Netflix "Narcos" Season 1 Thread

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One episode 1, and it was kind of a chore to get through. I didn't like the narration, I understand the nod to 'Goodfellas', but this rather dull and cliched DEA agent is no Ray Liotta. So many dull and derivative scenes, the bowling alley, the foot pursuit, the 'I had to kill a teenager' scene, the murdered partner, the 'plata or plomo' scene. The teenager/pregnant mule scene seems heavy handed and only a brief reprieve from what is essentially a retread of a dozen other movies, a ceaseless glorification of violence and carnage.

Love the Brazilian as Escobar, great acting, subpar script and plotting. Luis Guzman is way over the top, which he never seems to have under control. The shotgun scene was especially bad, a weary overdone shot, the freeze frame/brutal excuetion scene. The entire thing is a like a history lesson light, effectively shot and budgeted, but much different in affect from dramatizations in documentaries over the years. The first episode is way too glossy and cliche for me to be really invested in any of it. 'Escobar: Paradise Lost' was a bad movie, with a great Pablo Escobar, a nuanced portrayal, with menace and brevity. This Escobar is well acted, but none of it is compelling, or interesting, despite a fascinating character and story.

Their are moments of insight, or moral ambiguity that are briefly grabbing, quickly vanishing for the scenes of dispatching of the un loyal partner, or other well worn stories in these sagas. It's well produced and slick enough to be barely watchable entertainment, but this is not great television.
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re'up said:
One episode 1, and it was kind of a chore to get through. I didn't like the narration, I understand the nod to 'Goodfellas', but this rather dull and cliched DEA agent is no Ray Liotta. So many dull and derivative scenes, the bowling alley, the foot pursuit, the 'I had to kill a teenager' scene, the murdered partner, the 'plata or plomo' scene. The teenager/pregnant mule scene seems heavy handed and only a brief reprieve from what is essentially a retread of a dozen other movies, a ceaseless glorification of violence and carnage.

Love the Brazilian as Escobar, great acting, subpar script and plotting. Luis Guzman is way over the top, which he never seems to have under control. The shotgun scene was especially bad, a weary overdone shot, the freeze frame/brutal excuetion scene. The entire thing is a like a history lesson light, effectively shot and budgeted, but not much different in affect from dramatizations in documentaries over the years. The first episode is way too glossy and cliche for me to be really invested in any of it. 'Escobar: Paradise Lost' was a bad movie, with a great Pablo Escobar, a nuanced portrayal, with menace and brevity. This Escobar is well acted, but none of it is compelling, or interesting, despite a fascinating character and story.

Their are moments of insight, or moral ambiguity that are briefly grabbing, quickly vanishing for the scenes of dispatching of the un loyal partner, or other well worn stories in these sagas. It's well produced and slick enough to be barely watchable entertainment, but this is not great television.
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only ideas that consistently work get the luxury of becoming cliché.
ironically its this mans life that probably gave rise to these ideas in the first place.
keep watching...his dullness and predictability arent acting problems, youll find theyre idiosyncrasies of escobar himself.
its pretty important to the story that hes not that interesting
 
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re'up said:
One episode 1, and it was kind of a chore to get through. I didn't like the narration, I understand the nod to 'Goodfellas', but this rather dull and cliched DEA agent is no Ray Liotta. So many dull and derivative scenes, the bowling alley, the foot pursuit, the 'I had to kill a teenager' scene, the murdered partner, the 'plata or plomo' scene. The teenager/pregnant mule scene seems heavy handed and only a brief reprieve from what is essentially a retread of a dozen other movies, a ceaseless glorification of violence and carnage.

Love the Brazilian as Escobar, great acting, subpar script and plotting. Luis Guzman is way over the top, which he never seems to have under control. The shotgun scene was especially bad, a weary overdone shot, the freeze frame/brutal excuetion scene. The entire thing is a like a history lesson light, effectively shot and budgeted, but not much different in affect from dramatizations in documentaries over the years. The first episode is way too glossy and cliche for me to be really invested in any of it. 'Escobar: Paradise Lost' was a bad movie, with a great Pablo Escobar, a nuanced portrayal, with menace and brevity. This Escobar is well acted, but none of it is compelling, or interesting, despite a fascinating character and story.

Their are moments of insight, or moral ambiguity that are briefly grabbing, quickly vanishing for the scenes of dispatching of the un loyal partner, or other well worn stories in these sagas. It's well produced and slick enough to be barely watchable entertainment, but this is not great television.
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Nerd ass review :camby:
 
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I hope they do the Lord of the Skies, Los Zetas and El Chapo
 
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Venem said:
just lit a blunt... couldn't decide what game to play... seen this thread

before seeing a single post i said

"let me go ahead and start this so i can read along" :jbhmm:

15 mins later :obama:


intro to pablo escobar :whoo::whew:




already hooked :blessed:




the way he comes in and threatens them so smoothly :wow:
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platinum or lead

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well, looks like esco is coming back for season 2 :myman:. they gonna do 10 episodes of trying to catch him tho? :whoa: cant be since they just did 10 with almost his entire career. they will def introduce new players after he gets murked, probably the rat ass cali cartel.

i enjoyed this shyt very much but i wished they went back and showed his story before beoming a major druglord. wouldve made the story more complete imo.
the show was raw though,, netflix blessed us with this one.
 
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