No Spoilers⚠️
Wow….
First of all, I read the books as a kid and had no intention of watching this show due to Disney’s track record.
But my siblings (who also read the books) hounded me to watch it, because it was apparently worse than we thought it was going to be.
So, here I am, sitting down and taking the time to watch, and regretting I did.
- The acting is terrible. Walker’s acting is bad too, which is strange because he was good in Adam’s Project but doesn’t make any facial expressions in this.
- Dialogue is atrocious. The bad delivering from the actors doesn’t help anything.
- Can we talk about the weird cuts to black? It’s like they made this show to play on television, which gives it a cheap feel. It’s like these people have never heard of Fade Transitions
- Music sounds like it’s from the 1999 EverQuest game.. It just doesn’t fit
- Pacing is really awkward and fast, which is a big thanks to the audiences who have been waiting YEARS for a faithful adaption.
- Three episodes in and I only chuckled twice, and it was from Mr. D on ep3. This show has none of the charm or humor that the books had.
- The supporting characters don’t feel like people at all. They don’t act like they have a personality or purpose. More like extras or NPCs.
- (This is really nitpicky, but it was distracting me) They overly blur the background when they are focused on a character, so the background comes off as glaring. Just tune down the blur a bit.
- I at least thought that this show was going to be entertainingly bad, but it’s just boring and bad….
I think this is the worse film editing I’ve seen in 2023. I really feel for my fellow PJ fans that just wanted something faithful…dang just sad😕