Vojna akademija

There's only one good reason to watch this - Tamara Dragicevic who quite literally stole the show. OK, so I was curious enough to take a look once it became available on-line so I could watch in blocks of 3-4 episodes at a time and skip boring parts. The high concept of mixing military academy training and de-facto teen drama (couples forming and breaking like it was a Josh Schwartz prod) is viable but the execution of that idea in this particular show was lousy and amateurish. The writing was so lazy with so many clichés that every now and then one has to cringe. There's significant percentage of filler material and even worse filler sequences that are repeated in several episodes. Direction and cinematography were the ones that looked really amateurish. Since this show reportedly had full military backing and government funds available these things have to be blamed on the lack of hard work to think through the scenes, frames and details. The saving grace was the ensemble of young actors eager to show off their skills, but with neglectful direction there were huge variations in the resulting quality. In particular, Tamara Dragicevic (as Nadica) stood an order of magnitude above the crowd with exceptional command of modern facial acting (even doing transitions like a seasoned pro) and effortless presence. She just went stealing scenes and then episodes and eventually the show. This phenomenon tends to happen in shows with sub-par direction where one actor emerges as an unstoppable force (Leighton Meester did similar thing in "Gossip Girl") while director is not watching. Someone needs to bring that girl to L.A. ASAP.