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(tv serija) Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – dobra horror antologija.

Kabinet kurioziteta legendarnog Guillerma del Tora koji služi kao svojevrsni host svakoj epizodi je odlična horror antologija sa moža jednom ili dvije malo slabije epizode od njih osam i koja uključuje čak dvije epizode bazirane na kozmičkom horroru mog omiljenog autora H.P. Lovecrafta, a to su ‘Pickman’s Model’ i ‘The Dreams In The Witch House’ koje su napravljene odlično, a jedan od highlighta mi je apsolutno bila i epizoda ‘Graveyard Rats’ kao pravi gotički primjer animal attack horror podžanra s moralnom porukom, kao i odlična body horror epizoda ‘The Autopsy’ koja je miješala alien invasion, analogiju na ‘Body Snatchers’ sa body gore horrorom kojeg se ni slavni David Cronenberg ne bi posramio. Ovo je izašlo za Netflix, nadam se još kojoj sezoni u budućnosti.

Gluma: 6,5 sjekira/10. Ovisi o epizodi, negdje je malo lošija i radi se skoro o po mom mišljenju karikaturalnom preglumljivanju, do odlične glume nekih filmskih veterana kao što su F.Murray Abraham ili Crispin Glover. No, sve u svemu solidno.

Gore efekti i napetost: 8 sjekira/10. Napetost je prisutna u velikoj mjeri u svakoj epizodi, kao i neke poruke kako je bolje biti svoj i sam nego netko tko misliš da moraš biti, poruke o štetnosti pohlepe i da je nekada bolje ne dirati u svijet mrtvih, to su samo neke od epizoda. Što se tiče gore efekata za sve vas gore houndse ima ih i previše i odlično su napravljeni.

Zaključak: Preporuka za sve fanove horror antologija. Odlična.

(tv series) Breaking Bad – the best series of all times?

It was a long time until I started watching Breaking Bad, but now that I finished it, besides Lost who is number one series to me, Breaking Bad holds firm second place. How you know that a series is great? When you finish the last season, last episode, you are left with feeling of sorrow and melancholy and realization that it is over. This five season series revolves around how simple chemistry teacher good guy, namely Walter White(played by phenomenal Bryan Cranston), became Heisenberg criminal mastermind and meth cooker par excellence who managed to balance between criminal empire of cartel, neo nazis, DEA and above all his own wife and son. Until the bittersweet end that is. What I love about this series is that there were no filler episodes, each and every one of the episodes are superb and interesting in its own way. Actors are superb, Cranston as White/Heisenberg, then Aaron Paul as his partner in crime Jesse Pinkman, Dean Norris as good yet sometimes annoying brother in law, DEA agent Hank Schrader, of course Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman and bad guys, especially brilliant Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo Fring, kingpin of drug cartel who became one of my favorite actors playing bad guys from Mandalorian to Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, Godfather of Harlem and more. When I finally watched this, all i can say to the creator of this series, Vince Gilligan is hats off, sir!

10/10

(tv series) Better Call Saul – more than just a spin off series!

Got to admit, Vince Gilligan is a master, creating two of the best series that made millions of people watch, namely Breaking Bad and spin off Better Call Saul, which he created with Peter Gould. This last one is a spin of the more popular Breaking Bad, with lawyer Saul Goodman played by fantastic Bob Odenkirk, his trials and tribulations and describing the way how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman and what led to events in Breaking Bad and after that. First two seasons are more of humor courtroom dramedy with couple of crime understories beneath it all, but the third season starts it all, the rise of crime Salamanca family, rise of Gustavo Fring and his empire, Saul’s relationship with his older brother Charles and his girlfriend, also lawyer Kim Wexler, entangling more and more into the crime world until the bittersweet ending in season six. Actors are superb, besides Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn as Kim is fantastic, so is Giancarlo Esposito as Gus, the bad guy, Jonathan Banks as Mike, man for dirty jobs and this series also tells his story how he became what he was in Breaking Bad. It is beautiful to see how Giancarlo Esposito became one of my favorite actors performing roles of bad guys. So, as you can see, characters of two series interplay in both, so I recommend parallel watching of both as I did, so you can expect Breaking Bad review also on the pages of this webzine soon. This one stays long in your memory after you watched it. Although the last season is a bit too long with 13 episodes, compared to previous seasons that have ten episodes per season.

8.5/10