The finale is fantastic. I went to bed so so sad last night after finishing it. The last scene is really powerful.
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The Haunting of Bly Manor - Friday, October 9 on Netflix
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Dude is also at Funhaus streaming videogame related stuff relatively often.
They weren't that rare. It was implied that they were mopping the mud quite frequently.
Then why frame it as a ghost story. Honestly; for me personally; the last 3-4 episodes were an absolute waste of time (I did like the 1600's flashback episode but that was more due to the setting).
About 6 episodes in and me and pretty much all of my friends think this is terrible. Not what any of us wanted out of a new Haunting series. Feels like a soap opera/drama with maybe a few minutes of scary stuff in the last 5 minutes of each episode. The Hannah episode was the best so far and didn't get good until the last part.
This show feels like it'll be the next "Altered Carbon" - S1 amazing, can't wait for a S2, S2 comes out and sucks, Netflix cancels a potential S3 because S2 sucks. ;(
This show feels like it'll be the next "Altered Carbon" - S1 amazing, can't wait for a S2, S2 comes out and sucks, Netflix cancels a potential S3 because S2 sucks. ;(
I feel like they noticed the mud only like 3 or 4 times since Dani's arrival, and she was implied to be there for at least several weeks. By rare I was thinking like once or twice a week, at most. If it happens late enough at night you could reasonably explain the parents never noticing it.
Or maybe Flora and Miles were just that diligent about keeping people out of its way.
This is an anthology show anyhow so it wouldn't sting as hard if that were to happen
it's shown for like 10 minutes of her episode that she's "tucked in" for periods of time, and occasionally wakes up for reasons she can't remember but she vaguely remembers where her daughter slept so she walks that path. They said she went many years without waking up so that justifies the frequency.
It was good. Very good at times but not as scary as season 1, which made me unnerved to walk around our house at night lol. The last episode was a bit long in the tooth. Wish they could've wrapped everything in episode 8.
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Anyway, good season, a lot of heart and nice atmosphere. The season was more of a psychological drama than the first one, and people's expectation of "a more scary season" were certainly not met. However, I'm not a big fan of horror, so it mostly worked. Great metaphor for the struggles of mental illness in relationships in the final episode, a high point of the series and very empathetically done.
Victoria Pedretti needs to be a huge star, as does Rahul.
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Finally finished it, really liked it a lot. I for one love how they didn't just copy Hill House and instead made Bly Manor a completely different animal and tackled different genres. I still prefer Hill, but Bly was a worthy entry to the franchise and I really hope they do another season.
I just finished the season. While overall I didn't really care for it-the final episode was good and the last few moments really got to me emotionally.
I give Hill House a 10/10 and Bly Manor a 5/10.
What a ride! Really enjoyed season 2, and that ending was very well done, and so very sad. I'm happy season 2 was it's own beast, and I've enjoyed both seasons because of that.
I will definitely re-watch this at some point.
I will definitely re-watch this at some point.
Excruciating, honestly.
We both yelled "WE GET IT, MOVE ON!!" at the tv.
We finished this last night and both loved this season. I think its hard to say which I prefer out of this and Hill House since they both tell their own stories in their own ways. They are both perfectly splendid and I love them both.
Im honestly baffled by some of the responses in here. I think people have a tendency to expect a show to function like cliffs notes where they should ping between plot points without a moment to feel immersed.
Im honestly baffled by some of the responses in here. I think people have a tendency to expect a show to function like cliffs notes where they should ping between plot points without a moment to feel immersed.
Re-watching Hill House and it's so painfully clear how much better it is than Bly. My only major takeaway at this point is just that the actors who are common to both shows are incredibly versatile. It isn't just that Bly is a miss, but that Hill House is an insane fucking hit in my eyes. It's terrifying, well-paced, directed, acted, extremely well-written.. I really hope there's another season that can return to that greatness.
Finished it last night. I enjoyed it but definately not as much as Hill House which is one of my favourite series and The Bent-Neck Lady episode is probably one of my favourite TV episodes ever.
Finished it last night. Much, much milder than Hill House, but I ended up thinking of it more as a charcter drama with ghosts in than a horror series really.
I liked all of the characters in it, and thought some of the story telling with memories was cool but got worn out by the last few episodes. In general it was probably a bit overlong and short on thrills, but the finale was a freaking gut punch, simulataneously the creepiest and most heartfelt episode of the series.
Worth the journey, but don't go in expecting a whole load of excitement or scares.
PS - I loved the first two thirds of Hill House but felt lik ti fell a bit flat in the last stretch.
I liked all of the characters in it, and thought some of the story telling with memories was cool but got worn out by the last few episodes. In general it was probably a bit overlong and short on thrills, but the finale was a freaking gut punch, simulataneously the creepiest and most heartfelt episode of the series.
Worth the journey, but don't go in expecting a whole load of excitement or scares.
PS - I loved the first two thirds of Hill House but felt lik ti fell a bit flat in the last stretch.
Episode 8 was sad as hell. I thought I finished the season finale of episode 9 with the flashback to the 1600s but apparently another episode.
My wife and I absolutely loved it. I wasn't aware of the gothic romance aspect, but it really clicked with us.
The last episode absolutely destroyed us. My wife's biggest fear is me dying before she does, and she was sobbing when Flora started crying while talking about it. Really good stuff.
The last episode absolutely destroyed us. My wife's biggest fear is me dying before she does, and she was sobbing when Flora started crying while talking about it. Really good stuff.
almost like it's an intentional choice to capture the monotony of life as a ghost, wandering the same halls every day for hundreds of years until your identity begins to fade and you're nothing but a faceless spectre...
it was a bad intentional choice, IMO. they tried to convey something they didn't have to. We get it basically instantly. In fact you've already got it before that episode airs because we know the ghost is doing the walk multiple times a week. we get it.
this is the worst example of show vs. tell in that they both showed us and then proceeded to bang it over our heads for nearly an hour.
After finishing it I'm going to have to agree with the majority here: it wasn't good.
Hill House was better in pretty much every single aspect. It was painful listening to (what I perceived as) a ton of badly done English/Irish/etc. accents, and at the end of the day I really don't think they should have used the same core cast again. I mean, they were fantastic in HH, but it's really jarring seeing them all here again doing a completely unrelated story. When you top that with the bad accents, and weird pacing, lack of spookiness, etc. It was just painful to watch- on the edge of becoming "cringey" as they say.
The only redeeming thing about this show I will admit here is they had a pretty good explanation/concept as to why ghosts exist at all. Instead of just saying "oh, it's unfinished business" like the typical tropes they kind of laid out what kind of events can lead up to it, and why the ghost remains. I especially liked the part about slowly forgetting who they are as the years go on, but continuing that pilgrimage because it's all they know to do.
Hill House was better in pretty much every single aspect. It was painful listening to (what I perceived as) a ton of badly done English/Irish/etc. accents, and at the end of the day I really don't think they should have used the same core cast again. I mean, they were fantastic in HH, but it's really jarring seeing them all here again doing a completely unrelated story. When you top that with the bad accents, and weird pacing, lack of spookiness, etc. It was just painful to watch- on the edge of becoming "cringey" as they say.
The only redeeming thing about this show I will admit here is they had a pretty good explanation/concept as to why ghosts exist at all. Instead of just saying "oh, it's unfinished business" like the typical tropes they kind of laid out what kind of events can lead up to it, and why the ghost remains. I especially liked the part about slowly forgetting who they are as the years go on, but continuing that pilgrimage because it's all they know to do.
Wondering what metrics Netflix is using to determine if they'll do another season or not. Bly Manor didn't review as well as Hill House, but on the flip side, between the goodwill from Hill House and everyone stuck at home during Covid life, I'm sure Bly Manor did massive numbers. Then of course one also has to consider if Flanagan is even interested (he only wrote and directed the first episode this time and is in production on his next Netflix show Midnight Mass), or if Netflix would push on without him.
All of which is to say, The Haunting of _______ _______ starring Victoria Pedretti in October of 2022 please.
All of which is to say, The Haunting of _______ _______ starring Victoria Pedretti in October of 2022 please.
I didn't mind the season. Episode 8 and 9 being as long as they were though... holy shit. That was a brutal slog. Also didn't like that it had as much "epilogue" type stuff as it did. Following this trajectory the next season will be "The Haunting of People's Conscience", which I won't have to watch because I live it plenty of days. This season was like Romeo and Juliet on crack; you get to be starcrossed, and you get to be starcrossed, and you get to sleep, wake, walk and be starcrossed!"
There were a lot of badly done accents in the show, but there wasn't even an attempt at an Irish one (Peter Quint was allegedly Scottish).
I disagree about it being jarring using the same cast. Accents aside I think they all did a stellar job, especially Victoria Pedretti (Nell / Dani) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Peter / Luke), just as they were the standouts in Hill House.
Watched all of it.
The short of it is that I think that the highs of season 1 were higher, but season 2 is more consistant in its quality. Also season 2 has a much better and satisfying ending.
I think I prefer season 2?
Also for season 3, I want them do go to asia. Maybe set during the Korea war? You could set the show in Korea or Japan post-WW2.
Keep the same cast of course. Victoria Pedretti has to be a main character in all the seasons of this show.
The short of it is that I think that the highs of season 1 were higher, but season 2 is more consistant in its quality. Also season 2 has a much better and satisfying ending.
I think I prefer season 2?
Also for season 3, I want them do go to asia. Maybe set during the Korea war? You could set the show in Korea or Japan post-WW2.
Keep the same cast of course. Victoria Pedretti has to be a main character in all the seasons of this show.
That's how bad they were, I thought he was sounding Irish at times, same with the gardener. lol
This is funny, because I'm pretty confident Amelia Eve is actually English, and wasn't putting on that much of an accent at all.
Oh wow, that's interesting. I try my best to just listen to actors/actresses first before looking up what their nationalities are but I think similarly to how people in the US might hear a US actor do, say, a southern draw incorrectly, I assume in the UK they nitpick about their own talent fudging up dialects and such from specific areas over there too.
yeah lol, my only real gripe with the show was the use of repetition. could've made that episode like 30 mins tops
I tried to look up the actress that played Jamie for that very reason but couldn't find much info on her.
Her accent (and Owen) was one of the only ones that sounded legit, but it's hard to tell sometimes unless it's glaringly bad. (looking at you Karl Urban)
Her accent (and Owen) was one of the only ones that sounded legit, but it's hard to tell sometimes unless it's glaringly bad. (looking at you Karl Urban)
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For him and his daughter it was absolutely the right choice, and he had lost the house anyway so fuck the new owners I guess
well she wouldn'thave killed the daughter if she opened the chest. Sheonly killed the sister because it wasn't meant for her (and also becauseshe killed her). But he didn't know that.