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Post by juju on Apr 17, 2016 11:13:08 GMT
So I've resisted them all so far because I'm not into crime drama anyway.
However, Saturday nights are movie nights* round at my friend's house and this time she put on 'Trapped', an Icelandic Nordic Noir. I was a bit dismayed at first as I didn't think I'd like it and didn't want to commit to a series*, but I'm now hooked...
*Except when it's Game of Thrones
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Post by spaceflower on Aug 5, 2016 15:03:59 GMT
I must say that I don't quite get the concept "noir". Are not all criminal novels, films and serials rather black. It is after all about killers (often serial killers).
I like the Swedish-Danish Bron (The Bridge) and the Danish Forbrydelsen (The Killing). I await a new season of The Bridge. But I can't imagine a new season of The Killing.
I used to think "if it is British it is good". Unless American b/c the Americans forced Swedish TV to buy in blocks. If they wanted a good serial, they had to buy two mediocre ones as well. But nowadays there are so many British serials that I have not time to view them all. Broadchurch was one I liked. It showed not only the policemen's hunt but also the grieving family. Nowadays I think "if it is Danish it must be good".
But I must have missed the Icelandic Trapped, or maybe it has not been shown on Swedish TV yet.
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Post by JoeP on Aug 5, 2016 18:01:08 GMT
I think "Nordic Noir" is a better more alliterative name. It also avoids pedantic questions about whether Iceland is part of Scandinavia or not. (It's not, pedantically speaking.)
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Post by juju on Aug 5, 2016 18:15:10 GMT
I must admit, I did find the ending of 'Trapped' a bit predictable and there were not as many plot twists as I would have expected, but that was made up for by the excellent acting and claustrophobic atmosphere. In fact, the makers should be sued by the Icelandic tourist board - it made it look like the most inhospitable place on earth.
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Post by spaceflower on Aug 5, 2016 22:49:33 GMT
Ah, then you should see the Norwegian series Frikjent (Aquitted). The protagonist Aksel is driving to and fro a lot in a wonderful scenery with mountains and fjords. It looks like the series is sponsored by the Norwegian Tourist Board. "After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart." www.imdb.com/title/tt3582458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Many people back home still think he is guilty, since nobody else has been convicted. Not even his old mother seems pleased to see him. So the watchers have to ponder, who is guilty, is it Aksel himself after all?
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