Reviews

Imma keep it short. For me there's 3 main problems.

The FIRST and main problem is the duration of the episodes. I've watched the whole series of, dik... pride. To be able to say I watches it really. But I couldve spent mu time watching 20 films and it wouldve been better spent. And the reason for the episodes being so long is, SECOND, theres a lot of nonsense every episode. The arcs are good, but they overextend them sooooo much that they can get repetitive. This ends in, THIRD, the dialogs. We get the same characters saying the same lines over and over again. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT. Its like they treat the audiences like idiots. And i get this is a mechanism for soap operas. But this isnt supposed to be one, or at least is not marketed as one.

Dont get me wrong. There are good things: FERRO is amazing. Love him. The series can get addictive as you dive into the plot. But they move so slow...

And for those who are not spanish, Galicia is not supposed to be as sunny as it is in the series xd.

The story told in "Petra" is fragmented in 7 chapters, but is not told lineally, so the first chapert we see is the second, then the third, the first, and so on. This is a "fresh" way to structure the narrative, with some potential regarding the building of suspense. However, at some point, it becomes useless in its functions, even making some chapters irrelevant in all its content (thats the power of an elipsis, so turning back in time is pointless unless we tell something new, something we lost in the way). Despite this caracteristics, the movie does his job in creating human drama, may be execesive sometimes, and senseless in the end, but powerful during the majority of the time.

This film doesnt come as what it appears or its been promoted as (adventure/action blockbuster). Its a real event based fiction that catches the eye with a very well sharpenned cinematography, a good directing and an astonishing Charlie Hunnam. May be its worse points are the ellipsis, leaving the public to a new start each time theres a big time jump. (sorry if i dont spell right)