"day of the jackal" on peacock

[henrygandorf 29,199]

10 episode mini. first 5 are out and very good + well made. good action, cool locations, great music, and sniper rifle porn if you're into that.

episode 6 comes out this thurs, and presumably every thurs until it's done.

[DDD Dad 14,369]

This is next up on our list of things to watch while we wait for a few more episodes of Silo before starting Season 2.

[LCHorn 2,638]

I’d love a review so thanks for making the thread.  Big fan of the original (mainly Michael Lonsdale) so have to weigh that against the fact I absolutely hate Eddie Redmayne as a screen presence (I’m sure he’s a swell person off-screen).  

[mdmost 43,286]

I thought it was a show about the day CJ Cregg was doing the song for the West Wing staff.

 

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[henrygandorf 29,199]

27 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

I’d love a review so thanks for making the thread.  Big fan of the original (mainly Michael Lonsdale) so have to weigh that against the fact I absolutely hate Eddie Redmayne as a screen presence (I’m sure he’s a swell person off-screen).  

what made you not like him? i loved him in chicago 7 and only saw the hawking movie once.

just curious. he's good in this but i already like him.

[LCHorn 2,638]

10 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

what made you not like him? i loved him in chicago 7 and only saw the hawking movie once.

just curious. he's good in this but i already like him.

I hated his character in The Good Shepherd so completely I can’t see him as anything other than a sniveling runt.  The Oscar campaign for The Theory of Everything didn’t help, either, as snippets of the film taken out of context made him look like he was doing a bad impression. 

[rage-a-holic 4,544]

1 hour ago, LCHorn said:

I hated his character in The Good Shepherd so completely I can’t see him as anything other than a sniveling runt.  The Oscar campaign for The Theory of Everything didn’t help, either, as snippets of the film taken out of context made him look like he was doing a bad impression. 

Creepy looking ginger. Hated him in Pillars of the Earth. He's just a limey Malachi

[rtw21 21]

I binged this last night, and loved every minute of it.  Definitely looking forward to the rest of the season.

[henrygandorf 29,199]

6 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I hated his character in The Good Shepherd so completely I can’t see him as anything other than a sniveling runt.  The Oscar campaign for The Theory of Everything didn’t help, either, as snippets of the film taken out of context made him look like he was doing a bad impression. 

fair enough. i don't even remember him in tgs, as i saw it once in the theater with high hopes and was disappointed. is it worth a rewatch?

did you see chicago 7? i really liked him in it (though sbc stole the show), but i like most anyone who can handle sorkin dialogue. or jackal dances.

[LCHorn 2,638]

26 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

did you see chicago 7?

No, I’m not kidding about my Redmayne dislike.  Even that All-Star team of performers can’t get me to overlook his casting, even paired with the added fun to play Sorkinism drinking games.

I doubt The Good Shepherd is worth a re-watch.  It’s kind of a frustrating movie* but I thought Matt Damon was terrific trying to subdue a lot of what makes him fun to watch and play everything internally.  There was a review I recall from back in 2006 that described Angelina Jolie as wildly miscast and I agreed with that-the reviewer described her acting style and look as indefatigably contemporary and that it just doesn’t fit in a period piece that’s trying so hard to be authentic of its setting.  
 

I think I was mostly eager for some more of Syriana, which I loved (and fat Clooney is the best).  
 

*Now that I think of it, it’s kind of two movies (it’s long enough for that).  The first half is great as Damon learns about spy craft and begins working for the government.  It pairs well with Charlie Wilson’s War as you can see the genesis for a lot of the bullshit elitism that Gust Avrakotos complained about.  The second half gets Redmayned.

[TwiceHorn 31,676]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

fair enough. i don't even remember him in tgs, as i saw it once in the theater with high hopes and was disappointed. is it worth a rewatch?

did you see chicago 7? i really liked him in it (though sbc stole the show), but i like most anyone who can handle sorkin dialogue. or jackal dances.

Yeah, probably.  It's not as dense as Tinker, Tailor, but there's probably some subtle stuff you may have missed.

There's a valid point about serpenthead, but Redmayne's character is a product of their union (loveless marriage between a disengaged father and narcissist mother) and thus a sniveling runt.

It's not a perfect film, by any stretch, but the origin story of the OSS/CIA is fascinating and undermined material, imo.

I find it somewhat fascinating that an Ivy-light Catholic like Donovan sought to populate the OSS and CIA with Ivy League Epsicopacy.  

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[henrygandorf 29,199]

2 hours ago, LCHorn said:

No, I’m not kidding about my Redmayne dislike.

if it's that bad, you probably should not watch this show. he's the titular character.

[billfromlaketravis 11,599]

I think the show cleverly disguises Redmayne’s weaknesses. Sincerity and dialogue. He portrays a cold blooded assassin that is tall, thin, handsome, and might have autism. He’s fine in the action sequences. About 5 episodes in and I like it. 
 

I was hoping for something more charismatic like Bruce Willis’ Jackal. But Redmayne is a very weird guy that couldn’t play genuine with thousands of hours of acting classes. He’s so goddamn unsettlingly in Cabaret that I just can’t unsee it. 
 

Maybe it’ll be an anthology and we’ll get a different Jackal in the next go around. 

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[Buzzrock 15,026]

Tapa is fucked

[Firemans4Horn 18,300]

3 episodes in and really like it. They need to explain his motive for the money (seems like he has plenty) but really like the pacing. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,300]

Spoiler

His Northern Irish gunsmith has the circle closing in on him and the Jackal just decides to keep on going forward because of… money? Come on give us any kind of motive at this point. 

 

[henrygandorf 29,199]

On 11/21/2024 at 10:24 PM, Firemans4Horn said:

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His Northern Irish gunsmith has the circle closing in on him and the Jackal just decides to keep on going forward because of… money? Come on give us any kind of motive at this point. 

 

Spoiler

this is his "one last big score and then i'm out" job. it's $100m, and he's already taken the down-payment. i'm just assuming this is the reason. when he got stiffed for $3.75m, he went full fuck-it to prove a point, so it wasn't just about the money on that one.

there are plenty little plotholes and leaps, however. it seems like mi6 is doing a pretty badass job tracking him in what would seem like impossible regions of europe. when he killed those 2 dudes at the house, they knew right away. how? two brothers in a remote house in hungary would take weeks to be discovered one would think. the cops knew instantly. maybe i missed something.

then the local cops were immediately up his ass once he was back at the apartment because of a "robbery upstairs". and the woman cop was pretty slick with the phone call trick. seems like euro-cops are way better than what we've got here.

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8,967]

The first episode was bad-ass, especially the

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sniper scene

,and hooked me in. The other episodes have been solid, but nothing amazing. European landscapes and car chases on cobblestone streets are enough to keep me entertained.

[Buzzrock 15,026]

I don’t like Redmayne either, he was a big turnoff in Pillars of the Earth and that Harry Potter movie. But he’s fine in this and I’m digging it, it has a bit of a Bond vibe with the Euro setting and the title music. His house in Spain is dope. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22,029]

His wife is very rude

[HornOnTheBayou 8,967]

Episode 7 was great.

Spoiler

So the rich guys in New York screwed him over by getting another shooter. Hopefully that leads to The Jackal going after them.

 

[aggie08 21,578]

The music slams. And then goes hard. 

Don't really love the simplicity of the cat and mouse game basically boiling down to, "Hey, an old asset of mine randomly has a BIL who is the greatest gun maker slash CAD engineer in the world. Wow, turns out he's about the closest thing to a friend and confidant that the world-class assassin has. Are those his sleepover clothes? Oh, there he is!"

But the production level is high enough to ignore some plot silliness/conveniences.