Where do you see this? British TV? Interestingly enough I just ordered the first book in the series from Amazon yesterday. Black Lizard is reprinting them here.
Steve honestly? less then legal means….
Just bought the three films for $19.99 at Best Buy in a set from StudioCanal, I will be watching sometime soon.
I watched all 3 of them when they played at a local theater and I really enjoyed the series. I thought they all did a fantastic job and if I had to pick one though, I would say I probably enjoyed the first one the most. But once you watch one of them, you’re instantly compelled to see the rest
I saw the first one the other day and it was pretty solid. I think I will watch the rest soon.
I watched all three of these a couple of weeks ago, and found them to be much more interesting as a whole than in individual parts. each film on its own is fine, solid crime dramas, but not that much better than some BBC series like Prime Suspect or Wire in the Blood, as the narrative tends towards excess at times, but the interesting overall shape of the entirety of the series and reuse of characters and narrative strands makes the films more interesting than a more linear television series might be.
This might be old news…. but the entire trilogy is available to watch instantly on Netflx.
I have only seen the first, but was very impressed by how well made it was—especially for a TV miniseries. In the US, the best miniseries we get are Stephen King adaptations…. which isn’t saying much.
The Brits have a great tradition at producing quality mini-series. “Red Riding” is more of a film trilogy though, with certain common elements that cross the narrative of the three works. It’s certainly one of the best things we’ve had on TV in recent years (I’d add BBC’s “Wallander” to that high quality series lot).
As for BBC things, I love Being Human and am very interested in the series and just started Jekyll.
A pretty solid trilogy, although I can’t compare it to much other British mini-series type stuff because I haven’t seen any. The first and third films are great, while the second film didn’t really do much for me. Relentlessly bleak, but worth sticking it out for the (somewhat) redemptive ending.
I liked this myself, it kind of felt like Fincher’s Zodiac or a Northern English James Ellroy novel or series. has anyone read the books? I’m thinking about trying them.
74 and 80 down and 83 to go.
Okay, now that I’m done… I liked them all very much and I again call for us to be able to rate half stars, cause each of these are in between 3 and 4. I think I liked 80 the best and it also got the most reaction from me, but all around the acting was solid and though the pacing was slow, I felt they were all deliberate in pacing and I enjoy that pace, certainly not an American pace with all the BS that comes with American thrillers. And I agree with Ricky, I would be interested in reading the novels and the Ellroy ref is spot on.
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Anyone catch the first part of this yesterday? I just got around to viewing it today and was pretty impressed. As far as film noir aesthetics and conventions go, they pretty much nailed it. For those unfamiliar, its a 3 part TV adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet. Each deals with serial murder cases that are intertwined with high corruption.
Official Site:
http://redriding.channel4.com/