Necrotongue

I had quite an issue with Season 2. The pace that I was used to in the first season gradually diminished. It was annoying how the story was slowed down by various side-plots in which hardly anything happened. Some scenes felt like mere filler to stretch out the story. The second half saw a complete turnaround, the story picked up the right pace, the atmosphere full of tension was back and I finally started enjoying myself. Plus, I was very pleased with the well-crafted ending, which made me look forward to season three.

Hmm, okay, all's well that ends well. The creators managed to maintain a great, dark atmosphere until the end, there was a well-built tension, Eva Green impressed me again, and Dorian Gray started to appear as an interesting character to me for the first time. I was particularly pleased with the somewhat bleak ending that crowned the successful episode.

As it stumbled several times in the series, I must praise the creator for the second half. Once again, the episode was full of interesting events, the opening scene already put me in a good mood, but even later I was not disappointed. The expedition to the witches' lair was underlined by a sometimes horror atmosphere, which nicely contrasted with the events around the Monster, which had lost the last illusions about the human race.

In the eighth episode, luckily, there was still something happening, so I had no reason to complain. The atmosphere was once again strong enough, the story had a decent pace, and none of the plotlines were boring. I was amused by the transformation of Malcolm Murray from a puppet into a one-man army, the room of nightmares, and the confrontation between the Monster and Lily, but what pleased me the most was the development of the situation around Angelique.

Again, the plot moved to the mud and again, it's worth five stars. The country air of the second season has once again been beneficial, the pace of the story has sympathetically increased, both the most interesting characters have been given more space, but I have to admit that Lily amused me in the end, even though she seemed annoying to me in previous episodes.

I considered it my duty to watch Dukla 61, as I live a Hulk's stone’s throw away from the former mine. I was quite entertained by the first part. I managed to get over the obvious nonsense of someone just walking past the mine and, since his daddy works there, he suddenly starts working there, too. The actors obviously struggled with the typical accent of the region, and I was quite puzzled by some of the expressions. Despite these reservations, I was pleased with the first part of the film, and I definitely won't miss the second part. // What a huge disappointment. At times I felt like I was watching Cameron's Titanic. There’s no tragedy that can't be "improved" by a few action scenes. As if 108 casualties weren't enough, they had to turn it into a weird survival horror full of smoke, air hoses and murderous axes and pickaxes. I don't even want to write more about it. The first part deserves 4*-, the second one 2*- at most, so the overall result of 3*- is more than enough.

The sixth episode had the potential for three stars for me, luckily Gray's ball saved the situation, maybe it's a bit of a pity that Eva Green didn't get more space in it to turn it into a total psycho horror. Apart from the ball, Malcolm Murray's reaction to his wife's death really entertained me. It actually made me laugh, I like such cynical reactions.

This time, the plot was indeed a bit livelier, but I have a feeling that compared to the episodes of the first season, the storyline is getting diluted in a series of relationship issues, which then unnecessarily affects the tension and atmosphere. Meanwhile, I would easily forego philosophizing about life and the convoluted ending (especially those two tragic twists). The sophisticated torture of Mrs. Murray was one of the strengths of the piece.

The fourth episode didn't entertain me too much. The pace of the story was unnecessarily slow again, important matters were put on the back burner, and at times I was directly bored. The relationship between Dorian Gray and Angelique was downright annoying to me. I understand that they probably both have to get what they want, but watching two guys gnawing at each other's faces is very unpleasant to me.

The memorial, "witchy" episode was very well done by the creators. Compared to the previous slow-paced episode, the plot had momentum, the atmosphere was again fantastically gloomy, and instead of pointless philosophizing about poets, I discovered a lot of essential information about Vanessa's past.