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He had a strong entry to film making with Se7en, which too gruesome for my taste, but this follow up took my breath away in every way. Wow. Just wow.

What an extraordinary story combined with impeccable direction. He brought out the very best of his actors and creative staff, all the camerawork, lighting and score a slight level above superb. It is a movie you can't get your eyes off for a second. It is not that it is 'beautiful', no. It is the story that draws you in from the very beginning and simply don't let you go from then on. Twists and turns are aplenty just enough to confuse you to wonder what the hell is going on.

DF later films never reached this high in my opinion, Zodiac being his low point, over-elaborated to a certain extent.

This movie, however, is a true triumph of film making, up there with the very best. Jaw-dropping. Once you have seen it, you will revisit it time to time.

What a missed opportunity to make it a proper, thoroughly enjoyable watch. The use of photography ruins badly the whole experience with senseless shaky pictures adding nothing to the story. Unfortunately, the editing follows suit. People, in real life, do not shake their heads when they look at something that's why our inner ears balance (vestibular system) was invented in the first place by evolution (or God, depending on your view). It is a pity because it takes so much away from the film. The leads are very good, especially Claire Foy who is by far the most realistic figure in the story. I also think that the death of the three astronauts in 1967 was brutally ignored in the film and the repercussions it might had on the leads.

It is hard to comprehend how a major channel put out this kind of really low quality show to everyone to see. It is an insult for the viewers not to mention to the channel itself. Why? I guess it's a corporate business arrangement, executives know each other, everyone is someone's pal, "my relative has an idea guys, let's give it a try, I gave it to your relative before" kind of staff. The result is baffling. A totally unoriginal idea, "the special one", - made hundreds of times before with way better execution - turns turkey almost immediately by a limping script and incredibly lame acting (to say the least). This show will be forgotten well before it has been recognized. Rightly so.