Necrotongue

I considered it my duty to watch Dukla 61, as I live a Hulk's stone’s throw away from the former mine. I was quite entertained by the first part. I managed to get over the obvious nonsense of someone just walking past the mine and, since his daddy works there, he suddenly starts working there, too. The actors obviously struggled with the typical accent of the region, and I was quite puzzled by some of the expressions. Despite these reservations, I was pleased with the first part of the film, and I definitely won't miss the second part. // What a huge disappointment. At times I felt like I was watching Cameron's Titanic. There’s no tragedy that can't be "improved" by a few action scenes. As if 108 casualties weren't enough, they had to turn it into a weird survival horror full of smoke, air hoses and murderous axes and pickaxes. I don't even want to write more about it. The first part deserves 4*-, the second one 2*- at most, so the overall result of 3*- is more than enough.

The sixth episode had the potential for three stars for me, luckily Gray's ball saved the situation, maybe it's a bit of a pity that Eva Green didn't get more space in it to turn it into a total psycho horror. Apart from the ball, Malcolm Murray's reaction to his wife's death really entertained me. It actually made me laugh, I like such cynical reactions.

This time, the plot was indeed a bit livelier, but I have a feeling that compared to the episodes of the first season, the storyline is getting diluted in a series of relationship issues, which then unnecessarily affects the tension and atmosphere. Meanwhile, I would easily forego philosophizing about life and the convoluted ending (especially those two tragic twists). The sophisticated torture of Mrs. Murray was one of the strengths of the piece.

The fourth episode didn't entertain me too much. The pace of the story was unnecessarily slow again, important matters were put on the back burner, and at times I was directly bored. The relationship between Dorian Gray and Angelique was downright annoying to me. I understand that they probably both have to get what they want, but watching two guys gnawing at each other's faces is very unpleasant to me.

The memorial, "witchy" episode was very well done by the creators. Compared to the previous slow-paced episode, the plot had momentum, the atmosphere was again fantastically gloomy, and instead of pointless philosophizing about poets, I discovered a lot of essential information about Vanessa's past.

The story significantly lost pace in the second episode, I have nothing against conversations if they are essential to the ongoing plot, but I could easily do without debates about the qualities of poets. I was already disgusted with poetry in elementary school, constantly analyzing poems and pondering what the poet wanted to say with each verse, it bored me to death.

The first episode of the second season nicely followed the first season, and I was pleased to find out that the creators managed to maintain the great atmosphere and tension that I got used to in the previous series. The new story also caught my attention, and overall, I had a good time.

The first season wasn’t disappointing in the least. It gradually introduced familiar characters that used to scare fearful readers. The creators managed to write a meaningful story with an excellent, dark atmosphere. They built up the suspense and offered a great cast, Eva Green being the proverbial jewel in the crown. I liked how they managed to end the first season in style, while casually luring the viewer to watch the next season.

The creators took a break from the main storyline in the previous exorcism episode, but in this episode they returned to it and successfully finished what they started. The character of Victor Frankenstein undergoes an interesting development under the influence of the Monster, Ethan Chandler has shown his true face, and there was also some decent action. 5 stars.

I need to reiterate what other users have written before me, the entire seventh episode relies on Eva Green's superb performance. Under different circumstances, I would hesitate to give it five stars, as the story barely moved forward, but this time I had to go all in for this perfect study of obsession, whether I wanted to or not.