Westworld (Tv Series) Review! + (MyThoughts!) No Spoilers!

in #film7 years ago


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(DON'T WORRY, NO SPOILERS BELOW.)
Westworld is HBO's newest series based on the movie WESTWORLD.
Westworld is a science-fiction western thriller. (Has a little bit of everything!) It is created by Jonathan Nolan, Christoper Nolan's brother, and Lisa Joy.

Brief Outline Of The Story: ( a little hard without giving anything away)
The series takes place in the fictional amusement park town of Westworld. Westworld is populated by androids who act as hosts to humans who pay to enter the park. It is said in episode one that the cost of entry of the amusement park is $40,000 a day. Humans from all over come to Westworld to live out their wildest dreams. They can just live in a friendly manner. Or they can cause havoc and rape and ransack the whole park, anything goes. Humans can kill the hosts, but the host's can't kill the humans. The Human guests can do whatever they wish in the park, without the fear of retaliation. That's until one day the developers of Westworld start to notice some of the androids acting strangely, off from their written code. That's when things start to heat up in Westworld.

Without saying any spoilers, I can tell you Westworld starts a little slow. The first two episodes you are learning all the facts about Westworld and all the characters of the show, but that's not saying the first two episodes don't deserve a 9/10.
Things start to pick up around episode 4. And from episode 5 on, Your mind will constantly be blown away.

Main Characters :
Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy

Dolores is the oldest host in the park. She is one of the first hosts to start to act strangely and become aware that something isn't right. Dolores has a love connection with Teddy and William.

Thandie Newton as Maeve Millay

Maeve is a prostitue at Westworld. She too, like Dolores has become aware and demands answers.

Jeffrey Wright as Bernard Lowe

Bernard is the head of Westworld programming division. Bernard also creates androids, and updates their codes. Ford's right hand man.

James Marsden as Teddy Flood

Teddy is an android host, that always seems to find trouble. Teddy is also a love interest of Dolores.

Sidse Babett Knudsen as Theresa Cullen

Theresa Cullen is Westworld's Operational Leader. She is put in charge to make sure everything in Westworld runs smoothly.
Ed Harris as the Man in Black

The Man In Black is a guest who has been coming to the park for a better part of 30 years. He is on quest to find the center of "the maze."
Jimmi Simpson as William

William is a new guest. He is Logan's soon to be brother-in-law. He also has a love interest with Dolores and finds himself helping Dolores throught the season.
Ben Barnes as Logan

Logan is a long time guest. Logan, unlike William, desires the darker things in Westworld.
Anthony Hopkins as Robert Ford

The founder and creator of Westworld

Reception:
Westworld's first episode became the most watch premier of any HBO series since True Detective in 2014.
Westworld also became HBO's most watched first season of a HBO series.
Rotten Tomatoes gave an average episode score of 94 percent and a rating of 8.2
Nominated for 3 golden globes!
9.1 Rating on IMDB
Sources : Deadline.com, Imdb.com

My Thoughts After Completing Westworld's First Season:
Well, All I can say is, OMG, literally OH MY GOD! Like I said before, Westworld opens up slow for the first to episodes. You are learning a lot of facts. And during those first two episodes the wheels start turning in your head of the theories of whats to come. Every episode after episode 5 ended with a BANG. It left you speechless at times. The twists and turns of Westworld will blow you away, some of them expected, and some not, but delivered with such intelligence and mastery. The writers of Westworld tell it's story in such a perfect way, I'm sure 99 percent of the people were left satisfied. For me, it goes down as the best show of all time. Better than Breaking Bad even for me. I can't say if it beats Game of Thrones because I have yet to watch more than an episode, due to just not having time, or motivation.
Thandie Newton deserves every award in the book for her performance. Also, Anthony Hopkins has some lines that will make you have goosebumps. His delivery and performance was perfect. I honestly can't say enough about the casting and acting. Season 2, literally can't come fast enough.

Did you watch Westworld?
What were your thoughts on it?
Was your theory right in the end?

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Thanks for sharing this movie review, Lukin!
Upvoted & Followed you as well.

Nice review; added the series to my lists to watch. Looking fwd.

Thanks!!!
You will not be disappointed!! Enjoy!

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