colbybland

Man my expectations where low, but dam they did a good job out doing themselves. This is Game of Thrones season eight bad.

If you want to make a garbage tv series you don't have to ruin great stories at the same time.

A wonderfully acted and truly human movie about the impending divorce of a theatrical couple (director and actress). While the movie is intense and includes intense performances by Adam and Scarlett, it is more of a divorce story than a marriage story. The entire focus of the move is about the couple battling over their child, not over their marriage. This part of the title and story mislead me, but still it's a wonderful movie and you should delicate time watch this.

"The Truth doesn't care about our needs or wants. It doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions. It will lie in wait for all time. And this, at last, is the gifts of Chernobyl"

Valery Legasov quote of the series which describes what a solid portion of the feature is about. The destruction caused by lies.

Ironically, this didn't dissuade the producers of this series from exaggerating, sensationalizing, and flat out lying about the events of Chernobyl. The level of inaccuracies and regarding radiation and it's lethality and spread are exaggerated to an insane degree. (Read one of the dozens of articles about it, I preferred the two by Forbes.) Hopefully, people will research the real history and learn about one of the safest form of energy production.

While I cannot speak to the historical accuracy of the costumes or culture, the characterization of radiation makes this borderline propaganda. Soviet Russia would be proud.

Side note: Look into the recent wildlife resurgence in and around Chernobyl. Groups of mammals have returned in abundance, including elk and wolves. (as seen on Our Planet: Episode 8 I believe)