I liked the opening of "Bosch" too. Kind of like "The Wire" and "The Sopranos" had cool openings, too. "The Man in the High Castle" has potential. I'll have to see how it develops. I didn't instantly love it.
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > Well the good news is that Amazon has just announced that Mozart in the > Jungle is indeed coming back for a second season: > > > http://deadline.com/2015/02/amazon-orders-season-two-mozart-in-the-jungle-1201375836/ > > I really enjoyed the series enormously even though I think it has what is > probably the worst title for a series currently (it's based on a book). I > just wonder how real-life South American conducting sensation, Gustavo > Dudamel, finds it! > > And I really liked Bosch too - I binged on it over the weekend. I thought > it had a really interesting sense of place - more so than many LA cop > shows. I liked Titus Welliver, even though like you, I couldn't really > place him from anything else I've seen (a friend says she knows him a > little from The Good Wife). And that's all despite his improbably house - > which is explained - and his love of jazz, which is a bit of a detective's > trope. Indeed I found the whole thing to have a noirish feel, despite being > set in the present, in colour, and mostly during the day. > > I thought the whole thing was nicely spread over ten episodes, and > although the politics is a little heavy handed - cars meeting in parking > lots with rear windows lowered - the greasy pole-climbing felt real. > > And as an aside, the opening titles are gorgeous. With network dramas all > desperately worried that viewers will switch over during titles, theme > music has basically died away - except on cable/streaming, where they > obviously still spend serious money on them, and they add class to the show > as a consequence. > > Definitely looking forward to another series of that. > > And Amazon has also ordered a full series of The Man in the High Castle, > the pilot of which I liked, and could be really interesting. These all go a > fair way to me keeping up my Prime membership... > > > > Adam > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> “Mozart in the Jungle” is a binge-worthy comedy about a change in >> conductors in a New York classical music orchestra. The highest endorsement >> I can give it is that it kept my interest and I don’t know my Tchaikovsky >> from my Pashkevich. >> Much of the story focuses on the character played by actress Lola Kirke, >> who is young and trying to earn a spot on the orchestra. Kirke is mentored >> by the lovely Saffron Burrows, who as a heterosexual male I can sadly say >> is playing for the wrong team in real life. Gael Garcia Bernal plays the >> eccentric, talented new conductor, displacing Malcolm McDowell. >> Garcia Bernal tends to be over the top sometimes and a little broad, like >> Michael Richards’ Kramer on “Seinfeld.” But his character does bring a lot >> of interesting moments. As I said, I know little about classical music but >> I was rooting for him to turn around the orchestra. >> Although I like Jason Schwartzman, his character seems tacked on at the >> end. >> Amazon introduced “Mozart in the Jungle” right before Christmas and I >> read one story where the writer felt it got lost in the holiday shuffle. >> It’s a great series and I hope it gets renewed for a second season. >> “Bosch” is a cop story that I liked but seems to lose its way at times. >> The best parts for me are when it goes into those murky areas of when rules >> should be followed and when they should be broken and when it gives a >> somewhat touching look at a serial killer. The weak parts are when they go >> through plot points a, b and c and have to get to f but d and e are >> implausible. >> Titus Welliver plays the title role. He looks familiar to me but I can’t >> place him in any movies. He brings a grizzled weariness to Bosch and is >> able to carry the leading man role. >> There’s lots of strong performances in the other roles, including Mimi >> Rogers as a defense attorney suing Bosch for wrongful death and Lance >> Reddick from “The Wire” as an ambitious police administrator. Those old >> enough to have watched “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose” in the early 1990s will >> remember Abraham Benrubi, who played a brutish high school student. It >> makes me feel old to see him balding with gray hair as the lawyer defending >> Bosch. >> All in all “Bosch” was a good ride for me and I’d watch a second season. >> The climax was weak for aforementioned believability issues. But I like the >> way they handled the difficult ethical situations. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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