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State of Play
I just finished watching State of Play. (The series, not the movie. Of course.)
Um. So, the cast was brilliant. John Simm, David Morrissey, Bill Nighy, Phil Glenister, Marc Warren, James McAvoy, Kelly Macdonald. . . it was wonderful to see all these people working together and playing off one another. And yes, it was suspenseful and all of that, but, idk. It just didn't really come together, for me. It didn't click. Maybe it was me, but I had a hard time emphasizing with David Morrissey's character, so when he turned out to be the bad guy after all, I was like, hm, well, ok. One politician's as good or bad as the next, we knew that.
I really didn't like the ending. Not how it was resolved, but how and where they ended it. It felt unfinished. What happened to the relationship between Ann and Cal? Was she just using him for consolation, or was she actually in love with him? Was she just using him, but would she let him guilt her into saying she wasn't? I would have liked to see the fall-out of that. What happened to Sonny, and his attempt to clear his brother's name? How did DCI Bell resolve his case? Did anybody decide to do anything about the corporate espionage scandal? It might not have made the front page, but it could still have been a page 3 story, or something like that. What was the team's reaction to Ziegler's suicide?
There was just so much stuff left unfinished. If you build a plot like that, you can't throw hints and misleading plot lines out there and then just leave everything hanging when your main case has been resolved. You need to tidy up your loose ends as well. When the sixth part had finished, I actually checked whether there was a seventh part, because I couldn't quite believe they'd end it there.
John Simm is pretty when he's upset, though. Or, you know, he's generally pretty. And I suppose he wasn't actually upset, just acting upset. Either way, he was nice to look at at the time. And I really do love Bill Nighy. I know, who doesn't, but I felt it needed saying. The series does get full points for the cast. The only ones I missed were Sarah Parish and David Tennant. And maybe Alan Rickman, but that would have been asking for too much, I guess.
Hib, I got your card! Thank you so much. :) I have no idea why it was returned the first time around; it really shouldn't have been. Anyway, the address was the right one, and I got it this time, so all is well. Thanks again!
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Um. So, the cast was brilliant. John Simm, David Morrissey, Bill Nighy, Phil Glenister, Marc Warren, James McAvoy, Kelly Macdonald. . . it was wonderful to see all these people working together and playing off one another. And yes, it was suspenseful and all of that, but, idk. It just didn't really come together, for me. It didn't click. Maybe it was me, but I had a hard time emphasizing with David Morrissey's character, so when he turned out to be the bad guy after all, I was like, hm, well, ok. One politician's as good or bad as the next, we knew that.
I really didn't like the ending. Not how it was resolved, but how and where they ended it. It felt unfinished. What happened to the relationship between Ann and Cal? Was she just using him for consolation, or was she actually in love with him? Was she just using him, but would she let him guilt her into saying she wasn't? I would have liked to see the fall-out of that. What happened to Sonny, and his attempt to clear his brother's name? How did DCI Bell resolve his case? Did anybody decide to do anything about the corporate espionage scandal? It might not have made the front page, but it could still have been a page 3 story, or something like that. What was the team's reaction to Ziegler's suicide?
There was just so much stuff left unfinished. If you build a plot like that, you can't throw hints and misleading plot lines out there and then just leave everything hanging when your main case has been resolved. You need to tidy up your loose ends as well. When the sixth part had finished, I actually checked whether there was a seventh part, because I couldn't quite believe they'd end it there.
John Simm is pretty when he's upset, though. Or, you know, he's generally pretty. And I suppose he wasn't actually upset, just acting upset. Either way, he was nice to look at at the time. And I really do love Bill Nighy. I know, who doesn't, but I felt it needed saying. The series does get full points for the cast. The only ones I missed were Sarah Parish and David Tennant. And maybe Alan Rickman, but that would have been asking for too much, I guess.
Hib, I got your card! Thank you so much. :) I have no idea why it was returned the first time around; it really shouldn't have been. Anyway, the address was the right one, and I got it this time, so all is well. Thanks again!
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Why have I not heard of this show before.
(Didn't read beyond that cast list, cause I HAVE to watch this!)
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If you decide to watch it, don't read any spoilers beforehand, since that would pretty much ruin it for you. Also, watch out you don't accidentally get the State of Play movie that the US released this year--same storyline, different actors, and it's a movie, not a series.
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No problem! Thanks for sending it--twice. Pfft, Royal Mail. So typical.
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. . . And I still want to see it. So I can see what I think. And UPSET JOHN SIMM! YES PLEASE.
I got LoM for my birthday today. And watched 1.1 on a real TV for the first time, and was . . . well. Squee-y. It's terrible. The fangirling. I love that show. To small pieces.
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Also, I did not get a notification for this comment. Wth, LJ?
And State of Play isn't bad, it just wasn't quite what I expected it to be, based on everybody telling me how omggaspamazing it was. I guess it was the old problem of having heard too many good reviews about it before watching it, so I ended up having all these ridiculous expectations that didn't get fulfilled.
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