10 reasons you're gonna love Netflix's Dark

10 reasons you're gonna love Netflix Dark

It has been over a month since the release of the final season of the beloved web series Dark and it is been highly praised by viewers around the world. But what makes this sci-fi crime thriller so praiseworthy and unique? 

Here are the 10 reasons why you're gonna love Netflix Dark.

10. Beautiful locations  

Dark is set in the fictional town of Germany named 'Winden'. Right from the very beginning of the series we get a feeling that something is not right about the ghost town. The low population gives a creepy atmosphere but the reduced traffic and pollution also makes the town bright. Most of the shots were taken in the outskirts of Berlin. From the long empty roads to the haunting forests, altogether give Winden a supernatural look and it is pleasuring to the audience.

 

9. Music 

Music plays a great role in engaging viewers to the storyline and Dark undoubtedly has a great original score. Composed by Australian composer Ben Frost, the soundtracks do not fail to match with disturbing and eerie atmosphere of the series. In addition to that, the impossible to skip intro features the song 'Goodbye' by Apparat. Each episode also ends with a beautiful soundtrack fitting to the story.

8. Visual effects

While watching Dark, visual effects may be last thing you wanna worry about. Throughout the whole series visual effects don't play a huge role but have a great impact. One single fault could've ruin your entire experience and the fact it doesn't is impressive. It just purely shows the dedication of the creators towards perfection.

7. Dark explains everything with solid logic

Although Dark belongs to the Sci-fi genre where somethings may not seem very logical, Dark clearly doesn't belong to that category. It is one of the few series and movies that can explain time travel and time paradoxes with logic. Not only the theories, the personal motives of all the characters and why they behave like the way they do is also shown very well. This makes viewers very hard to distinguish between the good and bad. The explanation of different time paradoxes in season 2  can make even the nerdiest persons scratch their heads.  

6. The plot twists

No great thriller is complete without a mind bending plot twist at the end. Netflix's Dark is no exception but it has not one, not two but many throughout the whole series. The creators first introduce us to the characters and strange happenings of the fictional town of Winden. Then they start to reveal its dark secrets. Unlike many series and movies Dark's plot twists seem to come from from nowhere and they completely change the way view of the audience. Dark requires an attentive mind but its definitely worth it.

5. Originality

There are only few movies and series based on the concept of time travelling, and very few among them can match the brilliance of this series. Stranger things, which is another sci-fi series follows a storyline a little similar to the Dark. Dark, being the Netflix's first German language series brings out the creativity of its creators. It may seem like Dark took inspiration from other blockbusters such as 'Predestination'. One scene in particular looks very similar to Christopher Nolan's Intersteller(2014), but uses a different method for explanation( That's what I thought anyway....I may be wrong). 

4. Cinematography  

Similar to Stranger Things, Dark has also one the best cinematography we've ever seen in a series or a movie. From the stunning locations to the realistic visual effects, all help dark to shine in its true glory. The screenplay jumps from one time period to another and the change of the atmosphere is clearly visible. The costume designs of the colonial era, 1950s, 1980s and of the present time are quite accurate. The use of walkman, superhero magazines all give a nostalgic 80s vibe. The editing of the scenes are also up to the mark.

3. Screenplay 

Dark follows one of the most complex and mind bending storyline to be ever shown in a series. The screenplay writers Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese, David S. Goyer, Daphne Ferrao, Marc O Seng and Ronny Schalk truely deserve credit for that. It was clearly not an easy task to present the whole story such flawlessly and they did the best that could be done.From the complexity of time paradoxes to the deep secrets and desires of its character, Dark's screenplay keeps the audience on the edge throughout the whole seasons.  

2. The concept

Perhaps the main attraction of this web series is its concept. As mentioned earlier, only a few series or movies follows a similar concept to Netflix's Dark. The story begins with the children go missing in a cave in the fictional town of Winden. Dark seemed like a mystery-crime thriller at first but soon it took turn to the Science fiction genre. Dark first introduces us to the basics of time mechanism and slowly explains all the concepts with scientific logic. Many critics stated that it is one of the few examples where time travel is shown logically. After the end of 3rd season all our doubts are cleared. The existence of parallel universe is also shown logically. The concepts of quantum entanglement, bootstrap paradox, time loop can be very insightful to anyone who takes interest in the field of quantum physics.

1. Character layering

The best part about Dark is undoubtedly its complex characters. Dark features the life of the members of four families in the town of Winden. It was not an easy task for the writers to portray such complex characters with such simplicity. Right from the beginning Dark shows us how all the members of the four families are connected to each other. Dark's true glory lies in its story telling technique. The story is shown from the perspective of each character in the series. It helps us understand their true motives and the reason why they act in such way. At the end its very hard to distinguish between the good and the evil,or we can just say there are no good or evil in this story. The changing of their personality and thought process is also shown very beautifully. Ultimately we can say that the development of the characters makes Dark great and we feel emotionally connected to each one them.