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Year
2019
Runtime
328 min.
Director
-
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Rating *
8.2
Votes *
0
Checks
366
Favs
49
Dislikes
6
Favs/checks
13.4% (1:7)
Favs/dislikes
8:1
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  1. dpanter's avatar

    dpanter

    Superb spin on the biblical Armageddon scenario.

    From the brilliant minds of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett comes a subtly comedic adventure with a truly superb cast. Michael Sheen and David Tennant shine in the lead roles.

    Featuring angels, demons, witches, an eleven-year-old Antichrist, a good boy, Doctor Who references and a great many cameos from top British actors. You're in for a challenge if you try to spot them all!

    As a side note, I can mention that it's not inherently blasphemous so it should go down well even with more religiously sensitive people. This stems from the hands-down brilliant writing and not from trying to avoid offending anyone.


    Highly recommended!
    4 years 2 months ago
  2. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    Adapting a Terry Pratchett novel is, like doing so with a Douglas Adams one, an effort that requires a narrator of some kind because so much of the humor and non sequiturs and embedded in the prose. Good Omens uses God (I was gonna say the Voice of God, but that's an entirely different character) and it's perfect. Not just narration, but visual illustration to keep it from getting boring, and there are many novelistic touches like asides and chapter cards (and its few stumbles are novelistic too, like the prolonged epilogue). And yet, the surviving co-writer Neil Gaiman has not been too precious with the material and allowed significant changes to be made, like an extra final twist and fleshing out of elements that were more in the background of the book (one of these "fleshing outs" leads to the longest cold open in television history, so long it made me laugh out loud). This story of a Bungled Apocalypse is full of memorable moments, it knows its Scripture and has fun with it, and it looks pretty great. But ultimately, it wouldn't work if you didn't believe or invest in the unlikely friendship between a lazy demon and a gregarious angel who simply don't want the world to end cuz they enjoy it so much. And you do. You so do. Tennant and Sheen are just marvelous, and well supported by a cast of villains and zanies. Amazon has passed on a second season, but the producers and cast are still interested. Sure, we'd be way off the book, but given the chemistry between the characters, it'd still be worth doing. 3 years 7 months ago
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