Edward
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I liked Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool too.
Last night, The Dig on Netflix. Interesting period piece (1939) with good stylization and solid performances by Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes. But it didn't do a great job on the secondary and tertiary characters, they were either underwritten/underplayed or telegraphed so broadly (e.g., Lily James's husband being gay, whether he knew it or not) that it hurt the story. And like nearly all Netflix "content" I've seen, it would have benefitted from dropping one of its red herring plot threads and being a half-hour shorter.
Mn, I wasn't impressed with The Dig at all myself. I agree entirely the subplot was weak, and highly unimaginative. It felt almost as if they didn't think the main, platonic relationships couldsustain it. Afine performance by the leads, but badly underwritten. Anyone hoping to learn about the actual dig itself was as badly served, imo, as anyone looking for a character story. Still, it did look lovely, and at least it was trying to do something more than flash bang wallop SFX.... Can't help but feel there was a much better picture could have been made here, though. A lot like the recent Clooney Netlfix picture in that regards. It's a shame they've been cancelling stuff as sharply written as Chilling Adventures of Sabrina seemingly in order to fund this kind of thing. Prime is currently whooping Netflix's behind for my money.