Lost in Space

Lost in Space (2018) 

Serious family adventure sci-fi series. I would like to point out words “family" and “serious". And then, somewhere in the background, it is also a narrative sci-fi. And this is basically the same thing that Shyamalan wanted to achieve in After Earth. Just done more or less correctly. Simply put, the family is nice, the children are not unbearable (although they are too smart), frequent actions and the struggle for survival are presented correctly and dramatically, visuals are amazing, great soundtrack that rumbles like the latest blockbuster, emotionally it's not cold (even at the cost of being to emotional occasional) and so the only one significant complaint is that the pace of most episodes is strange because it ranges between far too frantic and far too slow. Nothing in between. What is not helping either is the strange discrepancy, where on the one hand it pays tribute to the original naive cult series and the movie wants to be a ride for children. It has slightly crazy characters and humor, but on the other hand it is being too serious, packed with marriage problems, constant struggle for a bare life, dealing with personal demons, styling à la Interstellar, etc. Children would shake their head about how seriously the movie takes itself and about problems of adulthood. However, the grown-ups would shake their heads in the same way as it seems incomplete. Generally speaking, it would be much better it the movie had a clear vision what it wants to be. Does it want to be a serious survival sci fi movie for a more mature audience or just a funny adventure ride as from the modern Doctor Who for all those who still have soul of a child? | S1: 3/5 | (13/04/2018)