shravanmes

I have enjoyed watching both Haunting of the Hill House and Haunting of Bly Manor. But The Fall of the House of Usher had no juice at all. Yeah we know the Usher's heirs are dead. On top of that, one episode is dedicated to the death of each one of them. How boring is that. The deaths do not seem to shock the viewers, and neither do they evoke any sort of empathy for the character.

And then you have the long philosophical dialogues in the scenes with Roderick Usher and Augustine Dupin(the investigator), which are loathing and forceful. Augustine who wanted Roderick behind bars his whole life, talks to Roderick as if they were friends from a long time, which is lame.

The acting is commendable. The story pathetic. And the screenplay boring. The next time Mike Flanagan creates something, hope he makes something engaging and enjoyable to watch.

This movie would pop-up every once a while in my Netflix account, and I would always decide to watch it some other time as I felt it would bore me. Surprisingly, this movie had the depth in the script which kept me engrossed throughout.

Robert Downey Jr is Robert Duvall's son. Downey Jr is a rich and witty lawyer who stays in a big city, away from his parents and brothers who still stay in the town where they all grew up. Robert Duvall is the judge in the town court and is a man of ethics and honesty, quite contrary to his son, for whom money is important than being morally right. Downey Jr's mother passes away, and this brings him back to his hometown. Things have been bitter between father and son for a long time, and they almost can't stand each other's views and actions. The night after the funeral, the Judge takes his car out to the grocery shop and the next day, his car is damaged and a run-over body is found in the town, making him the suspect of the accident. How the family goes about the trial forms the chunk of the story.

Robert Downey's acting is class apart. Robert Duvall doesn't fail to shine either. The film is brilliant in showing why family is the best thing that happens/can happen to any person.

Storytelling is unlike any other drama series I have seen, and you seldom witness cliches. Every character is human at the end of the day, and have thier own negatives and positives, which makes those characters more relatable and interesting.

Casting is top notch and the performances are enthralling throughout. Since the plot is mainly based around wedding planning of the affluent, the rolling images are a treat to the eyes.

Although the story might seem out of life to the majority of the people in India, the audacity of the creators to address almost every kind of inequality and insensitivity deeprooted in our society, is plausible.