FlorisX94
Joined Jun 2016
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Good cinematography, nice Baroque music. Olivia Coleman has a reliable comedic style that goes as far back as Mitchell and Webb Situation and Peep Show. So there's the three plus.
But it's not an historically accurate film - and that's fine. Creativity is, after all, encouraged. And there's the polarized portrayals of men and women - women are witty, fully developed, ambitious; men are shadowy caricatures - and that's fine. Get the message, even though that's not exactly a new message. My biggest problem with this story is that the story itself is not compelling at all. Difficult to care for any of them, and I suspect that few would care for it if labels such as "true historical characters", "costume drama", and above all "royalty", are not glued to it, if it happened in some random old spinster's household in ... Milton Keynes. If so, then this film is playing to a low common denominator - sensationalism without sensation.
But it's not an historically accurate film - and that's fine. Creativity is, after all, encouraged. And there's the polarized portrayals of men and women - women are witty, fully developed, ambitious; men are shadowy caricatures - and that's fine. Get the message, even though that's not exactly a new message. My biggest problem with this story is that the story itself is not compelling at all. Difficult to care for any of them, and I suspect that few would care for it if labels such as "true historical characters", "costume drama", and above all "royalty", are not glued to it, if it happened in some random old spinster's household in ... Milton Keynes. If so, then this film is playing to a low common denominator - sensationalism without sensation.
The basic premise of this series is simple: a high school detective helps the police solving cases (usually murder), with a side-theme of young love. I think this is the best of the genre, for several reasons.
Firstly, all cases are well-developed (at least the original series, the reboot - Kindaichi R may be less so), usually having a 3-5 episodes arc and intricate methods.
Secondly, the characters are well-developed. There is no superhero rescuer (well, one of them is, but he usually took a supportive role), which makes the story ... more relatable, if not actually more plausible.
Thirdly, audiences are usually given full information as the detective, allowing themselves to work out a plausible theory.
Fourthly, and perhaps most admirably, each action serves a pragmatic function and is acknowledged as such. Many shows of this genre offer exhilarating plots just to serve a underlining theme and stimulate viewers' senses (e.g. murders happened in vampire castles involving people being drained of blood). The genius of Kindaichi is that these actions all serve a practical function which is explained at the end (i.e. blood had to be drained because it serves so and so purpose, while simultaneously playing into the underlining theme). This makes the whole series more realistic and looks extremely rounded. I'm sure true fans of detective fiction would appreciate the last two qualities very much.
Firstly, all cases are well-developed (at least the original series, the reboot - Kindaichi R may be less so), usually having a 3-5 episodes arc and intricate methods.
Secondly, the characters are well-developed. There is no superhero rescuer (well, one of them is, but he usually took a supportive role), which makes the story ... more relatable, if not actually more plausible.
Thirdly, audiences are usually given full information as the detective, allowing themselves to work out a plausible theory.
Fourthly, and perhaps most admirably, each action serves a pragmatic function and is acknowledged as such. Many shows of this genre offer exhilarating plots just to serve a underlining theme and stimulate viewers' senses (e.g. murders happened in vampire castles involving people being drained of blood). The genius of Kindaichi is that these actions all serve a practical function which is explained at the end (i.e. blood had to be drained because it serves so and so purpose, while simultaneously playing into the underlining theme). This makes the whole series more realistic and looks extremely rounded. I'm sure true fans of detective fiction would appreciate the last two qualities very much.
