The first word that comes to mind after watching the first episode of "Irma Vep" is boring. Not only that but also lazy in the way it's edited, shot and directed. Every action in the series is unmotivated and pointless. It's fails to engage the audience in what goes on in front of us. Even Vikander doesn't manage to impress as there seems to have been some lack of direction for her character. She doesn't even seem to know what her character feels and thinks. Without a director of photography you end up getting beautifully lit frames, but exceptionally boring shots. Not ONE single establishing shot was done. The whole first episode was shot with ONE focal length. You have to be extremely lazy to not have imagination to try something else. Overall a painfully empty series which fails to be anything else but pretentious.

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