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The Witcher: The Art of the Illusion (2023)
Season 3, Part 1 - Brought down by horrendous storytelling
The acting is (mostly) well done, Cavill while not the greatest actor out there, is showcasing a true-to-character and amazing Geralt and well worthy of being the lead.
The production and set design is amazing. You can tell the aesthetics are one of the best on tv and so on point, yet the story is terrible, no stakes, just too many secondary characters with motives I don't care about moving from one location to the next advancing a story that I couldn't care less about.
And really, giving us this much filler with cool short scenes of Geralt fighting a monster in between won't work in the long term, just leads to bad editing.
And I am sorry but the chemistry between Geralt and Yen is just non-existent, I still can't imagine them as a couple in a million years and every scene with their romance or even 'letters' totally takes me out of the show.
The potential is right there. Please get people who know how to use it Netflix.
Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
Not bad at all
Netflix's Luther: The Fallen Sun sees the return of DCI John Luther.
I would say I was nicely surprised by it being a decent film considering how the final seasons of the show were going off the rails and how Netflix tends to ruin things that were a pleasant watch before it got the rights.
It does what an Action/Thriller is supposed to do. It is thrilling and keeps you engaged. Does it go beyond that? Not really.
It is cliche of course and there are parts of it being dark just for the sake of it and not having a payoff at the end, plot holes can be found if you look a little more closely, but nothing that ruins the thrill of the movie for you.
The movie is as always carried by the charismatic performance of Idris Elba who knows how to play a grounded detective/James Bond, even at scenes that don't really make sense.
Andy Serkis, while not on the top of his game (thanks to the subpar writing), is still a nice addition to the cast.
While not passionately looking forward to the (apparent) sequels to this movie, I will certainly give them a watch.