only mediocre

Talia 2022-09-15 23:40:58

Subject: ★★★★☆

Plot: ★★☆☆☆

Logic: ★★☆☆☆

Lines: ★☆☆☆☆

Acting: ★★★☆☆

Photography: ★★★★★

Clip: ★★★☆☆

Soundtrack: ★★★☆☆

Rhythm: ★★☆☆☆

The selection of materials is very good, the story is very extensible and entertaining, and the script and lines are too poor, which seriously affects the look and feel. The photography is top-notch. I like this style very much, but the editing is a little confusing. Personally, I think the age of the actors is the main problem. When you are old, you can rely on makeup, but when you are young, you can't distinguish only by changing your hairstyle and clothes. There is no clear distinction in the play. The timeline reminds me that every time the memory is inserted at the beginning, the switching is too blunt, and there are always dramas.

What I have to say is the acting skills of the actors. The acting skills of several leading actors are not bad for the first season, but the supporting actors are really weak, plus the bad lines, it feels like reading the script. Same.

What I can't stand the most is that the plot is too weak and blunt, and it looks like a running account. A story with lawyers as the main theme, the characters' IQ settings are obviously inconsistent with the plot, and it is still the screenwriter's fault. In order to pull the plot, the characters in it are always made to do things that are inconsistent with their personality and intelligence, causing the audience to disagree. The characters can't be controlled, so they can't develop empathy, resulting in a lack of sense of substitution.

It took a season of time just to shape the characters, it was too procrastinating and not very successful, the characters were still not full enough, they were still like the characters in the story, too sampled and routine, the traces of deliberate shaping were too heavy, and the details were seriously lacking . The old white in Breaking Bad started with family. The whole character has done a lot in terms of relationship network and details of life, so that people can have a good sense of substitution. Sol belongs to the rescuer in Breaking Bad. The existence of the field is to fill in the more and more problems exposed in the later stage. The audience does not need to know too much, leaving a lot of room for reverie and expectations, but if you look at the starring of the new derivative drama, the character Sol is From the very beginning, it was doomed to fail, because the screenwriter not only had to take care of the logic of this show, but also had to be able to not conflict with the worldview of the previous Breaking Bad. There is a sense of heaviness at the end of the season. The shackles are too much to look forward and backward, which makes the plot unable to unfold well. Sol is like Hirata-kun in Hiyori. The character creation is too sampled. Step by step, it is like fighting monsters and upgrading. Too many routines and lack of new ideas. .

And this drama still continues the problems that people criticized in Breaking Bad, that is, the lack of professional knowledge assistance, the director's pattern is too small, and for the sake of the plot, regardless of common sense mistakes, it has to be fabricated and made up, resulting in serious dramas, not paying attention to it. Details are a taboo, because the more you go forward, the more you will be exposed. When we are tired of aesthetics, these accumulated defects will be infinitely magnified, resulting in an unfinished end.

Overall it was decent, but not my type.

View more about Better Call Saul reviews

Extended Reading

Better Call Saul quotes

  • Chuck McGill: Money is beside the point.

    Saul Goodman: Money is the point!

  • Saul Goodman: I'm number one on your speed dial right next to your weed dealer.