Andy Greenwald

But whether it is a developmental edict or just the personal taste of the people in charge, it resists it at every turn, which I found neuters Bardem's performance, which is

1 million percent a delicious ham and cash grab.

You know what I mean?

Like, he's going for it.

And good for him.

Yeah, yeah.

But he's doing it in a very... It's a way that's true to him.

He's not changing who he is as a performer.

But I think that there is... Because I think what makes him always so magnetic is that he...

presents as this like it's certainly on camera I have no idea how tall this man actually is but he presents as like this hulking physical brute but he is so sort of sly and as my kids would say secretly zesty that like that comes out in ways that or maybe not so secretly ways that are kind of beguiling and charismatic and sensual and so I like all that I just can't stand the half assness of the camp

in the sense that, I mean, you have Patrick Wilson, who is a very strong actor, but I think needs to be given, needs to be tipped in one direction or the other.

Can't just be ramrod straight with his little belt talking about cornflakes at Kroger.

Like, if you're having him say things like this, if you're doing the dialogue, if you're doing the dialogue that the show is giving you,

let them slather some extra pimento on it.

You know what I mean?

Don't treat this like this.

It's shot so straight-faced that we're meant to take all this seriously and worry about these people and the stakes are rising.

And I think it's,

a little bit preposterous.

There's a puma in the backyard.