Generation Kill
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has anyone tried to watch this show on hbo?
...it's like... unbelievably, indescribably bad.
i honestly can't say what's worse. the trite, cliche writing, or the absolute hell that is the acting (or lack thereof).
soldier character goes into useless rant about how all of iraq's problems are because it doesnt get enough pussy, while driving humvee in midst of invasion.
... wow. because that hasn't been shit into a toilet four hundred times in the past already.
- hedge0
I told you so.
- cosmicEntity0
Is it that bad - its by the guy who wrote the Wire isnt it?
- van_rijn0
c'mon.. its not bad
- rough0
From tv.com
The War in Iraq has been a hot topic of discussion for the past few years. Everybody from your grandmother to your eight year old daughter has an opinion on what the government should be doing. Customary when there's a military conflict you can expect it to be recreated on television and/or film. After the premiere of Generation Kill, that might become impossible as this mini-series has set the bar for future generations of scripted entertainment.
Unless you have been living under a rock you have heard about HBO's series. The critics have been praising the show calling it "superb"; and they are right. Not since Academy Award-winning Saving Private Ryan has there been such an accurate and sentimental depiction of life during wartime.
The dialogue is absolutely incredible. The visuals take your breath away and make you feel as if you are in the Middle East. The acting is so strong and believable that you might be hoodwinked into believing you are watching a documentary rather than a television series. From the opening moments the viewer is hooked in and develops an emotional attachment to the men of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion. While there are points where action could be randomly thrown in to make things more exciting, executive producers David Simon and Ed Burns trade in cheap thrills for pragmatic drama. The network that brought us Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Sopranoes scores again with the instant classic Generation Kill.
- rainman0
I liked it...
- kult0
Rain, seriously? The show is pretty freaking crappy..
- johndiggity0
great show. i thoroughly enjoyed.
- Mimio0
I liked it. Good debut.
- monkeyshine0
I saw it...dunno. I wasn't that impressed. Maybe I am struggling with it because there isn't enough distance for me to appreciate it as a narrative.
...or maybe it's just not so good. The Wire was successful because it took you into this granular view of plot and characters; you perceived the city from the inside out. Here, so far, the perspective is too wide angle. I got nothing out of it that I haven't already gleaned from documentaries and other news sources.