Polo

I really wanted to like the Polo documentary (well is more like reality tv), it hace some good parts like the father son competitive spirit, but that's about it, no bad but no good either, The first episode was tough to connect with, because it presents a world that not only isn't very relatable to most people, but is boring to boot," I think they try to hard to be like the other sports documentaries on Netflix but the biggest problem is that Polo is not a sport that can connect with normal people, and that's the biggest problem with trying to bring a Polo documentary to Netflix, I am no sure if ever Polo as sport will be mainstream.

An ambitious show about very rich people hobby. I am afraid, I couldn't find much of promised hope in the show, except maybe a hint "when you become as rich as these people you will be able to play polo, too". No doubt, polo can be rather attractive and entertaining, however it is very rare and popular in very limited community and social circle, you cannot compare it with much more democratic sports like cycling or football.

I have read about horse health problem in polo sport, and I wish this was discussed in the show. I wish I could see the polo players taking care about these beautiful animals, unfortunately I didn't.

Interestingly, the world mostly know about polo because of the royals playing it. But we see no Harry participating in polo. Instead I had to watch some unknown guys trying to speak English and explain the polo essence.

As someone who followed Polo in England most of my life I was looking forward to this series.

But how on earth could Netflix make such an exciting and interesting sport so tedious and so boring?

The characters were superficial and self-obsessed. Despite the fact that many polo players are great company and fun to be around, Netflix managed to find not even one likeable character. It was a bit like watching a re-run of Dallas.

Fortunately I know where the "off" button is on the remote control, and there are plenty of other things to stream, so I did not waste my time by watching the whole thing.

What I don't understand is why Netflix (who make some pretty good series) even bothered to stream this truly awful show.

I can't quite put my finger on it. This could have been amazing but it failed to live up to its potential. Sports documentaries have a true and tested formula for success which is confusing as to why this failed. Some people are blaming the elite mess of the sport which i thing is rubbish. Look at F1 that is super elite! I feel like they didn't delve into the characters to show their warmth but rather portrayed people as spoiled, rude and entitled which is a shame because it's unlikely to be realistic. I feel like it wasn't produced or directed to its full potential. The idea is there but there wasn't enough connection to the characters. It didn't really dig deep enough. Shame their won't be a season 2 unless they can turn it around.

There's also probably a lot of hate towards it just because it was executive produced by Megan Markle. Essentially, it has all the ingredients for the recipe but poor execution.

I know nothing about polo and really dont care about polo. But rich people do, horse people do. So I thought it would be interesting to learn about the sport and why its important. Well nope, not really. This was more a reality show then a documentary. And I hated everyone in it even the pregnant lady. I dont care what the rich spend their money on and this seems like an interesting sport. I was hoping for more look into the actual game, the rules, strategy, horse breeding, training. Nope its all about rich a holes who hit their cooler with a polo stick and think their hard core. I guess meghan and harry had to put out something for their netflix contract.