Not sure where else to post this but I've been on The Knick marathon, and with two more episodes to go till I am done with the first season (which feels more like a long movie), here are my thoughts:
- the strengths are typical of every science related Soderbergh film I have seen to date, be it Contagion, Traffic, Side Effect, etc. It is as accurate of the topic as you can expect within the constraints of Hollywood, and Soderbergh seems willing enough to lose the general audience if it means presenting the matter in all its complexity.
- the scenes in the operating theatre are a masterpiece that can stand on its own, there is a lot of clinical gore but not without an utmost level of tension
- visually the jerky camera gives it a documentary feel, the techno music is something that feels odd at first but it's hard to imagine any other soundtrack as the show progresses
- the characters are very wooden, and following arcs I found hard to understand. Scenes away from the hospital feel forced. Despite that, they provide a nice flow in the storyline. Nothing remarkable but glaringly weak when compared to the clarity of direction of things less personal
- Clive Owen plays every flawed antihero you've ever known.
- All in all, I am going to give this an 8/10 so far mostly due to my bias for the subject and its execution. Thnx glassjaw for the rec
Didn't like this movie at all tbh, the storyline was a fairly pedestrian coming-of-age tale with a lot of logistically impossible lesbian sex scenes. Screamed "look at me DARING to push your mainstream boundaries" all while being very bland.
Shame, another graphic movie, is amazing and relentlessly dark. The latter might be a huge turn off but you should check it out