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Neverwhere (1996)
Not boring, but full of problems
The Universe behind Neverwhere's plot is so intense and fascinating that I really wanted to see how this TV Show would have been made if they had a bigger budget at the time. The enormous amount of close-shots that follows us through the episodes are a really frustrating attempt to hide the poor scenarios and the environment. And considering we are following a character knowing a new "world", it would have been much better if it were presented to us by wide-shots. But as I said, this is obviously a choice they had to do because of the short budget. I still think this can't be used as an excuse. Doctor Who is a TV Show that almost every episode brings us to a different "world" and for so many time had problems with budget. However, they were never afraid of showing us the "world" we were seeing.
That being said, what really makes me sad about this TV show, specially because I'm a huge fan of the book, are the performances. The actors chosen were clearly bad choices. This even gets worse when three of the four main characters (Hunter, Marquis de Carabas and Richard) are so awful that really got me out of a story that I adore. There are, of course, exceptions. Peter Capaldi is good as always, and Laura Fraser was a Door that convinced me. That may explain why their careers went forward and the others's career, didn't.
Although all the above restrictions, I still think the plot is interesting, the story is really good, the characters are well-developed and the world we unfortunately barely see on the show is mind-blowing. I strongly recommend everyone to watch Neverwhere and to get in touch with the beautiful and brilliant mind of Neil Gaiman, for those who don't know him yet.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
What a disaster!
The first movie of this rebooted series was a superficial and soulless, with a script full of plot holes. The only fact that made me watch the sequence was the interaction between Garfield and Emma Stone, basically the only good point of the first one.
In the beginning, I really thought this movie could be good, but with the bad development of important characters as Electro and as Green Goblin, the circular plot, in which every bad thing is connected to Oscorp, and a terrible soundtrack, the only thing that came in my mind was that this movie was a complete waste of a good opportunity. They could have based it, at least, in another comic-book story, a good one.
Sadly, seeing where this movie wants to get probably mean the next movies won't present better stories. Avi Arad and his crew should understand that the Spider-Man's universe is not so large as the Avenger's. That's why they should stop trying to expand it. A simpler story, with less villains, would fit better the hero so loved for being common and simple.
P.S.: I'm looking forward to seeing Spider-Man back to Marvel Cinematic Universe.