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.
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.”
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.