Less and less is missing for the premiere of the second season of the great success of HBO, The Last of Us. Critics who could see in advance the series praise her for maintaining her sense of existential horror and emotional complexity.
Released in 2023, the television adaptation of the influential video game was one of the highest grossing premieres of the decade. Their audience figures rivaled with large series as game of Throneswhile the series devastated during the awards season, winning eight Emmy and two awards from the actors union.
Now, the trip of the Apocalypse survivors, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and ellie (Bella Ramsey), continues with the second season, based on the controversial sequel to the video game. Critics who saw an advance agree that the waiting for two years was worth it.
What do the first criticisms of the second season of The Last of Us say
Kathryn Vanarendonk, from New York Magazine magazine, wrote: “The series is full of the magic and horror of paternity and how difficult it is to let your children become their own people. This is more clearly appreciated in the most prominent episode of the season, which appears almost at the end, when Joel and Ellie move away from the apocalypse for a time.” The review concludes: “The Last of Us shows that a zombie story can be even better and more devastatingwith more nuances in their moral dilemmas and greater reflection on the consequences. “
Nick Hilton, from The Independent, He highlighted Bella Ramsey’s performance as the most outstanding of the season. He affirms that Ellie “has evolved under the clear guide of Joel, becoming harder, more stoic, without losing that vein of innocence than immunity against moral collapse,” and adds: “Although Pascal is practically absent from the main narrative, this is a well -drawn world, and the population expands beyond its captivating protagonists.”
James Jackson, from The Times, agreed with Vanarendonk in which an episode stands out about the rest. “An episode arrives that leaves you stunned with its tenderness: the sixth episode is that devastating television time. It is enough to say that the characters suffer inside – and none more than Joel and Ellie – so when the moments of joy arrive, they feel truly deserved, flashes of something precious in a rainy climate. When he reaches those key moments, The Last of US felt special again.”
Ed Power, from The Telegraph, praised her as one of the great video game adaptations to the big screen: “We live dark times for video game adaptations, with the new Minecraft movie, having as much success as a brick released by a window. But the second season of The Last of Us grows up the balance. Bloody, full of surprises and tragedy overflowing, take all the best of the first season and take it to the limit“
Dan Einav, from the Financial Times, concluded that there are moments that exceed the first season. “Every detail of this expansive and vivid world seems to have been carefully considered by the Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, with every technical aspect perfected. And yet The rhythm is tense, unwavering tension; actions overflowing life and emotional authenticity. A flashback chapter that shows the deterioration of the relationship between Ellie and Joel is perhaps the summit of the extraordinary work of Ramsey and Pascal to date. “
The second season of The Last of US arrives on April 13 to HBO and Max.
Source: Ambito
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