“One Hundred Years Of Solitude” lands on Netflix with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

Netflix had a record year in 2024, releasing some of its best content ever, from brilliant and devastating dramas about the darker side of human nature to heartwarming stories of human connection and loss to beautiful animated series that will illuminate the screen with dazzling color.

baby reindeer, which came out last April, is possibly the best Netflix series of all time, although it’s such a tragic and depressing series that you really have to be in the right mood to watch it. The newer Ted Danson led A man inside, was so full of heart and humor that I watched the entire season in one sitting.

And both Arcane And The Dragon Prince have dropped new seasons, giving us more of the streaming service’s best animated content. The Dragon Prince’s The next season actually comes out in just about a week. I’m sure I’m leaving out a lot of other great Netflix series from 2024, but we can’t list them all.

Today Netflix has been discontinued A hundred years of loneliness, However, only the first eight episodes of the 16-episode season. The series is based on the literary masterpiece of the same name by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. I read the novel in high school and have practically forgotten about it now, which makes watching the series all the more enjoyable. I also wanted to brush up on my Spanish, so this couldn’t come at a better time.

So far, critics are raving about the Spanish-language drama, which boasts a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

“Given the difficulty of the task,” writes Time Magazine’s Judy Berman, “it is remarkable how close Netflix’s great film One Hundred Years of Solitude … comes not only to the content but also to the kinetic spirit of the book.” Berman points out that the production took six years to film and produce. “The patience shown to the production is evident both in its monumental scale and in the movement and detail that director Alex García López (The Witcher) and Laura Mora (The kings of the world) on the screen. Each hour-long episode contains dozens, perhaps hundreds, of amazing images.”

The Telegraph’s Keith Watson also praises the series. “What this adaptation does so well,” he writes, “is taking Márquez’s imagination at face value and making sense of it for ourselves.” This is certainly something many adaptations fail at, either by having too much of the Incorporate filmmaker politics or simply change the story for no good reason.

One hundred years of lonelinessCien anos de soledad in Spanish – tells the story of the fictional town of Macondo and the Buendia family. The story is about cousins ​​Jose and Úrsula, who marry against their families’ wishes and leave their village to find a new home. They found the town of Macondo on the banks of a Colombian river. “Several generations of the Buendía line will shape the future of this mythical city,” Netflix writes in the series’ description, “tormented by madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war and a terrible curse that condemns it without hope.” to 100 years of loneliness.”

The 1967 novel has sold over 50 million copies and been translated into over 40 languages. It is considered one of the most important Spanish-language literary works of all time. Gabriel García Márquez was one of the key voices of the magical realism movement in Latin America, and the series is filmed in the author’s home country of Colombia.

“The Spanish-language series not only breathes new life into Márquez’s seemingly unfilmable novel,” writes Collider’s Carly Lane, “but is also a triumph of filmmaking, thanks to stunning cinematography and an epic story that spans multiple generations.”

Variety’s Aramide Tinubu praises the series’ faithfulness to the source material, but wonders if it might be a little too faithful for a modern audience that might prefer more action. “A monumental undertaking that unpacks every single layer of Márquez’s novel. “The series feels a bit dense at times,” Tinubu writes, “and lets every sequence play out even when it feels painful or unnecessary.” Containing the plot for a modern television audience might have made for a more exciting adaptation. Yet “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is presented as the novelist wrote it, with a wealth of detail and profound eloquence.”

I value eloquence and faithfulness to the source material rather than dumbing things down for modern audiences any day of the week.

I’ve only seen part of part 1 so far, but it’s really visually stunning and a gripping drama. The show’s creators have created a lush, vibrant and captivating world that draws you in from the first frame. There is undoubtedly magic here. Claudio Cataño, who plays Colonel Aureliano in the series, described working on it A hundred years of loneliness as “an arduous and exquisite pleasure.” I suspect audiences might experience the series that way too. I’ll post a review of Part 1 here at the top of this blog when I’ve finished all 8 episodes.

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