You're joking, right? I have just finished watching this, and whilst there were some excellent performances (Peter Mullen for example), I simply cannot understand ANY of the comments you've made. The writing was incredibly thin. Entire episodes would go by with no advancement of the story, except to go down paths that turned out to be of little/no interest of value. And it all wrapped up in the last 20 minutes with a hailstorms of twists that made the previous 6 hours of drab nonsense seem like it was a different show. What is the suspense to which you refer? the search for Tui (could have been suspenseful) was almost a sideline - Moss's character did almost NONE. She tried to convince us that she was upset about the girls disappearance, but given the chance to look, she just beds down with matey and has a romp. In fact, that's pretty much her main activity in the show. And what the hell was that hippy commune about? Cut out all the scenes with that in, and you lose zero from the story. Apart from some pretentious utterings from Ms. Hunter, that sounded like the scrawlings of a depressed teenager.
Pretentious, vapid, dull.
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forksforrests
11 years ago
In complete agreement.
I enjoyed Moss's performance for the most part, but this show was terribly boring and odd. I hated the editing and found most, if not all, the characters to be unsympathetic and lacklustre.
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tigerbos
11 years ago
Yet your icon is from one of Campion's films....odd you should stiff Campion on this one.
I'll tell you in another life when we are both cats.
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forksforrests
11 years ago
The only reason I watched Top of the Lake (and was extremely eager for it) was because if how much I love Bright Star. Her work her usually beautiful yet with a hint of realistic tragedy.
That's why my disappointment for TOTL is so high. 12 episode of Jane Campion? I was on board.
But agh, after the pilot, it was hard to drugs through this abysmal mess. It was inconsistent, the characters were just so unlikeable and it was hard to understand what Campion was going for.
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tigerbos
11 years ago
It is unfortunate that you didn't realize before watching Top of the Lake that it was going to be a total different experience than Bright Star was.
I think Top of the Lake is beautiful as well as tragic - you just don't have the great love story that Bright Star had - but of course it's like comparing apples and oranges!
I'll tell you in another life when we are both cats.
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forksforrests
11 years ago
I didn't expect it to be the same as Bright Star. I expected similar quality. There's a difference. I'm not a huge fan of The Piano, but I still think it's of similar caliber to Bright Star. The darkness of it just didn't appeal to me, but that's purely subjective.
However, TotL was just a mess, plain and simple. You might have liked it, but I didn't.
A rose is just a rose.
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tigerbos
11 years ago
The Piano was a masterpiece. Bright Star was an excellent film.
Sorry you didn't like Top of the Lake. The Piano will always be my favorite Campion film though.
I'll tell you in another life when we are both cats.
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11 years ago
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tigerbos
8 years ago
Do you have anything to contribute to this conversation or are you going to continue just poking and jabbing? As far as the film not being up to par, of course, that is your opinion. I'm sure some agree and others do not; however, if this mini-series was so bad, why did they ask Campion to do another? lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-09OhQPiIg#t=85
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bruce73
11 years ago
@nickwarren1963: spot on, couldn't have summed it up better myself.
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JoWilli (19957)
3 years ago
clearly, your opinion is wrong and you do not know what you are talking about, I would suggest going back to school and learn how to write.
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