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Rain Dogs anyone watching?

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crochetmonkey74 · 04/04/2023 21:12

What do you guys think?

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VanGoghsDog · 04/04/2023 21:38

Just started watching it. Not keen, frankly.

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crochetmonkey74 · 04/04/2023 21:52

The performances are great but I'm just not sure. It's all a bit depraved and depressing

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VanGoghsDog · 04/04/2023 22:23

I'm assuming it's a bit like I May Destroy You, where you don't get it til the end.

But all the wanking and minges is a bit grim. I've seen three, might have a gap before I watch more.

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crochetmonkey74 · 04/04/2023 22:24

Yeah I loved I may destroy you but this is just making me feel grubby.

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Tellmethespoiler · 04/04/2023 22:27

Not keen. It’s very mannered and forced, and not at all believable. It also feels very dated.

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crochetmonkey74 · 04/04/2023 22:37

I know what you mean. There's not one bit of hope in it. Also I agree about the dated bit. Selby is almost a hero and yet so toxic. There are really degrading scenes too

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MolkosTeenageAngst · 04/04/2023 22:48

I’m enjoying it but not really getting it.

Faircastle · 04/04/2023 22:48

The dynamic between Costello and Selby is so unhealthy / destructive. I'm finding it difficult to watch and at the same time weirdly compelling.

Faircastle · 04/04/2023 22:55

I think Selby sees himself as Byronesque, whereas in reality his self-sabotaging behaviours are due to a lack of emotional development.

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crochetmonkey74 · 04/04/2023 22:58

It is very black humour but I think its missing the mark at times. Its just a bit too much. Cannot fault any of the actors though.

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Southeastdweller · 05/04/2023 11:22

Just watched the first episode and really enjoyed it. I didn't find any of it depressing!

LadyMargaretDevereux · 05/04/2023 11:37

I loved it although I've only seen one episode so hope the rest is up to the same standard. I think it's ambitious in what it's trying to do and I like that.

2bazookas · 05/04/2023 11:43

It was so unremittingly grim amoral and sleazy I turned off. I didn't want that shit in my head.

2bazookas · 05/04/2023 11:49

Faircastle · 04/04/2023 22:55

I think Selby sees himself as Byronesque, whereas in reality his self-sabotaging behaviours are due to a lack of emotional development.

Selby is the flipside of Brett; they are both weak vain immature sexually perverted men who pretend to be romantic heroes rescuing vulnerable women... except that those women are their victims, suffering from is the sleaze, lies, manipulation and coercion created by Selby and Brett.

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crochetmonkey74 · 05/04/2023 13:45

2bazookas · 05/04/2023 11:43

It was so unremittingly grim amoral and sleazy I turned off. I didn't want that shit in my head.

I think I felt like this. I binged it and found it compelling but I also found it bleak and depressing

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Wallabyone · 05/04/2023 13:48

I stumbled across the first episode on Sky last night, and watched it with my husband. We both liked it, and found it pretty funny at times. I haven't worked out the relationship between them, and thought I might have missed the first episode at first.
It is pretty gritty, but I'll keep watching.

WeekendInTheBoondocks · 05/04/2023 15:09

I thought it was utter rubbish and I’m a DMC fan. Boring, depressing, try hard nonsense.

Great acting but no compelling storyline or indeed, characters

PeskyRooks · 05/04/2023 18:09

I love This Country and think DMC is a great actor but this was just too grim for me, wanking and such like it's just not my sense of humour tbf. The line where Costello says "you're like a Dad to me..one who rapes me" was just so grim.

It had no heart, I can't care about what happens to the characters because I hate them all.
And Iris is so unrealistically cheerful not a moan out of her!

Tellmethespoiler · 05/04/2023 18:24

I don’t think any of the characters are believable. They’re all just tropes. I was disappointed.

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crochetmonkey74 · 05/04/2023 19:09

Yes I agree with a lot of this. I hated the rape jokes, I got really irritated by the tropes too.

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Kenwoodmixitup · 05/04/2023 19:18

Agree the daughter character completely unbelievable.

I’m watching and quite surprised that I continue. The casual references to rape I hope will be reasoned by the end. A lot of trust on my part that that the production will deliver.

NecklessMumster · 05/04/2023 22:00

I think its brilliant, I'm still thinking about it. There's so much in it. The class stuff is unlike anything I've seen. The self destructive relationship stuff.

Tellmethespoiler · 05/04/2023 22:04

I thought the class stuff utterly ridiculous and unbelievable. I did a lot of eye-rolling. The ending is completely unresolved, so it’s just frustrating.

Swashbuckled · 05/04/2023 22:09

I watched four episodes last night and the remaining four tonight. I liked it very much.

I didn’t like the sex stuff so much, but it was fitting to that world. What I thought was well done was the portrayal of how a mother and child’s circumstances can change so quickly and so dramatically. What they both went through would terrify me as a mother. It stayed with me last night and I’m still thinking about it tonight (hence me doing a search for this thread 😊).

I did think there was hope, or maybe spots of warmth in the misery; the friendships and favours. Somerset really did feel like the moon, as she said, and so do a lot of those estates. The boy and girl had a nice friendship. The neighbour was kind. The sandwiches in London from the shopkeeper were nice, even thought they were allegedly disgusting. But it was like living in a wasteland. Lots of people live in wastelands.

I’m hoping more people watch it so the thread fills up 😊

WingBingo · 06/04/2023 08:19

A clear message about our class divide and the state our country is currently in.