Beija-me Primeiro

So I really want to start this review by saying that I thought the acting was really good. I've seen way, way worse and I feel like the characters were believable.

This movie really reminds me of the movie Chatroom (2010) with Aaron Johnson and... Matthew Beard. Beard also happens to portray the 'evil' guy in this series.

Having finished the series in one evening and the last episode the next morning, I can definitely say that I enjoyed it. I was intrigued the whole time and wanted to know what else was going to happen.

I would definitely recommend if you like Black Mirror and/or Chatroom.

The story is just so far out it ruins the whole series. Motivations of the characters are just.. too much. Way too many "as if" moments. Progress is very slow, seems like the producers were paid by the minute filmed.

But see for yourself. I had to force myself to finish the series.

In the beginning I was engaged and interested in this story line. The balance between reality and virtual reality was fantastic. It was cool. But they almost abandon Then about 3 to 4 episodes in the story line absolutely goes off the rails, and they almost all but abandon this dual reality concept. There are character (in particular) and story line changes that make no sense, and go no where. Then they expect you to forget two episodes of character development and buy back into the already messy characters. It's like two different writers who 'filled in like substitute teachers' and didn't compares notes. I get complex storylines, I don't need everything spelled out, but that's not what this is. It personally left me not caring about any of the characters or what happens next. And if Leila/Shadowfax's character, all full of angst, tells Adrian "F%&$ you!, I hate you" one one more time...

The first half of the series was enjoyable and left me intrigued....My brain hurts from the second half. Every aspect of the show went completely off the rails midway. It had such potential.

I really loved the theme, the magic, the VR . There were some messy and confused moments, that I thought would be explained later. But at the end I felt like it didnt have a good resolution.. it felt uncompleted for me.