asbel_of_pejitei Reviews

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (2020)

Exploitative

[1/10 · 2 March 2020]

Yes, yes, a shocking story and it should be told and all that - but as a viewer you need a strong will most of all to stand the slow motion reenactments and the constant hyper-dramatic music. Me, I gave up after 20 minutes because I'm allergic to this kind of sentimtenal exploitation. I know this is what most people apparently want to but I don't think this is the right way to make entertainment.

Nisman. The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy (2019–2020)

Unbearable soundtrack

[1/10 · 29 January 2020]

A typical example of how a possibly great story is exploited by an aesthetics of manipulating viewers into having certain emotions from the first moment, rather than letting the story unfold and do the work of making anyone care. I couldn't watch more than the first twenty minutes, a constant barrage of intense piano music violently implying how this is the story of the century, and trying to cover up the fact that so far nothing beyond basic teaser information had been said.