I saw the premier of "Lua Vermelha" last night and i was with some surprised grabbed by that whole "Twilight" stuff.
First we have to realize that i live in a Country where good television is at best sparse.I live in a country where everything with a hot girl, lots of swearing and continuous lack of writing quality is considered and turns itself almost immediately in a blockbuster!
That being said when i see a TV show that as good writing, some good performances, very nice score , and tries to be as bold as it possible can, i cheer with JOY. "Lua Vermelha" manages to go around the usual Portuguese budget issues; the usual Portuguese good looking=good actors issues; and it delivers at least a little bit more than we expected. Of course it has plenty of flaws, some actors seem completely displaced,some shots looked like the cameraman had an itch on that special place and completely forgot what is doing, the story ( probably the worst part) it's like a "copy paste" from twilight!And has those kind of details that makes you thin and eventually realize...that's just no possible. Anyway,seems like the flaws list is big, it is but i think the "pros" overlap the "cos" by a big margin. 1st - Itis shot with a movie filter and it's in HD, providing very good screening quality, really, sometimes they look quite astonishing!. 2nd - Has many good actors, even in the secondary roles we find LOTS of quality, and that is really one of the strong points of this show!Even in short scenes we can see very good talent 3rd-The score is Pretty damn good.And ,at least as far as i know it's completely in Portuguese, and that's one of those bold things we wish for 4th-It manages to create an fine ambiance about Vampires, about the same ambiance that we found in True Blood an Coppola's Dracula(OK , i might be overratting but that's my true feeling about it!5th-at least it held me, and i'm not an easy fellow... i really hope that it manages to last and conquer some audience!
I could stay here and talk and talk and talk about all its flaws, and low budget stunts and things like that, but remember we are in Portugal,we can't expect too much from Prime time shows...and this one makes me.......laugh| After writing this one i Realize that "Lua Vermelha" it's not by World standards an Awesome Show, but by Portuguese Standards it's a damn good one and i hope our kids,and teens will watch it and realize that there is something more than that disgusting, horripilant and if possible worst than last year's season "Morangos com Açucar"
My rating 9 out 10/ ( COMPARING TO OTHER Portuguese TEEN TARGETED SHOWS)
First we have to realize that i live in a Country where good television is at best sparse.I live in a country where everything with a hot girl, lots of swearing and continuous lack of writing quality is considered and turns itself almost immediately in a blockbuster!
That being said when i see a TV show that as good writing, some good performances, very nice score , and tries to be as bold as it possible can, i cheer with JOY. "Lua Vermelha" manages to go around the usual Portuguese budget issues; the usual Portuguese good looking=good actors issues; and it delivers at least a little bit more than we expected. Of course it has plenty of flaws, some actors seem completely displaced,some shots looked like the cameraman had an itch on that special place and completely forgot what is doing, the story ( probably the worst part) it's like a "copy paste" from twilight!And has those kind of details that makes you thin and eventually realize...that's just no possible. Anyway,seems like the flaws list is big, it is but i think the "pros" overlap the "cos" by a big margin. 1st - Itis shot with a movie filter and it's in HD, providing very good screening quality, really, sometimes they look quite astonishing!. 2nd - Has many good actors, even in the secondary roles we find LOTS of quality, and that is really one of the strong points of this show!Even in short scenes we can see very good talent 3rd-The score is Pretty damn good.And ,at least as far as i know it's completely in Portuguese, and that's one of those bold things we wish for 4th-It manages to create an fine ambiance about Vampires, about the same ambiance that we found in True Blood an Coppola's Dracula(OK , i might be overratting but that's my true feeling about it!5th-at least it held me, and i'm not an easy fellow... i really hope that it manages to last and conquer some audience!
I could stay here and talk and talk and talk about all its flaws, and low budget stunts and things like that, but remember we are in Portugal,we can't expect too much from Prime time shows...and this one makes me.......laugh| After writing this one i Realize that "Lua Vermelha" it's not by World standards an Awesome Show, but by Portuguese Standards it's a damn good one and i hope our kids,and teens will watch it and realize that there is something more than that disgusting, horripilant and if possible worst than last year's season "Morangos com Açucar"
My rating 9 out 10/ ( COMPARING TO OTHER Portuguese TEEN TARGETED SHOWS)