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movie review - The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2021.08.27

This is an animated movie based on the excellent TV series "The Witcher". It lacks the charisma of the TV series and is as self-serious as it is unpleasant. I'll take it further: by tacking on a very thin origin story that - like "Solo, a Star Wars Story" is completely unnecessary - they do the TV series a dis-service and weakens the story and even the world-building.

Not recommended. Strongly. Avoid this unpleasant and unnecessary mess.

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One day you will take a fork in the road, and you're going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. If you go one way, you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and get good assignments. Or you can go the other way and you can do something [...] for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and get good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you have to make a decision. To be or to do.

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