The release of the first two episodes of the new series “Monastery” from Kinopoisk took place.
As the service itself noted, more than 250 thousand subscribers viewed the novelty on the first day. Nastya Ivleeva, a program under the Eagle and Tails program and YouTube-AgentShow, became one of the main representatives and mainly the “invitator” of the series.
Responsible for the series was the director Alexander Molochnikov, who recently left Russia to live in the United States. There were many disputes about the release, they dropped out of the New Season festival program due to possible problems with believers. But inflammation is difficult.
We are already reviewing the premiere episodes and telling if there is something to look at in the new product, except for Ivleeva.
Not one stellar one
Surprisingly, the authors seem to have found the entire budget not just for one famous person, as usually happens in such cases.
What is the series about: The plot continues in our time. Masha (Nastya Ivleeva) is a playgirl from Moscow who does not deny herself anything.
The girl came with a friend to the Emirates to the villa of her husband Nikolai Burkov. While he is away, the girlfriends go to a local party, do drugs, drink and have fun, and then turn up in an orgy.
In the morning, she rushes to wake up alone on the beach and does not remember anything, and she was evicted from the hotel.
It turned out that the guys who “filmed” them posted a video recording of their joint pastime on the Internet. The friend’s husband finds out about what happened, Masha is made guilty of what happened. In Russia, Nikolai’s people meet her and take her away in an unknown direction. In the end, he goes to the men’s monastery, from which her “new path” begins.
This is a classic character transformation story that takes a very long time to accelerate. In the first 2 series, they are always present, mainly in the exposition.
Unlike the previous comedy film with Ivleeva “Tourist Police”, we have a drama. Here the authors explore the star from the other side, but in the first episodes it is hard to see. We practically return nothing A story in 1.5 hours of running time.
The good news is that attention is not focused on one character. In the course of a series of calculations, the fates of other people are also revealed, and the fate of actors is also depicted: Philip Yankovsky, Natalya Kudryashova, Mark Eidelstein, Valentina Mazunina and others.
What’s great is that the plot (into what’s going on now) looks more or less worked out. Heroes have their own motivations, they don’t make clichéd stupid mistakes and lead to patterns of logic (for the most part).
For example, Father Varsonofy, whom Yankovsky met. This is a wise writer with personal drama. His wisdom did not come from thin air, but was built on hard personal life experience. Or his son Yura, an insecure young man who has not yet fully realized whether he wants to be a servant of the monastery, and not to succumb to worldly sins.
However, there is also a minus – although all the characters contain it as a background, but so little that information provided is torn, only a partially non-occurring situation. I hope there will be more details in future episodes.
True, there is also a statement to Ivleeva’s pretense: as if she deliberately goes too far, at least the audience remembers it even more. Looks at least ridiculous. But there is an analysis to transform for the season finale not as a character, a step as an actress – this will be a big step forward.
In general, there is someone to look at. The characters are memorable, they don’t feel like empty doodles. Due to the fact that they are so proportional, they can easily be associated with oneself. For this, plus the creators.
In general, here clear and predictable. But that doesn’t make me want to look further.
However, now they believe that something is impossible. I repeat, he has a very meager exposition, very little competently conveyed information.
Visually good, atmospheric setting
Cinematography is prohibited by eminent. Often the operator chooses strange and unusual angles, which either create spectacularly or raise questions.
Overall, though, it’s well shot with attention to detail. Everything was done in the Volgograd region, and it was simply the region in search of the Moscow “movement”. In some cases, with minimal noise, you even want to get there.
The monastery itself qualitatively. It is noticeable how the team tried to reproduce not only the locations, but also the actions of the actors. There are hardly any questions about violations of the feelings of believers.
Visually, the picture is juicy and contrasting, sometimes they change to more faded tones, certain moments of life stand out. Color correction is mainly played here, and it sets its own accents.
Watch? I think yes
It is still difficult to evaluate the novelty, but with the first cases of detection and engagement with my own spark.
There are always doubts about the characters, and about the story as a whole. I believe that they may dissipate in the future.
Source: Iphones RU
