Visuals/Cinematography: 8/7 ("elves" and humanoid creatures 1-4) Dialog: 2-6 (uneven, and pathetic given they had the source material and author) Characters: 1-6 (abomination)
An absolute abortion of the source material, and a travesty of the depth, nuance, and mystery (and romance!) of the characters of Yennefer and Geralt, which immediately bastardized the setup of Geralt and Ciri-- which was the most poignant thing I've read in my life -- and was the heart of the entire series, and something which can not be fixed.
Just read the books, or listen to the wonderful audiobooks' narration by Peter Kenney, if listening in English. The Polish audiobook performances are beyond amazing, and exceed anything I've heard in English, though I won't have the pleasure of understanding it.
=== And yes, Cavill is a great actor, but he still wasn't given a chance by Hissrich and the writers to show even a Glimmer of who the real character of Geralt is. I still personally didn't like him in the role, but that could have been overcome if the showrunners had had any respect for or understanding of the characters and how good writing and narrative work. They are, however, complete hacks and lying hypocrites for saying that they would do a straight adaptation instead of massively inferior spitball rework fanfic, which is what this actually is, put in the kindest of terms.
Review by LNeroBlockedParent2022-12-28T01:31:37Z
Visuals/Cinematography: 8/7 ("elves" and humanoid creatures 1-4)
Dialog: 2-6 (uneven, and pathetic given they had the source material and author)
Characters: 1-6 (abomination)
An absolute abortion of the source material, and a travesty of the depth, nuance, and mystery (and romance!) of the characters of Yennefer and Geralt, which immediately bastardized the setup of Geralt and Ciri-- which was the most poignant thing I've read in my life -- and was the heart of the entire series, and something which can not be fixed.
Just read the books, or listen to the wonderful audiobooks' narration by Peter Kenney, if listening in English. The Polish audiobook performances are beyond amazing, and exceed anything I've heard in English, though I won't have the pleasure of understanding it.
===
And yes, Cavill is a great actor, but he still wasn't given a chance by Hissrich and the writers to show even a Glimmer of who the real character of Geralt is. I still personally didn't like him in the role, but that could have been overcome if the showrunners had had any respect for or understanding of the characters and how good writing and narrative work. They are, however, complete hacks and lying hypocrites for saying that they would do a straight adaptation instead of massively inferior spitball rework fanfic, which is what this actually is, put in the kindest of terms.