Review Netflix Decameron

[Pamela Jo]

Ok it really feels like this is Hollywood 2020, but my husband and I really enjoyed this. The costumes are so Coachella. Far closer to the original than any of the pretentious Italian directors of the 60's and 70's.

I'm impressed at how quickly and easily the story is built. And this is with more characters than you'd find in an English village murder mystery.

 

[RK Wallis]

I'll check it out. Love a good mystery. Have you seen Bodkin?

 

[James Charles]

Ok it really feels like this is Hollywood 2020, but my husband and I really enjoyed this. The costumes are so Coachella. Far closer to the original than any of the pretentious Italian directors of the 60's and 70's.

I'm impressed at how quickly and easily the story is built. And this is with more characters than you'd find in an English village murder mystery.

Wow. We're going to watch this next week, but the funny thing is (ha ha??) is that one of my characters in my Salvatore book is reading Decameron when another character asks, "What're you reading?...

 

[Pamela Jo]

I'll check it out. Love a good mystery. Have you seen Bodkin?

I did watch Bodkin. Did yu like it? It went full Irish breakfast - extra blood sausage. I wasn't sure it would really click with the international audience.

Sorry I confused you about Decameron. It's not really a mystery as such. More a satire/comedy about rich people and their servants holed up at a wealthy estate to escape the Black Plague.

I just meant the cast of character is as large as in Agatha Christie's books. There is a central character -sort of. But multiple POV which is interesting to me how they manage to hook on the story so quickly.

 

[RK Wallis]

Interesting re: decameron I'm enjoying Bodkin. Still going. Only started this week tho...

 

[Pamela Jo]

I'll be interested in what yu think about Bodkin. The acting and casting was great.

 

[RK Wallis]

I loved Bodkin, just finished it. Real great show and it came highly recommended from another Aussie And I've also finished Decameron. That's like Monty Python meets Black Adder!

 

[Rachel Caldecott]

Ok it really feels like this is Hollywood 2020, but my husband and I really enjoyed this. The costumes are so Coachella. Far closer to the original than any of the pretentious Italian directors of the 60's and 70's.

I'm impressed at how quickly and easily the story is built. And this is with more characters than you'd find in an English village murder mystery.

Chris and I just finished watching it. Great fun.

 

[Del Arca]

Ok it really feels like this is Hollywood 2020, but my husband and I really enjoyed this. The costumes are so Coachella. Far closer to the original than any of the pretentious Italian directors of the 60's and 70's.

I'm impressed at how quickly and easily the story is built. And this is with more characters than you'd find in an English village murder mystery.

I also watched it. The amount of death mixed with humour made me have a bundle of contradicting powerful emotions. I appreciate the way they mixed brutal lifestyles with satire.