Arkitekten (TV Series 2023– ) Poster

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8/10
Not one for visual pleasure. Light, Greyness, concrete and glass..
andrewscate7 October 2023
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Thinking about decisions and emotional and social intelligence through satire and discomfort: the wealthy still exist beyind all satire and queationing by thinking writers, directors and artists! Homelessness has a face, a personality and a political project and this includes the cost of "light". Sunlight is a luxury and glass an expense. To work as a live fashion mannequin behind glass symbolises boredom, or military treadmill, as well as wealth and prestige. This film slowly reveal social and emotional connection, unexpected and defying the young main character (i have heard to be the protagnist or centre stage is often charcaterises a bully!) pursuit of employment and a mortgage. The fraud, or wealthier more celebrated yoing architect hides struggles we can't connect with: cheating for a home and wealth appears empty and without warmth nor social connection.

A dystopian dusturbing, for me unknown time, world where glass is prestige and Bauhaus, simplified design and functional, is status and developers wealth. To have light, natural light would mean to have access to glass and the sun. With rational design unnatural light can dominate lives and dictate home ownership and honelessness.
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9/10
A real gem!
hsmith-325194 June 2023
Arkitekten is speculative fiction done right. The writing, directing, and acting are superb. I wish there was more of it and I can't wait to see what this director makes next.

I imagine it will get a lot of comparisons to black mirror due to it being set in a realistic near future. And it is similar to that show's gentler episodes, for sure. However, rather than focusing on the consequences of new technologies, it uses them as a part of the scenery to explore deeper themes of societal structures and imbalances. I am so impressed by what it accomplishes in a short runtime. This show chooses to rely on subtlety and creativity to tell a small story confidently. I appreciate that the world feels ordinary, familiar, and lived-in, foregoing the need to over-explain itself.

Ultimately, the show has a lot of heart and isn't afraid to have some fun too. It is shot and edited beautifully. Even the music is great. I cherished my time with Arkitekten and I will be recommending this little gem to everyone I know!
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9/10
Great low budget sci-fi
vakvarju9129 July 2023
It's very hard to find a good sci-fi today. It felt more real then Lapsis.

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes was funnyer but this has better soundtracks. Who don't liked it, don't know what means a satira. It's a sociofilm. 80 minutes, why not a film? Maybe because now it can be a second season.

The worst thing was with a dog gragging around a drone minus one star - and mannequins in a shop window one star for concept - only things that made me go bleh. The actres are very good, the dialoge are realistic, in the future and now in norweg as well. It surtunly don't write this an artifical intelligance.
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9/10
A gem from Norway
shimonmor10 December 2023
In four 20-minute episodes, this Norwegian mini-series delivers a wry and humorous indictment of 21st century capitalism and its failings. Severe income inequality has made affordable living in Oslo unattainable while jobs have become increasingly Kafkaesque. Our protagonist, Julie, stumbles on an elegant solution to the housing crisis but soon discovers that in capitalism's zero-sum system, she can only climb the ladder of success by using friends and colleagues as rungs. While other are forced to resort to fraud in order to survive. There are no winners in the middle-class. This black-comedy is sharp and witty, quickly paced, efficient and razor-sharp. The series is very well crafted and entertaining.
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1/10
Awful.
Evalon12 May 2023
If you look a way from the horrible camerawork zooming in and out like a toddler replicating the style of The Office. And if you look a way from the awful dialog, (which makes you wonder if it was written by an AI that has no understanding of how humans talk or act). And if you ignore the fact that there is no worldbuilding, or explanation for why it is that people can't afford an apartment. And then lastly look a way from the bizzare story, wooden acting and a very disappointing open ending. Then what you are left with is a waste of 80 minuttes.

No questions are answered. How did it get like this? Where are people living if they can't rent or own an appartment? Why aren't the streets littered with homeless families in tents? Why hasn't there been any riots? Why this, and why that?

If you like distopian sci-fi, then don't waste your time with this.
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3/10
It almost went somewhere ..
FluffydaMovieslayer12 May 2023
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I thought it started as an interesting concept. Sadly that's the best thing I can say- if a movie should be made with an improved plot , script , camera work ending it is this this movie. This could have gone in any direction but the one it ended up in and it would be a better film. Felt like a university film project where half the crew failed to read the brief.

If you would like to think of 100 ways to improve a movie this could be the show for you - Here is a hint to what you are in for- The best part for me was a dog dragging around a drone (twice) one star each time - and mannequins in a shop window one star for concept - only things that made me go HA ! - so yup go ahead treat yourself - perhaps watch something else.....
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