Disclaimers and Information
Until now, I have never done a movie/series post about movies and I'm not exactly sure what I am doing, but hopefully I can get my thoughts and opinions out in a orderly fashion.
Today I want to talk about the Spanish Series "La Casa De Papel", it is on Netflix and currently just finished its' last season. I will try and not spoil anything for you new watchers, but give enough to hopefully get you interested in watching. As Netflix does go off of region, I know it is in the US version, and presumably most of Europe but I cannot find a source that lists all countries. Another notable feature, as by the title, the whole series is filmed in Spanish but Netflix does provide English dubbing for us English speakers. This could be annoying to some, but it honestly didn't bother me too much.
Let's Get Into It
Short Description
La Casa De Papel A.K.A. "Money Heist" is a series in which a mastermind invites a bunch of hardened criminals to design his ultimate team of bandits and thugs. The mission for this team is to storm into the Royal Mint of Spain and pull of the biggest heist in history printing billions of Euros. For a heist like this, everything must go perfectly, which will be a tough task with criminals with absolutely nothing to lose.
My Analysis
I am not new when it comes to shows, I watch way more TV, YouTube, and more when it comes to entertainment than a typical person with a job should. However, it keeps my brain in a low spot or I overthink a ton. Nonetheless, out of all that I have watched, "Money Heist" has had some of the best imagery, fore-thought, and character development I've seen in quite a long time.
Even though some of my favorite themes are dystopian future, robberies, prison breaks and such, I do see this series being for more than just those types of people. Money Heist adds many different aspects in that just pulls in all kinds of viewers, as long as the viewer is willing to watch the first episode.
Length and Viewer Retention
This series has 5 seasons, but the last season had 2 parts so it was essentially 6 in my eyes. I digress, the point is that even through all of those seasons, I was still addicted to the show. Most shows and especially movies these days have terrible sequels and fall into the pit of ruined reputation. However, six seasons in, it was still soo good! Don't get me wrong, I feel like season 2 or 3 was kind of in a lull in comparison to the others. BUT, here me out, it was still super good, and had their own twists to make things spicy.
That gets into the next part, the way the producer kept the series going and staying fresh with content while all of the protagonists are in a Royal Mint Locked inside is insane. Most Series that lasts this long get really repetitive or the season is boring and uninteresting compared to what you fell in love with in the first place. La Casa De Papel keeps the storyline new and entertaining with new twists and mind teasers to make it feel as if you are watching the first season all over again.
Season 5 and the Ending
After having finished both parts recently, I can definitely say that Season 5 goes into the list of top 3 seasons for me out of the whole thing. If you were to ask me how it would end at the beginning of part one, heck even start of part 2, I would say I have no clue. This series is like having to run 1 mile but having no clue how far you ran until someone tells you to stop, and every little bit has a 90° turn in a different way.
Like a good series, character development should always be developing and constantly evolving the choices and opinions of characters, and I feel like I saw that throughout it all. Some characters I may have hated in the middle of the series changed my opinion by the end and I ended up liking them a ton. One specific character that I felt wouldn't change ended up being one of the biggest changes in the whole series and I could not stop rooting for him/her.
Twitter Opinions
I don't know what some people are talking about, some say they didn't like the ending, others were confused about the hype around it (which there really isn't, not like Squid Game) but I don't get it, some of you are tripping. Out of a Netflix Production, this should make you awestruck from the clear view of attention to detail this idea had.
My Rating Overall
This series gets a solid 9/10 with the amazing imagery, themes, ideas, attention to detail, character development and more. This story/idea obviously took a ton of time and had to simmer while everything was ironed out. I legitimately did not notice any issues or mess-ups during the show, and I usually catch a fair bit of things that are too predictable or bad effects and such.
As for the ending, I give it a 8/10 as it was well crafted, and had a good road of emotions through it all. Trust me when I say this, you will NOT EXPECT the ending that comes out. There were some things I wish I could've changed to make it even better, but I am overall satisfied with the way things turned out. I would divulge my corrections but this is a spoiler-free zone 🙂
Thanks for reading!
Until next time...
