Artistes:
Melissa RosenbergActeurs·trices:
Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, David Tennant, Carrie-Anne Moss, Mike Colter, Wil Traval, Erin Moriarty, Michael Siberry (plus)Saisons(3) / Épisodes(39)
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Hantée par un passé traumatisant, la détective privée Jessica Jones cherche celui qui la persécute avant qu'il ne trouve quelqu'un d'autre à torturer à Hell's Kitchen. (Netflix)
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Critiques (6)
Season 1 – 90% – With its psychological complexity perhaps even exceeding that of Daredevil, it only took a few episodes for me to know everything about all the characters, even the minor ones, to an extent for which other shows would need at least two seasons. It is a unique achievement that fundamentally deviates from all superhero conventions, but Jessica Jones manages to showcase two important relationships. Surprisingly, the stronger and more emotional one is the girl power between Jess and Trish, a bond that is possibly the most unbelievable and vital comic book friendship of all time. The second is, of course, the toxic power dynamics between Jessica and Kilgrave, a tension that largely defines the main character. However, this is where my only concern lies. Even though a second season is needed within the successful Netflix universe, I am not the least bit certain about its necessity due to the story of personal growth and forgiveness towards others and oneself. As a standalone story, it is definitely a five out of five, but with this eleventh-hour reservation, I will wait and see what the future brings. Season 2 – 85% – While the other Defenders have their typical settings or conflicts, with Daredevil facing moral dilemmas, Luke dealing with social issues, and Iron Fist handling mystical elements, Jessica still struggles with herself the most. She doesn't really need the backdrop of New York; she doesn't need Kilgrave to be her enemy, she doesn't really need anything, and that makes her the most independent creation of the Marvel-Netflix alliance. She is also the most interesting and strongest character. I was shocked that the whole season managed without a long-term antagonist because the newcomers either subtly contribute (Pryce) or there are no antagonists at all (Alisa). Surprisingly, the most hated character of the second season is undoubtedly Trish. Not because of her performance of the popular megahit "It's Patsyyy" or her contradictory relationship decisions, but because of her actions that seem deliberately harmful to her loved ones, including Jessica and herself. Therefore, the experience of this season is slightly weaker, but the fact that the show can keep up the tension with the gripping first thirteen episodes, even without you-know-who, is commendable in itself. Season 3 – 80% – Not surprisingly, it is still very melancholic, painfully truthful at the right places, and above all, it reveals that sometimes, the most urgent inner demons come to the surface in seemingly mundane problems in society. The final season of the titular heroine's wandering is by far the most artistic one. Although it does not develop any long-term storyline within the entire Defenders universe and only sporadically mentions her companions, I like that the ending is appropriately melancholic. Again with Jessica, whose best friend is either a bottle of good drink or a step-sister who causes more troubles than joys. There is an absolute minimum of purely comic book elements this time, which may be the reason why the farewell was relatively well-received by both critics and viewers. However, I will remember Krysten Ritter's mocking smile with appropriate gratitude.
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A real girl’s serial. Topics like rape or emancipation play a large role in Jessica Jones, even if most of the time it’s about fights and classic catch the villain that is particularly well done. Kilgrave (a slippery David Tennant) has the power to control human desires and what he commands, you do (smile at him, bring him coffee, jump out of the window). As for Jessica herself, she doesn’t throw around her super powers very much, but Krysten Ritter manages to win sympathy thanks to gallons of booze and mountains of mess. The detective and spying subplots at the beginning, and introducing Luke Cage move the series forward through an almost film noir atmosphere with a pinch of horror up to the quite surprising action finale. Of course, we also get a good portion of (perverted) romance. The interlinks with Daredevil are pleasing, it’s all beginning to come together nicely.
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An attempt at a grown-up, feminist, noir, revisionist, and brutal Marvel series from the writer of Twilight. So feminism is confused with male-bashing, the noir husk is definitely ditched sometime after the third episode, after which all that's left is a sleepy heroine with a drinking problem, and despite all the effort, a fairly traditional narrative is maintained with all the coincidences, small-worldedness, and the fact that everyone is kind of attracted to each other. It's only kept afloat by a decent villain, whose refreshing nihilism always stops it from going limp at the right time. I guess what really irritated me the most was the noir pose, which has a decent starting point (i.e. an uncharacteristically female protagonist in a male world), but we're presented with her superhuman strength as its first parameter, which actually allows her to do the job (if she didn't have it, she'd be Jessica Jones at the unemployment office). Moreover, the funny rules, where blood and limbs fly through the air and you can booze it up like a racehorse, yet you can't curse properly, let alone reveal yourself on camera, somehow add fat to the fire of the whole illusion.
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The most civil of comic books and not only the superheroes ones. To the extent that the superhuman dimension is somehow extra (the movie would do easily without Jessica and Luke's), because themes that are addressed include complex non-black and white characters and advanced themes are dealt with such as rape, psychological violence and abuse, "ownership" of someone else, obsession, post-traumatic stress disorder, guilty from the point of view of a higher moral principle versus the strictly legal point of view, etc. Definitely no sunshine nor rainbows. On the contrary, it would be really hard to find anything more depressive in the noir/comic book genre department. Not even hard but maybe impossible. You may have some objections about the movie though, that is for sure. First of all, it slightly tends be kind of more traditional concept of comic books about broken/damage debris in the final episodes. Some side story lines just fade away and some episodes have really slow pace (event when considering that this series is very slowly flowing and quite one). However, even in the weakest moments, it keeps the characters above the waters of mediocrity. Above all, the main bad guy could, by the very nature of his ability, easily become overcomplicated, but the opposite is true, the more impressive whisperer has not been here since the days of Gaiman's Lucifer. Jessica Jones is on a completely different level in terms of genre and style (this is a intimate personal psycho drama) than her colleague the Daredevil, but together they begin to form a universe, which, unlike interchangeable blockbuster merchandising cash cows of the movie industry (whether from Marvel or DC) is interesting, stimulating and has endless potential for the future.| S1: 4/5 |
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The pilot of Daredevil blew me away and I shot 5 stars without hesitation, but Jessica Jones has left me very cold so far. Too much crime drama, not enough thriller, no action, no blood and no funny or intelligent dialogues, unfortunately, plus it's has a very lukewarm pace and Jessica hasn't shown anything to exhibit the traits of a superhero so far, so for me it's a disappointment for the time being, but maybe it will take off (I hope). For now, though, there's no reason to be happy. I'm done watching after the third episode!!! Uninteresting boredom, nothing happens at all, no action, just lots of sex with without nudity! Fuck it. 40%.
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