Didn't really click... Greeny super hero saving us from 'eye-for-an-eye' mentality. Bad guys not really getting what they deserve. Trendy scenes like cheek swabs. And the camera getting way too close.
One of the biggest turn-off's was the breathy voice used by Kurt. It was distracting. We could not wait for the show to be over so that we didn't have to listen to it anymore.
Most of it was SUPER slow. Slow can be dramatic, but use it sparingly, otherwise it is mind numbing. The intro is way too long, luckily Netflix doesn't make you sit through it every episode. Music put us to sleep.
Cinematography was dark and sometimes tries to be cool but ends up annoying, example is having the business end of a gun in our faces. There were a few beautiful shots of the forest though.
Crass vocabulary, especially in the workplace, was extremely off-putting.
Police force not as smart or wise as expected given their supposed training and experience.
Seems to have not much to do with Mankell's Wallander. The timing and location and story line are off. Would have been better and received less criticism under its own name.
Yes, it should probably be in Swedish, but as English-speakers who are often doing other things while watching, we're grateful to have it in English so that we don't have to focus on subtitles. But having it first in Swedish, then voiced-over (hopefully by proper actors) would be good and solve a lot of the accent problems.
We haven't seen the original Swedish Wallander series, but have watched and re-watched the Kenneth Branagh version, mostly because it's in English and despite the subject matter being dark, the cinematography is beautiful and we get to enjoy Sweden for a bit.
And there's the biggest test of whether a show is good or not. Would we re-watch this version or recommend it to a friend? No.
One of the biggest turn-off's was the breathy voice used by Kurt. It was distracting. We could not wait for the show to be over so that we didn't have to listen to it anymore.
Most of it was SUPER slow. Slow can be dramatic, but use it sparingly, otherwise it is mind numbing. The intro is way too long, luckily Netflix doesn't make you sit through it every episode. Music put us to sleep.
Cinematography was dark and sometimes tries to be cool but ends up annoying, example is having the business end of a gun in our faces. There were a few beautiful shots of the forest though.
Crass vocabulary, especially in the workplace, was extremely off-putting.
Police force not as smart or wise as expected given their supposed training and experience.
Seems to have not much to do with Mankell's Wallander. The timing and location and story line are off. Would have been better and received less criticism under its own name.
Yes, it should probably be in Swedish, but as English-speakers who are often doing other things while watching, we're grateful to have it in English so that we don't have to focus on subtitles. But having it first in Swedish, then voiced-over (hopefully by proper actors) would be good and solve a lot of the accent problems.
We haven't seen the original Swedish Wallander series, but have watched and re-watched the Kenneth Branagh version, mostly because it's in English and despite the subject matter being dark, the cinematography is beautiful and we get to enjoy Sweden for a bit.
And there's the biggest test of whether a show is good or not. Would we re-watch this version or recommend it to a friend? No.