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Philosophical Western!!!

[elo-equipamentos · 7/10 · 28 June 2017]

Deadwood since the beginning enchanted me, those colorful fine characters developed very carefully and well crafted in a wild place of history, the plot are smart in every episode exploring all possibilities in this specific ground, but all characters have a philosophical speech, giving to the audience a sensation that it could be in high European court instead in the old western, there's no simple guy, all they are wise, therefore sometimes it's boring, so clever conversation and one thing more to complicate the second season don't have a dubbing version, so as they speak so fast became hard to understand quickly reasoning, besides that is a fantastic series that l enjoy to much!!! Also Shakespeare did too!!

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First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5

gob smacked

[A_Different_Drummer · 10/10 · 6 March 2015]

The late media genius Marshall McLuhan insisted that one of the great ironies of modern electronic media is that it delivers the effect without the thing.

I would agree. On the surface, this is yet another brilliantly written episode in one of the most powerful TV series of all time, a series that, unique among its peers, has more in common week to week with a stageplay than a teleplay.

What makes this episode especially unforgettable is the "filter" that the the entire episode is forced through.

In addition to the usual (and powerful) themes, this entire episode becomes "background" to the action taking place in the foreground, to wit, the tragic and unfortunate death of a young boy, probably the very last character in the story one might otherwise have expected such a fate to befall.

The impact is stunning. The viewer is gobsmacked. The only analog that comes to mind is the recent (this review written 2015) film I ORIGINS (also reviewed on my list) which is yet another stunning piece of writing that sucker-punches the viewer with an expected death that defines the impact of the film.

The power of this dramatic device seems only to enhance the already superb performances. McBain shines. Olyphant may possibly deliver the best performance of his career here (in my reviews of Justified, I underscore how, as that series matures, he becomes progressively sloppy in his portrayal notwithstanding the title of Exec Prod. Looking like Gary Cooper does not automatically make you the EQUAL of Cooper).

The dialog remains crisp. Little rants on the nature of loveless marriage and praying to "the god antlers and hooves" are a marvellous distraction.