alexwebb32
Joined Oct 2013
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I didn't think I could watch a documentary about the holocaust without crying.
We are presented with gripping survivor accounts and harrowing archive footage, but they're constantly interrupted by Helen Mirren (who has no connection to the story, yet is given as much screen-time as one of the survivors) overdramatically reading from Anne's diary. Mirren's narration is no better. Harrowing details and facts are recounted all matter-of-factly and stripped of their impact, and details that should be shared by the survivors themselves are for some reason retold by Mirren or some historian no one cares about. Then there's of course the zombie-like teenager with her insincere hashtags. I'm prevented from feeling anything other than frustration. Let us hear the survivors tell their stories. That's what it should be about. That's what we care about. Instead the main focus seems to be on showcasing Helen Mirren and doing some sort of modern teenage-friendly twist on Anne's story that no one asked for, with survivor accounts haphazardly thrown into the mix. The people behind this do not understand how to tell this story in a way that has impact and that does it justice.
...I wish someone would take the footage from the interviews with the survivors and edit it into a new documentary. No Helen, no teenage girl. Just the stories these women have to tell.
TLDR; If you want to watch a holocaust documentary that makes you feel detached from the events, this is it.
We are presented with gripping survivor accounts and harrowing archive footage, but they're constantly interrupted by Helen Mirren (who has no connection to the story, yet is given as much screen-time as one of the survivors) overdramatically reading from Anne's diary. Mirren's narration is no better. Harrowing details and facts are recounted all matter-of-factly and stripped of their impact, and details that should be shared by the survivors themselves are for some reason retold by Mirren or some historian no one cares about. Then there's of course the zombie-like teenager with her insincere hashtags. I'm prevented from feeling anything other than frustration. Let us hear the survivors tell their stories. That's what it should be about. That's what we care about. Instead the main focus seems to be on showcasing Helen Mirren and doing some sort of modern teenage-friendly twist on Anne's story that no one asked for, with survivor accounts haphazardly thrown into the mix. The people behind this do not understand how to tell this story in a way that has impact and that does it justice.
...I wish someone would take the footage from the interviews with the survivors and edit it into a new documentary. No Helen, no teenage girl. Just the stories these women have to tell.
TLDR; If you want to watch a holocaust documentary that makes you feel detached from the events, this is it.
One of the best series I've ever seen. I was drawn in the second I started watching it. The acting and dialog is fantastic and it's funny in a way I don't think I've seen before. You just care so much about Mae and you want her to do better. Just finished the last episode and I'm sad to see it end, but the ending is perfect. So I'm sad in a good way. I've noticed that people either give 10 stars to increase the score or 1 star to drag it down, but I'm giving it 9 because I genuinely feel that it is almost perfect. It made me feel good (cheesy, I know).