Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
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Sinistkir13
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I'm only on episode 5 because some of these are hard to get through. Like others said, way too much build up on inconsequential bullshit only to plop down an ending. Some of them like the first could have been trimmed down to half the length and had more impact.
Overall I liked the autopsy once it got going, although it felt a bit disjointed in the start. The fourth episode was also surprisingly pretty entertaining because at least the pacing was pretty even.
The thing is, you could tell that alongside the obvious problems and vices, the guy had enough of a shitty hand dealt to him that it really was laughable at how hard they tried to force him to be the bad guy who got what he deserved.
If any stranger walks up to you out of nowhere claiming you bought something of their's through some fluke and to just take their word on it because the super said so, that's suspicious as hell no matter who you are. Not to mention the absurdity of watching someone get their ass kicked and windows broken, as though that's the perfect opportunity to ask them for anything.
That's where some ambiguity (and brevity for the overall episode) would have been better. When you set up a character to be so cartoonish and make the story's intentions so transparent, it weakens the "reveal" in the end dramatically. Time could have been much better spent building up the mystery of the lot, the old man, the hidden room (how did it get there and how did it get so far?), and eventually leading up to the demon. That's one thing I liked about the fourth episode; you could kind of go either way with the main character's fate, but she wound up getting a happy ending when it could have easily turned out horribly for her.
The demon was also insultingly idiotic because no matter how big a skeptic you are, I would think seeing a hollowed shell of a woman with tentacles coming out of her mouth in the middle of a pentagram is enough of a sign to listen to the guy saying not to cross the barrier.
Overall seems like squandered potential, and echoing what was said earlier, not the best first impression. The second episode at least wasn't so on the nose with the modern shit, but it also could have handled making the main character more morally grey for the ending to hit harder instead of being so obvious.
Overall I liked the autopsy once it got going, although it felt a bit disjointed in the start. The fourth episode was also surprisingly pretty entertaining because at least the pacing was pretty even.
Yeah, the first episode could give you a concussion with how heavy handed it was for no logical or narrative reason other than to be something typically Netflix.
The thing is, you could tell that alongside the obvious problems and vices, the guy had enough of a shitty hand dealt to him that it really was laughable at how hard they tried to force him to be the bad guy who got what he deserved.
If any stranger walks up to you out of nowhere claiming you bought something of their's through some fluke and to just take their word on it because the super said so, that's suspicious as hell no matter who you are. Not to mention the absurdity of watching someone get their ass kicked and windows broken, as though that's the perfect opportunity to ask them for anything.
That's where some ambiguity (and brevity for the overall episode) would have been better. When you set up a character to be so cartoonish and make the story's intentions so transparent, it weakens the "reveal" in the end dramatically. Time could have been much better spent building up the mystery of the lot, the old man, the hidden room (how did it get there and how did it get so far?), and eventually leading up to the demon. That's one thing I liked about the fourth episode; you could kind of go either way with the main character's fate, but she wound up getting a happy ending when it could have easily turned out horribly for her.
The demon was also insultingly idiotic because no matter how big a skeptic you are, I would think seeing a hollowed shell of a woman with tentacles coming out of her mouth in the middle of a pentagram is enough of a sign to listen to the guy saying not to cross the barrier.
Overall seems like squandered potential, and echoing what was said earlier, not the best first impression. The second episode at least wasn't so on the nose with the modern shit, but it also could have handled making the main character more morally grey for the ending to hit harder instead of being so obvious.
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