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Career Opportunities (1991)
Not a bad teenager story
If you want to listen 90-x good music , story about teenage problem with grain of romantic - welcome , you will be satisfied.
The Witcher (2019)
Better than expected
As I read all books (except last - its awful ) and play all games of Witcher my review contains comparsion of its. I divide review into 2 part : + and - of serial.
Pluses
1. Good cast ( Geralt , Ciri , Calante , Mousesack , Renfri )
2. Storyline ( Following episodes taken from book and adopted : ep.1 "The end beggining" - Renfry line taken from book "Last wish" chapter " The Lesser Evil" and for me adopted close to original and Cintra line taken from book "Elf Blood" and explained even better than in book (Great work done by Netflix 9/10 in this episode) ; ep.2 "Four marks" Story of Torkve and elfs based on book "Last wish" chapter " The Edge of the World" and illustrates the problem of elfes in Witcher world ( The story in book is more deeper and my advise to read it and 7/10 for episode) ; ep.3 "Betrayer Moon" - stryga line taken from book "Last wish" chapter "Wither" ( Henry Cavill combat batle 10/10 and story as in book highly reccomend to watch 8/10 ) ; ep.4 "Of Banquets , Bastards and Burials" Cintra banquet story taken from book "Last Wish " chapter "A question of Price" ( good adaptation with some changes which do not change the main plot of story 8/10 )
ep.5 " Bottled Appetites" Djin story taken from book "Last wish" chapter "The Last Wish" ( Perfect adaptation 9/10) ep.6,7 I will miss ; In ep.8 i liked idea of shown Sodden Battle which is only mentioned in book but not explained ( idea 10/10 but execution 6.5/10)
3. Combat scenes ( 1st episode Geralt combat with Renfry i can compare with Ser Arthur Dayne combat (GOT 6x03 episode) )
4. Music ( atmospheric and harmonical ( if you play Witcher you can find similar melodies in serial)
5. Alive world ( Background actors make me feel Witcher world alive)
Minuses
1. Cast ( All sorceress. I start form Triss ( theone of the youngest magician in serial ) .Srsly even Tissaia de Vries looks younger then serial Triss . Next Yennefer ( age in book around 100 ) looks like child in front of Geralt . I dont belive that it is powerfull mage when i watch on this actress . Sorry but Chalotra failed this role. Vilgefortz - one of the most powerfull magician , which must be handsome , tall and light power if you see him. What we receive in serial ... ( Funny that in using sword Vilgefortz is better that Geralt (taken from book))
2. Costumes design ( Arm of Nilfguard is awful )
3. Graphic design ( Gold Dragon ( why not to make his body bigger ))
4. Some explanations ( In serials mentioned that thus Yenefer changed his body she is childless . Books differ in explanation , its ok but in serial magicians dont have a child even they do not change their body (Sabrina and Fringilya for example
Conclusion : If you do not read books and play Witcher , you will be delighted to watch this serial . For others - you can find this not a bad adaptation with good and bad aspect. My recommendation - watch.