Review of Ares

Ares (2020)
6/10
I understand the meaning, but still..
25 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Well, the meaning of the show becomes clear near the end, at about episode 7, and i liked it. problem is, although the 8 episodes are quite short, the series is still painfully slow and quite boring: it takes three episodes to build up, probably 10% of the whole time is taken by people walking slowly through beautiful rooms, 20% is made of opaque dialogs, 20% of "intense staring", 10% of suicides, 10% of vomiting, 5% of coal-covered BDSM scenes, 10% of existential drama about Rosa's choices of life, and the rest is nothing at all.

There is great cinematography and very good musical score, a good atmosphere, some tension, but in the end everything goes on a symbolic level, revealing the big lie behind Ares society.

I would not call a disaster at all, but still it didn't keep me on the edge of the seat. I hope they won't make a season 2, because it won't just have any sense to do it, as the story is simply complete ad it is. anyway, i would certainly not watch it
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