Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Cursed is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, and is a retelling of the Arthurian legend with a twist. Instead of King Arthur gaining Excalibur, a teenage sorceress named Nimue (Katherine Langford) does. Her people — the Fey — are being hunted down, and so Nimue will do whatever it takes to save them.

I would describe this Netflix show as the edgy little cousin of The Witcher. Both shows have the same mature rating, but Cursed is definitely geared towards teens despite its crazy amount of violence. It’s strange really, the show attempts to be mature, but the dialogue comes off as soapy, and the action scenes are laughable.

At one point, Nimue is surrounded by a bunch of crazy cultists, but only one of them attacks her. The other guys are just standing around, carrying weapons that might as well be twigs because they’re completely useless.

Actually, there’s a lot of moments where characters are standing around and not doing anything until it’s their queue. There’s bad directing, bad dialogue, and pretty bad characters.