"The Walking Dead" Season 2 & 3 Review

            

            Due to the fact that I am out of time because The Walking Dead season four premiered last night, I will have to review seasons two and three together. I will review both in each section of my review.

            The acting in season two of the show got much better than it was in season one. All of the returning actors and actresses got much better, as it seems that all of the money made by season one was invested into acting lessons to make them act better. We get top notch performances from both the returning and new actors and actresses, making the acting excellent in season two.
            In season three, the acting is still amazing. The performances do not get much better like they did better seasons one and two, but they are still great. Though, the acting in season three is not as good as the acting in season two, because there are much more actors and actresses to account for, and some of them did not do as well as the bar had been set with season two. The acting is still great in this season, though.

            The writing for season two, despite its flukes, was as good as or better than season one’s writing. The flukes were that in the first half of the season, it was really slow and eventually got boring. There were too many scenes and not enough major plot events to balance out the running time of the episodes. Though, the dialogue in this season was spectacular. There was no cheesy dialogue, there were no bad lines. Time after time, great lines flew out of the characters’ mouths and the way it sucked you into the show was also amazing. The show became intense and incredibly enjoyable off of nothing more than dialogue, and I found myself getting excited when characters were about to have conversations. The way it developed these characters in the slow time they had in the first half of the season, they seemed like real people. That is what makes the writing in season two of The Walking Dead excellent.
            Dialogue in season three sometimes compels you to want someone to say a particular line, or do something in particular. Though, it did not run off of dialogue like season two did. Yes, it still did have incredible dialogue and there were some fantastic conversations, but there are less of the huge episodes that are amazing and riveting. In this season, there were times, but barely any times that I was excited to see people about to have a conversation. It, though, have still have some times where there was intensity just off dialogue, and it had another positive element with the writing that season two did not have. Sometimes you really want someone to do or say something. You will wonder what is wrong with someone and really want them to speak. Also, I think it is fantastic when a film, television series, etc. can make you not only of course feel for the protagonist and go for them 100% of the time, but also feel for the antagonist sometimes. And, why would I be mentioning that if season three did not hold that aspect in its writing? The writing in season three, like in season two, is excellent.

            I cannot talk much about the story because of the way the seasons were written, so I will just talk about the events. Like I said, the first half of the second season did drag on and get boring after a while, so I will have to take points off of the events in season two. Though, the events are very unpredictable, incredibly surprising, and, of course, caused for many incredibly intense moments. It would even make you dislike some events, because you do not want something in particular to happen to the characters. That adds something to the events. The events, overall, will still great, though.
            In season three, the events did not have the flaw of dragging on for a while, and they still had the momentum of the events in season two. They were still very unpredictable, and were still very surprising. They also created incredibly intense moments, like season two. Though, the events had this momentum throughout the whole season, unlike season two. This made the events in season three excellent.

            As far as the enjoyment of the series goes, season two takes second place in the contest with season three. It is, though, incredibly enjoyable in the second half of the season. The first half is another story. These episodes, yet enjoyable, had pacing issues and slowed down after a while. As I did say, we got to know the characters more, but we did not need six forty-four minute episodes of character development. But it was interesting and enjoyable for the most part, surprisingly; even though it had its fair share of dull moments and was slow. Overall, though, it was very enjoyable.
            Season three does not have the pacing issues and slowness of season two. It was improved upon season two and was exciting for almost the whole season. It had about two episodes near the halfway mark (after) of the season that were dull and somewhat boring moments in the season. The season had some amazing action sequences and great character tragedies. I really do not have many flaws with season three in this section of the review. I loved season three of The Walking Dead.

            The Walking Dead season two had excellent acting, excellent writing, great events, and was very enjoyable, but the first half of the season had many dull moments and was very slow. Season two of this show is a very, very good season. I give the season my rating “Worth Seeing At The Theater”; I give it an A- and an 8.4/10.

            The Walking Dead season three had great acting, excellent writing, excellent events, and I loved it. Even though I did not mention any flaws with the season, it is not excellent. Though, season three of the show is a great season. I give this season my rating “Awesomely Awesometastic”; I give it an A and an 8.6/10.