Critiquing to me is not about hobbyism in writing, analysing or dismissing a series for you to watch. You should watch as many things of art or entertainment as you like without someone rambling on the evaluation!
However, if you love film, there are so so many productions. Time is too precious to find to sort through all of them to find the cinema that enriches your mind.
I love del Toro, don't get me wrong, especially giving other filmmakers a platform to show their directional work. Also his visual effects style is something to enjoy. However, with so many of his work, the stories his films are telling or the scares there are trying to evoke, are just not that effective.
The same goes for these series; they visuals, artwork and effects are gorgeous (and nasty of course) to see. Also these episodes and have this original reel quality about them that make it feel films instead of tv cam quality.
But the stories hardly get frightening, the characters are interesting but never evoke sympathy. The stories seem to have this weird, repetitive structure in them where the twist is being foreboded, the story is stretched out and when the potentially interesting climax of the story occurs, it is just done away with very quickly.
If you look for something with more substance, I would recommend;
However, if you love film, there are so so many productions. Time is too precious to find to sort through all of them to find the cinema that enriches your mind.
I love del Toro, don't get me wrong, especially giving other filmmakers a platform to show their directional work. Also his visual effects style is something to enjoy. However, with so many of his work, the stories his films are telling or the scares there are trying to evoke, are just not that effective.
The same goes for these series; they visuals, artwork and effects are gorgeous (and nasty of course) to see. Also these episodes and have this original reel quality about them that make it feel films instead of tv cam quality.
But the stories hardly get frightening, the characters are interesting but never evoke sympathy. The stories seem to have this weird, repetitive structure in them where the twist is being foreboded, the story is stretched out and when the potentially interesting climax of the story occurs, it is just done away with very quickly.
If you look for something with more substance, I would recommend;
- Masters of Horror
- Black Mirror
- Love, Death and Robots (season 1)
- Channel Zero
- The Twilight Zone
- The Outer Limits.