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This is a raw crime drama about a Louisiana serial killer;
proving once again that man is the most cruel and evil animal walking on this
planet. Season 1 with its eight (8) episodes immediately got my attention;
because of the lives of the two Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division homicidedetectives---Rust Cohle and
Marty Harty. And, their lives in the 17 years it took them through a Louisiana maze
of bayous and smokescreens to solve this crime---when it seemed so many others were
against their success of solving this ghastliest mystery. Some scenes I could
not watch because of the subject matter, which is unreal to any sane person.
Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) is a husband to his
gorgeous wife Maggie Hart (Michelle Monaghan) and father to two
beautiful young girls who loved their daddy. He had it all---a career with a
wonderful family. However, his asinine thinking that he could love two women
caused him to lose his wife and children in divorce. Maggie forgave him once
for being unfaithful, but when it happened again---that was the end.
Rust Cohle (Matthew
McConaughey) is a dark sad, very intelligent man who never gives up on
any clue and has a method which can extract the truth from anyone especially
criminals. He is a no-nonsense man with a past who indulged with alcohol to
forget for a while, until again the light of day is staring him in the face.
Rust had a
family once---a wife and a two year old child who, was killed in an accident.
The death of their baby girl destroyed their marriage. And, now his solace is
his work, it gave him motivation and in his working hours a time to be sober. His
methodical and intelligent techniques seem to aggravate his bosses and others
he worked with each day. If only the ones in power had listened to him
earlier---years and lives might have been saved.
HMO did a fabulous
job in viewing this show for all the fans of Woody and Matthew’s, and we hope
they will return in Season 2.
Note: My
Grandmother Knight would love this show---I remember she loved reading murder
mysteries, crime and the most wanted. I will never understand how my Angelic
grandmother could enjoy such books---but she did.
Unless you have lived in a cave---you know who Nora Roberts
is---she is one of my very favorite writers and I love her movies from her
books.
Today I will talk about one of her movies titled:Midnight Bayou (2009)
This one is a bit scary but it keeps your attention to the
very end---are you ready?
Declan Fitzpatrick (Jerry O’Connell) a Boston law student was
invited by his roommate in college and best friend Remy (ChrisLindsay)
to his hometown of New Orleans; during Mardis Gras of 2001.
This is exhilarating for Declan and a group of other young
college kids as they drove through the outskirts of New Orleans. Declan was
standing up in the convertible shouting and taking picture when suddenly a
woman dressed in an antiquated maid uniform of over 100 years ago---was
standing in the road of front of the fast oncoming car.
Declan shouted stop and the driver stopped---he jumped out
of the car looking around for the woman but she had vanished---nowhere to be
seen. Then through the dead vines and trees Declan saw the house a beautiful old
dilapidated Southern Mansion.
Remy told him it was called Manet Hall---and had bad
juju. But amazingly it was love at first sight for Declan---then and there he
wanted to buy it. The house moaned and groaned and his friend Remy and his
girlfriend Effie(CieraPayton) said
come on lets go or you will be walking to Boston.
Eight years later after he has been a practicing attorney
for years---Declan leaves Boston and buys Manet Hall from Odetta Simone (Faye
Dunaway). The improvements are magnificent bringing the place back from
dilapidation to becoming just what he wanted it to be. It was absolutely
beautiful when the interior of the mansion was refurbished.
While he and workers were moving his boxes into his new home
he has a beautiful visitor Lena Simone (Lauren Stamile) the granddaughter to
Odetta Simone. Lena’s grandmother told her about the new owner Delcan
Fitzpatrick. He was engaged to be married and broke it off two days before the
wedding and came to New Orleans to buy Manet Hall.
Odetta had bake cornbread and wanted her granddaughter to
take it to the new owner. Lena finally gave in and went to Manet Hall. Odetta
told Lena if my knees were not giving me trouble and I was 20 years younger---I
would go myself and you would not have a chance.
She and Delcan were instantly attracted to each other---but
why they did not know. The movie takes the main characters back 100 years to
the spirits which initially lived in Manet Hall. It shows how everyone is
connected to the past and if the mystery of Abigail Manet (Bianca Malinowski)
is not solved then the spirits who haunts Manet Hall will haunt it forever.
The Manet family is the mother Josephine Manet (Ashley
LeConte Campbell), the oldest son who married Abigail is Lucian Manet (Alan Ritchson)
and his evil no good brother is Julian Manet (Alejandro Rose-Garcia).
Lucian truly loved his wife and his brother loved her in his
own wicked way. The mother was always trying to get rid of Abigail because she
was once one of their maids and she did not think she was good enough for her
son.
I enjoyed this movie and I read the book also. The movie
made the book come to life for me and I am sure anyone who owns the DVD or buys
the movie will enjoy it for years.
I love all of Nora Roberts' movies and I have also reviewed
on this movie blog titled “Northern Light” and I have more to share with my
readers if you like this movie.
