SelfProclaimedMovieCritic

Big fan of the original game from way back. I thought the original Netflix series, seasons 1-2, were outstanding. Season 3 wasn't very good in my opinion...Why not go back in time & feature Simon? I was a little worried when they killed off Dracula so early, and my worry was justified. I felt compelled to review this, because while I am happy the series isn't gone completely, I think it's gone way off the rails. Egyptian Gods, the spirit world, everyone's a magician (even Trevor)...just awful. It reminds me of shows like "Heroes", or "True Blood", where all of a sudden EVERYONE has supernatural powers. It looks like they aren't making any more of the original, but I'm not sure if I can make it through season 2 of Nocturne.

This takes me out of it sometimes. Maybe some scenes work with it...but music is important, and the really bad choices stand out. Otherwise I'm enjoying it mostly; Michael Rappaport is great in everything & have had a bigger role with fewer F words. He talks like that off camera naturally and it makes him less funny. I do think some familiarity with the game is helpful to enjoy it, like most video game adaptations.: Overall, fans of game movie adaptations who play the game are more into the movies in part just out of excitement that a game they love is actually a movie...gamers have stronger attachments to games than movies in general which makes sense .. avg game these days takes 50 hours to play; made like a movie with talented (real) actors & directors, usually over several months (unless you have a lot of free time) vs a 2-hour movie. I couldn't really get into the game; even had a copy & traded it in without getting very far. I prefer video game adaptations to all the reboots & sequels, which seems to be the only ideas leffA tv series format is much more forgiving. Like Game of Thrones had only 8 episodes & was like the last season, it'd have been panned and cancelled. TV shows can redeem themselves over time. ChatGPTdoesnt write better scripts (as evidenced by HBO's 'Monarch' garbage); good writing is #, and like a few less-rambly reviewers said, it was lazy and nonsensical in several scenes - the sun worshipping orgy, the sex/childbirth scene to name 2. Make the Ghost of Tsushima movie already!