Shout by Lainfan

Shadow and Bone 2021

Intriguing world and premise, but the terrible pacing and uneven quality destroys a promising show.

Characters are fairly one dimensional, especially their introductions are lacking. The plot moves at the speed of a bullet train launched into space, which especially hurts the world building and character development. It also causes the themes to be hardly explored, and side plots to feel trivial. CGI and cinematography are a mixed bag, ranging from nice to terrible (especially the color filter is often hideous), The acting is ok in general, but dialogue can be uneven.

About halfway into the 1st season, the show stabilizes somewhat, but it never recovers from the problematic opening, making any investment in the characters and world shallow at best.

It is a waste because the world seems highly interesting, and I have to assume it deserves much better than this uninspired work.

loading replies
Loading...