing everyone else talk about how ****ty it is, I'm glad I didn't waste my time watching it. It is such a shame since the first season was badass.
