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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 13:13:50 GMT
Anyone see this? What'd y'all think? Personally I found it kind of blah, and they had this weird obsession with casting people way too young to be mothers as mothers (minus Laura Dern of course). Shaliene Woodley with an elementary school child? Huh? Was not helped by the grotesque looking extras they found to populate the other parents, and the fact that they keep talking about some mysterious "murder!" that doesn't even happen when the hour ends.
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Post by Moviefan on Feb 20, 2017 16:25:29 GMT
Well, Shaliene Woodley was born in 1991, so she is old enough to have a child in first grade. There are lost of people younger than her who have kids that age. I thought it was a good first episode. They are building to show how the murder happened so it wouldn't make sense to have it happen in the first episode. It was interesting and well acted.
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Post by oocathrynoo on Feb 21, 2017 1:52:42 GMT
^This. I am 27 and have plenty of friends/know people my age who have elementary aged children. I read and loved the book, so I'm interested to see how close they stay to the plot. The murder won't be revealed til the last episode--all of the interviews are flash forwards.
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Post by levpoldkahnt on Feb 21, 2017 12:25:15 GMT
I loved it! Its at times bordering a bit on cheesy/trashy but I love that (Gone Girl is one of my favorite movies of the past few years). Usually I dont really care for Witherspoon but she is amazing as the anal Soccer Mom!
I havent read the book, so I dont know if she is actually a good fit, but somehow Nicole Kidman doesnt really look like she belongs there. And either she has a real bad hairdresser but her hair looks like a really bad wig (just like in Lion).
Anyways, cant wait for the next episode.
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Post by bess1971s on Feb 21, 2017 18:04:09 GMT
I read the synopsis of the novel and watched the first episode. I'm not a fan of Reese Witherspoon or Nicole Kidman, but the show grabbed my interest enough to keep me watching.
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Post by vespertine on Feb 21, 2017 20:28:09 GMT
It was a great pilot. I've read the book its based on and so far, TV version has more meat on its bones. Hope, they won't screw it up!
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Post by persephone on Feb 22, 2017 7:27:34 GMT
I read the book twice since it came out. I loved the novel and really enjoyed the series. I thought Nicole Kidman was good casting as Celeste. Celeste is supposed to be beautiful and delicate looking. They did age her up but I really have no issue with that. As for Jane? She had Ziggy at 19 in the book so she is old enough to have a first grader. They were in kindergarten in the book though. I think the casting that surprised me the most was Laura Dern as Renata. She was great though and I am really enjoying the show so far.
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Post by ashverses on Feb 24, 2017 16:56:32 GMT
There is so much great television available the last several years. Instead of movie night, I've been having TV night and watching a few episodes a night. I want to watch this, but I'm currently working through The People vs OJ, Ash vs Evil Dead, Santa Clarita Diet, Leigon, and more. I might wait a few episodes and read your thoughts.
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Post by thebayharborbutcher on Feb 24, 2017 22:19:02 GMT
I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but I would like to at some point.
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Post by flasuss on Feb 24, 2017 23:30:04 GMT
It was kinda of meh, but the cast is pretty good, so I'll give it another go.
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Post by oocathrynoo on Mar 1, 2017 23:31:53 GMT
Anyone watch this week? Thoughts?
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Post by misternick on Mar 2, 2017 0:26:06 GMT
I'm loving it so far. I came in with low expectations so that helped. It totally reminds me of an exaggerated version of the way moms really act. The locations, homes are beautiful of course. Looking forward to more!
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Post by MightyMikey on Mar 10, 2017 3:53:13 GMT
I kind of thought they could have told this story as a movie. It's one of those shows that you have to marathon or you forget details week to week. It loses the build up. I'll probably finish this when I can watch it all together over a couple nights.
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Post by oocathrynoo on Mar 12, 2017 2:26:09 GMT
I kind of thought they could have told this story as a movie. It's one of those shows that you have to marathon or you forget details week to week. It loses the build up. I'll probably finish this when I can watch it all together over a couple nights. While it is hard to remember the details, I'm still glad they made it into a series. There's a lot that happens in the book, so the movie version would have had to leave out some stuff. I will probably do the same thing when it's over though and watch it again more back to back.
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Post by persephone on Mar 25, 2017 8:20:46 GMT
This past episode was fantastic!
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Post by oocathrynoo on Mar 26, 2017 4:07:02 GMT
Getting good! Only two episodes left, so the next two should be awesome as well!
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 26, 2017 15:23:39 GMT
Started out good, but the following episodes have been even better. Loving Witherspoon here, she's stealing the whole show away from the rest.
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Post by movielover on Mar 26, 2017 15:30:25 GMT
I'm genuinely surprised how much I'm loving this show. Very addicting!
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Post by Phoenix101 on Mar 27, 2017 16:31:01 GMT
Could Witherspoon win her first Emmy?
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Post by oocathrynoo on Apr 2, 2017 1:30:01 GMT
The actors/actresses have done really well with this. Can't believe tomorrow is the last episode.
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