|
Not a chess prodigy but I am an addict in recovery and it’s unfortunate this has an extremely surface level depiction of a downward spiral, and none of it really feels earned or even that relevant to the plot. There were two scenes that really clued me into how clumsy the writing was. The first was after she and beltik had sex the first time, and were on the cusp of being a reasonably regular domestic couple, and then smash cut to her running into an old high school friend, who gives her a clear picture of housewifery in that era baby in a crib and all the second is when the parisian friend was introduced with a grocery bag with exactly 2 baguettes sticking out of it. She and Harmon have one conversation, and then she shows up to ruin beths chances in Paris, which everyone could see coming a million miles away. It was easier to introduce a throwaway character to trigger her than it was to show her self-sabotage in a meaningful way The sets and performances were great. I wish they could’ve written the matches to be dramatic in chess terms, instead of relying on reaction shots, clumsy broadcaster handholding or snappy montages. The entire Borgov match was just reaction shots of Russian crowds which was annoying. meanolmrcloud fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Nov 24, 2020 |
#
¿
Nov 24, 2020 05:54
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 10, 2024 14:51 |
|