carl-axness
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Before starting my review, I encourage everyone to read the review by the Former FBI agent. As stated in his review, this is a VERY IMPORTANT film. It is presented in a timely fashion (elections) and presents what COULD (but hopefully won't) happen in the US. Focusing the story on the reporters was brilliant as it makes the film an anti-war movie rather than directly commenting on current politics in the US.
Spain went through a civil war nearly 100 years ago, and the scars from that war still haven't healed. 40 years of rule under the dictatorship of Franco followed the end of the Spanish Civil War. During that time many loyal Republicans (the democratically elected government in Spain before the war) were jailed or executed, Republican money was worth nothing and homes and real estate were stolen from rightful owners by the mere accusation of helping the elected government. Recently, the VOX party has emerged in Spain (with the help of the right-wing in the US) and is trying to move the country back to those times. I would encourage Americans to read books on the Spanish Civil War if this movie moves them. More importantly, I hope the movie moves people in the US to vote intelligently in the upcoming election and get involved. The rest of the world doesn't want a civil war in the US! DON'T LET IT HAPPEN!
Spain went through a civil war nearly 100 years ago, and the scars from that war still haven't healed. 40 years of rule under the dictatorship of Franco followed the end of the Spanish Civil War. During that time many loyal Republicans (the democratically elected government in Spain before the war) were jailed or executed, Republican money was worth nothing and homes and real estate were stolen from rightful owners by the mere accusation of helping the elected government. Recently, the VOX party has emerged in Spain (with the help of the right-wing in the US) and is trying to move the country back to those times. I would encourage Americans to read books on the Spanish Civil War if this movie moves them. More importantly, I hope the movie moves people in the US to vote intelligently in the upcoming election and get involved. The rest of the world doesn't want a civil war in the US! DON'T LET IT HAPPEN!
Maybe my favorite thing about the show is the music and the introduction with blurry home video that portray the family when the children were small. I would normally click over this part, but in this case the music is totally captivating. The show presents a dystopian family with many issues. The acting is excellent, the characters are mostly unlikeable, but the writing and the chess game that is high level finance is admirably presented. An added plus is the luxurious places in which the series is screened, giving the viewer a taste of what it is like to be one of the 0.0001%. It was interesting to try to guess how some of the negative things happening in the story might be used by one character to move him/her self into a better position in the family hierarchy. Maybe the only downside to the series is the lack of a serious violent incident as one might expect in a dysfunctional family.
