Although this show was deeply flawed in many ways, I still found myself enjoying it to a degree. They did a great job with the wood elves, and I found myself cheering for them more than any of the people. The setting was excellent. In particular, the primordial forest was very creepy and did a much better job of setting what I assume was the intended tone than all of the dialogue combined.
Unfortunately, the story had no depth or nuance whatsoever. Basically, the entire plot line can be summed up in a single sentence: Rich, entitled, annoying douchebags go to an isolated island to spend Christmas, decide that they know more than any local, and screw everything up because they can't follow simple instructions.
The acting was also atrocious. The characters were awful. In fact, the main (human) characters were so bad that I would have gladly given six stars if they had all died horrible, bloody deaths. Just to give one minor example that shows how awful these people were: right at the beginning they asked where they could buy a Christmas tree. A local informed them that the entire island was regarded as a preserve and the locals preferred to have the trees left growing in the ground. Rather than just accept that, the rich, entitled, annoying douchebags went out and just cut one down anyway. On property that wasn't theirs. Without even trying to get permission. When caught in the act, they didn't even have the decency to show any shame. And somehow, I think we were supposed to like these people?
Nevertheless, despite the flaws, if you're really bored and don't have anything good to watch, you could do worse than this, if only because of the elves.
Unfortunately, the story had no depth or nuance whatsoever. Basically, the entire plot line can be summed up in a single sentence: Rich, entitled, annoying douchebags go to an isolated island to spend Christmas, decide that they know more than any local, and screw everything up because they can't follow simple instructions.
The acting was also atrocious. The characters were awful. In fact, the main (human) characters were so bad that I would have gladly given six stars if they had all died horrible, bloody deaths. Just to give one minor example that shows how awful these people were: right at the beginning they asked where they could buy a Christmas tree. A local informed them that the entire island was regarded as a preserve and the locals preferred to have the trees left growing in the ground. Rather than just accept that, the rich, entitled, annoying douchebags went out and just cut one down anyway. On property that wasn't theirs. Without even trying to get permission. When caught in the act, they didn't even have the decency to show any shame. And somehow, I think we were supposed to like these people?
Nevertheless, despite the flaws, if you're really bored and don't have anything good to watch, you could do worse than this, if only because of the elves.