mjbyrne-36171

The narration and story telling are awful. Considering this is done by Amazon I would have expected much better.

There is a podcast called Dark Histories (@DarkHistories on YouTube) which is done as a side project by one person and it is superior to this show.

I have been watching that for years so when I heard Lore as a similar concept of telling historical horror events it sounded interesting. Other reviews talk about the narration dropping off after series 1 which must be really bad because series 1 narration is so bad. Very bad speaking style considering the subject and it seems like the person had never narrated a show before. Again, seems weird that this person passed the audition.

The storytelling is also bad. It's rushed, over the top, with poor sound effects that are annoying and do not instill horror. Someone tell the creators that less can be more.

I saw another review of this that pointed to negative reviews as Marvel lovers that were expecting Mad Max 4 with endless big explosions. And I think that is pretty accurate. The only thing related to Mad Max is the dystopian aspect and nothing more.

This movie is slow and drawn out as the protagonist tries to find her identity in a prison wasteland between two groups. The vibes I get from this are much closer to Natural Born Killers. The characters are interesting, nuanced and it takes time for you to get to know them and what to expect. If you want bad guys vs good guys, this isn't for you. If you are okay with artsy and violent then this could be right up your alley.

The show is presented as a story as the means to show off building contraptions. They did this as purely documentary type filmmaking has already been done on this subject such as mythbusters and duct tape island. The problem is that it is overly contrived and not very entertaining. The broad concepts aren't amusing however there are a lot of more subtle jokes and dialogue that is pretty funny. Technically there is one big problem, the color grading is horrible. It wasn't a style choice because some shots are more contrasty and saturated. Most of the scenes are very grey, unsaturated and seem barely adjusted above plain log c. On a tropical island I really want to see the blues of the water and green of the vegetation and it's not there.