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First trailer for The Queen’s Gambit coming to Netflix on October 23rd
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Just binged , it was great . Anya Taylor-Joy is becoming a favorite actress of mine , she has such an expressive face,
We were browsing Netflix with friends and accidently ran across this. Sounded interesting and oh boy that first ep did not flow like we thought it would. It was interesting as hell and can't wait to progress though the series.
"you cocksucker!" O.o
5min later
"Hey, what's a cocksucker?" lol
loving the dialogue
5min later
"Hey, what's a cocksucker?" lol
loving the dialogue
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Don't usually care for adaptations of books I've read, and this was already so movielike in its storytelling as a novel but wouldn't mind having a thing to watch if compelling enough. Is it worth checking out the show?
Can't speak for the TV show, but the novel is hella approachable even if you don't know about chess (ie me)
Can't speak for the TV show, but the novel is hella approachable even if you don't know about chess (ie me)
surprisingly easy watch. knocked this out over a couple nights and anya was great. the only weird part was when she was adopted we were supposed to think she was still 13-14 ? lol
She was 15 when she was adopted. She lied about being 13. 15 is a stretch for ATJ, but 15 would have been an even larger stretch for the younger actress.
edit: Oh, I binged straight through the whole show this weekend.
I just finished this. It was a fun ride and basically just a really long movie. But I don't see how no one on the writing staff saw they put a magic negro in this movie.
Just finished. Quite a fun ride. Had no idea Anya Taylor-Joy had these kinda acting chops. She's on my radar now and I'll definitely be looking forward to anything she stars in in the future.
Watch Thoroughbreds. There's a moment/scene where she does this facial change with her character after a piece of dialogue and basically becomes and entirely different person. She's very good, maybe even underrated.
Check out the version of Emma that came out this year (which I saw in NYC in February, right before 2020 went in the tank). YMMV depending on whether you like British period pieces, but she does a good job as the main character.
Done here as well, that was a great ride. The music was a great fit and the set design was on point. ATJ can sure wear the hell out of a lot of attire i tell you what. I do wish the matches had a bit more depth to them, as someone who's not too familiar I'd would have been good to learn a bit more. Off to watch a few chess videos on YT lol.
The moment with Benny where he's explaining the Paris game customs to her post coitus and she's got a real chuckle out of me. I mean she's all about chess so I didn't really expect that form her.
"are you serious?"
"yeah, very. they never lay their kings down, either."
"i meant 'Are you serious?' "
"this is what you're thinking about right now right now"
and speaking of Benny, after her $5 losses to him at the cafeteria. I feel confused about her reaction when she's back at her dorm. Not sure what she was supposed to be feeling.
The coming together moment strat meet was sweet. That really needed to happen to make the final win earned.
"are you serious?"
"yeah, very. they never lay their kings down, either."
"i meant 'Are you serious?' "
"this is what you're thinking about right now right now"
and speaking of Benny, after her $5 losses to him at the cafeteria. I feel confused about her reaction when she's back at her dorm. Not sure what she was supposed to be feeling.
The coming together moment strat meet was sweet. That really needed to happen to make the final win earned.
Wife and I watched the first episode tonight and really really liked it.
Such a beautifully shot show.
Such a beautifully shot show.
I took it as her losing on purpose to either learn his weaknesses, or lull him into complacency. When she kicks his ass later in speed chess, it confirms that whatever she was doing earlier was very much a ploy.
Yup. He straight up admits he hasn't been hustled like that in years. The fact that she did it x3 was the chefs kiss fuck you
Man, I thought we were beyond this. Still hyped for when I get a chance to watch it.
From what I remember, Beth approaches Jolene for help in the novel, rather than Jolene appearing out of nowhere, like she does in the last two episodes of this series.
Other than that, I enjoyed this. Same with The Good Lord Bird so far. And I'm looking forward to The Underground Railroad.
More novel-to-miniseries adaptations, please.
Just finished this absolutely amazing show. Anya is absurdly talented.
Smh yea it was hard to not notice this lol
Smh yea it was hard to not notice this lol
Lmao I was for some reason convinced there were only 6 episodes in this series so when I checked and there were 5 minutes left in episode 6 I was like "okay..." and at the end of it was just "!?!?!?!?!?" thinking that was how the series ended. Debating watching it now or waiting until tomorrow, this has been one of my favorite things I've watched in recent memory. Can't be stated enough how good Anya Taylor Joy is.
Most interested I've been in chess my whole life lol
There's this one scene where it felt like they were lampshading the trope itself, so at least they weren't completely clueless I guess, but ultimately it wasn't really enough for me to overlook it
is there something wrong with the hdr/dolby vision? i use an lg b9 oled and compared to other netflix shows, the dolby vision does not seem to work right?
its often washed out and too dark. hard to make out some details. i watched it side by side on my surface and it looks much, MUCH better there (full hd / sdr).
its often washed out and too dark. hard to make out some details. i watched it side by side on my surface and it looks much, MUCH better there (full hd / sdr).
On my C9, the blacks were dark gray instead of black. I didn't notice any glaring issues beyond that, but yeah, black levels were messed up.