Grimm - TV Series Review

Grimm is based on the life of a Detective Nick Burkhardt of Portland police working to becomes a Grimm that hunts those who interfere with the supernatural world. Studying his work as a cop alongside with harrowing experiences of his own being a member of supernatural world, Nick collaborates with Monroe, the reformed Big Bad Wolf which helps country fighting with evil forces hidden beneath the surface of the city.

The series successfully combine urban fantasy with elements of crime and drama presenting quite dark and engaging setting. The show has a dark but at the same time rather magical feeling, which is enough to make viewers remember that it is fairy tale show but it is rather dark like some of the contemporary detective shows. There are themes of inheritance, accountability, and the moral grey area which are overlaid as layers to the show’s premise, both rooted in the magical as well as the mundane that define the characters.

SVGLWBK is mostly successful in portraying Nick Burkhardt the detective and the Grimm heritage bearer portrayed by David Giuntoli. There is a confident, strong employee inside of him, but there’s also appears to be a weaker side of him due to leading a double life. Silas Weir Mitchell as Monroe again brings laughter and substance to the series as a hesitant partner who lightens the darkness of the show. Russell Hornsby and Reggie Lee are included in the cast thereby providing unique and valuable characteristics to each character.

The show’s directors Norberto Barba, Terrence O’Hara, and Eric Laneuville bring exciting and dynamically effective vision to the screen. Their direction makes sure that every episode of the show continues to be filled with suspense, has the best feeling of pacing and continuity, thus letting the viewers get the feel of the world that has turned supernatural.

MUSIC – The show has a haunting score that adds to the already dark fairy like atmosphere of the show. The music itself makes suspense and poignant moments even more severe, and, thus, viewers become deeper into the show’s theme of crime and myth.

The show’s cinematography gives striking view of Portland and the elements of the show as dark fantasy. It captures rather dark woods, fog, history, and the like, creating a veil of grime and ethereal light for a show that doesn’t shy away from demons and monsters. Practical sets and real places in Portland work as a platform bringing the show’s fantastic elements closer to the real world.

The grotesque transformations and supernatural events are depicted with the help of special effects. These effects are done accurately, especially deepening the mythological aspects of the series while at the same time remaining utterly believable in its setting of modern urban landscape.

The issue of editing in Grimm is well done to provide an interesting flow of the episode from heavy action scenes to character contemplation and building characters’ arcs. This guarantees the viewers are engaged throughout |Since the series is animated, the pace is kept rather active, so characters’ development does not overshadow the plot progression vice versa. It manages to maintain an audience interest across the episodes and there is sufficient tension and intrigue to hook the viewers.

The language used in Grimm is good with smart dialogues which have a certain tongue in cheek humour that fits into the show’s darker premise. Some character talks genuinely and look deep into their perspectives and intentions and make the overall story quite funny and tense.

However, overall, the way Grimm depicts a narrative world, it might have been very monotonous after some time because of its crime procedural series format. However, the show’s ability of providing new mythological elements frequently enough is usually enough to offset this rather meager flaw.

The cop procedural with a spin of the fantastic is what makes Grimm unmissable. The series remarkably lays foundation of engrossing plots with lots of character implantation in the structure of something familiar but beautifully unique for lovers of the dark fantasy themes, layered with complicated themes and philosophies.