I have read that the correct meaning of the Danish word "Forbrydelsen" is "The Crime" not "The Killing". Well, I believe that the reason the makers of the movie chose to call it "The Killing" is because they knew that the real crime was the way this series drags on and on with one police blunder after another.
I watch a lot of crime dramas, primarily of the European variety, and it pains me to accept the fact that I am one of the few persons reviewing on IMDb that doesn't think this is a great series.
My wife and I have watched Series 1, Episodes 1-10 and we both now understand why Buchard, Sarah Lund's boss, is so king on having her lead the investigation into the death of Nanna Birk Larsen. Sarah Lund can't find her way out of a room full of doors let alone solve what turns out to be a major police case and political scandal.
They, Sarah Lund and Jan Meyer, accuse or go after the wrong people due to their constantly drawing conclusions on either the wrong evidence, incomplete evidence or missing clues and evidence that they later, oops, find out from other peoples help outside of the police force.
They are in such a rush to judgment that they rule out evidence that would go in favor of a suspect and then proceed to tell the victims mother that their suspect, Rama, did it based solely on circumstantial evidence. This stupidity almost gets Rama killed.
Meanwhile their boss Buchard is too busy trying to kiss up to the politicians and buckling to pressure from the newspapers that he destroys / deletes crucial information form the victims phone and is constantly keeping Hartmann and his staff apprised of what his team is doing even though they hadn't at the time been ruled out as suspects.
This show is aggravating to a significant point for those of us that enjoy the crime drama genre because of all the laws these cops break, actual and ethical, to do their work. Also for the lack of legal effort on charging people for hindering a police investigation (Hartmann, Pernille Birk Larsen, Rama, all the young men and women using or having in their possession Class 1 drugs, to name a few). Maybe in Copenhagen it's not against the law to lie or omit information in a felony investigation that impedes the detectives?
On the positive side; this was the first time I have watched a movie that shows all the happenings of police trying to solve a crime, impact on the victims family, and impact on the suspects families. Bottom line; You want to get away with murder? Do it in Copenhagen.
But 20 episodes? this is THE CRIME.
I watch a lot of crime dramas, primarily of the European variety, and it pains me to accept the fact that I am one of the few persons reviewing on IMDb that doesn't think this is a great series.
My wife and I have watched Series 1, Episodes 1-10 and we both now understand why Buchard, Sarah Lund's boss, is so king on having her lead the investigation into the death of Nanna Birk Larsen. Sarah Lund can't find her way out of a room full of doors let alone solve what turns out to be a major police case and political scandal.
They, Sarah Lund and Jan Meyer, accuse or go after the wrong people due to their constantly drawing conclusions on either the wrong evidence, incomplete evidence or missing clues and evidence that they later, oops, find out from other peoples help outside of the police force.
They are in such a rush to judgment that they rule out evidence that would go in favor of a suspect and then proceed to tell the victims mother that their suspect, Rama, did it based solely on circumstantial evidence. This stupidity almost gets Rama killed.
Meanwhile their boss Buchard is too busy trying to kiss up to the politicians and buckling to pressure from the newspapers that he destroys / deletes crucial information form the victims phone and is constantly keeping Hartmann and his staff apprised of what his team is doing even though they hadn't at the time been ruled out as suspects.
This show is aggravating to a significant point for those of us that enjoy the crime drama genre because of all the laws these cops break, actual and ethical, to do their work. Also for the lack of legal effort on charging people for hindering a police investigation (Hartmann, Pernille Birk Larsen, Rama, all the young men and women using or having in their possession Class 1 drugs, to name a few). Maybe in Copenhagen it's not against the law to lie or omit information in a felony investigation that impedes the detectives?
On the positive side; this was the first time I have watched a movie that shows all the happenings of police trying to solve a crime, impact on the victims family, and impact on the suspects families. Bottom line; You want to get away with murder? Do it in Copenhagen.
But 20 episodes? this is THE CRIME.