[Felly Does Review] Broadchurch Series 1
I know this is wayy wayy late. I mean, the second season of Broadchurch has already released earlier this year, but I just finished the first season and it's so good, even it makes me lost my appetite (?) on watching any other TV show at the moment. It's good, and I'll tell you why in this review.
First of all, I started to see this series just because there's David Tennant and Arthur Darvill in it. I know, I'm such a sucker for Doctor Who cast and David Tennant and Arthur Darvil are my favorite cast as 10th doctor and Rory Williams a.k.a. The Last Centurion and the best best best husband ever #ishouldstop
The crime drama overall is a very good paced drama. The mood of drama is somehow kind of gloomy but not too gloomy, it just felt right. Suspenseful too, keep me in my seat without feeling bored at all. The whole time I'm watching drama with suspense and like "OH I'M SURE HE DIDN'T DO IT." or "he might be the one idk I just feel it in my bones" and it's just sooo good. Everything just seemed to be in the right place and the right timing, I love it. The setting of the drama is also very pretty, set in fictional city of Broadchurch, whilst actually shooted in Dorset. I would like to visit that cliff someday!
Plotwise, It started with when Ellie Miller(Olivia Coleman) came back from Florida and found out that Alec Hardy (David Tennant) have taken her job as a Detective Inspector (DI for short) in Wessex police. And they found out about the murder of Danny Latimer, 11 years old boy child of Mark & Beth Latimer. And the story revolve around how Danny's death will change a close-knit community in Broadchurch. They have secrets, and some are revealed because of the investigation.
The show overall is really emotional. Maybe it's what making it more interesting, I never saw once in my that David Bradley (I hope I didn't get his name wrong) a.k.a. the 70-ish years old who play Argus Filch in Harry Potter and Walder Frey in Game of Thrones got really emotional, even seen as vulnerable. Other cast as well, like David Tennant, I never seen him in such a vulnerable state when he play as The Doctor in Doctor Who and he's really into it. Basically it's an emotional roller coaster show, and it's totally good, I like how the emotion really define the drama because it was put in a reasonable and right circumstances.
I should give a whole paragraph to comment on Arthur Darvill as Paul Coates. He's the reason why I watched this show. I also like this character, he's a troubled little reverend. He seems lonely, trying to reach the community of Broadchurch when they're not really religious anymore. He also have his own conflict, with his addiction, but he did well. I love how Arthur played a character that is a little bit different from Rory, even I still like Rory more. Another reminder for me to watch Broadchurch is because it always reminds me to when Arthur Darvill did Surprise Karaoke of Let It Go partody on BBC Radio 1, 'All you need is a google search to see I'm in Broadchurchh'. It was epic and glorious.
One of the best feature of this show is the music. The original score is written by Olafur Arnalds himself. And he's a genius, I always found his songs is fairly simple, but really changed the whole mood of the show. I believe at least 50% mood of the show should be credited to the music. I feel the despair, the angst, and everything, I love it, The music consist of a little orchestral, with piano, string quartet and synthesizer, but he knows the best, Olafur Arnalds can compose it into such a beautiful piece. They even won BAFTA.
Also some interesting cast they got! I always see a movie/TV show based on Plotwise and Castwise, and now. And I love the cast of this show, beside Arthur Darvill and David Tennant that I mentioned earlier, there's also a familiar face. Greyworm of the Unsullied from Game of Thrones is also playing here as Dean! I mean, Grey Worm! I think his name is Raleigh Ritchie / Jacob Anderson. He's awesome, I thought he's the bad guy but he's not :| he's just Chloe's boyfriend and only seventeen~ I'm sure he's not seventeen at all. Another cast that I like is Olly. He's cute, he reminds me of Greg James somehow and I like him.
A little spoiler here. The revelation in the season finale it's a plot twist, but I still feel there's something wrong and unclear about the two last suspect before the killer. There's something not right, and I don't like Nigel expression when he was interviewed, like... some kind of maniac, When I watched it, I thought that there's a possibility Mark did it, no way Reverend or Jack would do it, Susan and Nigel is very suspicious too.
Overall with great plotline, setting, and cast, it is the best TV show that I have watched in a while. I'll give 9.7 out of 10 because I love it that much. And I'm going to watch the second season of it soon!
First of all, I started to see this series just because there's David Tennant and Arthur Darvill in it. I know, I'm such a sucker for Doctor Who cast and David Tennant and Arthur Darvil are my favorite cast as 10th doctor and Rory Williams a.k.a. The Last Centurion and the best best best husband ever #ishouldstop
The crime drama overall is a very good paced drama. The mood of drama is somehow kind of gloomy but not too gloomy, it just felt right. Suspenseful too, keep me in my seat without feeling bored at all. The whole time I'm watching drama with suspense and like "OH I'M SURE HE DIDN'T DO IT." or "he might be the one idk I just feel it in my bones" and it's just sooo good. Everything just seemed to be in the right place and the right timing, I love it. The setting of the drama is also very pretty, set in fictional city of Broadchurch, whilst actually shooted in Dorset. I would like to visit that cliff someday!
Plotwise, It started with when Ellie Miller(Olivia Coleman) came back from Florida and found out that Alec Hardy (David Tennant) have taken her job as a Detective Inspector (DI for short) in Wessex police. And they found out about the murder of Danny Latimer, 11 years old boy child of Mark & Beth Latimer. And the story revolve around how Danny's death will change a close-knit community in Broadchurch. They have secrets, and some are revealed because of the investigation.
The show overall is really emotional. Maybe it's what making it more interesting, I never saw once in my that David Bradley (I hope I didn't get his name wrong) a.k.a. the 70-ish years old who play Argus Filch in Harry Potter and Walder Frey in Game of Thrones got really emotional, even seen as vulnerable. Other cast as well, like David Tennant, I never seen him in such a vulnerable state when he play as The Doctor in Doctor Who and he's really into it. Basically it's an emotional roller coaster show, and it's totally good, I like how the emotion really define the drama because it was put in a reasonable and right circumstances.
I should give a whole paragraph to comment on Arthur Darvill as Paul Coates. He's the reason why I watched this show. I also like this character, he's a troubled little reverend. He seems lonely, trying to reach the community of Broadchurch when they're not really religious anymore. He also have his own conflict, with his addiction, but he did well. I love how Arthur played a character that is a little bit different from Rory, even I still like Rory more. Another reminder for me to watch Broadchurch is because it always reminds me to when Arthur Darvill did Surprise Karaoke of Let It Go partody on BBC Radio 1, 'All you need is a google search to see I'm in Broadchurchh'. It was epic and glorious.
One of the best feature of this show is the music. The original score is written by Olafur Arnalds himself. And he's a genius, I always found his songs is fairly simple, but really changed the whole mood of the show. I believe at least 50% mood of the show should be credited to the music. I feel the despair, the angst, and everything, I love it, The music consist of a little orchestral, with piano, string quartet and synthesizer, but he knows the best, Olafur Arnalds can compose it into such a beautiful piece. They even won BAFTA.
Also some interesting cast they got! I always see a movie/TV show based on Plotwise and Castwise, and now. And I love the cast of this show, beside Arthur Darvill and David Tennant that I mentioned earlier, there's also a familiar face. Greyworm of the Unsullied from Game of Thrones is also playing here as Dean! I mean, Grey Worm! I think his name is Raleigh Ritchie / Jacob Anderson. He's awesome, I thought he's the bad guy but he's not :| he's just Chloe's boyfriend and only seventeen~ I'm sure he's not seventeen at all. Another cast that I like is Olly. He's cute, he reminds me of Greg James somehow and I like him.
A little spoiler here. The revelation in the season finale it's a plot twist, but I still feel there's something wrong and unclear about the two last suspect before the killer. There's something not right, and I don't like Nigel expression when he was interviewed, like... some kind of maniac, When I watched it, I thought that there's a possibility Mark did it, no way Reverend or Jack would do it, Susan and Nigel is very suspicious too.
Overall with great plotline, setting, and cast, it is the best TV show that I have watched in a while. I'll give 9.7 out of 10 because I love it that much. And I'm going to watch the second season of it soon!
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