Don't you get sick of her walking off before telling her partner what and why?
I know this is a dreary show but I don't think Lund has smiled more than twice. She has the same facial expression on at all times.
Still, I will be watching the US version.
Quite the opposite. She is absolutely fascinating. The way that she exerts self control in the face of infuriating behaviour of those around her is one of the joys of the show.
Possibly, you will enjoy the American re-make more, but for those who are addicted to the original, it the way that it ignores the conventions of such shows that make it so compelling.
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Lund's behaviour is not okay; it's not okay AT ALL! She is a loner, and for good reasons. In one episode, her mother tells her that she intends to visit her sister, Lund's answer: Okay, but if you do so, take the train, because I need your car. - She is impossible. In real life, I would run away screaming and shouting from such a nasty, egocentric person. On TV, to solve a murder mistery story, it's perfect ...
You are right to say that Lund does not smile (or laugh) often. But I disagree with what you said about her facial expression. I think you can read on her face what is going on inside her, wheather she is discouraged, disappointed (for example by Buchards behaviour), angry (f.e. about Meyer ready to follow Buchuards instructions), desperated (about Bengt's leaving), and so on.You can read in her face like in an open book. But there are few (or even none) emotions o happiness, luck, love, etc.
English is not my first language. Any corrections are welcome.
i am glad the characters don't respond when asked "whats going on?",i would hate to listen to that tripe again.
shareoh contrare, i always found Lund rather easy to watch if you know what i mean
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"Still, I will be watching the US version."
I guess that by now you will have started to realise what was so great about Sophe Garbol's performance. The U.S. show is pretty good, but I don't think that there is one character that could could compare with any of those in the original.
The Morten sharacter equivalent in the AMC series is poor. In fact the whole politician cast there is unconvincing and doesn't compare to the original. I've tried watching the first 2 eps but it just doesn't cut it for me, The actress playing Sarah Linden is ok, but not in Sofie Gråbøl's league.
shareThe only reason I found out about the original version was I was flipping through the channels and happened upon the US version. It seemed interesting so I googled it for more info. When I found out it was a remake of a Danish series, I knew NOT to watch the US version. Just another bad remake like Riget and every other series they manage to royally *beep* up.
Just watched the first series and can't wait to watch the second.
I find the US remake decent actually, only cause it copies the original literally scene by scene. But something's missing in it, and i can't nail what exactly it is...
shareI think it's if you watch the original first, and then the US version, it's difficult not to erase the Danish performers from your mind. They do an exceptional job.
shareImho Lund is the icing on the cake in this televisual treat. I think I read somewhere, or heard, that great acting isn't what you say, but what you don't say. If so, Sofie Gråbøl is a class act.
shareMost of the characters came across to me as being bleak and depressing. Not many of them seemed to have the slightest sense of humor. The only character I rooted for was Meyer... and look what they did to him.
shareI don't see how this is at all surprising considering Lund walks off from Meyer about 10 times per episode. This type of thing is meant to mount suspense. Her performance is exceptional, and much better than the rather homely actress in the AMC remake.
I also don't think you'd be smiling if you solved murder cases all the time. All of the other characters in the police station don't smile either, so, by deduction, you should dislike them too.
The US version is a carbon-copy, derivative remake from beginning to end. It's full of hollowed-out actors that don't manage to capture the spirit of the original Danish actors.
I agree with btc8 that Sofie Gråbøl is exceptional as Sarah Lund. She is the grouting which holds the whole thing together. I love it that she, the main character, is at once so unlikeable and at times really frustrating. She does have feelings, and it is possible to see these in her face as she chews relentlessly on that nicotine gum.
Scarlett Johannsson has said that she'd rather play roles with little or no dialogue, since that demands that she act the role, rather than just talk it through. Lund's character is one in which there is minimal dialogue, since she spends most of the story thinking, plotting, planning, putting ideas together, etc, etc. And that can be painful to watch at times.
She's obsessive, rude, intensely loyal (to the dead girl, not her family members), hard-working (I don't think anyone can disageee with that), focused.......... but - she is not exactly a team player, and it is because of this that she gets the job done.
Watching her is no doubt not half as painful as it is being her.
I admire the Lund character. I just don't understand how she got so good at what she does. How did she get that bloodhound-like to the complete exclusion of her personal life when on the trail of the perp and still be a single mother raising an adolescent son with time to meet and develop a relationship with a guy she wants to marry and for whom she's willing to move to another country? In being so good, why she isn't the superstar of the department? In comparison to the troglodyte males detectives she seems to be a savant with intellect as well as an uncanny intuition. Then she gets this extraordinarily high-profile case on which she is making daily progress and gets treated as if she were some dumb rookie or unhinged hysteric.
It *is* painful, at times, to see Lund's obsession. Nothing else matters. Of course, solving the case is important, but she seems to lose interest in everything else, including her boyfriend, her son, her mother. Meyer ends up being her only friend, and look how that turned out.
In the last few episodes she is downright scary.
This is great acting. I liked her at first, but after a while she became disturbing.
Meyer I disliked in the first few episodes, and gradually got to like him a lot. I was devastated by what happened to him. Seriously.
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