Forum Overview :: The Netflix Instant Forum :: House of Cards (A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES)

[quote name="Fullofkittens"]This came highly recommended to me, and I should've known: both of the people doing the recommending cite <i>Fight Club</i> as their favorite movie. I've only seen the first episode, but the first episode <i>sucked</i>. What is the absolute first rule of fiction? "Show, don't tell." What we have here is a "cynical" take on Washington politics consisting of Master Thespian Kevin Spacey stepping out of each scene to talk directly to the camera, describing the histories of the characters and their motivations to us. It's TORTURE. "Watch me predict exactly what this other character is about to say." (other character says it) "*wink*." YES, GENIUS WRITERS, WE CAN SEE THAT YOU WRITE YOUR OWN SHOW. Mrs. oK: "Why does he have a different accent when he's talking to us?" (The answer is that he sucks at acting and is now revealed as a poor man's Bryan Cranston. No accent has sounded so inauthentic since <i>Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves</i>.) Anyone that likes <i>House of Cards</i> has never seen a single episode of <i>West Wing</i>. Yes, yes, everything Aaron Sorkin ever touched is just him filming his wish fulfillment fantasies, but at least WW painted an interesting and believable picture inside its own universe. Maybe that was because they hired actors that didn't suck. >:( [/quote]