I actually kept my word for once this past weekend -- in case you weren't sure my word is shit and you should believe maybe about 0.001% of what I say -- and watched the first two (now three) episodes of The Regime, the Max series starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts and Andrea Riseborough that I said on Friday that I wanted to get around to watching. Imagine that! Wonders do not not ever stop ceasing or whatever. Anyway I'm enjoying it so far -- on Saturday when I got to the end of the second episode and realized that was all they had dropped so far I was upset to discover there wasn't more; I'd thought it was one of those whole series binge drops. I could've and would've watched the whole thing.
Alas. Anyway I'm not buying the complaints I've seen about the satire of it not being funny enough -- first off that voice Winslet's rocking is enough for ten comdies. But we already have a Veep and a Death of Stalin and that's clearly what those complaining people want from the show. People get very upset when they're not sure how to react to something! But I think it's doing something stranger and more particular tonally than that. I like when I can't nail down a show so easily and The Regime seems to me to be currently hovering in a sweet spot so far between satire and seriousness that keeps surprising me and feels all its own. We'll see anyway -- we are only three episodes in.
That said as you can see here the most important thing of all is that Matthias is doing press for the show! So we're getting new photos of him! Like these ones for Numero Netherlands magazine! There's also a chat -- read it here. Here is a choice bit from the chat, not about The Regime but about what Matty has lined up next:
"There is a movie we shot four years ago with the great Terrence Malick — it’s a project he’s been working on for more than thirty years now, and he’s been editing four years. I’m very curious to see what film comes out of that very intimate process he’s been going through for so long. Hopefully it will come out this year. Then, of course, we have ‘The Old Guard 2’, which is a sequel to the first one since it was very well received. It came out two years ago on Netflix. And then there’s other few future projects on the table that I still have to read, and a few that I had already committed myself to, but they haven’t been announced yet, so I always keep that in silence."
Do we know wtf he's talking about re: the Malick movie? Something he's been working on for 30 years? I'm also surprised to see him mention the sequel to The Old Guard given [spoiler] that his character was killed in the first movie. But please yes bring him back -- I daren't dream they might. Everything's coming up Matty! Including funny enough the photoshoot for this magazine, which I've got the entire lot of after the jump...
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His character wasn’t killed at the end of the Old Guard (remember, they’re immortal!) - there’s also an end credit twist involving him and another character :)
Granted I was probably not paying a ton of attention to the specifics of that movie's mythology lol but I could've sworn he died died. Like they did something to bypass the immortal thing. That said I def didn't watch any post-credits scene. Guess it's due for a rewatch!
It's embarrassing that I remember lol - definitely a fun rewatch!
Really liked the first two episodes of The Regime (will watch the third later), except for that thing where (so far) all of the principals are doing that default-British-accent thing (except Schoenaerts, who appropriately seems to be going for something Eastern European).
He's talking about the Jesus movie Terrence Malick is making. He plays Saint Peter in it
I’ve been a fan of this Belgian actor for years – ever since I saw him in ‘Rust and Bone’ and ‘Bullhead’ -- and excited to hear he has more projects lined up. I’m sure things are looking up for him after The Regime because he is just phenomenal in it! Watch him explode in Episode 3.
I don’t get all the negative reviews The Regime has been getting. Views are so polarized that naysayers are going as far as to review-bomb it, like giving 1/10 stars after viewing only 15 minutes of Episode 1 lol. It’s perfectly acted, it’s clever, deadpan-funny and utterly enthralling. It is intelligent in its goofiness. From the screenplay to cinematography, costume and music score, it’s everything a prestige show should be. I also didn’t mind the “uneven” tone that many critics complained about (as though reality is expected to have an ‘even’ tone). To me the unevenness is its own charm, it is lending intrigue and a refreshing uniqueness to the show.
And can we also talk about the insane on-screen chemistry between Kate and Matthias? Hahaha.. Oh, and thanks for posting new photos of Matthias. Even at 46, he’s still mad sexy!
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