Suzanne Alford

I found myself sitting mesmerised through each episode, dreading the nasty gory bits, enjoying the black comedy parts, the twister of the various story lines, relieved at the end that I'd survived another gory episode or relieved at the end if it wasn't gory. But as one who has ADHD I normally find after 20 mins I've left the room to do something else.... but not with The Boat - I was there fixated, without moving or fidgeting for the whole hour x 6! The other thing I liked was that as an audience member I almost felt like I was an invisible but present third person amongst or close by the lead two actors throughout the 6 episodes, as if I was being included in the conversations and I was party to and part-collaborator of all their shenanigans and thought processes etc... which is down to the delivery and interpretation of the script by these two amazing lead actors! Highly recommend it. It is gory! Imho I found it was quite different to the normal run of the mill dramas. It is quirky, and no I didn't understand half of the 'caption' bits but it was a form of light relief especially if they were shown around the gory bits. I really hope it gets some awards. Fantastic acting by all the key cast! I was secretly hoping that there may be two more episodes with two more endings... in fact as an idea that would fit in with Samuel's book i.e. him working on three different endings.... and us the audience just able to get a glimpse into those three options .... but maybe that's just in my imagination... But well done all, the storyline and all its different styles must have taken some creative thinking and doing by the script writers!

Having heard great things from two sources, I decided to wait for a special occasion to see it... but I don't really have those these days, so I watched it last night. For me it didn't work or quite gel together. The amazing cast were too great for this film. This divide between these two elements was distracting for me, as I was waiting for these 'A list' actors to carry the film but they didn't/couldn't! Instead it would have been better being an awesome B list film, with quirky actors we didn't know, but who perhaps had idiosyncrasies /comedy gold moments that would be a delight to see sprinkled throughout the film. ..... But it wasn't like that instead it was an 'A list' film riding on not a terribly good/strong vehicle. So it ended up an A list flop, instead of a potential B list hit! And in fact it could have been made as an independent film on a tight budget, without any special effects, but just the rattling of the table at the end and maybe an increase in lighting blasting through the curtains as the comet hit Earth. You can achieve alot more with a lot less. It's all about illusion and some times that can be found in the actors eyes alone.... a tiny reflection from the sudden bright light from behind the closed curtain and a blink of their eyes in slow motion... followed by a stunned silence..... to acknowledge that this really is the end! It could have been a sensational comedy/drama/ tearjerker! Currently not specifically recommended! My low budget film ideas with quirky golden moments would have been better and would have got an Oscar! Xx

I finally got to watch this a year late. I throughly enjoyed it. But it was somewhat like a holey jumper! There were gaps where there could have been someway of filling in the gap (there's tricks of the filming trades that can do this). So my puzzlement queries are: Why the title - Before we die? This was never a sentence /phrase or concern mentioned in this series and what does it mean without any context behind it?? Why did Izzy knopfluer/Bianca speak English without any Croatian accent? When Christian was given the instruction of getting champagne and something else from the basement, result in him ending up weeping in a cupboard - did he ever get the champagne and bring it up to the party? We'll never know.... For anyone mixing with these types of criminals, if you're going to have a phone on you a) I'm sure the villains would check you and your phone regularly to make sure you aren't.leaking information. I believe early on that Christian coat was picked up and a phone (or both phones?) fell out - raising suspicions ..... but there was never any direct instruction to not have a phone or hand it over every day to Davour to keep. Yet Christian gets his burner phone out of his pocket at the drop of a hat and turns his back to the door as if that means he and his phone is invisible! Why not just go to the loo and lock the door! ?? Why was Sean being so friendly to him and visiting him in prison? How was he able to photo the submarine? He did this like he a tourist doing sight seeing! Surely cctv should have been in place to protect the submarine? Why did he go off grid at the end and then met up with Bianca who's the sister of the villains! Surely that would be too risky if they ever checked her phone ! And her Google time line and then find out where he lived! I might watch it again to see what else i missed! And I did really enjoy it.... even with this mysteries!