Unauthorized Magic

Some viewers seem to think they packed too much information into this premiere episode, while others found it not exciting enough. I think they struck a good balance and hit just the right note. There's not THAT much information: Quentin has some mental issues, magic exists, a school for magic exists, and the school rejected Julia so she's forced to join up with unofficial, counter-culture magicians who are called Hedge Witches. Oh, also the antagonist is introduced, but I'm already flirting with spoiler territory so I'd better stop. One more thing: the school is nothing like Hogwort's. I think it's a great start!

The blinding problem that plagues the first episode is that the characters are just so insufferable. There is no subtlety in their intense personalities. They are either extremely nasty or extremely boring or extremely sarcastic. The actors that play these characters also fail to bring any kind of charisma, chemistry, or depth. The show as a whole feels very much like an uninspired copy of other, far more interesting and successful shows.

The only saving grace is the final scene. A necessary death, an interesting villain, and a cliffhanger that makes me want to watch on.

Unfortunately, a show cannot succeed on cliffhangers alone.

It's a good pilot episode, I will continue to watch the next episodes to see where it is headed but I was a little bit distracted: why the hell is the Winchester round table hanging in the school? Does it have anything to do with the plot? Because I love a good story related to the Arthurian legend.

I freally liked the introduction of Fillory and their magical world, I like the more mature and adult portrayal of a fantasy show, I felt the actors get really well as did the writers, the pilot is slow but I believe that was the intention to grab you and make you interested in checking more of it out, I think thre characters are a bit unlikable and problematic but again I am sure the writers done it on purpose

First off, the PG13 sex scene gets a big minus. It's just like watching a bad infomercial. -1 Star

This a show for kids? It seems like it. The magic....that seems to impress everyone is not that impressive.

I was not impressed by this Pilot at all. It did not grab me. 4/10.

And IMDB has now made it so a review has to have 600 characters before it can be entered. I really don't expect that to last very long because people are sure to complain about it. But until that happens I guess we have to expect reviews to be long winded and sometimes about absolutely nothing to do with the show in question.