Butlins Bognor Regis.
The White Lotus (HBO)
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I’d wait until the whole thing is out and get a seven day trial and binge the whole thing before the trial is up.
I suspect it will be better when binged. I’m finding watching it weekly a real slog as it’s pretty slow and repetitive compared to previously seasons.
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Honestly this also shows and is another part of why the season isn't hanging together well for me.
I'm pretty sure it was the same during season 1. Only season 2 was mostly all in one place because of Covid.
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Season 1 was filmed with covid restirctions and them all bubbling up I believe
I did my own self guided “tour” of White Lotus shooting locations when I went to Sicily earlier this year and the biggest bit of trickery that I discovered (probably common knowledge to anyone who has googled it!) was that the beautiful sandy beach that Daphne and Ethan are on during THAT scene in the finale is not attached to the hotel and it is certainly not possible to just stroll over to Isola Bella for some extra-marital action from there. The walk up to Isola Bella was decidedly pebbly and trash-strewn:
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I also had to track down the filming location for Harper’s/Monica Viti’s iconic moment in Noto:
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I also had to track down the filming location for Harper’s/Monica Viti’s iconic moment in Noto:
Yeah, pretty sure The White Lotus only exists because HBO asked Mike White to write a one-location show they could produce under Covid restrictions.
Part of what made S2 so much better is that the characters left the property and got into their own adventures away from the hotel. Having been to exactly where S1 was filmed I definitely think it was ripe for the rest of the characters to get to other places on Maui. A huge fight with the Mossbachers on the Road to Hana would've been iconique, or at least a deeper cultural event to tie into the overall theme of colonialization/control.
I did a similar tour and loved it. Recreated the iconic scene in Noto.I did my own self guided “tour” of White Lotus shooting locations when I went to Sicily earlier this year and the biggest bit of trickery that I discovered (probably common knowledge to anyone who has googled it!) was that the beautiful sandy beach that Daphne and Ethan are on during THAT scene in the finale is not attached to the hotel and it is certainly not possible to just stroll over to Isola Bella for some extra-marital action from there. The walk up to Isola Bella was decidedly pebbly and trash-strewn:
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I also had to track down the filming location for Harper’s/Monica Viti’s iconic moment in Noto:
Pam’s vengeance arc
Totally. It just feels disjointed and mashed together. Nothing really gels cohesively and this actually makes sense. The story line with the 3 women might be the only thing that feels in some way inspired, but i honestly cant even tell you their names at this rate.
As far as i'm aware, the first season was pretty much restricted to the four seasons in hawaii, as it was filmed near the height of covid. You can even tell they're all standing or sitting 2 meters away from eachother in most scenes.
The claustrophobia of Season 1 added to the incredible tension for me. And as someone who has been to annoyingly pretentious Hawaiian hotels multiple times, many of these wealthy visitors never leave said resorts, so it felt entirely realistic they’d all spend their entire vacations inches from each other.
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Tonight’s episode was wild.
“I think you’ll survive” is INSANE
