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I really missed movies like this: with the intention of entertaining without underestimating the intelligence of those watching and fortunately without political agendas, without those abrupt, poor, irritating and repetitive lectures inserted in the script with the director's position on some controversial topic. A movie that fulfills the role of disconnecting me from reality and everyday problems. Nowadays it seems that every movie has to have a position or some moral lesson and this line of movies has really become saturated.

It's a solid, closed film, in some aspects a bit simple. The main characters are built on clichés from action/suspense films, and the director even plays with this as if the characters knew they were in a film. For me, this is clear in the interactions in the towers, in the scenes where the two play chess and in the scene where they both play drums, alluding to the films in which the two actors starred, respectively The Queen's Gambit and Whiplash. I don't see this as a negative, quite the opposite; the director captures well what viewers of the genre are looking for and delivers very well. The simplicity I referred to is due to the fact that the film is divided into 2 parts: the first part predominantly marked by creating an atmosphere of suspense and mystery, introducing and connecting us with the characters; and the second part with a much faster pace, with action scenes and unraveling the mysteries presented. Some may find the revelations generic or even copied from other works, I do not believe that these are incorrect statements, however they are compatible with the theme addressed.

I honestly think the director is all confused with his ideas, he tries to make the same mix of film genres that he did in "Parasite". In this attempt to address different themes the film completely lost its way. It is a caricatured science fiction film with an inappropriate sense of humor. In terms of humor, the film focuses too much on parodying the current president of the United States, but exaggerates and insists until it becomes repetitive and tiresome. The moral aspect of copying humans is poorly explored. The characters have absolutely no charisma and are poorly developed, so that the viewer cannot empathize with anyone (the creatures from the frozen planet come closest to doing this). In this piece, the attempt to make a cult film only results in a shallow film, too long for what it delivers, boring and forgettable.

Honestly, I don't know if the other people who reviewed this series are very new or are just used to the Netflix standard of quality (ironic tone).

The dialogues are so shallow, the performances are exaggeratedly dramatic that it borders on comedy.

Regarding the story, it is clear that there will not be any minimal explanation or any development, we will probably have other mysteries that remain open, followed by the death of another character (without any meaning or purpose) at the end of the season, just functioning as a hook for the next season.

This pattern of series "construction" is so common (especially in the horror and mystery genre) that any closed story, with a defined beginning, middle and end stands out from the others, like Dark (from Netflix, which I criticize so much, one of his few works that in my opinion are worth watching).

Normally series like this survive a few more seasons supported by cliffhangers and deaths with graphic and/or emotional appeal, until they are canceled due to the gradual drop in audience, who learn this pattern (at least I hope) and move on to the next one.

It's sad, the premise was good, the setting was good too, it could be a good series in the hands of someone who wanted to tell the story.

Note: Even though the Lost series uses several of the mechanisms I listed above, it is ridiculous to compare the quality of the performances and character and story development with this here. Yes lost has several errors, but it told the story, even if some people don't like the ending or the outcome of the characters, From is just a bunch of Celtic and Norse myths mixed with the intention basically to shock.