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Post by Vits on Nov 19, 2019 13:39:19 GMT
It was great! Compelling story, good performances and strong directing! My favorite moment was in PART 1 when the kids met each other. It seemed like they were going to fight (since each one had been told by the police that the other ones had accused them), but they didn't. It was a clever way to subvert the viewer's expectations. The main issues happened in PART 4: 1) Why dedicate it to mostly just 1 character, when the other episodes were dedicated to the 5 guys? It felt unbalanced. At least do this in the middle of the series, not at the very end. 2) I had to endure Jharrel Jerome's performance, the only one I didn't like. Not terrible, but too over-the-top. Even if I had liked it, why use the same actor? The other 4 were played by different actors in different time periods. It was distracting.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Nov 19, 2019 19:26:07 GMT
1) That character was incarcerated longer, so there was more story to tell.
2) They used the same actor because they felt he could be believable as a teen and as an adult. He won an Emmy I believe.
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Post by Vits on Nov 21, 2019 9:13:02 GMT
1) That character was incarcerated longer, so there was more story to tell. 2) They used the same actor because they felt he could be believable as a teen and as an adult. 1) But they could've shown half of his scenes on PART 3 and the other half on PART 4. That would've given enough screentime to the others. The episodes don't have the same running time, so there were no limits. 2) I'm not saying he doesn't look young/old enough; I'm saying that it's distracting when he's the only one. They could've also used only 1 actor to play YUSEF and 1 to play RAYMOND.
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