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| Topic Started: Apr 23 2014, 07:08 AM (146 Views) | |
| Bitsy | Apr 23 2014, 07:08 AM Post #1 |
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I just finished watching the first season of Rectify. Has anyone watched this critically acclaimed show? I am very conflicted . There are some very touching moments but also some very disturbing and unfamiliar ones for me. The anguish is almost too much of a downer for me but the optimist in me will soldier on when it returns next month. |
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| Trotsky | Apr 23 2014, 11:40 PM Post #2 |
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Big City Boy
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All I can add is that I have always liked J. Smith Cameron. Until today, I had never heard of RECTIFY. If SUNDANCE offers On-Demand I'll give the first couple episodes a shot. Edited by Trotsky, Apr 23 2014, 11:43 PM.
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| Alli | Apr 24 2014, 12:06 AM Post #3 |
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same here never heard of it till now...... |
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| Trotsky | Apr 24 2014, 01:34 AM Post #4 |
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Well I checked. Although I can get Sundance in low definition, both HD and On-Demand require a subscription. Not really interested because Sundance having added commercials is not of much interest to me anymore. So no RECTIFY for me. |
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| helen_t | Apr 24 2014, 01:59 AM Post #5 |
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I looked it up and I think it's coming shortly. June 19. Seems to have very good reviews http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2183404/reviews?ref_=tt_urv Edited by helen_t, Apr 24 2014, 02:02 AM.
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| Bitsy | Apr 24 2014, 04:15 AM Post #6 |
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I don't have Sundance but I watched it on Netflix. |
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| Trotsky | Apr 24 2014, 04:45 AM Post #7 |
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Big City Boy
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Bitsy, Is it streaming (Watch Instantly) or must I do disc by disc? edit: Good, it's Watch Instantly...so maybe I'll start tonight. Edited by Trotsky, Apr 24 2014, 04:54 AM.
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| Bitsy | Apr 24 2014, 05:00 AM Post #8 |
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Good, I will be interested in your opinion, as I said I am very conflicted. it was like a train wreck but I just kept watching . |
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| Trotsky | Apr 26 2014, 12:32 AM Post #9 |
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Ohhh...lost a 5 paragraph post. Short version: We watched the first two of the six. Not bad, but the TIMES said the last 4 stink.
My problem is with plot. Guy spends 19 years in prison for rape/murder and is exonerated by DNA evidence. Comes home to scorn and derision. HOW STUPID is this town? Another guy shoots himself in the woods. Are they gonna test HIS DNA against the killer's semen? I half expected the townsfolk to come running with torches and pitchforks: "Fire BAD." The Senator is particularly annoying and 1/2 dimensional but I like the sister (she's Harvey's feisty girlfriend on SUITS.) We'll watch the next 4 expecting little. Bob likes it a lot more than I do. Deus Ex Machina doesn't bother him as much as it does me. Edited by Trotsky, Apr 26 2014, 03:20 AM.
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| Bitsy | Apr 26 2014, 04:35 AM Post #10 |
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Not having a critic's eye, I saw little difference in the first two episodes and those following. Actually, the character's development helped me have a little better understanding of their relationships but it is so slow...the word one review used was plodding and I agree. |
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| Trotsky | Apr 26 2014, 05:43 AM Post #11 |
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We'll have the 6 episodes done over the weekend and I am keeping an open mind. Another question I had right away: "Why the fu*k did this guy go back to his home town" except maybe to drive the plot? When I realized that my home town was narrow minded, dead-ended, homophobic, troglodytic and petrified of intelligent people, I had the sense to get out, and that was Eastern PA, not some godforsaken berg in the hills of VA (I think.) This guy is in a worse place...he is in a town that wants him DEAD. The lead is walking around in a zombie-haze. Maybe that is realistic but it's not cinematically interesting. I like the discussion...sometimes more interesting to talk about what's wrong than what's right. Edited by Trotsky, Apr 26 2014, 05:49 AM.
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