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The Valhalla Murders (2019)
Predictable storyline had me skipping eoisodes
Unlike many Scandi series Ive watched I found this one far from gripping and moving at the pace of a glacier. The main historic storyline was one that has been too well used elsewhere. The police characters were a little ridiculous. Im not sure what the audience was meant to make of cold Arnar. Some of the scenes seemd to be making him out to be some sort of charismatic brooding hunk which was all a bit odd. I persisted to episode 4 then skipped to episode 8 as I was finding the plotline far too slow and predictable. I wasnt suprised to find out the main culprit in the final episode. The final play out scene was far fetched and unbelievable. The whiole story with multiple murders was presented almost in a vacuum without any coverage of the impact on the local population. All in all, very disappointing and not very authentic.
Les rivières pourpres (2018)
Disappointing
Into the 3rd story now and Ive lost interest. Wife is keeping going. Finding various aspects of the stories far fetched and the detectives outlandish behaviour and aggression implausible. Acting very average. Generally humourless and a bit pedestrian. Not a patch on great series like Spiral or the Returned.