The Mentalist: A Masterpiece of Crime and Psychology
The Mentalist is based around Patrick Jane, a man who used to be a psychic medium turned consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation in his pursuit of the person responsible for the death of his wife and daughter. In order to solve multiple mysteries, Jane assists the team by using his sharp wit and mentalist acts; However, his ultimate mission is purely vengeful- to capture Red John. The show’s grant premise changes from heavy and serious to flippant and jocular all due to the peculiar character played by Simon Baker. Keller’s portrayal of Special Agent JJ Arrby, Robin Tunney as Agent Teresa Lisbon provide a strong yet touchy female counter as the partner he works with. Tim Kang and Amanda Righetti are charming and nicely round off CBI team.
Chris Long and the team of directors do very well providing the audience with the hare and skills of combining difficult CBI cases and internal experiences. It opens the possibilities of elaborating character arcs, so the viewer does not get bored.
The music marvellously enriches the tense and emotional moments without overburdening them. Whether at the moment of intense interrogations or during rather contemplative moments, the music fits in the series mood to a T.
The visuals of the series are rather splendid resolving itself in unpretentious sonnets of everyday life as well as eschatological melodrama. The use of visuals makes the movie more engaging and helps to build up suspense and drama for the audience.
For this, the movie set is rather realistic and was quite well done in order to represent the world of the criminal investigation. From the busy working environment of CBI headquarters to actual crime scenes all the places seem real and real used.
The show uses realistic special effects rather than audacious cinematography. They serve a purpose of subtracting from the plot and do not distract the viewer from the storyline being developed.
The editing is fast, and at the same time intricate, keeping in balance multi-layered narratives. It is effective in sustaining the interest of the viewers without complication while also sort of giving a sequential flow of the events to the show.
The Mentalist has carefully incorporated scenes with rapid action and those that serve more on character development. The benefits of smooth transition contributing for making the series persists throughout its seasons.
Towards dialogue as the virtue of the series is intelligently presented with humor and wisdom. Patrick Jane’s conversation is very remarkable; when the show requires humor, tension, unintelligible work of the main character, as well as his undoubtedly superior intellect and compassion.
There are some typification of overestimation, for example, the viewers might feel boredom cause the show too often comes up with ‘mentalism’ trick. Sometimes, the situations can be quite predictable with the conflicts being resolved in sudden and quite convenient manners. However, the story never loses its interest, although, it has some flaws, which are mainly concealed by this plot.
The show ‘The Mentalist’ is a true delight to watch intellectually. It requires deep emotions at the same time as the characters are solving intricate crimes, which are memorable. It’s a show that brings fun and enlightenment in regard to aspects of human beings and justice to the screen.
