Reviews

This show ain't winning any awards, but it is enjoyable and keeps you hooked if you're a fan of this type of series.

This show has an amazing feel to it, and I enjoyed watching it. However, there are too many nonsensical twists and turns in the plot, that it gets old really fast. Jessica Jones is established to be smart, and good at her job, but throughout the show, she makes lots of questionable, and sometimes incredibly dumb decisions. If the writers had stuck to the character(s) which they have established in the beginning of the series, this story could have ended in 6 episodes or less! Overall, the show is enjoyable, and the episodes are entertaining individually, but you have to keep in mind that Jessica Jones is as dumb as a brick.

Marco Polo has most of the components of a great show: An intriguing plot, great cinematography combined with astounding and exotic settings, and complemented by above average choreography and costumes.

I say most, only because of a few bland acting performances scattered scarcely across the show, mostly by the main actor playing Marco Polo. This however, did not affect my enjoyment of the show, since it excels in so many other respects. The show does a good job of not focusing solely on Marco Polo, but also on Kublai Khan, his empire, as well as a very strong antagonist.

Marco Polo is being unjustly panned by critics. It is being unfairly compared to Game of Thrones, which has very little in common with it, which leads me to suspect that these critics haven't watched anything past the trailer. Even if it is not on the same level of Game of Thrones, it should not be completely dismissed, as is being done by critics.

I say give Marco Polo a chance, regardless of what the critics say. Completely dismissing a show because it is not on par with one one of the greatest shows on TV, especially one that demonstrates this high level of film-making, is really unfair.

Marco Polo: 9/10.