Netflix's The Witcher
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Going to watch the first episode tonight. Curious to see what Henry Cavill brings to the character. I like the guy, he seems like he gives a shit and he can do good work when given good material.
Be warned. Time doesn't flow like normal in the show. It takes some time to get used to it.
This cements in my mind that Yennefer is a horrible person and needs to killed to save humanity. So should all sourcerers
Also, the deal connecting Geralt and Yennefer comes off way more creepy.
Cavill does a good job as Geralt. There's still the normal dissonance with his character. He deliberately stays out of fights sometimes and other times starts the fight with little consistency. The Striga has the person who curses brutally slaughtered but the incest king doesn't even get a talking to. And, of course, leaves a vulnerable teenager under the guidance of a incestuous rapist. Genius Geralt
Look, I like it. 8/10. I also need to stop here as I keep picking at it
This cements in my mind that Yennefer is a horrible person and needs to killed to save humanity. So should all sourcerers
Also, the deal connecting Geralt and Yennefer comes off way more creepy.
Cavill does a good job as Geralt. There's still the normal dissonance with his character. He deliberately stays out of fights sometimes and other times starts the fight with little consistency. The Striga has the person who curses brutally slaughtered but the incest king doesn't even get a talking to. And, of course, leaves a vulnerable teenager under the guidance of a incestuous rapist. Genius Geralt
Look, I like it. 8/10. I also need to stop here as I keep picking at it
So I haven?t started watching yet, but apparently Cavill is killing it as Geralt. I?ll admit I was highly skeptical initially, but after reading the IMDB trivia [https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5180504/trivia] it sounds like he not only earned the role but was made for it.
Geralt is supposed to be around 100 during the witcher 3 so yeah he's not gonna age in a manner of a few decades up or down lol.
I plan on marathoning the series so I haven't started it yet but good to hear it's shaping up well.
I plan on marathoning the series so I haven't started it yet but good to hear it's shaping up well.
Yeh, Cavill put a lot of effort into portraying Geralt and it shows. Aside from physical prep, he apparently also replayed and reread the books and games multiple times in preparation for the role (Cavill is an avid pc gamer and self-admitted nerd). It's pretty evident in his speech and mannerisms, they're very much modeled after those of Game Geralt.hanselthecaretaker said:
I forgot to add - I like Dandelion in this depiction. I've always hated him but I think they pull off how useful he is. Hopefully later they will add the politically savvy Dandelion without ruining him
Valley of Plenty is a catchy song
Valley of Plenty is a catchy song
I'm 5 episodes in, and I can't say that I like it or that I dislike it. It's OK, I guess. But it's definitely not a GoT killer or anything of the sort. It's mediocre. But the saddest thing is that I can see all the aspects which could be improved and it's not very difficult to see how they could be improved. Which basically means that the show is cheap, since a lot of its faults could have been averted with a higher budget.
One of my main gripes is with the visuals. Everything looks so polished and sterile and it feels fake. I can tell that they're on a set, rather than a real location. That adds to another problem. There's no real sense of where these people are, of how big the world is. It's as if nothing exists outside of the current room where everyone is in. So when the action changes to another character in another set, it makes the world feel disjointed. The fact that the show doesn't tell you that it's jumping several decades back and forth serve only to amplify this issue and make the world feel even more disjointed. Even establishing shots don't seem to add anything to alleviate these issues.
One of my main gripes is with the visuals. Everything looks so polished and sterile and it feels fake. I can tell that they're on a set, rather than a real location. That adds to another problem. There's no real sense of where these people are, of how big the world is. It's as if nothing exists outside of the current room where everyone is in. So when the action changes to another character in another set, it makes the world feel disjointed. The fact that the show doesn't tell you that it's jumping several decades back and forth serve only to amplify this issue and make the world feel even more disjointed. Even establishing shots don't seem to add anything to alleviate these issues.
I?ve only seen the first episode so far but I think it?s pretty good. I do have trouble understanding what characters are saying, maybe because of the accents. I had to turn on the subtitles to follow the dialogue.
Henry Cavill is in my view a long way from the best actor out there, but he did okay and held it together as the lead, so fair's fair to him for that. Thought the start was iffy, but it got better throughout. Also found in the early section the jumping around of timelines a little muddling - audience not given much support. Generally, I was pretty happy with it, will watch S2 quite happily.