Well, I finally made some time to get to the second episode and ill review it in a shorter way. I don't this will be very helpful so I'll summarize my opinion/critique of it.
It is a better episode than the first in having a plot. But its plot is only good by the second half. The writing is forced and characters aren't woven into the story well.
Now for some superficial stuff
Editing is just as bad as the first and what I said the first time still applies, "The editing does not follow the motion of the previous shot, making it very dull and sudden." It all feels out of place and removes the beauty of many shots. The best the editing gets is when Passepartout gets drunk.
Lighting for outdoor enviroments is not to bad this episode, but inside it's the same lit by candles scenario. When its not, it shows how heavily cgi it actually is.
The cinematography is still really good throughout the whole episode.
Now the plot
I originally thought the episode was going to be fun hot air baloon shenanagins, but the baloon gets destroyed shortly into the episode. The episode is actually on board a train. For the first thirty minutes, the episode is extremely badly paced. Character scenes do nothing for the plot or characters here. Unless it's Phileas. Phileas is very well written throughout the whole episode. He constantly doubts himself and thinks that he is a fraud. He lost everything and this is his last hurrah in this terrible mid-life crisis of his. Passepartout is such a mixed bag here. He is even more charming, but all his characters subtetly is ruined by a certain scene. This certain scene is pulled out of someones ass. Fix is also a mixed bag here. She is more likable, but is kinda ruined by ruining the subtelty of Passepartout in a certain scene.
A lot of the first half is devoted to a side story which is really generic, but does help Phileas's character grow.
Now there were only eighteen minutes left in the episode and I didn't think it could get better, but it did. They finally discovered that character and plot can combine😲. I won't spoil anything from the end though. Just as one final thing, there is a new antagonistic force in the show since Fix is a protaganist here.
7.5/10 Decent.
It is a better episode than the first in having a plot. But its plot is only good by the second half. The writing is forced and characters aren't woven into the story well.
Now for some superficial stuff
Editing is just as bad as the first and what I said the first time still applies, "The editing does not follow the motion of the previous shot, making it very dull and sudden." It all feels out of place and removes the beauty of many shots. The best the editing gets is when Passepartout gets drunk.
Lighting for outdoor enviroments is not to bad this episode, but inside it's the same lit by candles scenario. When its not, it shows how heavily cgi it actually is.
The cinematography is still really good throughout the whole episode.
Now the plot
I originally thought the episode was going to be fun hot air baloon shenanagins, but the baloon gets destroyed shortly into the episode. The episode is actually on board a train. For the first thirty minutes, the episode is extremely badly paced. Character scenes do nothing for the plot or characters here. Unless it's Phileas. Phileas is very well written throughout the whole episode. He constantly doubts himself and thinks that he is a fraud. He lost everything and this is his last hurrah in this terrible mid-life crisis of his. Passepartout is such a mixed bag here. He is even more charming, but all his characters subtetly is ruined by a certain scene. This certain scene is pulled out of someones ass. Fix is also a mixed bag here. She is more likable, but is kinda ruined by ruining the subtelty of Passepartout in a certain scene.
A lot of the first half is devoted to a side story which is really generic, but does help Phileas's character grow.
Now there were only eighteen minutes left in the episode and I didn't think it could get better, but it did. They finally discovered that character and plot can combine😲. I won't spoil anything from the end though. Just as one final thing, there is a new antagonistic force in the show since Fix is a protaganist here.
7.5/10 Decent.
