Reviews

Netflix did a great job letting us into a serial killer's mind and i cant think of anyone other than Evan Peters to play Dahmer, there were times i could relate to the killer and there were times i was repulsed by him; it proves that Evan Peters was really good at his job. I love that they didnt pick sides (except for the times when the other side was black), they just told the story from an observer's perspective; they didnt try too hard to make us hate this character. I respect that.

I couldnt help but check graphic images related to this case while i was watching these series. I've had pictures of these victims in the next tab, pictures of his apartment and of course the polaroid pics and I must say Netflix made the most realistic adaptation ever! His actual apartment looked exactly the same, I couldnt tell apart his actual father from the actor.

There were times they changed the script to make things more dramatic though. Like the way Dahmer murdered Tony and the way he tried to make him a zombie by drilling his skull.

The only character that seemed too much was Glenda. This character was too extra when you consider that the actual Glenda let alone being neighbors with him and getting offered sandwiches from him, didnt even know Dahmer personally. They wanted to give moral lessons through this character, they wanted to show us the unseen minorities i know. But there were times when the Black investigator and Glenda seemed very unnatural, cartonized and victimized.

Its like Netflix made the best soup ever but when it was time to serve it, they were reminded to "spice it up" with moral lessons and ended up making the soup too salty. My point is that the moral lessons were so out of the place that it seemed unnatural and it was like they added these extra lines later because whenever the black investigator made a remark in regards of minorities, there was an awkward silence and no response at all. I didnt like the atmosphere they tried to create there.

I know there was police ignorance and most of the times Dahmer could get away with murder just because he was a white blonde male and his victims were people of color. There were injustice. But cartonizing characters in order to make your point is never a good idea because by the end of the series I couldnt help but feel like i was watching a poorly made propaganda.

I know it's not an original idea to lock people in the middle of nowhere and see how they react to absolute emptiness. But i think they portrayed human nature and the possible psychological outcomes of their situation perfectly. At least with Kate.

The only problem is that, I agree with some of the comments, it does give Pandemic vibes: I would rather if they chose only one person, lock that person in an empty room and let that person lose the track of time and any type of connection to the rest of the world. Now that would be intresting to watch.

If you are gonna lock 2 people in, then you should show us the growth of their relationship through the days since they are close to each other in a way that they have never been before. It must change the status of their relationship which it did but they never bothered to talk about their feelings. It was nice to have Mike in the room, but it only helped us view the differences in Kate's character through the movie. She had the perfect character growth, I wish the movie focused just on her instead. The games her mind plays to her, the thoughts that keeps her going etc.

I could relate to her but it was still very overwhelming to watch someone overthink for an hour and a half. Did we really have to observe it all in order to relate to her? Why couldn't things go with the flow for a second?

I think this is a cult movie about hypocrisy of 90's churches and christianity. It's about a priest called Fr Greg. This young priest has a secret second life where he goes to gay pubs and sleeps with men. Even though this two lives of him are quite isolated from one other and doesn't effect his missions as a priest, he feels like a sinner deep inside. He also has questions about christianity and his faith gets even more damaged when he faces a mind-boggling case such as molestation and incestious. Will he stick to the church's rules and safety of the confesser or will he do what seems morally right?

The movie had many messages about christianity too.

Here are some quotes from the movie:

"And we've got a scapegoat today. It's that mythical beast called society. Drug addiction; alcoholism... etc They're not our sins anymore. They are not fault of of the individual anymore. They're society's fault"

"The creation of mankind only started on the sixth day. It hasn't stopped yet. We're taller than we were a thousand years ago. We live longer. We're better educated. More informed. So, creation is an ongoing process. And if you interfere with it, aren't you spitting in the face of God?

If you kill and maim, throw people out of their homes, turn your back on the elderly, if you shut down schools and hospitals, force people out on the dole--ln fact, if you do anything... to prevent one single human being reaching their full potential, aren't you interfering in creation?"

"He wasn't human enough, the Son of God. He had certainty. Heaven, everlasting life, He knew it all with absolute certainty. Well, give me that, and, fine, no problem, you can crucify me as well. All the agonies of the world, no bloody problem whatsoever... because I'd be certain that God exists. But I'm not certain. All I've got is faith. Then something evil comes along, grinning, sickening evil, and faith just runs away in terror."

"I'm in the depths of despair. I look around for an example, and all there is is you. But you perform miracles. You change water into wine. You raise the dead. You, you cured the sick. What kind of example is that? How could you possibly know despair?"

If you think this movie is one-sided and biased; then you should make some researches on 12 september coup d'etat and toturments made in diyarbakir prison which is the third of ten most notorious jails in the world. Between 1981 and 1984, 34 prisoners lost their lives: some set themself in fire, some starved themself to death. (Most prisoners were either Kurdish activists or socialists) so The Turkish government committed worse torturements than what has shown in this movie.

I'm not saying these two has relation, I'm just saying that they had a point there, Turkish prisons are really bad, but of course they wouldnt be able to treat an american citizen like that, this is the only unrealistic part. And most actors weren't Turkish, I couldn't understand what they were saying as a Turkish person.

Almost all the characters were somewhat cartoonish, I mean they were overreacting all the time. They were being extra.

Especially the african american teacher, imagine trying to remember the characters of this movie days later. You will only remember the race of this character because that's what he only talked about. Rapping about literature, calling Shakespeare a "dead white man" and saying "he had a point there, even though he's white". This is inappropriate on many levels. I know they wanted to do stereotype comedy, but it's just not funny and very exxegerated.

Kat was an irritating character for sure but that "no boys want to date kat because she is a smartass" thing was also too unrealistic. She seemed ready to socialize after a slight interaction.

I'm not quite sure if she wanted to attract attention by talking too loud about literature and whatnot because no one else in the class seemed interested or informed on the context, including the teacher. All i see was a girl arguing with herself very loudy.

Heath Ledger was quite lovely in this movie, he was pretty much the only reason I could endure to this cliche teen movie. I really loved the part when he sang "cant take my eyes off of you" .

Film adaptations ruin great books and that's understandable because they have a limited time to tell a lot, and attempts to convey the most impressive paragraphs of a book through dialogues do not always yield positive results. Books on psychology and philosophy are not the best option for movie adaptations, that's no surprise but it seems like they put an outrageous effort to ruin Irvin Yalom's masterpiece.

The scenes on dr breuer's subconscious mind and dreams were a total disappointment. Cartoon effects are the last thing you want to use if you are shooting a film on philosophy.

"...both sexes are stirred by nature towards mating more easily than before, when they scarcely noticed the differences between them."

think twice if you are gonna watch the movie for ww2 from Sweden's perspective because it has nothing to do with war aside from a couple of scenes. But you are in the right place if you are watching it for physical and lust oriented love. It was a pleasure to watch.

It shouldnt cost much to shot this since all they showed was grass. It felt like the whole movie was consisted of a veeery long trailer and a load of grass scenes to fill the rest up. There was a lot of thrilling moments and scary scenes but as i said, it felt like I was watching a trailer because at the end I didn't actually find out what was the point of all these. It started off exciting and ended up as a dissappointment.

The worst movie i've watched so far! Don't waste your time watching it.