Wow, watched the first episode last night and it was intense! This is going to be fun!!!
First two episodes felt like a well done Breaking Bad rip off, but then the show got its legs. Great first season. Bateman is perfect for that role.
Not really. It got off to a fast start. I can't get past the first six episodes of Breaking Bad.
Stick with Breaking Bad, it really is that good. A bit confused from your post though hecause Breaking Bad was great from the start.Not really. It got off to a fast start. I can't get past the first six episodes of Breaking Bad.
Stick with Breaking Bad, it really is that good. A bit confused from your post though hecause Breaking Bad was great from the start.
As for Ozark it was a very good first season but a hair away from being great. The acting is excellent. Bateman is always great as is Linney and Harris Yulin but it's Ruth who steals every scene she's in. She's the character you care about the most and she needs more screen time in season 2.
Watching episode 5. Bateman, to me, always is the same guy when I see him. Here, we're getting actual depth at times.
Not digging Linney in this.
The Ruth character is cool. Maybe just a little too smart?
Missouri.Linney gets better.
One thing that bugged me was in the flashback episode - they're supposed to be 10 years younger, which I guess would put them in late 30s-early 40s. Linney looks every bit of 55 in those flashbacks. Gotta think they could've done something to help with that.
As far as Ruth, I think the show pretty much shows everyone Martin comes in contact with in Arkansas is pretty sharp. Except Russ & Boyd.
This is my show. First and last episode were perfect. Everything in between was great too. Can't wait for the next season.
There is really no way to discuss the final episode without giving it away, so I will leave it at it was awesome.
One thing that bugged me was in the flashback episode - they're supposed to be 10 years younger, which I guess would put them in late 30s-early 40s. Linney looks every bit of 55 in those flashbacks. Gotta think they could've done something to help with that.
My wife and I binged it over the last week.
Im not totally enamored with it. It just goes a bit far past reality sometimes, like worse than breaking bad. I still have trouble wrapping my head around Zoo not being able to get through Breaking Bad but loving this show. They are so so similar. And I disagree with Nelson in that it doesnt let go of that after 3 episodes. In my opinion it continues to up the similarities through the end of the season with all the "no way is he getting out of this one, oooh somehow he squeaked by, on to the next bigger badder villain"
Still all in all an enjoyable watch. It just misses on some fronts but manages to still engage. I like the old dude living in the basement.
His character is so much different than Brian Cranston's. Marty is a survivor who always has another trick up his sleeve. He'd quit tomorrow if he could but he has enslaved himself and his family to organized crime.
actually you just described Walter White verbatitm.
Nah. Walt had the Heisenberg alter ego. He eventually got off on power and greed. Marty's just trying to get him and his family out in one piece.