The second half felt so different in comparison to the first, in a good way. It was enjoyable but essentially an introduction to what this show will be about. I'm really looking forward to the second season.
Obviously, just an intro for the actual show. Not much is shown or explained, but a lot of build up was produced. Season 2, don't fail me now!
Loved the book, the series seems to have lots of potential!. Lovde the first episode!
This season is short. Just an introduction in fact, but a great intro.
Visually, it's beautiful. Perfect image, lots of close up, slo-mo, light effects. But just below the Zack Snyder style limit that would make it too much. The general feeling of the show, atmosphere, music, colors, renders perfectly.
The concept itself is great, extremely clever. The present day faith war, and the way to modernize old gods (you were a god of fire? here are guns. You were a goddess of sex ? Here's Tinder, enjoy) is just splendid.
Some actors performances are amazing, and you greatly feel the difference between who the episodes are centered on. Anything with Wednesday, World or Media is top notch.
By comparison the side stories feel a little bland. Specially on such short a season where you wonder what the point is. The small unrelated stories that gives a feeling of the world in the beginning are good. But then some seem useless. I guess this comes together later in the story but at the end of the season, there was no point to the whole presence of Bilquis and Salim. Even Laura's backstory feels like useless filling when it happens.
I hope that next season will have more episodes to develop, this would help enjoying the side stories without it taking so much space compared to the main story.
“American Gods” can be hard to get into, as it has a really peculiar tone and needs a lot of patience as far as pacing goes. It’s a unique and charismatic show that gives a whole new twist on fantasy, but whose peculiar visual style doesn’t always get matched with a cohesive narrative. I think its biggest flaw comes from the showrunners’ eagerness to show too much at the same time. Episodes are littered with over-stylized vignettes and set pieces introducing gods and characters that do not directly impact the main storyline. Coming from someone who hasn’t read the novel, it took most of the season to figure out where the characters are heading. Some diversions take up half an episode, and some apparently unrelated character backstories even eat up full episodes. It works as an anthology series, but the overarching plot has been dull and all over the place at the same time. It would be great to find out, but considering the bad reputation of the last two seasons, I’m not sure I will take the risk.
Fun, smart, ambitious, maybe a bit pretentious, beautifully shot and crazily over the top, it's most of all a showcase for the great Ian McShane and the very good bunch of character actors that surround him. Sadly, Ricky Whittle is not on their level but I can live with it.
Love the show cant wait for season 2 to come out
Brilliant acting and concept - its got abstract and reality beautifully intertwined in a classy and believable way
Shadow Moon is the most unconvincing character I've seen in a tv show for a long time. I think it's just the actor, because everyone else seems to fit the part OK. Still, very disappointing show for such a good book.
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