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5
The first half was fantastic.
The first half of this series was beautiful to watch, beautifully filmed, an air of nostalgia in a beautiful setting.
But then the setting disappeared, and the "plot" was left unsupported, and the flat, predictable, and formulaic story had to bear its own weight, not helped by the strange decline of the sountrack.
It felt like the director lost interest halfway through and just had to tie it up and go home. The time jump wasn't as awful as these usually are, but it was also insufficiently supported and drained the narrative of what life it had left.
TBH, I barely remember this series. I binged the frist four episodes, and then had to force myself through the rest. It wasn't awful or painful, but it was difficult to pay attention.
This is short enough that it won't kill you to watch it, and the first half is beautiful enough to make it worth it, but a higher budget, better writing, and slightly longer run-time, and a longer attention span on the part of the director, could have made this a masterpiece.
But then the setting disappeared, and the "plot" was left unsupported, and the flat, predictable, and formulaic story had to bear its own weight, not helped by the strange decline of the sountrack.
It felt like the director lost interest halfway through and just had to tie it up and go home. The time jump wasn't as awful as these usually are, but it was also insufficiently supported and drained the narrative of what life it had left.
TBH, I barely remember this series. I binged the frist four episodes, and then had to force myself through the rest. It wasn't awful or painful, but it was difficult to pay attention.
This is short enough that it won't kill you to watch it, and the first half is beautiful enough to make it worth it, but a higher budget, better writing, and slightly longer run-time, and a longer attention span on the part of the director, could have made this a masterpiece.
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