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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Really wanted to like it but found it a bit of a sprawling mess to be frank.
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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
If this wasn't an HBO show, I probably wouldn't be tuning back in next week.
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Originally Posted by jayswin
It was a tough watch, I found. Visually it was pretty nice and you could totally tell what they were going for, really neat idea for a show. But in the end there just wasn't enough going on and the scenes just dragged on.
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Hey, I like character studies, and character driven shows. I just haven't seen anything that exciting yet, even character wise. I'll give it a few more shows cause HBO almost always does well and so does Scorsese, but it's not like that means it's automatically going to be good.
I felt this episode could have been done in 60-80 minutes easily enough. We were left with so many scenes with the main character looking around stupefied with his mouth open when we already knew what was going on and had a feel of the mood and the scene. Felt like Martin was trying to get a little TOO artsy or moody, and it just seemed wasteful, boring, and ego driven. Hey, I think they guy is a great director and great storyteller, but it doesn't mean everything he touches turns to gold, and it doesn't mean he's not above screwing up. That happens to directors sometimes at the end of their careers.
And I'm not sure what that ending was all about. Is that some sort of symbolism? Metaphor?