I'm going to give this one last shot, and then table this whole discussion until we've got a few more S60 episodes under our collective belts.
Have you ever seen a movie or a TV show where an important character is an author of some kind, the writer of psychological horror novels, or social satire (or whatver)? And did you ever watch this character and listen to his dialogue for about 10 minutes, then grumble to yourself: "No. NO. WRONG."
You find the whole idea of this character as a WRITER completely unbelievable. There is no love of words. There is no trace of verbal sophistication or complex ideas. You don't believe this person could write a shopping list, let alone a novel. You find Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist in that Bond movie more credible.
That's how I feel about the S60 cast at the moment, especially Sarah Paulson's Harry Hayes, who comes across as a sanctimonious pill. As I said above, these are good actors, and Sorkin can add the proper psychological layers in the coming weeks, so I'm not getting TOO down on the show. But he does have work to do.
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Date: 2006-09-29 03:40 pm (UTC)Have you ever seen a movie or a TV show where an important character is an author of some kind, the writer of psychological horror novels, or social satire (or whatver)? And did you ever watch this character and listen to his dialogue for about 10 minutes, then grumble to yourself: "No. NO. WRONG."
You find the whole idea of this character as a WRITER completely unbelievable. There is no love of words. There is no trace of verbal sophistication or complex ideas. You don't believe this person could write a shopping list, let alone a novel. You find Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist in that Bond movie more credible.
That's how I feel about the S60 cast at the moment, especially Sarah Paulson's Harry Hayes, who comes across as a sanctimonious pill. As I said above, these are good actors, and Sorkin can add the proper psychological layers in the coming weeks, so I'm not getting TOO down on the show. But he does have work to do.