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Lauren SchmidtBesetzung:
Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Joey Batey, MyAnna Buring, Anya Chalotra, Eamon Farren, Adam Levy, Jodhi May, Lars Mikkelsen, Mimi Ndiweni, Wilson Mbomio (mehr)Streaming (1)
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Geralt von Riva, ein mutierter Monsterjäger, folgt seiner Bestimmung in eine turbulente Welt, in der Menschen oft boshafter sind als Biester. (Netflix)
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Mixed feelings. At times a dark romp, an atmospheric chivalric epic, a visually captivating show. At times a confusing mess of characters, cardboard sets and boring side-quests in the script. A viewer unfamiliar with the source material will sometimes be terribly confused, or even completely unable to grasp the new characters and locations. Praise for the imaginative concept of separate mini-episodes, which in many ways are not very related and yet in individual details systematically bring each character to the point where their fates intersect at expected moments, even in unpredictable situations. The first bold episode, which, by the way, is the only one that offers absolutely every reason the viewer should give Witcher a chance, is followed by others where those unfamiliar with the source material already feel a certain decline in the way the story is presented and conceived. The action in Blaviken in the opening episode remains by far the best moment of the entire season.
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Gut, ich könnte mich hier als ein Mann ausgeben, der sich eine gewisse Distanz bewahrt und sieht, dass wenn er bei jeder Erwähnung des Wortes Schicksal einen Kurzen trinken würde, so stürbe er bereits während einer Episode an einer Alkoholvergiftung. Die Arbeit mit den Zeitleisten hätte noch durchdachter sein können, damit auch ein gewöhnlicher Betrachter früher als im dritten Teil mitbekommt, dass die Linien eben doch nicht parallel verlaufen. Sicherlich hätte man das Tempo sowie die Abstufung einiger Teile und auch die Klangkonsistenz besser lösen können. Hierbei handelt es sich allerdings jedesmal um "desingbedingte Fehler“. Sapkowski hat hier eine Fantasy-Seifenoper verfasst, in der eklektisch Horror mit Romantik, einem Märchen sowie einer grausamen Parabel über eine Welt vermischt werden, die am Rande der Zerstörung schwankt. Und zu meiner großen Überraschung hat Netflix eine vollends originalgetreue (wenn auch bei detaillierte Betrachtungsweise und was den Erzählstrang betrifft eine abweichende) Adaption gedreht, die hervorragend besetzt, lustig, aufregend und romantisch ist, in angemessenem Maße verrückt sowie packend wirkt. Sie sagen, dass dieser Film nicht so kohärent und klar wie GoT oder andere ist? Natürlich, denn das hier ist ja die ost- und mitteleuropäische Tradition des Schmelzkessels an Kulturen, Folklore und tiefen Traditionen. Das hat mit schon seit Jahren gefehlt. Eine Serie, mit der ich geradezu atmen werde und von der ich nachts träumen werde. Sie sagen, Ihnen ist das noch nicht untergekommen? Na ja, Sie haben womöglich nicht sämtliche Bücher zehnmal gelesen und für sich einen Spitznamen gemäß eines der hierin befindlichen Charaktere herausgesucht. Dank der Serie haben Sie aber auch die Möglichkeit, dieser Angelegenheit komplett zu verfallen. Hervorragende Arbeit, und ich ahne schon ein wenig, dass die nächste Staffel noch besser ausfallen könnte, denn diese wird sich nicht diversen Erzählungen, sondern einer Romanpentalogie widmen.
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Ich sage es mal so… Mir hat auch die polnische Serie gefallen, wegen der wir damals in unseren jungen Jahren Woche für Woche bis spät in die Nacht aufblieben, um uns am Morgen darüber unterhalten zu können, was wir gesehen haben und inwieweit sich die Serie von den Büchern unterscheidet. Schon damals haben wir uns über manche Veränderungen, manche Tricks und über Marigold lustig gemacht. Es hat uns aber nicht gestört, weil die Serie einfach unterhaltsam war, eine ausgezeichnete Atmosphäre hatte und weil Geralt unser Held war. Das hier ist eigentlich fast derselbe Fall, nur mit dem Unterschied, dass mir der neue The Witcher mit dem hervorragenden Henry "Mhmmmm!" Cavill noch mehr Spaß gemacht hat. Diese Serie hat einen besseren Marigold, bessere Tricks und wird viel besser erzählt. Die schlaue Überschneidung von drei Zeitlinien halte ich für originell und erfrischend. Es gefiel mir, wenn mich die Serie unauffällig daran erinnerte, wo ich mich gerade befinde. Sapkowskis Bücher habe ich zum letzten Mal ungefähr vor fünfzehn Jahren gelesen. Sie waren aber so ausgezeichnet, dass ich mich bis heute an Vieles erinnere, vor allem an ihre Stimmung. Obwohl sich die Serie vom Slawentum abgewandt hat, ist es Netflix gelungen, diese Stimmung schön zu beleben. Am meisten haben mir wahrscheinlich die Folgen mit der Striege und dem Igel gefallen. Es waren aber alle Folgen gut. Und die wunderschöne Musik!
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Ich habe "The Witcher" nie gelesen und weder den polnischen Originalfilm noch die Serie gesehen, so dass ich mit einer weißen Weste an diese neueste Adaption herangegangen bin. Die Qualität der Episoden war unterschiedlich - am meisten beeindruckt war ich von der dritten Folge mit Striga und am wenigsten von der sechsten Folge mit den Drachenjägern. Was die Besetzung betrifft, so gab es eine große Vielfalt - einige der Charaktere waren wirklich großartig und ich war neugierig, wie sie sich entwickeln würden, während andere unglaublich blutrünstig waren und es mir egal war, wie sie enden würden. Henry "Geralt" Cavill hätte weniger an die Grenzen gehen können und seinen "Kumpel" Ben "Batman" Affleck schauspielerisch nicht imitieren müssen. Yennefer war für mich persönlich die widersprüchlichste Figur - mal ist man ihr zugetan, dann wieder möchte man ihr eine Flasche über den Kopf ziehen. Mir gefiel die zeitliche Darstellung der Geschichte, bei der der Zuschauer in den ersten Folgen langsam erkennt, wie es mit den einzelnen Handlungssträngen tatsächlich aussieht. Daher liegt die erste Staffel von The Witcher für mich irgendwo zwischen drei und vier Sternen, aber in diesem Fall gebe ich mehr. Sollte eine zweite Staffel gedreht werden, wäre es auf jeden Fall besser, das Quatschen zu reduzieren und die Action zu steigern.
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In the world of South Park, they'd probably say: “They killed Witcher, you bastards!” More specifically, Lauren Schimdt ground Sapkowski into disposable paper and wiped her ass with it. I found the first season excellent, event though it’s been criticized as confusing. Its interweaving of storylines was easy to navigate, and although it visibly suffered from a small budget, it did a good job of promoting the fantasy genre. The budget obviously swelled in season 2 – Kaer Morhen looked beautiful, all honour – but the writers from season 1 must have been eaten by some brux during the filming and they messed it up as much as they could. When Lauren's pros were outdone in terms of the script's engagingness and narrative richness by the CD Projekt enthusiasts in the excellent third The Witcher game, I don't think the girl could put it past her. And a little side note: sorry, but proud elven warriors can't be played by black boys with boyz-n-the-hood haircuts, just not really. This forcefully pushed political correctness is turning the world upside down.
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I’m not sure if it is any good to start watching this series without having any previous relationship to The Witcher. Moreover, it is not good either to have read all of the books, played all of the games and hope that this series won’t disappoint you. It is something in between, but as for me as a fan of this universe, it didn’t disappoint. Of course I found a few unclear or illogical points of which you can find a lot more the deeper your relationship to this series is. Still, it is a quite good fantasy piece for which I’m glad because there are currently very few of those, and I’m really glad for every hope that appears in this respect. Netflix didn’t film this series in a bad way, it just did it in its own way. Henry Cavill whom everyone was uncertain about as a main character eventually played his role with flying colors. He really reminds me of the Witcher from the game series. I would say that the story isn’t as good but let’s be honest, with that many characters and unclear story line, the same problem occurred with Game of Thrones as well. We had to wait for the following seasons to see it became a legendary series. And I think that it would be similar with The Witcher. Moreover, in The Witcher you can count on greatly filmed action scenes which are a delight to your eyes. For now I rate it with 5 stars. To hell with it, I was simply thrilled!
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The Witcher has several major problems, namely the appalling CGI (no matter how much the series relies on it), through the lame setting and costumes, a bunch of amateur actors playing supporting characters, unjustifiably different concepts of several key characters (mostly Yen, but at least she is an interestingly grasped character, despite being different) and, above all, a significant deviation from the key Slavic stylization of The Witcher towards the generic Western concept of fantasy. Which goes even more against the grain, because in terms of storyline the adaptation follows the original source material (short stories) more than you would have expected. But the essence is there. That’s for sure. This is not a new Game of Thrones. It is much closer to The Last Kingdom than to anything else. Yes, it's basically a fantasy series in B-movie style. But to be honest, the original stories are too. So as long as it has no ambition to play big political games (in which Sapkowski also fails), to have a perfect setting, etc., but it's all about Gossiper, Marigold, Ciri and especially the grumbling Geralt in the woods, swamps, pubs and brothels spouting a lot of one-liners, then it *is* The Witcher. Even because Cavill clearly enjoys playing Geralt, from the veiled, cynical one-liner through the intimate conversations with Gossipers / Marigold to the action sequences. These sequences, by the way, have excellent fight-scene choreography (although unrealistic, but even more impressive but because of that). Thus, although a lot does not work here or is clearly on the edge, the series is essentially solid in terms of genre. And that counts. | S1: 3/5 |
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Before the end of the year, Netflix awarded us another series of the year event (and there were a hell of a lot of them this year!) and while I have minor reservations, it's definitely a spectacular fantasy extravaganza and the new successor to Game of Thrones. I'm not a connoisseur of the books and I've never played the game so, I'm unfamiliar with the sources and I agree that the plot is convoluted and at times confusing (especially the flashbacks, which don't feel like flashbacks and detracted from the experience a bit), but the rest of it is without reservation. Henry Cavill as Geralt is excellent, Anya Chalotra as Yennefer is almost perfect, and I enjoyed Marigold, who puts a smile on my face with her singing. The action is very captivating (the duel with the Striga is nicely horrific), although there could have been definitely more monsters. The fights with humans have fine cinematography and the brutality is spot on. The atmosphere is properly fantasy historical, and I like that Mages, Elves, Dryads and similar groups are featured. I really enjoyed the series and it's probably because I have a soft spot for such unknown worlds. I hope that with more seasons the story will become more coherent and make more sense. 8/10.
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Season 1 – 100% – For some time now, I have been trying to name the feeling that this unexpected hit has evoked in me, and the word hunger best captures it. Hunger for anything related to the Continent and all its realms, hunger for knowledge of other magical or predatory creatures, and hunger for more adventures of the titular hero, whether or not in the form of individual morsels or as part of a grand story that might change the world. I enjoy all levels of the story (although I unwittingly hurried Ciri along on her journey), and I appreciate both the lighter side and the moments when things get intense and I know that this or that adventure simply won't have a happy ending. As I am encountering The Witcher for the first time and have so much study material ahead of me, especially in book form, I can't wait for comparisons of what I already know and all the possible new things. P.S.: For viewers who want to criticize the series because of the skin color of individual actors, I have only one message, and that is "Fuc-" I mean "Fie upon ye!" Season 2 – 90% – Since I spent a nice eight books' worth of time with Geralt during the break between seasons, the experience of continuing some things is different, but fortunately, some things remain the same. Equally good. While I am not a fan of excessively distorting the source material, I have no problem with it here in the slightest. The character of the main protagonists remains fundamentally unchanged, and the adventures that were not present in the books serve as fillers for those parts during which beloved female characters would disappear for half a year. The only disappointment is the misleading of events that do not happen at all despite the episode's title (Dear Friend), but other than that, I have no objections, and I enjoy the open court intrigues that appear subtly earlier and are no longer hidden between the lines. Given the approaching conflicts, such a finding is a great relief. Special recognition must also be given to Freya Allan, who can lighten up and play the potentially thankless and stubborn role in any second, to the point where I would walk through fire for Ciri. Season 3 – 90% – Lately I've been loath to write, talk, or in any way comment on The Witcher. It's become strangely aggressive territory to spew the most stinking manure on the series adaptation using -phobic, racist, and everything else with moronic attempts at wit, or using that well-worn phrase about Netflix not leaving a page out of the books. It's that kind of reasoning that this season serves best. Or rather, it would if the loudest boos had at least read the prologue of the novels. But just so I don't rant about the faithless, I marvel at how deftly the creators have handled such problematic source material. When the saga of Geralt, Ciri, and the others was transformed from short stories into an honest-to-goodness fantasy saga, it brought with it a lot of deliberate, sometimes drawn-out sections full of conversations between kings and councilors and witches, rife with repeated intrigue, revealed intentions, and geographical terms that may or may not have had an impact on the main plot. On screen, however, all the action is coherently setting up a clear plot climax, a conclave of what came before it. The fascinating event steals almost three episodes for itself. And finally, my deepest gratitude goes to the pre-finale action in the desert. The seemingly endless literary wanderings here have both a plot-building and psychologically comprehensible aspect for those involved, confidently stepping into new regions and cast changes that will hopefully not affect the series' long-term ambitions.
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Netflix hits the bull's eye again, providing an ointment against pangs of longing for Game of Thrones. I know Sapkowski’s original only from hearsay and I was saving it (for later), but it’s great fun like everyone promised. Swords and magic in all shapes and sizes (if only someone could film a good Conan at last) and with the perfect cast. Cavill plays a hardass mountain of a guy, roaring and muttering (I have been given an assignment to look like him, so beware of the side effects if you watch this with your better half), enjoying himself thoroughly. I did find it a bit hard to decide when the action was taking place (while I managed season 2 of Westworld with no problem), but in the end everything fell into place. The series finale gives you an appetite for more stories like this, so lay them on us.
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