kuan-joe

I LOVE detective dramas, I will go out of my ways searching the best cop, crime dramas. I watch European, Asian cop dramas as long as it is intriguing and there is a genuine story to tell.

But this one is so obvious trying to tick all the boxes, typical BBC delivering "The Message" type of drama. The story is simply not fluid, dialogues fell out of places, characters don't feel real. The writers are obviously trying to force delivering their perceptions of social issues and the worst of all, by telling not showing. Everything feels off. It just confirms that nothing I have missed from BBC for decades since Luther.

These superpower teenagers should have the most complex characters but they are not. Simple, predictably inconsistent characters.

For instance, the girl with superpower changing people mind, she is beautiful and why on earth she is the most loving and caring person in the story. She should be the most spoiled, arrogant, manipulative, toxic, cunning, scary person. Just imagine if a girl is pretty and can manipulate anyone to what/how she wants with a finger click, what kind of person will become. The whole thing just doesn't make sense.

Personas are all over the place, not consistent. It's more the personalities changing from one place to another to suit the story. It should be the other way round that the consistency of surreal, self-centered characters with their own agendas that drive the story.

Should be a power struggle with some twists. Getting to the truth shouldn't be high in agenda. It should be how to cheat, how to steal the vaccines to climb to the top for their own reasons, vengeance, dominate the world, rescue someones, etc.

The movie has received top and dire reviews. So I went to see the movie and make up my own mind.

This movie tries to capture many cinematic and atmospheric moments but totally fail short. First, it's 3 hours way overrun of VERY slow takes, not much actions and extremely slow conversations like everyone in Gotham talks that slow. Secondly, when it comes to actions, it's not that breathtaking. Finally, it tries to force some political views which it ruins it. Stay focus on entertaining viewers.

Also I got a feeling Matt Reeves is trying to mimic the Joker movie due to it's tremendous success which is not really an action movie but focus on character development and how society evolved have changed him which is a very refreshing approach.

Matt Reeves tries to do similar on Batman character as well as with the Riddler, Catwoman and other bad guys which is just far too confusing to me.