LOL, its ok, Lolagranola, you can stalk me anywhere..I know you will have a respectful reply.
I just re-read my own comment, and I know how harsh it sounds, yet I still agree with myself. I know lots of others won't, but I just thought 80% of the show was awful. For most of the same reasons that other negative posts here have pointed out. Obviously, we are not all going to agree on what we like and dislike. Here is just a short list of things.
1. The acting. I think the main actress's acting is extremely one-dimensional, she basically has one emotion on her face for the whole show. The upstairs twin neighbor is even worse, if it wasn't so bad, it would be laughable.
2. The writing. Again, the twin girl upstairs..horribly unbelievable, and actually, her brother wasn't much better. Same with the heroin addict neighbor.
3. Plot points. I found the cop/boyfriend's story line ridiculously poorly written. Not NEARLY so much so as all of Jessica's bad decision-making. Seriously, moving in with Kilgrave??? I know, the defenders will say she was just trying to redeem the girl in prison, but at the cost of HOW many lives?
I could go on, but I'm sure you get where I am coming from. I'm not trying to say no one else should like it.
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dmcreif
8 years ago
1. The acting. I think the main actress's acting is extremely one-dimensional, she basically has one emotion on her face for the whole show. The upstairs twin neighbor is even worse, if it wasn't so bad, it would be laughable.
That is how Jessica Jones is supposed to be. She's always got that look because that is how she is. She's got a lot of trauma to work through. You can't expect her to be all bright and optimistic.
2. The writing. Again, the twin girl upstairs..horribly unbelievable, and actually, her brother wasn't much better. Same with the heroin addict neighbor.
Define "bad writing" for me.
3. Plot points. I found the cop/boyfriend's story line ridiculously poorly written. Not NEARLY so much so as all of Jessica's bad decision-making. Seriously, moving in with Kilgrave??? I know, the defenders will say she was just trying to redeem the girl in prison, but at the cost of HOW many lives?
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE POINT OF THE SHOW. It's not poorly written. It's written that way to show that when it comes to Kilgrave, Jessica never thinks straight. Consider how she had a bad reaction to seeing him when she was rescuing Simpson, even though she had braced herself somewhat for it. Most abuse victims never are able to get over their trauma to the point that they're able to confront and turn in their abuser, much less snap their abuser's neck.
And please tell me how Simpson's plot line was "poorly written".
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Beren44
8 years ago
We disagree, and I am not here to argue. Have your opinion, and allow me to have mine. That's all.
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haxemon
8 years ago
I think the point was that the show is written the way it is to convey what victims of abuse act like.
The decisions characters make aren't part of the writing in that these decisions are often flawed. Doesn't mean you have to say "oh ya in that case it's brilliant" or anything, just trying to illustrate why some of the things you didn't like were written that way.
If your interested, you might read this article that shows how much of what we see in the show is an accurate portrayal of how abusive relationships are and how people act who have been in them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/molly-reynolds/jessica-jones-a-devastati_b_9513282.html
Again, not so much saying the writing is perfect, but this might at least help you see where the writers were coming from.
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