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Post by geometryman on Jan 2, 2021 19:24:42 GMT
I've finished off watching this ahead of its star, Anya Taylor-Joy, appearing on The Graham Norton Show next Friday. I found it extremely good. It perhaps helps if you like chess, but it isn't necessary to even know the game since the action makes it clear who's winning and losing, and it's as much about the highs and lows of being an orphaned child prodigy and of her relationships (which tend to be awkward, since she's pretty introverted). Both the chess detail and the period detail (it's set in the 1950s and 1960s) are meticulous.
Astonishingly, it's apparently Netflix's "most-watched scripted limited series of all time" (or was 5 or 6 weeks ago when the article I read was written). |
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Post by Miranda on Jan 2, 2021 22:29:50 GMT
I binged the first 4 episodes and really enjoyed them. It's very good. But for some reason I haven't gone back to it. Don't know why. I think it may be because of the bath tub scene in the first episode. But I would recommend it.
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Post by geometryman on Jan 3, 2021 8:39:38 GMT
As you no doubt guessed the bath tub scene is a flash-forward to a low point for our heroine in a later episode. I'm still not sure why the series chose to open with that.
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Post by Miranda on Jan 3, 2021 13:27:57 GMT
Yeah, I think that is the reason. I like the main character, do I want to watch her being reduced to that? It was a bit of an odd decision.
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Anymore to come?
