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My feelings about The Leftovers.

posted 8 years ago by costmattia
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I finished the show two days ago and I found myself thinking about it almost every second of these days.

SPOILERS S1 & S2.

I'm writing this post while listening "Where is my mind" of Maxine Cyrin (2x10).

Since this evening I had nothing to do, I just took my big headphones and started re-watching some scenes.

I re-watched that 14th October that changed the lives of the people we learnt to know.

I re-watched Nora and Holy Wayne scene and almost cried.

I re-watched a lot of scenes of S2 and, damn, I just want to cry.

When I was watching The Leftovers I had this... sensation that I can't actually explain in words, even if nothing was happening, but I never cried for this show. I only had this sensation of pure melancholy and sadness and I found myself shivering A LOT of times. But this time, oh damn, I have tears in my eyes.

Just the music and the thoughts you have during the show, this is why I think it's so powerful.

I re-watched the final scene of 2x10, I have to admit it, when I finished the episode for the first time I was a little bit disappointed.

But now, I got it, it's about staying together, and it's beautiful.

What are your feelings about this show?

[–] avildsen-610-19446 8 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it. In that totally melancholic way.

I watched all of the show, took a break for a little while and then rewatched it and I got misty eyed during the very first episode. Never happened the first time around.

[–] costmattia 8 years ago

Same, the first time I never cried. But damn, when I re-watched those episodes I had tears in my eyes.

What's your favorite scene of the show?

[–] avildsen-610-19446 8 years ago

I have no idea, but today I will go with the stare down between Nora and Erika.

[–] TheGoodnightTree 8 years ago

I can't explain how, after every single episode, I'd have to pause and just simply sit still for a while, trying to comprehend what I'd just experienced.

I can't explain how I had that same intense melancholy you felt, even when a question was answered or a mystery solved.

I can't explain how, no matter how much thought and reflection I invested, I still can't for the life of me figure out what the hell is going on and why I can only think, "holy sh*t!"

And by that feeling alone, the whole "I can't explain how" is precisely what this story is about. It's so intensely amazing and I don't bloody well know why.

[–] rivanimusic 8 years ago

Get a live, it aint that good ?

[–] fanatic21 8 years ago

Fúck off.

[–] tb-sch 8 years ago

The music does a lot. This show could so easily go wrong, but the music does a good job of not letting it get too far down the sappy road, having sparse instrumentation for oppulent scenes, but adding more when the scene seems too sober. Max Richter's work on The Leftovers is amazing, but also his score for the Blackmirror episode is quite amazing and adds so much in a clever way. It is not just sound to fill the silence, but it completes the final result.