A series that started great, which intrigued us from the first moment with its palette of interesting characters.
The first two seasons are really great, tense, with smart and interesting dialogues and action that draws us into another, interesting world.
The cast is excellent, Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti brilliantly portrayed their characters. Perfect casting. But the supporting characters are equally interesting and the actors who play them did a great job in their roles.
The plot is dynamic and fun, and the characters and their actions make sense and fit the story. The cinematography is excellent, the production is at a high level. The direction is good, there are no unnecessary camera movements, there is no shaky camera that mostly seems cheap and irritating. Basically, everything is excellent, high quality and interesting.
This is followed by a safe and slow sinking into mediocrity, to which we are unfortunately accustomed.
A show that could have been one of those that will be talked about for decades and watched over and over again. Unfortunately, the writers simply did not endure without embarking on the predictable path of mediocrity and clichés so typical of today's film production.
This may have been one of those few television masterpieces, but it simply became another of the mediocre television series that is neither particularly bad nor particularly good.
The first two seasons are really great, tense, with smart and interesting dialogues and action that draws us into another, interesting world.
The cast is excellent, Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti brilliantly portrayed their characters. Perfect casting. But the supporting characters are equally interesting and the actors who play them did a great job in their roles.
The plot is dynamic and fun, and the characters and their actions make sense and fit the story. The cinematography is excellent, the production is at a high level. The direction is good, there are no unnecessary camera movements, there is no shaky camera that mostly seems cheap and irritating. Basically, everything is excellent, high quality and interesting.
This is followed by a safe and slow sinking into mediocrity, to which we are unfortunately accustomed.
A show that could have been one of those that will be talked about for decades and watched over and over again. Unfortunately, the writers simply did not endure without embarking on the predictable path of mediocrity and clichés so typical of today's film production.
This may have been one of those few television masterpieces, but it simply became another of the mediocre television series that is neither particularly bad nor particularly good.