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Reina Roja (2024)
This is not Jon !
I'm sorry !. I've tried but I couldn't believe for a second that the huge Hovik Keuchkerian is the lovable Jon from the book !. Whilst after two minutes into chapter 1 I had forgotten about Vicky Luengo as an actress and was fully into believing her as Antonia Scott and it remained like that until the last minute of the last chapter ( that I watched last night ) , it was the exact opposite with Keuchkerian . And I don't think the problem is so much the looks of the guy but his acting , his voice , his declamation that felt always as imposed , artificial . On the contrary , I loved his mum's character which , again , I bought from the first moment she appeared on screen !. My problem has been not being able to see Jon through Keuchkerian impersonation ... and I bet I haven't been the only one !. Funny , though , that I loved him in his role at La Casa de Cristal ...may be because he hardly spoke a couple of lines there !?!?.
I think , however , the series is above average ( particularly for Spanish productions ) though when you've read and enjoyed the book it is very difficult to be up to the level of what it created in your memory when you see it translated on screen . Entertaining and well produced and directed , though .
Plus Vicky Luengo , not only fitting perfectly Antonia Scott's character but delivering an exceptional performance ,..., as usual !.
H.
Stay Close (2021)
What a piece of garbage !!!
I could not resist more than the first 3 episodes and had to give up ! . What a shameful series !. How could you give it a 7 !?!? . A script we have seen one thousand times before , impossible to believe situations , some simply ridiculous characters ( topped by the " dancing killers ") , etc , etc . Too hard to swallow ! . And I wonder , what are good actors like Jumbo , Armitage or Nesbitt doing in a piece of garbage like this !?!?!? No wonder NETFLIX así going down at such a fast pace !
Good Girls (2018)
Season 3 is a bit repetitious
It didn't need to be realistic at all if it was as fun as S1 and S2 are but S3 is ( more then ) a bit repetitious . You get the " I've seen this before " syndrome since the first episodes of this season that , may be , they should have not produced at all.
H.