The Last Of Us can't even innovate adaptations of video games
1 year ago by frenchride · 54 Likes · 3 comments · Fresh
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party05
· 1 year ago
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honestly, IMO it doesn’t. it has excellent world building, a great cast of supporting characters, excellent pacing and good flowing dialogue going for it. only thing that’s not going for it or Joel and Ellie. This has to be the one entirely bland performance from Pedro Pascal that I have ever seen, as Joel has always no screen presence and looks like he’s either passing a kidney stone or confused about where he is most of the time, and Ellie is nothing like her character of the games. i don’t mean in terms of appearance or conventional attractiveness (which is a weird thing to people complain about, And I’ve heard it a lot, it’s creepy), but in terms of personality and emotional range. Those two kids died horribly in episode five, I think it was? And she barely shed a tear. there’s no sense of personal journey or growth from her, and she seems totally happy doing the exact opposite of whatever Joel says, which was nothing like ellie in the game who felt out of her depth (cont.)
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party05
· 1 year ago
and steadily grew in confidence and interpersonal strength through her experiences and Joel’s guidance by the end of it. The last episode that I watched, or Joel finally meets his brother, she is receiving hospitality from strangers in the commune and rather than showing gratitude and trying to engage with some of the local kids she instead says cutting remarks and walks around with a “I’m better than you“ attitude. at first I thought this was some sort of a false bravado from Bella Ramseys portrayal of a character, but then I realized as each episode went on that she honestly just couldn’t care. It’s her first time outside of the walls and yes, she displays wonder at the incredible world around her, but she shows none of the trepidation or caution that she should show, despite frequent brushes with that that would have any reasoning human being exercising a measure of restraint and wariness.
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party05
· 1 year ago
in the episode where they stop at a gas station and she finds the infected in the basement trapped under the rubble, I thought they would’ve been at some moment of emotional exploration that we would’ve seen where and she would be sympathetic to the infected or curious about it, but then she starts cutting open the skull to see the cordyceps underneath with a look of weird sociopathic glee in her eyes, before stabbing it and putting it out of its misery. it’s like they tried to fit every “typical teen” stereotype into the character in the completely wrong setting. I guess what I’m trying to say is is I feel like completely mischaracterized Eli, and Joel’s on screen presence is barely felt. Every episode I feel myself rooting for all of the characters except for Joel and Ellie, and I honestly couldn’t care less for their journey. And as the center of the show, that’s not a good thing.
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