The Witcher: The Art of the Illusion (2023)
Season 3, Episode 5
Season 3, Part 1 - Brought down by horrendous storytelling
30 June 2023
The acting is (mostly) well done, Cavill while not the greatest actor out there, is showcasing a true-to-character and amazing Geralt and well worthy of being the lead.

The production and set design is amazing. You can tell the aesthetics are one of the best on tv and so on point, yet the story is terrible, no stakes, just too many secondary characters with motives I don't care about moving from one location to the next advancing a story that I couldn't care less about.

And really, giving us this much filler with cool short scenes of Geralt fighting a monster in between won't work in the long term, just leads to bad editing.

And I am sorry but the chemistry between Geralt and Yen is just non-existent, I still can't imagine them as a couple in a million years and every scene with their romance or even 'letters' totally takes me out of the show.

The potential is right there. Please get people who know how to use it Netflix.
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