Connect (2022)

Quand un potentiel de fou finit… court-circuité...

Alors… comment dire… "Connect" c’est typiquement le genre de drama où je me dis qu'il y avait un potentiel de malade 🤯… et puis… pouf, je suis passée à côté...

Déjà, le format… 4h30 pour une histoire aussi complexe ? 😶‍🌫️ On n’a pas le temps de s’attacher aux persos… ça file à toute vitesse et moi j’étais là en mode “attends… attends… ?!?” 🏃🏼‍♀️💨 Résultat, je suis restée spectatrice, pas impliquée, et c’est dommage pour un thriller qui aurait pu me happer...

Côté intrigue, il y a de bonnes idées (la connexion mystérieuse, l’ambiance sombre, le côté un peu glauque 👁️) mais… tellement de zones d’ombre 😵‍💫... Pourquoi c’est la musique qui déclenche la connexion ? Combien sont-ils exactement ? Comment ont-ils obtenu ces capacités ? Et cette romance… pardon mais… pourquoi faire ? 😂 On dirait qu’elle a été glissée juste pour dire “il y a un peu de romance”, mais sans y mettre du cœur 🤷🏼‍♀️

Bon, je vais quand même mettre en lumière les points positifs... Il y en a un peu...
Les effets spéciaux sont franchement propres 🔥, ça ne fait pas "cheap" comme dans certains dramas 👌🏻 et les acteurs, font un super taff avec ce qu’on leur a donné 👏🏻 même si clairement, on leur a pas donné grand-chose à exploiter niveau profondeur... 😅

Pour moi le vrai problème, c’est que tout reste en surface. On gratte à peine, on survole l’intrigue et on ne creuse pas les persos… et perso dans un thriller, j’aime ressentir, être investie, m'attacher... 🥹💔

Et alors cette fin… 😳 mais pourquoi ils ont coupé le câble comme ça ?!? On m’a dit “ok, ciao, débrouille-toi avec tes questions” 🫠. Si c’était pour me teaser une saison 2, c’est raté… j’ai pas ce petit frisson d’attente, juste une grosse sensation de “quoi ?! c’est tout ?!” 🤷🏼‍♀️

Bref, pas mauvais… mais tellement frustrant 😩. Ça m'a laissé un arrière-goût de “ça aurait pu être ouf” mais ça reste juste… moyen ✌🏻

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Bloody mess

If you have watched some classic Takashi Miike films, you probably know what to expect. If you haven’t, I recommend you to check the tags and see for yourself if it is something that you can stomach or not.

What I liked:
- Opening credits: a gorgeously made animated intro.
- Cinematography and directing: nice camera angles, great color grading, some beautiful shots and well choreographed action scenes. Certainly a pleasure to the eye.
- CGI and gore: The CGI looks realistic enough and the gore scenes seem like they came out from a video game or a webtoon. As a result not only you can feel the influence from the source material, but at the same time the gory scenes are as bloody as they should be to not disturb the viewer. The gore and disturbing scenes are actually pretty mild comparing to some of his work (Audition, I am looking at you).
- Duration of the episodes: each episode lasts from around 37 minutes to 50, something that greatly helps with the pacing.
- Female lead: we finally have a strong morally grey female character.
- Easy and fun to watch: again, if you are not into violent and gory series, you will probably hate this, but if you like watching these type of shows, you will be entertained enough.
- Jung Hae In looking like an anime character: self explanatory. I am shallow, I know.

What I disliked:
- Lack of suspense: even though it is a fun ride, as a viewer I didn’t feel like I had to watch the next episode immediately.
- Plot holes and nonsensical scenes: unfortunately there are way too much nonsensical stuff (plainly speaking the characters' actions are dumb).
- One of the characters that appeared in the last episodes: I found that particular character very unrealistic (I know this is a sci-fi drama but still).
- Comedic relief: I felt like they added some elements as comedic relief and even though they didn’t focus on them, I found them unnecessary for a live action.
- Unnecessary actions between our two main characters.

What I found mediocre:
- ML’s character: this is just a personal thing, but I found the male lead to be a bit underwhelming at times. He is definitely not your typical hero, but his foolish actions and the fact that he could barely fight made some of the scenes a bit boring to watch.
- Plot: even though there were a lot of plot holes and nonsensical stuff happening, like I previously mentioned, the plot had potential and the concept was pretty good. I definitely had fun watching it, as I knew I had to think illogically to enjoy it.
- Acting: definitely more on the positive side, but certainly it didn’t have the great performances that I expected.

All in all, it was fun and easy watch that you can only enjoy if you know beforehand that you need to throw your brain out of the window.

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