Katla (2021) Netflix Series Review

[@AustinBurke]

Thanks for watching! What is the best 2021 show you have watched this year?

[@vinnyb0730]

Loki

[@abhirajverma2175]

El inocente

[@hardcoresnuggles863]

Loki and raknaork

[@janechoy2073]

Mare of Easttown, Hacks, Wandavision, Line of Duty season 6

[@Paquetafrfr]

@@janechoy2073line of duty is spectacular but the recent season is awful

[@PennyAfNorberg]

I like that they spoke icelandic, swedish and english depending on who talked with who.

[@allthehardtimes]

Dropping them F bombs in english

[@lilsabin]

@@allthehardtimes the origin of fuck might not be english , since english itself is derived from nordic slave language

[@Grigio-KenCarsonsVer.]

This show is pretty interesting for me even though it’s not my taste

[@domanater480]

Some of the scenes especially the ice cave scenes with volcanic activity were breathtaking on my oled tv

[@divyasindu]

Hi Austin, My sis n I watched this series after watching your review and score.Though the premise of the show is similar to 'Glitch', we felt, characters in 'Katla' are not realistic and we couldn't root for any of the characters.Don't you think 88% is too high?🙂 Picturization is good, apart from that nothing stands out.

[@MrRoundthetwist]

Interesting .. the last few episodes I found myself rooting for all the characters .. clones included

[@IamCree]

I totally agree. No humans act that way . How can they expect us to even take these people and situations seriously?

[@kblack3970]

It's great to see and feel Iceland even via Netflix. Having been to Vik I watched in anticipation, and was not disappointed! Nice review

[@cosmotreintona]

Just binge-watched it today, and gosh I loved it! Good storytelling, amazing cinematography, haunting even in the slower moments building up to the revelations. I find the idea somehow believable and plausible, brilliant in my opinion.

[@domanater480]

Agreed, very original idea I loved it

[@aritrasaha914]

Exactly the cinematography and screen play is awesome a breath of fresh air hopefully it gets rank higher amongst watchlist and a short cliff-hanger for Season2 hoping it gonna come 2022 late or 2023 (Netflix should renew it fingers crossed)

[@lostinthereel]

In the middle of the season now, and I am shocked at how much I am loving it! Definitely a refreshing new Netflix show 😊 Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts, as always, Austin!

[@AustinBurke]

Heck yeah!

[@lostinthereel]

@@AustinBurke By the way Austin, you are killing it! I hope you know I still watch every single one of your videos, it's just not always in the most timely manner as life is crazy 🤣 but, just keep up the fantastic work. I hope you know what an inspiration you are

[@avedic]

I'm on episode 4 now. SO good. The cinematography is astonishingly beautiful. Then again I'm a massive Nordicphile, to make up a word.

[@a4c2s0THC]

I like these kinds of shows but I was getting frustrated. Some of the conversations are unrealistic to me. It rly bothered me that none of people that came back seemed to care where they were. Asa for example if I had been missing for a year I would wonder where the hell I was. That Thor just jumped right back in with young Gunderhild was weird to me. Grima was the only one that was like I need to know what happened and I was like yes finally. She was the only one who behaved realistically to me. I just feel like that’s not how things would go down of this rly happened. To many people shrugging it off and not enough questions asked.

[@TheShowTimeElites]

Grima got on my nerves. She kept hiding from her husband when the duplicate her came. Most of the characters were acting dumb the entire show.

[@lucaskohl1037]

Alle i can say is that you havent watched far enough and well if you did you didnt pick up on the signs. I mean i could tell you but that would also kind of spoil a part of IT :/

[@Muddurinn]

If you haven't finished the series, don't read further (Spoiler alert): The clones are not carbon copies of the people. They are some kind of manifestations of memories and/or emotions of the people involved. That's why the clones react strangely to everything and don't seem to recognize or care about the original nor the time difference. The people involved, like Thor and Gisli and Rakel at first, seem to embrace their deepest desires when presented with them instead of questioning them, which may infuriate the viewer but makes sense for the story.

[@brosef5033]

@Arnór Róbertsson Ha hvernig fannst þér samræðurnar raunvörulegar? Mér fannst þær persónulega mjög kjánalegar.

[@edgewolf66]

I enjoyed it. Watched all but finale last night. I love the European Netflix originals! Takes more brain than the US ones usually.

[@leonthompson2425]

Thought it was OK and well acted.....but the cinematography is absolutely outstanding.....it's something else and the best I've seen for a long time.....

[@cashflow3790]

This is the review I've been waiting for! I know how you like the slow burns and you are a huge fan of Dark as am I. It sounds like I got weekend watch covered. Great review as always👍 Looks like you better get that Martin Scorsese tier list going! That will be a good watch but difficult task considering they are pretty much Awesome.

[@gabrielhubby1549]

Yeah this was definitely on my radar , even before your review , I'm just about to start sweet tooth then it'll be this , cheers Austin

[@ddaddy1775]

I really enjoyed this show. The only thing that annoyed me was the stupidity on Grima's husband. It was just so unrealistic. How could he not notice there were two Grima's in the kitchen at the same time?

[@IamCree]

Yeah. It was too much

[@Gator5000e]

Great non-spoiler review. Please drop a spoiler review. Really surprised by the show. Similar premise to the Australian show Glitch, which is great also (three complete seasons of 6 episodes each). But this show goes in a different direction but has a lot of the moral choices we saw in Glitch. The ending was fantastic and I loved the last shot of the finale with what could happen in season two, which I’m hoping for. I was also happy with the English overdubs most of which was provided by the original actors (I’m not sure why other foreign shows don’t do this as it helps with keeping you in the show and doesn’t sound corny like some overdubbing does).

[@Tysto]

I too adored DARK. My only problem with KATLA was how they had certain characters exit once they had served their purpose. Just a little too convenient.

[@ThePitchblue]

katla has nothing on dark. it's crap.

[@siljarutsveinsdottir3872]

you know the katla volcano has bin called the entrance to hel in many old folktales and historical writings. i am Icelandic and we learned about this in school and its engraved in to Icelandic heritage.

[@pst5345]

wow now it makes more sense. The only thing I thought of was that the name is also used by A. Lindgren. She named a dragon Katla in The Brothers Lionheart.

[@ThornyRoseV]

Wrong..Its Hekla not Katla that you're talking about. You can see it clearly on the 1590 Iceland map by Abraham Ortelius. It says Hekla, perpetuis damnata. Or you can just google Hekla.

[@brosef5033]

@@ThornyRoseV Yup, you’re right.

[@brosef5033]

Þú ert aðeins að ruglast á eldfjöllum.

[@vinnyb0730]

Do you think that F9 is gonna be good? I started watching the Fast & Furious movies to prepare for it.

[@AustinBurke]

I hope so!!

[@TwiStedReality1313]

😅🤣😅🤣 I'd say vine swinging cars is gonna be a tough sell lol. I haven't heard anything good about it I'll say that.

[@jmediaemail]

Austin you're my go to reviewer. Thank you for your dedication. Love your work

[@GameOverMovieReviews]

I like the look of this. It really reminds of Fortitude which I really enjoyed. Scandanavia is such a great area for this kind of tone and story.

[@jashchandan3070]

Hey austin, it is worth to check it out "The A List" season 2 is coming on June 25 I think. Seen Twitter that some people got to see black window so have u seen it or got the screening of the movie ?

[@AustinBurke]

I’ll be seeing on the 28th of June!

[@SvensktTroll]

Celebrate midsummer watching The A List ?:-)

[@Grigio-KenCarsonsVer.]

By the way what month do u think stranger things is coming out

[@AustinBurke]

Not sure tbh! Hoping for November

[@Grigio-KenCarsonsVer.]

@@AustinBurke I think February or March 2022

[@faywilliams6383]

Just finished it, it was amazing after the disappointment of black summer season 2 this was very much welcomed! Sweet tooth is brilliant you need to check that out and another one on Netflix I watched during the lockdown was “to the lake” it was a Russian show I believe but yeah that was brilliant!

[@victoriameyer2601]

The show reminds me of an Australian show I watched a few years ago on Netflix about people coming back at the cemetary. Can't remember the name, but they were covered mud! I loved Dark and can't really see much similarity except it is a bit slow moving. Great review--thank you!!!

[@oyinabidoye8761]

Glitch??

[@victoriameyer2601]

@@oyinabidoye8761 Yes!!! I loved that show except the 3rd season was kind of a bust.

[@TToanTran]

Tons of reviews from you. Great job Austin!

[@AustinBurke]

Thank you!

[@renee_3364]

This sounds absolutely amazing! I'm going to watch this for sure. I'd love a spoiler review, although I'll have to watch it myself first

[@mhbsos2012]

As always great review I’m waiting for the records of ragnarok review

[@daos20000]

it was terrible

[@mhbsos2012]

@@daos20000 really?? I loved the concept

[@daos20000]

@@mhbsos2012 Netflix stays botching good anime … the manga is very good but the anime was just still images and then they cut to an explosion .. don’t bother watching it go read the manga

[@martinscorsese9907]

Fascinating. When will you rank all of my pictures? I know it is a daunting task, but I am sure it will inspire you to become a filmmaker as well, Mr. Burke.

[@AustinBurke]

MARTY THE MAN!! Hopefully I can rank those movies sooner than later ;)

[@martinscorsese9907]

@@AustinBurke Great!

[@daffodilunderhill7066]

I have been waiting to see if someone will say if the ending is satisfying enough to watch Season 1. I am so tired of being left hanging with shows that end with no answers and then get cancelled. So, you answered my question and I can't wait to see Katla!

[@hbirg7893]

For me the ending was not satisfying and i feel like i was left with no answers. Maybe it will be satisfying for you

[@jogginbuxur]

I feel like the ending was satisfying in the sense that the show finally made sense and I finally understood the purpose of the changelings. IMO this show should only be 1 season I don't get why they would make another season.

[@IamCree]

The ending was unsatisfying and made me regret wasting my time on the series

[@IceStorm-l4t]

I will check this out. Most of your recommendations have been spot on.

[@kwil7348]

I watched it all! It was fantastic. Unexpected. Sometimes shocking. But so beautifully done!

[@LWS2012]

This is not my genre at all but I really enjoyed the show. I was drawn to it for a simple reason: I love all things Icelandic! The show didn't disappoint. One of the storylines was disappointing in its resolution and left me a bit confused. But overall, pretty good. My fave series of all-time is The Handmaid's Tale. Dark in another kind of way.

[@mountain85]

Thanks for not giving all the suspense away 🙂

[@fonziebulldog5786]

Similar to other shows over the years where dead returns like living people but in Katla some of the living also get a clone of their own from a volcano. Good story but often told a little bit to slow who just want you to scream, DO SOMETHING in a environment who is covered in grey ashes from the volcano. But when the Islandic people have a similar Nordic temper like me from Sweden in the story i do understand it.

[@micaelagonzalez71]

This is the third Icelandic show I watch and I'm falling in love with their tv, honestly. And their landscapes, of course. The idea behind the volcano people was not exactly original, but, to me, it didn't fall in too common places either. I liked it a lot. Every episode I found myself trying to find out what the substitutes had in common, and by the second to last episode I had an epiphany and figured it out and was so happy to be proven right by the end because that almost never happens XD My favorite slow-burn is Dark. Spoiler review for discussion!

[@lawrencemajor7176]

I hope season 2 of Katla will up better than season 1 though. Fell victim to that with The Dark..Season 2 wasnt that good & I basically forced myself to finish season 3. I hope Katla doesn't let me down because maybe I was too slow to understand the Dark lol.

[@micaelagonzalez71]

@@lawrencemajor7176 is there going to be a second season? I thought it was a mini series. The second season of Dark is my favorite haha. The third was good but not better than the other two in my opinion.

[@ByGraceThroughFaith777]

I just came across this show by randomly scrolling and it looks like I found a hidden gem. Hope it's as good as most people say

[@sagarbanik4707]

is it only one season? or there will be a second season?

[@AustinBurke]

Not sure tbh!

[@jogginbuxur]

I feel like the ending made it somewhat open to another season

[@eliaslaitila545]

Loving this show so far (4 eps in). Please do spoiler review :) OH! And The Gift Season 3 dropped! WOO!

[@Thrashifice]

I loved this show after I got over the fact that they would have all been dead after a year of breathing in volcanic ash that would of tore their lungs up by now. lmao.

[@vickdisco]

Nothing will compare with the best series ever made (Dark, of course)....but you're right, Katla is very good....highly recommend it..!.....And for those of you who haven't watched DARK....it is the perfect series....never believe anything else......

[@chukwuemekaonwuchekwa730]

First few episodes were okay, but i get thé feeling the writer kinda found it hard to pull the story together. It's a little haphazard. It stretches it's unbelievability to extremes, particularly the reactions to the "resurrections"! That being said, I am watching it till the end because...well I already started!

[@averagekupal719]

kinda interested to see it since i like trese and i kinda like vincenzo but yea i do hope netflix continues to make good products rather then just some dumb stuff

[@funktastically]

VINCENZO IS SO GOOD YES

[@WilliamNeish]

I’m think I’m going for it, I’m totally in on this one !

[@Murdokreves]

Man... The slow pace wasn't much of a problem for me. The ending in the other hand...

[@badapav9428]

Please make spoiler review also, discuss more about it... ❤️

[@MDAman-hl8cn]

Hi Austin..is there any show like dark and katla

[@Doriess]

"The Rain" on Netflix. A Danish series.

[@MrRoundthetwist]

Loved it!

[@abhirajverma2175]

When are you gonna make a video on your favourite shows from HBO, Amazon prime, Hulu, Disney+ and others? Eagerly waiting for that one.

[@AustinBurke]

As soon as we get moved in I plan on making it! Maybe July!

[@martinscorsese9907]

How about you talk about your favorite theatrical experiences instead?

[@runawaylady1833]

I really enjoyed this show. Stunning and intriguing.

[@VolcanoGroupie]

Loved the scenery, acting and camera work; however, the final episode was shocking. Netflix had a couple of warnings about content but as an American viewer, I was still very surprised by several of the scenes in that final episode. Viewers should not permits kids to watch that episode!

[@Ravinath89]

Katla is just behind Lupin among 2021 Netflix releases

[@praveen5083]

Thanks waiting for elite 4 review

[@Grigio-KenCarsonsVer.]

I luv ur channel

[@davidr6914]

Great review!! 😀👏

[@AustinBurke]

Thank you!

[@marcusalbert9816]

That's a high score A B!...I'll check it out.Thanks.

[@TheSukhjit1234]

88%? Right, I'll be watching it tonight then

[@procraftinatorz4116]

What day are we doing 2018?

[@SolarAdrift]

This show started off so good but the second half of the season fell off HARD.

[@TerencePetersenAjbro]

Totally share your experience of this show. I binged it in a week, it's a show that you won't forget in a hurry. These changelings that appear, maybe their purpose is to change lives for the better, maybe there is a benevolent mind behind it all. Not sure which Grima committed suicide in the final episode, does it even matter?

[@brosef5033]

Real Gríma committed suicide. I do think it interesting that her name is Gríma as it literally means mask. It’s not a common name here at all. And I dunno, I feel they are more sinister.

[@TerencePetersenAjbro]

@@brosef5033 The name Grima was used in Lord of the Rings I think. Grima Wormtongue, in league with Saruman betraying the Rohirim.

[@Iampauljoseph]

I am interested in watching this 😊👍

[@IamCree]

I disagree, actually. I love a good slow burn, but this was just sleep inducing. We all thought it was boring, and the characters all acted so irrationally it was hard to feel like the world was real. Literally no humans act that way (and I'm speaking of the humans). I also thought there was almost no decent payoff at the end, and the message we're left with about mental health is really abysmal. Definitely in my bottom group of shows for the year

[@CesarGarcia-bm6zf]

I am satisfied with one season which I would like to watch again. Maybe next time I will have a bigger iPhone.

[@catestuff]

Hi! Can u please watch and review the Rurouni Kenshin movies? They're all now available on Netflix and the final movie releases this week. I regard it as the Dark Knight version of samurai movies.

[@jesrieldaug1258]

Can you make a review on Oriol Paulo's Movies and even his new TV series?

[@Lwenzick]

I don't get any explanation here. You're just talking everything happened in the Show. What a waste of 8mins of my time

[@allthehardtimes]

What a great show i loved all the characters

[@amy_yoshikawa]

Today 'Rurouni Kenshin: The Final' finally in Netflix. Austin watch the fight choreography in that movie. It's Really something.

[@spirituallyyoujustbeenx185]

That show is horrible. The people on there isn't how people would act. Everyone on there act so stupid the show is unwatchable. I give it 1 star.

[@Grigio-KenCarsonsVer.]

I just noticed I’ve never watched a movie that u haven’t talked about

[@rakeelhosein7977]

I’m loving this

[@abdulshariq7192]

Was in Episode 2 and it kinda goes off by far as Curon. I liked Curon too though it has mixed review....

[@waldo2330]

What I hate of this one is that everyone seems to be dumb or stupid, It just pissed me off all the Time.

[@blacksnakemagic]

This show feels like its gonna be "All squeeze and NO juice." And I won't be able to get back the 7 to 8hrs of time it'll take to watch it. So I'll put it on the "watch only when bored and have run out of better things to watch" list.

[@vickyelina]

Is where I live. In Vik, iceland

[@VolcanoGroupie]

You live in a beautiful area! Is it true that Vik residents are told to go to the church on the hill if there is a sudden eruption?

[@penyhofstader2724]

This TV show is good I like it better than vodka

[@MDAman-hl8cn]

You gave this show 88%.. seriously first army of the dead now this..lost trust in your review..just wasted my 8 hr..it is not even 5% of dark..dump show.. character reacts so dump as if this in their daily routine to see their clone..i mean how 88% seriously dude.

[@MDAman-hl8cn]

@Luminox thank s for informing me about who killed sara? Otherwise it is possible that i see the score got influenced to watch it.

[@IamCree]

Totally agree. More like 33% to me

[@lidia085208]

Show was great I didn’t like the part that the real girl killed herself, she seems sad the entire show but damn that part was sad.

[@sicmundus2348]

I don’t think it was her..it was the copy that ended up getting killed

[@lidia085208]

@@sicmundus2348 the copy hair was more darker the real one had like a brown hair the one who was playing the piano had darker hair ,and the last one doing the shot was the original the one on the right with a beige top.

[@brosef5033]

@@sicmundus2348 Nope the real girl killer herself.

[@sicmundus2348]

Sorry but I read multiple articles where they said the copy is the one that’s killed…in the end, the real grima just behaves like her

[@brosef5033]

@@sicmundus2348 Nope the real Gríma was killed. Gríma hadn’t played the piano in about a year, the piano was dusted. In the end you see the changeling playing the piano.

[@abdulkhadar9378]

Big hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@Zockopa]

The show was good but the ending was BS.

[@iklight596]

It is unnecessarily slooooow

[@TheShowTimeElites]

The Show was ok, but I hate when they make the characters dumb.

[@jaroddeans1954]

The plot was good but the show it’s self is stupid the writer ruined it Some scenes didn’t even make sense

[@Andy-wy8gu]

Hey check out Ted Lasso

[@sudilos1172]

tried to watch first episode. Imagine living in a small northern do nothing town. Boring like that, but less boring. But like that. I will fast forwards some more episodes. Action? What Action?

[@brosef5033]

Lmao people actually do live there so nothing unrealistic about that, I don’t really get your point

[@johnthomson5315]

Why did the girl Thor impregnated not ask why he was suddenly 20 years older?

[@ThePitchblue]

I'm not getting tricked again like I did with valhalla murders, solely bc of the chilling, beautiful atmosphere, ambience and cinematography. gave up in e2. many of these shows seem to try to live up to "dark", but oh how deluded they are.