Page 1 of [VIDEO] American Crime Story: The Assasinaton of Gianni Versace

As Gareth said in the other thread, Penelope Cruz as Donatella is amazing.

I'm not enjoying the rest of it though, on episode 4 and it's all about the murderer. It lacks the amazing story that the first one had to cover, and so far hasn't really focused on the case much at all.

It's just a bit of a cheap serial killer series, relying a bit too much on jumping around timelines to keep it interesting. :/


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Yup, it's starting to test my patience now. The Versace's weren't even in episodes 3 and 4 at all, and only had a scene or two in episode 5. It looks like episode 6 will delve even further back into Andrew Cunanan's past, as well. On the plus side, it will feature more of Analeigh Ashford, whose presence I've missed since the end of Master of Sex.

I'm really hoping the last three episodes focus more on the investigation into the murder and the manhunt for Cunanan. I went into this knowing nothing about what happened and decided not to look anything up so as not to spoil the show.

That was until episode 4, at which point I scoured wikipedia and read up on all the information that the show wasn't giving me. At the very least, the finale should be exciting.

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On iPlayer now:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09trfx1/the-assassination-of-gianni-versace-american-crime-story-series-1-1-the-man-who-would-be-vogue


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Episode 6, it's two episodes strung out to 6 atm and just getting more and more boring.

SPOILER:
He's a pathalogical lier, he's a serial killer, he sleeps with men. We learnt that in the first episode. For a character who is having the weight of the entire series on his shoulders, I don't think they've developed him beyond the first 30 minutes.
So bored with this now.


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Episode 6 was a slog indeed.

Penelope Cruz should feature a lot more in episode 7, though, and I'm looking forward to the manhunt in the final episodes.

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What a dreadful series, even if you forget about how wonderful the first season was. :/

Boring story, chopped up and told out of order in an attempt to make it seem more interesting, which didn't work at all.


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Overall I would say it was weaker than the first season, but then it was so different that it's hard to compare them. My only real problem with it was the pacing in the middle of the season and the lack of focus on Donatella Versace. That said, it seemed like there wasn't really much story about her to tell, which led to a chronic underuse of Penelope Cruz (who I absolutely adored in every scene).

I found Cunanan to be quite an interesting character and much like they did with Johnny Cochran in the OJ series, I felt they did a great job of exploring him without detracting from the severity of his crimes.

The ratings weren't nearly as good this time around, so I wonder what this will mean for the reportedly very expensive Katrina season.

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