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Two episodes in and...

posted 11 years ago by TermlnatriX
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Clemence Posey is simply boring. Whereas in the original Bron Sofia Helin's portrayal of Saga at least has a level of energy to her. Hell, even Diane Kruger simply aped the way Helin played Saga so in turn she has a level of energy. Posey on the other hand is simply a bore, and judging by these two episodes there's zero chemistry between her and Stephen Dillane. You know when you watch something and you catch yourself simply feeling "odd" about how a scene even "feels" - as if you know you're feeling what the actual ACTORS are feeling? That there's just nothing there. In a way, it makes sense for the characters we're supposed to be watching but I digress. Because even in the original Bron, Helin/Bodnia duo has chemistry and a dynamic, whereas all of it is just lost in The Tunnel. As much as I didn't fall in love with the US remake at least the aping of Helin's take on the character by Diane Kruger saved it from being entirely horrid portrayal of her character - as The Tunnel so far seems to have.

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[–] !!!deleted!!! (41638798) 11 years ago

Do keep watching.

Know what you mean about Helin's portrayal--it would be difficult for anybody to follow that.

But certainly by Episode 7, just aired, Posey and Dillane begin to have some more sympatico moments, as it were--or at least as much as she can handle. Her growth curve in "relating" to him is a very slow burn, of course. Just like in Bron. But she's grown a bit since Ep 1.

It gets better. As does the TT tension.

In Ep 7 she reaches a point where we are allowed to see she understands a lot more about intimate human behavior than we thought:

When Elise is pressing Karl about his infidelity issues with the French industrialist's wife she says:

"Oh I do get it. It's have your cake, eat it and f--- the baker too."

She totally gets him.

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[–] eljefemartin 11 years ago

That made me chuckle. At least you have your own reasons to watch the show.

I must say I have never heard of "the bridge" or "bron" before, so I have to check it out. The only thing I have been reminded of is "Seven", because there are only so few movies that follow an entirely psychopathic serial killer. The difference is, there are more themes interwoven here (and none of them is religion). I found it interesting how all these high and good causes of rebellion against the ruling order turns out to be one man's tale of vendetta in the end.

This series spoke to me on several levels. First, I liked that it is slow and that the main characters don't have awesome chemistry from the start. In fact, one of the things I highly comment the actors for is that they manage to stay alien to each other until the very end. There is a moment of truth between them, but each has his own emotion. In the end Stephen Dillane almost seems to repent. As if he wants to put things right that his job made him do wrong in the first place. He has lost his belief in the order he served for most of his life.

Next, I really liked how nobody accomplishes anything in the movie and how dozens of people have to suffer for the selfish causes of a few. Democracy doesn't work in this show. The police is impotent and their best investigator is a French sociopath, who would not make it through any Psych-Evaluation today. Politics are made for economic reasons and social clashes are ignored. The terror group (forgot the name, sorry) doesn't belief in politics. They have lost the hope of changing anything by mere talking. And I am not even gonna start on the underlying themes of prostitution, immigration and betrayal.

Everyone and everything in this series is about things going to *beep* while the trains still keep going and economy keeps rolling. The people below this are lost. And if you haven't guessed by now - we are the people.