Big Little Lies HBO

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Anonymous wrote:So was that view thru binoculars at the end supposed to imply that the theater guy's wife was still stalking Madeline??

It was VERY CLEARLY the detective-- she clicked her lighter in the station when she expressed her suspicion to the other detective, then again when she was watching them at the funeral, and that was the last sound we heard as she was watching them at the beach.

It's a SPECTATOR according to the director during a recent interview. He said the series is over but the ending is left to the viewer's interpretation.

No, in the HBO "Inside the Episode" segment it was clearly stated to be the detective, with the implication that the story isn't over. Anyway, agree with PP the clicking lighter made this very clear.

Sounds like HBO and the director drew different conclusions.

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Anonymous wrote:If you were to chose one or the other this week, would you (re)read the book or (re) watch the series ?

I'm going book first then series.

I went back and re read the ending of the book. The series ended it "beautifully" with the beach and all, but left huge gaps in the story.

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How can someone who doesn't have HBO pay to watch? It's not available on Amazon.

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Anonymous wrote:How can someone who doesn't have HBO pay to watch? It's not available on Amazon.

Get HBO Now for a month.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't love the Madeline affair storyline but I can see that it worked as making her character a little deeper and have more conflict. It also brought strength to her relationship with Abigail and actually potentially deeper with Ed.

I don't understand the lack of explanation of Bonnie's background in the series. But then I thought it sort of came out of the blue in the book.

Out of the affair storyline came 2 great Madeline revelations. When she was talking to Abigail about being perfect and how she so was not. And when she was forced to say Adam the best guy she's ever know. So it wasn't for nothing.

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I think it was a useful plot device to deepen Madeline's character and draw her closer to her daughter.

I don't want this to become a parenting discussion, but if an affair with your husband draws you closer your teenage daughter then you are not a very good parent.

Oh for god's sake. Projecting much? Abigail was proposing to do something extreme, and the only way Madeline could shut it down was to tell her about something extreme that she herself had done. And what a mistake it was.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved the book and I'm so excited HBO picked it up! For awhile I think they were talking about turning it into a movie. Does anyone know when it starts?

This weekend (not sure which night) HBO for 7 or 8 weeks.

Can you watch all episodes from the beginning?

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Anonymous wrote:I loved the book and I'm so excited HBO picked it up! For awhile I think they were talking about turning it into a movie. Does anyone know when it starts?

This weekend (not sure which night) HBO for 7 or 8 weeks.

Can you watch all episodes from the beginning?

Not sure if your question. But currently all 7 episodes are available to HBO viewers.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't love the Madeline affair storyline but I can see that it worked as making her character a little deeper and have more conflict. It also brought strength to her relationship with Abigail and actually potentially deeper with Ed.

I don't understand the lack of explanation of Bonnie's background in the series. But then I thought it sort of came out of the blue in the book.

Out of the affair storyline came 2 great Madeline revelations. When she was talking to Abigail about being perfect and how she so was not. And when she was forced to say Adam the best guy she's ever know. So it wasn't for nothing.

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I think it was a useful plot device to deepen Madeline's character and draw her closer to her daughter.

I don't want this to become a parenting discussion, but if an affair with your husband draws you closer your teenage daughter then you are not a very good parent.

Oh for god's sake. Projecting much? Abigail was proposing to do something extreme, and the only way Madeline could shut it down was to tell her about something extreme that she herself had done. And what a mistake it was.

Speaking as a former "Abigail," if my mother told me about an affair she had, I might have listened and taken a lesson from it, but a day or a week or a month later, I would have flung the affair in her face, probably in public. A recipe for disaster.

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Geez. It's HBO with 7 hours to tell a story of 5 families at school, work and home. Oh and domestic abuse and a murder. Can we just agree to disagree on a single 2 minute scene? There a lots of reasons HBO version "worked better" than the book. Others like the book better.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't love the Madeline affair storyline but I can see that it worked as making her character a little deeper and have more conflict. It also brought strength to her relationship with Abigail and actually potentially deeper with Ed.

I don't understand the lack of explanation of Bonnie's background in the series. But then I thought it sort of came out of the blue in the book.

Out of the affair storyline came 2 great Madeline revelations. When she was talking to Abigail about being perfect and how she so was not. And when she was forced to say Adam the best guy she's ever know. So it wasn't for nothing.

+1
I think it was a useful plot device to deepen Madeline's character and draw her closer to her daughter.

I don't want this to become a parenting discussion, but if an affair with your husband draws you closer your teenage daughter then you are not a very good parent.

Oh for god's sake. Projecting much? Abigail was proposing to do something extreme, and the only way Madeline could shut it down was to tell her about something extreme that she herself had done. And what a mistake it was.

But the book version was so much better. A man named "Larry" donated $100,000 to Amnesty International if Abigail suit down the site. It is revealed (or assumed, I can't remember) that Celeste was "Larry". That was so awesome because it stopped Abigail and gave Celeste MORE depth (did she need more?!) and added to the story. I don't know why they didn't keep that part of the story.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved the book and I'm so excited HBO picked it up! For awhile I think they were talking about turning it into a movie. Does anyone know when it starts?

This weekend (not sure which night) HBO for 7 or 8 weeks.

Can you watch all episodes from the beginning?

Yes? Don't you usually watch HBO from the HBO Go App on your TV? Comcast on demand will let you do it too, but their user interface sucks

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^^ Yes, it's exactly that: Celeste (and Kidman) did not need another feature (or more screen time) in the series, whereas Madeline (and especially Reese) needed something deeper and more complex. It gave Reese more screen time and gave Madeline a big little lie of her own. It worked.

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Overall great show. Cannot imagine they will not be back, seems like a major home run for HBO.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Kelley wrote Madeline darker, deeper, more complex so she wasn't just all rom com fluff and to keep her in the running as potential victim or murderer.

Also because Kelley seems to always write women in a negative light. IMO.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Kelley wrote Madeline darker, deeper, more complex so she wasn't just all rom com fluff and to keep her in the running as potential victim or murderer.

Also because Kelley seems to always write women in a negative light. IMO.

Actually he wrote a beautiful women-coming-together-for-women story. Maybe you missed the ending.