Eva Lasting

Season 1 trailer and cover photo caught my attention;

the plot, characters, casting, chemistry, sound/music, nostalgia, and cinematography reeled me in;

but it was the script, concept, and great writing that really cemented is as one of the BEST shows - specially on adolescence and philosophy.

Season 2 was even better than the first for me, though it was a close one. The character development was on point specially with the forward and backward development as it is in real life. I love that the characters actually act as kids their age and that adults act theirs too. The first half was like a preview of the first season plus much more, the second half was some sort of a sweet goodbye and a prologue for season 3..

I loved it and I'll definitely rewatch this a lot until the next season comes! Hopefully it wont disappoint.

The show wasn't perfect by all means, but it could be if you focus on all the great points and just enjoy it as it was presented.

P. S. I don't speak the language so I need english subtitles when I watch, so I hope they did a great job with translation.

The scenery and costumes are spectacular, they totally transport you to the 70's. The series touches on issues such as feminism and sexuality in a very organic way that is very innovative for the context of the time. However, sometimes the series fails because of its simplicity and the easy way in which problems are solved. In the same way, it can feel repetitive. The way in which he uses literature and philosophy as a tool to question the order of the time mixed with the history of Colombia and the context of the time makes it very interesting. The scenery and costumes are spectacular, they totally transport you to the 70's. The characters are very interesting and some of them are as complex as the case of the protagonist's mother. The series touches on issues such as feminism and sexuality in a very organic way that is very innovative for the context of the time. However, sometimes the series fails because of its simplicity and the easy way in which problems are solved. In the same way, it can feel repetitive. The way in which he uses literature and philosophy as a tool to question the order of the time mixed with the history of Colombia and the context of the time makes it very interesting.

THE GOOD: the cast is great, makes you love the characters or hate them, loved the scenery and clothing, the narrative based on literature is amazing, the social and political messages are well-delivered. Also, for a Colombian production, the art direction is innovative (current compared to international prod).

THE BAD: the quality of the narrative falls in the last episodes of season 1, as if the story was hurried. The last adventures were as if it was a cartoon series with a unconnected adventures each day.

THE CRITIQUES: contrary to other critiques, this series is not perfect or innovative, but it is a well-developped production in the Colombian (not Columbian) context, meaning, you can't compare it to US prod. On the other hand, Eva is not supposed to be a realistic character in the 70's, the purpose of this series is to deliver social messages, that's the creative part which doesn't affect negatively its quality.

It is a Netflix Series with flawless art direction. Emotional, Eva Lasting is too funny with a great setting of 70´s in Bogotá, Colombia; a spectacular cast and according to each moment of story it has a wonderful literature references about different writers, specially about latin american boom.

The soundtrack is amazing due to it leads the viewer to remember memorable times of our fathers and their school moments; Disco Music and romantic balads of Anita Ward, Roberto Carlos, Camilo Sesto, Etc. (Read this singing "you can ring my beeeeeeeell, ring my bell..."

As well, the cinematography has a sthetic fineness through a fine composition and the seria has a great actors direction.

Finally, throughout to series, it shows important elements about colombian idiosyncrasy by means of a romantic comedy. So, such as in all series, tv shows, movies, it has a little bad details for example long dialogues but I fell that are necessary in order to create a good context of the epoch.

Really, I hope a second season.

Eva's character feels really out of place in the show. Her feminism and rebellious attitude feels forced especially because the story is set in the 70's in Colombia. The series just brushes into serious topics and doesn't develop them into the storyline (what happened to Pabon, how about the storyline of each boy's family, we just get glances and then a character is moved out). The story in itself feels very unrealistic. In a classist society, like Colombia, a wealthy teen like Eva would never mingle with boys from the working class. There have been other pretty good series dealing with teen issues such as Décimo grado and Francisco el matemático that could have been used as reference to develop a more cohesive story. I'd be surprised if the series is renewed for Season two.