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Originally Posted by KCUnited
I'm 3 episodes in on A Murder at the End of the World (Hulu) and am enjoying it
Seems really well made and executed so far
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I watched this recently also. What did you think?
I thought it was a pretty solid who dun it.
But I don't think it was as smart or clever as it thought it was. But ultimately, I didn't guess it until they bashed me over the head with it.
I think there was some social narrative (outside of the obvious climate change evil corporation shit that was overt) they were going for and didn't really hit me like they thought it would.
Moreover, I'm starting to get a
little tired of the trope of an investigation being a device to tell the backstory. Whenever they'd go back to catch the serial killer, by the end I was like get ****ing to it, man. I think that bit peaked with Station Eleven. And it seemed like they were trying to hit some of those notes, but they didn't do it nearly as well as Station Eleven.
But that's pretty nitpicky. It's a good watch and there are some memorable concepts they hit on. Most notable is
There were also some notes that hit hard. Darby's dealing with death was really strong acting, and
So the scenery and the hotel were absolutely magnificent. But at the same time didn't seem to matter. I think we (or at least me) are getting desensitized to some really excellent filmmaking.
All in all a good watch, and good performances all the way around. I'd recommend it.