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For those of us who need their fix of Danish drama with subtitles, we have another offering to look forward to. 8)
BBC4 at 9.00 pm.
Is it any good?
That last one was a bit average...that everyone raved about.
Who needs subtitles 😉
al - you need to keep up mate! There have been two different series that everyone raved about, namely The Killing and Borgen.
Wallander, that's it. Dragon Tattoo series made by the same folk and much the same...
Oh good - I booked a weekend away in May in Copenhagen earlier today so obviously anything Danish is rating very highly on my coolometer at the moment!
Staying in tonight so might give this a go. There seems to be so many about at the minute, they do love their crime-drama.
Also tempted to watch Das Boot on Film4 but it appears to be about 4 hours long unless my TV guide has got it wrong?!
May I also recommend the Swedish author Arne Dahl's series of books that have been televised; read (or had read to me) the first 'Mysterioso' as an audiobook in the car and became hooked.
After being disappointed to find that the DVD's were hard to find I found an online shop in Sweden that sent me the first two DVD's in the series for £25 delivered - and, incredibly, they arrived in only three days: http://www.discshop.se/filmer/arne_dahl/C918
CG; have you seen'Headhunters'?
I have enough Danish drama thanks, I can hear my wife arguing with the kids in the bathroom in Danish as I type this!
Wallander is Swedish for the record.
Jeg kan ikke rigtig forså hvornår Dansk fjernsyn er så cool pt.
I loved Wallander (The Krister Henriksson versions, couldnt get to like Rolf Lassgård and the Kenneth Branagh were dreary)
The Killing part 1 was good right until the end when the resolution was a bit crap, and part 2 wasnt brilliant.
Been kind of enjoying "Thos who Kill" another Danish one. The bint in it is a bit of a pain, but a necessary foil for the psychologist to do his thing.
Missed the first 3 episodes of Borgen so have episodes 4-10 sitting on the computer waiting for it to be repeated.
Cheers for the heads up on the Bridge then, just set series record on the computer.
I'm really looking forweared to The Bridge. I have been missing my fix of Scandavian drama since that Italian tosh was put on.
So how easy is it for Swedes and danish to converse?
Also tempted to watch Das Boot on Film4 but it appears to be about 4 hours long unless my TV guide has got it wrong?!
It's worth it.
Amazing film.
summer term post exams, german class was Das Boot. Goes on a bit 🙂
I like listening to how they speak their language not that I understand what they say but rather interesting ... not sure about the film.
I would prefer a period film of the Dans ... a bit like Tudor would be good.
Jeg kan ikke rigtig forså hvornår Dansk fjernsyn er så cool pt.
My Danish OH thinks they're all overrated and refuses to watch them with me, apart from occasionally shouting out "what did they translate that to"?
Koldskål in Borgen and I still haven't worked out exactly what it is
She is odd... but I like the leather breeks...
Aspergers apparently.
So far so good. She seems cold beyond reason.
It's not looking like the new Wire so far...
I enjoyed it but haven't watched The Killing or any of the others, have a feeling I might have been a bit less bothered if I'd seen them first. I also wondered about the Danish/Swedish language thing?
Decided against watching Das Boot as want to see Match of The Day but might pursue this later after reading the reviews online etc, looks really good.
can you UK people tell the difference between danish and Swedish?
am danish and speaking to people in sweden and norway guite often, always just using danish and they will use their language.
so yes its possible.
I've tried that with English when abroad... 😛
i work with a danish girl and speak both crap danish and crap swedish at her.
Mikkel - Membercan you UK people tell the difference between danish and Swedish?
I know if they speak Icelandic but the rest no. 🙂
I think some brits can hear the difference between Danish and Norwegian/Swedish ,but differentiating between those is not so easy.
I speak pretty good Danish now but I struggle to understand any swedish and only get a little norwegian
Koldskål is a summer desert made with butter milk, lemon and egg which you eat cold with small biscuits. Delicious.
Norwegian and Swedish both sound prettier than Danish
I've V+ed The Bridge, The Killing was ok and I really like Borgen.
I've been trying to learn Danish for 3 years (with not much commitment) and it's not an easy one to learn, my Danish fiancée isn't much help either.
I want to at least be able do do some of my wedding speech in Danish so I need to try harder.
It seemed very cold, & bereft of emotion. I was into it but got fed up of the wife moaning, so one to watch when she's not in / gone to bed.
I'm not convinced by the series at the moment. Mainly because I have trouble believing that someone with that degree of aspergers would make a viable detective.
well she took her pants off so I'll be watching next week
Well, well not dismissing you lot who love it but it's too grim.
Bring back Montalblano...
IanMunro - MemberI'm not convinced by the series at the moment. Mainly because I have trouble believing that someone with that degree of aspergers would make a viable detective.
That was my thoughts on it as well. Stretches the credulity somewhat. Will still stay tuned to it though to see if it improves. The Killing and Borgen were both slow-burning hits.
The fact that it's being screened while the Breivik trial is going on and the way the plot is going gives it an interesting angle, another insight into the extremes of the political spectrum that exist in Scandinavia, which is so often held up as a paradise of liberal, tolerant thinking.
'often held up as a paradise of liberal, tolerant thinking'....
so long as you don't have to live there! lol
i didn't get that the detective woman had aspergers. i thought the programme makers were just noising up the swedes!
StefMcDef - Member
...Scandinavia, which is so often held up as a paradise of liberal, tolerant thinking.
TBF...while it has its extremes like every country, aren't the masses a buit less frothing at the mouth Dail FAil than say over here?
Well, not really sure what to think! After watching 2 hours of it, I was unable to 'warm' (insert better choice of word here) to the two main characters. And I really did want to.
Funny though, cos with both The Killing (including American version) and Borgen, I was hooked right away.
Confession time - I enjoyed 40 winks. 😳
It's not looking like the new Wire so far...
If that's your criterion for watching a TV series, you'll have some time on your hands 🙂
I thought it was pretty interesting - not a copy of The Killing, and more gripping than Wallander.
The fact that it's being screened while the Breivik trial is going on and the way the plot is going gives it an interesting angle, another insight into the extremes of the political spectrum that exist in Scandinavia, which is so often held up as a paradise of liberal, tolerant thinking.
It's a bit of a confused situation. Take a look at this and tell me if it shows liberal tolerance ...
cynic-al - MemberStefMcDef - Member
...Scandinavia, which is so often held up as a paradise of liberal, tolerant thinking.TBF...while it has its extremes like every country, aren't the masses a buit less frothing at the mouth Dail FAil than say over here?
Certainly seems that way from the outside looking in. No doubt people who live or have lived there could tell you different. I guess my point is no stronger than that there seems to be a parallel between the well-planned atrocities committed by Breivik and the grisly killings seemingly driving the plot in The Bridge, and they're both in the public eye here in the UK at the same time.
CG; have you seen'Headhunters'?
No, what is it and is it worth me slumping on the sofa for? 😉
Yeah, confess I was struggling a bit with that too, although had to LOL at the sex/post coital scene, and the bloke's reactions!Mainly because I have trouble believing that someone with that degree of aspergers would make a viable detective.
Not as immediate as the Killing, Borgen or Those Who Kill, but given the alternative diatribe on the telly, happy to stick with it and see where it goes.
[i]CG; have you seen'Headhunters'? [/i]
No, what is it and is it worth me slumping on the sofa for?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614989/
Film of one of Jo Nesbo's books - if it makes any difference my wife loved it too!