Untamed on Netflix

I liked it. It had a very Taylor Sheridan-esque vibe to it, most notably Wind River with a sprinkle of Yellowstone and Hell or High Water. Add a touch of Gone Baby Gone (not Sheridan obviously).

It could be derivative but the cast and the amazing cinematography make it worth the watch.

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I’m only halfway in and like it except for the son’s storyline

My wife, who has ridden quite a bit, kept laughing at how “talkative” his horse was, and the fact that he has two horses but only rides one (does he turn the other one out every day?). That, and “you new to riding? Fine, take my horse and go ride wherever.”

Other than that, we are enjoying it.

Maybe the other horse was his ex-wife’s. :man_shrugging:t3:

I thought it was mediocre. Sam Neill was so monotone I wondered if it was a joke — it wasn’t. The thing with Caleb was way overdone. Too many stereotypical characters. Too many implausible sequences, though perhaps I am biased by the climbing that opened the first episode. I do love scenes from Yosemite, though.

Well I see why they did it.

It was entertaining but just above average

Haven’t watched it yet but based on the trailer/teaser I did see, it almost looks like an American reboot of The Dry movies - or maybe that’s just because Bana’s in both?

In the CJ Box, depending on the size of the area that the conservation officer covers they have 1, 2, 4 horses. Maybe it’s something similar.

Man, you were really robbed, then.
It was almost entirely shot in Canada. Even the supposed shots of El Capitan were either Mount Seymour, or models & trickery.

So much CGI in it. Even random shots feel off.

The scene with the deer getting shot was way off. But, the bear scene worked.

You mean the actress really didn’t get caught in the rope?

I feel so stupid!!

No like random bad cgi while driving in the car. In one shot the female rangers hand was out of focus but interior and exterior were in focus. It was odd. A couple other interior shots had weird edits.

Spot on.

https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/yosemite-experts-mad-about-netflix-untamed-20782434.php

That’s interesting, and not too surprising.

I remember having a similar reaction when I saw, of all things. “Finding Nemo”, which had scenes set almost exactly where I lived at the time.

It was as if the animators had looked at a singe postcard of Sydney, and then decided they could make up the rest. I read an interview with a producer later where he said that was pretty much exactly what they did, and boasting that they had done a pretty good job at that. No, no and no. Again, though, most of the expected audience wouldn’t know or care.

At least Eric Bana’s American accent was better than the Nemo cast’s non-Australian accents.

The female ranger is a distractingly bad actor. Hard to watch.

Great scenery, otherwise, meh.

Watched 3 episodes, probably will not watch remainder. The series is really bad shlock. Bad writing, bad directing, bad cgi. Mcguffin after mcguffin. Tired stale stereotypical tropes and characters. Anyone who knows anything about outdoors and basic police investigation protocol will be maddengly frustrated at…well basically everything. Just a really poor effort.

Harkins back to the network movie of the week pulp.

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well i liked it. watched it all. the main character is yosemite, so, there’s that.