Review of The Fall

The Fall (I) (2013–2016)
3/10
Started well but ended as a boring feminist propaganda
8 October 2020
I thought the first and half of second season were captivating, but then it just all became slow, monotonous and boring. Also, the excessive over-the-top blatant feminist propaganda gets really annoying... Basically, there are no positive male characters and the very few there are appear weak and obey the women around them. If you're trying to convey messages as a filmmaker, it needs to be much more subtle, not just showing how terrible and weak men are and how strong women are. There are many inspiring movies and TV shows that empower women, without resorting to such distasteful innuendos and gratuitous preaching. So many cliches, how women must survive amidst the terrible patriarchy, how "men are afraid women will laugh at them, but women are afraid men will kill them" (this is a quote), just such banal, pathetic attempt to cater to a certain audience, and not even truly succeeding at it in the end. What a shame... Started out promising...
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