 Fuck That's a hot mug guys Hey guys This is my review for the Witcher the first season of the new show on Netflix and I'm very torn about this In fact, I actually had to watch this almost from front to back twice Just to get it the Witcher is obviously based off of the novel series Which gave the video game series a huge acclaim I have tried to play the second one and the third one and I don't know I just can't get into them but I can understand the huge popularity for them And obviously that translated over into the show because it's a huge hit Henry Kavell seems to be a really big fan of it The biggest thing about this show that everyone had a big problem with which was Henry Kavell He's proven to be one of the best parts about it I don't really know the character at all But he gives a great performance in this show clearly knows what the show is about He is a fan of the material you see that from all the interviews except it's not entirely about him And that's probably my biggest drawback from this show is its narrative as individual episodes I actually enjoy them like little short stories. I did enjoy most of the episodes of this season. I enjoyed the characters I enjoyed the writing the enifer character Especially how she becomes a sorceress and her later on the show I mean only once she became a sorceress you've come and came a little bit less interesting her Journey to becoming a full-on sorceress was the best part of this show the other really great part about this season I would say is the third episode where Geralt takes on the Striga, which that whole story the entire conflict of the Climax of that story really really well done But as a whole this thing is a mess and that's because the showrunner is the same showrunner for the defenders You know the supposed Avengers of the TV Marvel shows Completely failed to be anything other than a Wow, there are some improvements mainly with bringing you into the characters and giving cool interesting facts and Really well-written dialogue with these characters the overall narrative is still a weak point for her This goes all over the place the first episode really in the timeline Should be viewed as the seventh episode and the second episode is the first episode But then the sixth episode goes back to the first all over the place trying to watch this Medially is hard trying to watch it with subtitles and actually full-on paying attention to it was a bit difficult Especially with the siri character siri is meant to be something much more from what I've gathered from this show as well As the books in this in the video games, but her story is so Boring you can say her quest her search for Geralt is kind of similar to that of Danny trying to build up her army to go back to Westeros But at least something's happening every time siri comes back to the story everything grinds to a halt She is the most boring part about this entire show even especially with the mage Weird changeling thing that part was so horrible. There's some actors in this who are really great Obviously the main cast all the secondary actors are almost horrible though If you rewatch the first episode where Geralt's killing all those guys and then he stabs that dude into the door The stuntman is just like Until Geralt cuts his head off another part. That's very weak for me for the show is the lighting. There is so much rich Fantasy lore in this there are so many cool costumes the ideas of the characters the lore and the world that they're building Yet it's shot like a goddamn hallmark movie This is such a boring show to watch from a lighting perspective I watched a single episode of the Handmaid's Tale and they showed a character in a bedroom And that was better lit than the entirety of this show the lighting is so telling that by the end of the first episode I had a bet that this was either shot in Czech Republic or Poland more of those Eastern European shows don't have as much budget And as much production value as ones over in Western Europe are in North America do so obviously that bleeds into the show But aside from those negatives the characters are really well done Henry Covell clearly has a passion for this project He is very entertaining every time he's on the screen him and the Bard have great chemistry Gerald himself is actually a really cool intricate character Jennifer really is more so the main person I would say of this show. She has a fantastic arc It gets a little bit dull later on but I did find her just as intriguing if not more so than Geralt Everything else that's kind of happening on the side. It's just circumstantial These two are the ones who are clearly building the way towards the second season which will be stronger I can only hope that it will be they're gonna take these notes And they're gonna improve on it in the second season build a narrative That is one whole narrative if you're gonna do this multi-narrative bullshit do it better You have to be more clear about it because there's sometimes where I didn't even realize we went back in time and all of a sudden There was a character they're going wait what I didn't even realize we were there Essentially, they just need to have a much more clear narrative for the story to progress So there aren't any dead spots like serious entire story are just a more entertaining narrative Otherwise, I still feel that the Witcher is good I do enjoy a lot of episodes the song by God is so entertaining But it still has a lot of problems. It definitely needs some better cinematography and it needs a better structure So in the end, I'm gonna give the first season of the Witcher a three out of seven. It's okay It has good episode, but the final episode is such a mess The finale is so badly put together, but again, it does give me hope that the second season will be a lot better I do have faith that the second season will be a lot better. She made the defender She has to realize that she fucked up there too. Anyways guys, that's all for me Hope you enjoyed this review if you did leave a like and if you're interested in more maybe subscribe and one other little thing Could someone please tell me what makes the Witcher game so fun? 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