Who's watching ?? - Inventing Anna (2022) Discussion

[–] Pete314 (3104) 3 years ago

I had problems to finish the first episode. Acting is amateurish, the whole thing looks really cheap.
Sad, because the premise was so promising.

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[–] rushington (765) 3 years ago

It certainly feels like it was made by CW or abc.

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[–] [email protected] (1358) 3 years ago

I soooo agree..It was almost like a Lifetime movie. Very amateur.. Also annoying was the fact that a journalist didnt think to look on social media.. It was like a big lightbulb went off when her co worker suggested it. Ridiculous.

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[–] Iffy762 (1334) 3 years ago

This was my first time watching a Shondaland show. It seemed pretty typical of how people describe her shows: very modern, upbeat, protagonists are feminist type women who want to be very successful and are being held back by the patriarchy, etc etc. I'm enjoying it because I love Julia Garner. Anna Chlumsky's character (the journalist) is grating. The feminist themes are annoying. I find it tiresome when young, successful, attractive women, with upwardly mobile jobs, are presented to me as if they are somehow oppressed.

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[–] [email protected] (1358) 3 years ago

Your description is accurate. I agree

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[–] TheArgentinian (7185) 3 years ago

I was going to check it out because I like the actress but TV critics panned it.

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[–] rushington (765) 3 years ago

If you love Julia Garner then go for it, she gave a pretty much decent performance imo.

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[–] TheArgentinian (7185) 3 years ago

I read negative comments about the accent, though

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[–] BensGirl (590) 3 years ago

The accent is atrocious..

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[–] Information-Police (4895) 3 years ago

What kind of accent do you think she is supposed to have?

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[–] Who (5146) 3 years ago

Is she trying to do a German accent? 🤣🤣🤣

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[–] UncleRuckis (2631) 3 years ago

The accent is accurate to the real Anna Sorokin. She sounds like Tommy Wiseau, so Garner did a good job there.

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[–] Zarkoff (2048) 9 months ago

Yeah, it's kind of a combination of accents. She spent time in Germany, I guess, but was from Russia and was trying not to sound like it. She ends up sounding sort of non specifically eastern european.

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[–] Iffy762 (1334) 3 years ago

The accent makes sense for the character. It was only jarring for the first episode and then it just flowed with the character and made sense in the context of the whole story and what the character was doing. I think actually the way Julia Garner deployed the accent was one of the really good things about the show.

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[–] modica (4169) 3 years ago

I shut it off after 30 minutes. The dialogue was terrible and the voice of the main character was just like listening to nails on a blackboard. Don't think I will continue to watch it.

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[–] rushington (765) 3 years ago

it's very entertaining, you should bear with it some more.

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[–] Allison44 (602) 3 years ago

Yes. I stuck with it and thought it was good. Not great but certainly well done and entertaining.

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[–] HerrStrauss (126) 3 years ago

I am watching as well but not willingly. When you invest time on a show it’s difficult to stop in the middle. The main problem is that there isn’t much story and they have to pretend that this girl was a Madoff level crook. She wasn’t! She just crashed some parties and stayed in some hotels without paying and conned a few people out of 200,000 $. All in all i’s a storm in a cup.

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[–] rushington (765) 3 years ago

Between the Marrakech bit, her complimentary stay at the Golden hotel, Nora's embezzlment, her stealing a private jet she knew how to pick her victims and swindle her way into their pockets. If looks could deceive!

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[–] UncleRuckis (2631) 3 years ago

Even though she was a total crook, I still found myself rooting for her to get that loan.

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[–] rushington (765) 3 years ago

I thought the foundation was meant to be a success if the loan came through because it was her life purpose.

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[–] johnmiller (3964) 3 years ago

Guessing that it is yet another TV series / movie that celebrates criminals who screw people out of their money. That's why "The Wolf of Wall Street" was so popular.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (6444) 3 years ago

Watched three episodes so far. The setup reminds me of Citizen Kane. A reporter is trying to figure out the mystery of who someone is. So it's a good premise. The show has been good enough to keep watching so far.

After bailing out of Gray's Anatomy in season 2 never thought I'd watch a Shonda Rimes show again, but it has happened.

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