SummaryThe disappearance of two children in a German town leads to secrets of four families and a link to something supernatural in 1986 in this mystery thriller written by Jantje Friese and directed by Baran bo Odar.
SummaryThe disappearance of two children in a German town leads to secrets of four families and a link to something supernatural in 1986 in this mystery thriller written by Jantje Friese and directed by Baran bo Odar.
Jonas’s search for answers offers the pleasures of puzzle-solving, if not profound drama, and if you give Dark a few episodes you may find yourself hooked.
It’s beautiful, mysterious, and a little bit maddening, and you’d want to take in every little second of the show even if it wasn’t in German with English subtitles, because every aspect of it matters.
Like other shows that invite the viewer to try to solve them, Dark suffers a bit in the humanity department. With so many characters, and such attention on how their identities and actions fit into the plot, there isn’t much room to truly get to know these people on a deeper level, at least not in the six episodes that I watched out of the ten total.
I grew initially frustrated at how little Dark was showing me about its characters and how little investment I was feeling in them, though the middle of the season produced some sympathy that I can't explain without spoiling the twists.
The non-stop grimness of Dark strains both credulity and interest. Over the course of the three episodes I watched, Dark became both more complex and more easy to disengage from.
Dark feels strangely one-note, elevated purely by the increasing eccentricity of the plot, which eventually tip-toes into the science-fiction realm when time travel becomes a major element of the story. The less said about that the better.
Very interesting buildup and intense themes. It surely deserves more than what the critics have given this show as a score. But the show came to somewhat tepid, weak conclusion. The last two, three episodes might be underwhelming to the viewers who followed the buildup for something substantial. I would recommend this show as a time-killer but it is not the top-notch material.
The web series is full of entertainment and mysterious series. Starting from season 1-2 you will not bored. And by the way this 27 June Dark Season 3 is released so if you like to watch this series then,
Twin Peaks knock-off meets nihilistic Back To The Future. Watch if you love when a show is super derivative and has zero likeable characters. Also, watch it if you like when a show treats you like an idiot by doing things like telling you what year it is when it is super obvious every time. Also, do you love dramatic irony? Do you like when it lasts for 10 hours? If so, watching this show will be like when Ron Swanson went to the Lagavulin factory for you
While this series has been inexplicably compared with Stranger Things, to me it seems more like an attempt at something like Fortitude. But whereas Fortitude's first season was notable for its instantly intriguing story and fascinating characters, Dark is a plodding show with uninteresting people doing uninteresting things.
After reading reviews that made it sound interesting I watched the pilot, which was very slow. Then I read a little about it on wikipedia and discovered that it's got this weird sci-fi story that is barely hinted out in the first episode. I made it through half of the tedious second episode - in which there's still little indication that anything interesting is coming, and then I just couldn't take any more of it and stopped.
The other series you could compare this to is The OA, which was also, more justifiably compared to Stranger Things. But at least The OA had an intriguing start that hid how terrible the series would ultimately become. Dark seems to go out of its way to keep you from knowing there will every be anything interesting or entertaining presented to the audience.