3 of the four stars are for the gorgeous cinematography. The last star is for SOME of the acting. The story gets zero stars.
I dont disbelieve that there are teens out there that live these kinds of lifestyles, but not these teens in the show. They all seem to barely be functioning humans, much less teenagers. I also understand that teens make bad choices, get in trouble, make mistakes, but again, not in the timeframe in which this show is showing.
It feels like one big 'prestige' drama about drugs and sex with no one at the helm.
Character growth is non-existent but for a few rare and random people. No one learns from their mistakes, improves their lives in any meaningful way, or even has a fall from grace. Everything they do, no matter how horrendous or harmful, they end up back in the same place. Watching it feels like spinning your tires in the mud and expecting a different result from the past four hours of doing the same thing.
With that said, the visuals are great... I just wish they were attached to something with substance, but I guess thats the point. "Oh look at me, I'm so high and glamorous" but in reality you're two inches away from your best friends face laughing like an idiot.
The acting has range, and I dont mean that in a good sense. Some of it ranges from very believable to unfortunately one dimensional cutouts of every teen drama youve ever seen.
You will also spend a good portion of what feels like every episode watching 5-15 minutes of people engaged in bad decision acts in the afformentioned beautiful cinematography but its so hamfisted and goes on for SUCH a long time and happens with such regularity that I was bored even the first time it happened.
I'm sorry to say that this is just a teen drama dressed up in HBO and A24's prestigeness.
I dont disbelieve that there are teens out there that live these kinds of lifestyles, but not these teens in the show. They all seem to barely be functioning humans, much less teenagers. I also understand that teens make bad choices, get in trouble, make mistakes, but again, not in the timeframe in which this show is showing.
It feels like one big 'prestige' drama about drugs and sex with no one at the helm.
Character growth is non-existent but for a few rare and random people. No one learns from their mistakes, improves their lives in any meaningful way, or even has a fall from grace. Everything they do, no matter how horrendous or harmful, they end up back in the same place. Watching it feels like spinning your tires in the mud and expecting a different result from the past four hours of doing the same thing.
With that said, the visuals are great... I just wish they were attached to something with substance, but I guess thats the point. "Oh look at me, I'm so high and glamorous" but in reality you're two inches away from your best friends face laughing like an idiot.
The acting has range, and I dont mean that in a good sense. Some of it ranges from very believable to unfortunately one dimensional cutouts of every teen drama youve ever seen.
You will also spend a good portion of what feels like every episode watching 5-15 minutes of people engaged in bad decision acts in the afformentioned beautiful cinematography but its so hamfisted and goes on for SUCH a long time and happens with such regularity that I was bored even the first time it happened.
I'm sorry to say that this is just a teen drama dressed up in HBO and A24's prestigeness.
