When looking at Season 3 of The Witcher, I had to make sure I had an open mind, not getting influenced by all the drama regarding Henry Cavil leaving and the change of direction. What if the direction is good? What if the show actually gets better moving forward? I kept an open mind, hoping to be surprised.
Unfortunately, Season 3 starts in a manner that can only be described as plain bad. No sugarcoating, no silver lining, it is just poorly produced. Forget the acting, just at an editing level the pacing of the show is an absolute mess. Even something as simple as Yennefer closing a door has 2-3 unnecessary cuts, as if you are watching a cheap YouTube video, not a NETFLIX TV Show. That is just a small example among hundreds of weird and very noticeable editing styles that stick out like a sore thumb, it does not fit the show, the aesthetics or sports any consistency with the previous seasons.
The dialogues have also gotten significantly worse, seriously what happened? The execution is also poor, as if the direction behind the actors is now devoid of all passion.
This is such a sad downfall of a great franchise, at least we have the video games.