Prabhjot Kaur

The sea beast is shamelessly copied from How to Train Your Dragon movie/series. Not just the plot but even the Red Bluster looks a replica of Night Fury with changed colours. I can't believe that the idea was given a green light. Even though it is a copy of the said movie, it fails spectacularly on every front. Spoilers ahead. I know a lot of people think that it is a 'woke propaganda' and I kinda agree with that but that wasn't really an issue for me, it was the copied plot and the stupid and boring storyline for me. But just to add to the propaganda thing, when would the writers understand that black and white aren't the only races, if you really want to include POC then please add those from multiple races not just black and white. Here are the things that made me write this review - I never thought that I'd say this but the voice acting was terrible. I like Karl Urban but his voice didn't fit the character's. Maisie's character starts off with mixed speech like 'fair travels, me swabs' but by the end her language is completely changed and it becomes perfect so obviously they didn't think details like character consistency or speech consistency matter. Maisie was a terrible character anyway - unlikeable, rude and annoying. Then there's the storyline where Jacob turns against the man who was like a father to him, who saved him and took care of him and taught him pretty much everything he knows, I really hate such stories where loyalty means nothing. He did not even apologise or thank the man. Ugh! They could have done something different there but nope, they just had to go that route. What made me even more furious was when in the end Maisie says, 'no ship would ever sail the Dragmarr again and the mysteries beyond would remain undisturbed.' What a sad way to end the movie where no one would explore anything. I know it's a movie for children (even though it doesn't feel like one because of the violence) but is this the message that it wants to teach - not to explore.? I wish I had skipped this.

I loved the show even though there are some pretty big flaws such as bad cgi and the main characters do look older than they are portrayed to be. Edwin is still believable as a sixteen year old because he’s from the Edwardian times and people did look older than they were back then but both Charles and especially Crystal don’t look young enough. Charles looks like he’s about twenty one and when Crystal first showed up, I thought that she’s about twenty nine (I’m aware that the actor playing Crystal is younger than twenty nine) but they kept on saying in the show that she’s a teenager as if trying to convince the viewers. No hate about the actors though, they did a decent job but I’m just not convinced that they are teenagers except for Edwin. Also, there wasn’t any chemistry between Charles and Crystal imo. There are some other plot holes too but those didn’t bother me that much. Having said all this, I loved the show. I loved the connection with The Sandman too. I binge watched the show the first time and I’m watching it for the second time now mainly to see Edwin’s cute/hot moments with Monty and the Cat King. If you can’t tell by now, Edwin is my absolute favourite and I loved Jenny too. Niko wasn’t bad. Night nurse by Ruth Connell was a clever addition. Yes, the show is flawed but it is enjoyable too. I hope this show continues and Netflix doesn’t end up cancelling it.

A stellar cast, bad to decent acting, some action scenes were nice and some were clunky but the plot and pacing were really bad. It was also dragged out without adding anything significant except for setting it up for a sequel. I did like the dig at Ken Doll. I was waiting to be wowed considering the cast and the budget but it didn't. It is still a watchable movie and I recommend if you are a fan of any of the actors in the movie or like decent action.

First of all, I am a huge Ian Somerhalder fan. I liked him in Lost and I loved him in The Vampire Diaries so obviously I was excited to watch this. I was not even halfway through the first episode when all my excitement inflated. I couldn't believe what a terrible show this was. But being a loyal fan, I finished watching the show hoping it gets better but it just didn't. I never though I'd dislike something with Ian Somerhalder so much and no one is more upset about this than me. It was poorly written, even poorer execution and even the acting wasn't up to the mark. I would expect something like this may be ten years ago but not now. I really wanted to like this but this fell short in every which way.