--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ultrarishi wrote: > > This was an outstanding series. It's a shame that we have to resort to things like bit torrent to view awesome television like this in the US. These moronic IP, trade pacts, and just plain old Hollywood nonesense prevents us from getting quality programming until too late. > > I was very much pleased by both seasons and totally left wasted by the ending of Season 2.
Thanks so much for weighing in on this. I sometimes wonder if anyone has gotten to see any of these Euro classics I report on from time to time. It is a damned shame that the marketeers keep them from being seen in their original versions. As I've said, I gave up on the American ripoff version after two episodes. It's not that Dianne Kruger is a bad actress, just that she simply is not in Sofia Helin's league. And the writers of the US version managed to take everything subtle about the original series and turn it gross and in-your-face and...well...American. Watching the original is a very different experience. The writing, the music, the photography (with its images of the bleak but beautiful Danish and Swedish landscapes and cityscapes) -- all are superb. But it's really the acting that makes this series so formidable. I can say without hesitation that I have probably not seen "duo acting" of this caliber since the early days of Ingmar Bergman working with Liv Ullmann and Max Von Sydow. As noted before, Sofia Helin is beyond amazing as Saga Noren, portraying one of the most complex and touching characters I've ever seen onscreen. But her work is complimented by Kim Bodnia as Martin Rhode. Martin is as generally outgoing (but with problems) as the Danish cop as Saga is distant and unemotional (but with even more problems) as the Swedish cop. The bond that forms between the two of them is tangible, and touching. Martin becomes literally Saga's only friend, because she is emotionally incapable of forming relationships with anyone else. And that, of course, leads to the feeling you had at the end of season 2. The Wikipedia page on Bron-Broen (WARNING: Avoid the Plot sections for each season if you plan to see the series, because they're full of spoilers) says that a season 3 is in the works. I can hardly wait...
