jacquesdr

The premise is really great, but the story soon gets caught in the wrong genre and the wrong narrative. After first two episodes I realized this series wasn't what it was selling itself to be. I was hoping for something more mature and less teen drama. I generally enjoy Eastern European Films for their depth, but this here it is lacking. It's actuary well produced and the acting and cinematography is good. But I suspect the audience that should be watching this, which is the same audience that watches series like Riverdale won't be seeing it. And the audience that is attracted to the premise will be disappointed.

Though well shot, the characature pprtrail of Marilyn is like a character from a Marilyn film. The lead character has been stipped of any 3 dimentional humanity and rather plays like a cartoon character. Though I enjoy a stylised film, it can be done without stripping it's life. Marilyn is a but a shadow of a moaning Mystle that never tales off as a character. Despite it's exhausting length, Blond never gives insight into the inner world of the character, but rather surfs the fringes of cine-noir and breathy intakes of torturious dialogue that feels hollow and without substance. The film is a great disservice towards towards a well envisioned concept. This is what happens when a good director is stuck with a shallow script.

I am seldom one to follow the masses and I am not probe to popular opinion. At first I was of two minds, but as the story develops it becomes more complex. The characters who seem likable and reasonable becomes more questionable. You become torn between their motivation and which is the real driver - survival or greed. Or are they possibly the same? In a world where ownership is survival what defines a fair game? If there is such a thing anymore... This is very good storytelling even if a bit extreme. The lines between good and bad gets blurred. The walls between ethical and immoral is broken down. The subtext is phenomenal and though the violence feels somewhat unnecessary (it could have been done less graphical), it is driven by very strong narrative threads. Highly recommended! This is Money Heist, but with an actual story.