TexasDeac10
Alphonso Smith
Did anyone watch last night?
I thought it was pretty great. The breadth of characters was pretty impressive for a pilot episode, and each one was compelling (lady cop with her aspergers and an axe to grind, male cop as a straight cop trying to raise a son in a crooked world, aging cop basically playing Tommy Lee Jones from No County For Old Men, dick newspaper reporter facing near death and becoming repentant, and finally the rancher's wife who we don't know much about yet).
Definitely a gritty crime thriller - emphasis on grit - but has set itself up as a giant social commentary contrasting Juarez and El Paso. I'm pumped. I thought the art direction and cinematography was pretty similar to Breaking Bad, too, with a lot of distorted close-up shots appearing to be one thing until they fade out to another.
I thought it was pretty great. The breadth of characters was pretty impressive for a pilot episode, and each one was compelling (lady cop with her aspergers and an axe to grind, male cop as a straight cop trying to raise a son in a crooked world, aging cop basically playing Tommy Lee Jones from No County For Old Men, dick newspaper reporter facing near death and becoming repentant, and finally the rancher's wife who we don't know much about yet).
Definitely a gritty crime thriller - emphasis on grit - but has set itself up as a giant social commentary contrasting Juarez and El Paso. I'm pumped. I thought the art direction and cinematography was pretty similar to Breaking Bad, too, with a lot of distorted close-up shots appearing to be one thing until they fade out to another.