An Addictive Series: Prison Break

 EN:

            I haven’t been the TV series type until now. I would refuse watching most of them, due to lack of time. That changed recently. I’ve seen Spartacus, Game of Thrones and The Boat. But none of them impressed me as much as Prison Break. I recommned that you make sure you have plenty of time before starting to watch it, because can become addictive. It is realistic, unexpected and full of adrenaline. It has all the ingredients that make a perfect movie: friendship, love, sacrifice, action, intensity, suspense, violence, investigations, conspiracies, and lots of plot twists and turns. Seasons 1 and 2 were my favourites. Seasons 3 and 4 were based on slight plot exaggerations, obviously for profit purposes, but the action was still catchy. My main disappointment was Prison Break: The Final Break (the additional two-hour episode), mainly because of how they decided to end the story and some unrealistic moments. For me, the way the writers decided to repay all the work and effort of the main character was frustrating. It’s like the denial of the main ideas behind  the movie: freedom and justice. I mean, just how much bad luck can someone have in life?

            Here’s the plot in short: Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is the victim of a political cospiracy. He is imprisoned and condemned to death for a crime he did not commit. His brother, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), a structural enginner, gets himself incarcerated in the same prison, with the hidden intention to help him escape. Michael is faced with the many dangers from inside the prison. Episode by episode, questions are answered and sublplots are seamlessly knitted in.

            Apart from Michael and Linc, my favourite characters were Sucre, Alexander Mahone and T-Bag (not because of his personality, but due to Robert Knepper’s truly impressive performance. The portrayal of the nagative characters is extremely realistic (T-Bag, General Krantz, Gretchen Morgan, Bellick in Seasons 1 and 2 etc.), to the point that they actually make you hate them. Sara’s character also played an important part in the story, but I did not find Sarah Wayne Callies’s performance as notable as others mentioned above.

            Have you seen it? What were your thoughts about it?

RO:

            Nu am fost genul de persoana care sa se uite frecvent la seriale pana in urma cu putin timp. De obicei refuzam sa le incep, tocmai din lipsa timpului necasar. Usor- usor, acest lucru s-a schimbat si am vazut, pe rand, Spartacus, Game of Thrones si El Barco. Nici unul dintre acestea nu m-a impresionat, insa, la fel de mult ca Prison Break. Va recomand sa incepeti sa-l vizionati intr-o perioada cat mai libera, pentru ca poate crea dependenta si va veti trezi pierzand noptile si vizionand un epison dupa altul. Este extrem de realist, plin de neprevazut si de adrenalina. Are toate ingredientele care contureaza un film bun: prietenie, dragoste, scarificiu, actiune, intensitate, suspans, violenta, investigatii, conspiratii si multe rasturnari de situatie. Sezoanele 1 si 2 au fost preferatele mele, 3 si 4 deja s-au bazat pe unele exagerari in evolutia evenimentelor, dar asa se intampla cu majoritatea serialelor care prind, din motive care tin de profit. Cu toate acestea, episoadele sunt captivante si te tin in priza. Dezamagirea mea s-a legat, insa de Prison Break: The Final Break (episodul aditional de la finalul celor patru sezoane), in mare parte datorita finalului si a unor momente complet nerealiste. Pentru mine, felul in care scenaristii au decis sa rasplateasca eforturile si sacrificiile personajului principal fost cel putin frustrant. Mi se pare o negare a insesi ideilor centrale ale filmului: dreptate si libertate. Parca prea mult ghinion pentru o singura persoana.

            Iata firul actiunii pe scurt: Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) este victima unei conspiratii politice, inchis si condamnat la scaunul electric pentru o crima pe care nu a comis-o. Fratele sau, inginerul Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), face tot posibilul pentru a fi inchis in acelasi centru de detentie, pentru a-l ajuta sa evadeze. Michael trebuie sa faca fata, insa, pericolelor ce pandesc la tot pasul in inchisoare. Episod dupa episod, intrebarile isi afla raspunsuri si noi povesti paralele se insinueaza in actiune.

            In afara de Michael si Linc, personajele mele favorite au fost Sucre, Alexander Mahone si T-Bag (ultimul cu siguranta nu datorita personalitatii sale, ci a interpretarii extraordinare a lui Robert Knepper, care face un rol memorabil). Portretizarea personajelor negative este extrem de realista (T-Bag, generalul Krantz, Gretchen Morgan, Bellick in sezoanele 1 si 2 etc.), incat chiar ajungi sa-i urasti. Presonajul Sarei a avut de asemenea un rol important in poveste, insa pe mine, jocul actritei Sarah Wayne Callies nu m-a impresionat in mod deosebit.

            Voi l-ati vazut? Daca da, cum vi s-a parut?

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