phil-johnston3

(2012-04-30 05:44:37)

Decent idea, poorly executed.

You should never judge a book by it's cover and the same should be saidof a new show's pilot episode. The budget is usually pretty limited andthe creative team are still tweaking their ideas. That said, Grimm wasstill nothing special. It feels like an awkward mish-mash of the bestparts of Angel, Supernatural and every buddy cop movie ever. The leadcharacter, Nick, is a cop who is about to propose to his girlfriend.His terminally ill aunt shows up out of the blue on the day of amysterious murder in the woods and tells him that he's a Grimm and theaudience is left to assume that a Grimm is someone who fights monsters.No real explanation, just a trailer full of dusty old books and amysterious key. That's the premise of the show. Cop by day, monsterfighter by night. On paper it probably seemed like a good idea and in aworld which has found itself obsessed with the supernatural on thecoattails of the Twilight phenomenon and you can see why the studiopicked the show up.But the pilot of Grimm never finds it footing. The script feels cobbledtogether, never really deciding whether it wants to be tongue in cheekor take itself seriously and be genuinely scary and as a result itachieves neither. David Giuntoli appears to subscribe to the recenttrend of frowning instead of acting, but he wasn't given much to workwith in terms of character development. The other players don't reallyseem to matter and it's a testament to lazy scripting. Instead ofinteresting and dynamic characters for our hero to bounce his linesoff, we're given empty shells that are defined by theircharacteristics, not their character. Black cop who's name we don'tremember, cancer patient aunt who tells Nick he's a hero and cuteredheaded girlfriend all make appearances but don't really add much tothe experience.All in all, Grimm was a bit of a disappointment. When we weren't havingtedious product placement jammed down our throats we were enduring thetotally unenthusiastic performances of dry dialogue. If the genreappeals to you, go pick up a DVD of the first season of Supernaturalwhich managed to be witty and scary at the same time. Or even better,head back into the 90's and look into Buffy or Angel, because Grimm isreally nothing special.

(2012-04-29 14:06:42)

Likable characters, fun story-lines, gets better all the time !!

Of the two "fairytale" shows that exist now, Grimm has the morebelievable characters, better plots and has immense room to develop andgrow.Starting out with a detective as the Grimm was a great way to add dramaand he and his girlfriend are really likable and interesting people (Iswear there is something magic about his girlfriend we don't know yet).The wolfen friend was a great start to delving into the Grimm world.Now the wolfman has a girlfriend in the potion business and she is anawesome addition. What has been most enjoyable is there is a continuousunfolding of a complex and magical world where there is drama, mysteryand surprise.I don't like much prime time TV but Grimm is an immensely creative andwell developing show. Its not Grimm its awesome ! My wife and I AREHOOKED. My only advice is to not limit yourselves to the brothers Grimm storiesbut feel free to add in new creatures and magic that his aunt had notyet found, like trolls. Tall and burly (not fat) men and women who liveaway from the cities who are much heavier than they look (they avoidstairs and elevators) who are immensely strong and hardy (likearmored), move casually, laugh hard, eat weird things and avoidinteraction with most people. Fingers and limbs are thick and oftenbearded (women too) Maybe we need a group of trolls to befriend ourerstwhile heroes and sometimes help in their endeavors.

Rob Taylor

(2012-04-29 12:47:47)

Supernatural cop romp that is not at all Grimm

I really don't know whether to love or hate this show. It is smack bangin the middle of no-man's land as far as I am concerned.In fact, the only thing that keeps me watching week after week is thecomedy side-kick werewolf played by Silas David Weir. But even hischaracter is rather hit and miss.And that's the problem. I prefer watching the show for the antics of asupporting character. The supposed main character is rather bland andtwo-dimensional.Overall its Cops meets Buffy with neither the campiness of the latteror the Grimmness (yeah, I know, I couldn't resist!) of the former.It's just... meh! Either play it entirely for laughs, or make it muchmore serious because, as it stands, it's too middle-of-the-road to makemuch of an impact.

ulricjoh

(2012-04-28 23:25:17)

I like it but it's lacking something

David Greenwalt was one of the regular writers in the "Buffy" (and Ithink "Angel") series. Both of these series had character development,plots that were interesting and showed that something was afoot.Grimm starts out that way in the first episode, where the grandmotheris in hospital and effectively "hands over the reigns" to her grandson(the detective). A murder attempt is made in the hospital against herlife and then (I think it was in the second episode), a minor referenceis made to her being attacked and the identity of the person setting upthe kill. Then, there is nothing more mentioned about her attacker orthe role of the new "Grimm" for a number of episodes.Most of the episodes seems to be a stand-alone installment and moreoften than not, there's no linking of the episodes towards acliff-hanging series finale.I also find the police characters frustrating - both are both wooden inthe delivery of their lines and don't seem to engage the audience.Unless the series starts to get more taut and the writers start tothink along the lines of Buffy /Angel, I think this series will get theaxe sooner than later.

salihalezha

(2012-04-28 04:41:35)

The show is good, but needs a little work

Sorry NBC but you can't really keep up with other great shows. I watchmany many shows and I watch them all for different reasons. I lovvvedSupernatural but it went all demons and Angels and Bibles, and we don'twant Grimm turning out that way. Grimm is a good show. It is a twist on Fairy tales where a detective,little hottie, has to solve crimes that are related to some fairytales/fables. I like where the show is going because it shows thegruesome side of fairy tales, the deaths, and not the happily everafters, and its quite modern with the "black market" the "betting ongames" among others. BUTTTTT, the acting is quite off sometimes. In one of the episodes Hankis talking out loud with Nick trying to figure out what 1+1 is and Nickstupidly acts like he figured out the answer like a baby couldn't putthese together. Quite ridiculous at times. Also, Nick doesn't tell hisgirlfriend, THAT HE LIVES WITH, anything. Really like she's not goingto ask you one question? It makes it very unrealistic and kind ofannoying.Like in the latest episode Nick calls and says "sorry i hope I'm not tolate." but he doesn't tell her "I had a big bust at work I'm sorry wewere swamped." It's really unrealistic in that aspect and its gettingannoying..Also, the main character is Nick. Nick NICK NICK! the show is aboutNICK, NICK is the Grimm. But we barely know anything about Nick. He's adetective, that lives with his awkward girlfriend and has a friendMonroe who he treats terribly and we know he can see monsters. THAT"SIT. How come we know more about Monroe than Nick? This show has somework to do. I watch every Friday, ONLY because I love fairy tales, butit really needs some help.

kolatspy-683-220014

(2012-04-27 14:00:42)

Will this fairy tale have a happy ending?

After viewing the pilot of this show, I think it has a lot ofpotential. Yes it follows the tried and true formula of expose modernindividual to some sort of secret war/history/duty/etc, but there is alot they can do with it from there. It did its job as a pilot:introduce characters, introduce conflict, and give you the general ideahow the episodes will go. I think it is about time we had a new showthat runs the good old man vs. monster bit, especially one that isn'tprone to becoming some touchy-feely WB-esque teen drama. While its tooearly to judge the show as a whole, it promises good things. I hope itdelivers.

Wulf_Man

(2012-04-22 08:33:59)

Definitely has potential

After watching the first episode, I'm pretty optimistic that this showhas something to offer. Unfortunately the acting may have been a bitoff at times, and the continuity was lost during a few scene. It ispossible a lot of the issues regarding continuity could be worked intothe plot later, and it's also common knowledge that the acting duringthe first few episodes of a new series will always be reserved andcautious.Hence why I'm optimistic. My only issues were with issues that appearduring the pilots of every show. If Grimm rebounds even in theslightest over the next few episodes, I'd consider it a good watch.

Tovia Myles

(2012-04-21 21:06:47)

I was refreshed by this show I DVR'ed it and watched it twice

I don't know if I'm just so starved for this type of supernatural show,or the comedic satire that I absolutely love it or what the reason is,but I LUV this show. I can't wait for Friday night so that I can watchit. The wolf(sidekick is my favorite character.) Hopefully the networkgives it a fair enough chance, at least 2 seasons before deciding topull the plug on it. If it is in fact on the chopping block. It remindsme of what I absolutely could not live without in Buffy the VampireSlayer, Firefly, and Angel. This is one of my favorite shows of theseason. It seems to have many cooky character's to fill out the seasonand that is what I love. It was kinda iffy how he got his goofy wolfsidekick but I'll except it. I can't wait to find out more about thesefairytale characters.

audrey-sondheimer

(2012-04-19 06:50:08)

something addictive about this. (spoilers)

I watched this show out of pure boredom with nothing else to do. But Iended up enjoying it. The first 20 minutes were quite boring. spoilers:It didn't even get interesting until the cop and the wolf first went tothe mans house. but after that is what drew me in. Too be honest I amnot quite sure of what to make of the show just yet, but I am hopingsomething amazing does come of it. It has some weird seductivenessabout it, that makes you think: whats a grimm, what type of show willthis be, what the hell happened in the end of the first episode. I willdefinitely keep watching just to see what will happen later in theseason. The main problem they have is the dull boring moments, I justwish they would explain more what kind of show this is going to be. Isit going to be a cop show, with criminals and solving crimes everyepisode, or understanding this guys special power and into his world of"magic".

soup2504

(2012-04-18 17:49:15)

I don't think so.....

I just do not see what is so great about this.... It has the done todeath clichГѓВ© crime series storyline with very light and cheesy horrorelements peppered in. its storytelling is absolutely horrid, consistingof long conversations and long shots of something, to be interrupted bya guy explaining something and how this and that. The story doesn'tmake you think for yourself, it just baby feeds it to you. The acting?Erm.... No thanks.... The special effects? OK, this usually isn'tsomething I complain about, but, the Sy Fy channel has better CGI thanthis. The show is just a jumbled mess that has no clue what it wants tobe, and it suffers.

jtamezf

(2012-04-16 05:40:39)

Great show

I really don't understand the 7.5??? Why is it bad? This show isgutsy.....not many shows deal with, or show the kind of things thisshow does...I watched it in Sweden,(where I live...yeahhhh)all fourepisodes, and didn't realize until the 2nd episode that it was run onNBC.I really thought it was a cable produced show.......not only doesit deliver sweet looking co-ed dismemberment after attacking werewolfbasically eats her to death,but also shows pedophiliac monsters,actionand arm ripping jokes....I mean yeah, sure, somethings are off.....this city is crawling with blГѓВ¶dbaden seemingly running wild,yet everysingle case is assigned to the same detective(are there any moredetectives?and why is that specific Chinese cop always fetching whatthey need?I'm guessing they're his superior but he dresses like therest of the cops.....,and the model looking vet girlfriend who makes mewonder if the next episode is the one where she dumps him.....otherthan that........ It's funny,scary,creepy,interesting,and not verypolitically correct,which is great....I don't know maybe I'mexaggerating ,but I can't wait to see what new BlГѓВ¶dbaden they come upwith...cool show...even more so after a smoke....

Luke Gornick

(2012-04-15 13:26:27)

Grimm

Grimm is a new show from a channel I do not usually watch, and I haveto say it was better than I expected. The acting is very good, and thecharacters have a lot of depth. I am writing this review after watchingthe first ten episodes of season one, so I hope it stays this good.Grimm puts a great twist on a bunch of fairy tales, all the while notmaking the stories unbelievable. However, do not watch this show if youdon't have a strong stomach, as some scenes are horribly gruesome anddisgusting. My personal favorite character Monroe adds a sense of comicrelief to the show without being stupid or overly silly. So overall agood show, could be better. But if you like the general aspect of theseries, I suggest you start watching it. It is worth your time, butnothing too special.

rtkoeberl

(2012-04-12 13:27:20)

NBC's Tacky Dylan Dog Ripoff

There was a certain amount of hype that got me a bit excited for thisshow, but the first episode offered me nothing. The acting and writingwere stale. I was forced to bear witness to a pilot that I would beembarrassed to have written. The real kicker was when the detectivesproceeded to shoot and kill the suspect with no evidence besides thefact that he was humming that Eurythmics song which was apparently theonly song the murder victim had on her iPod. Right, yeah, totallybelievable. They're jumping the shark before they even get past theirpilot! The comic relief Big Bad Wolf character was the only redeemablefactor, and even then, one must hope for the show to be canceled so hecan move on to bigger and better things. For those of you looking toget your fairy tale fix, I know that I'm moving on to Once Upon a Time,which looks far more promising.

Cweige30

(2012-04-12 06:20:33)

Grimm.. would roll over in his grave

Can't say it's a horrible show, but it definitely lacks the storywriting and stability to be a great one. The premise and concept were agreat idea, just not realized and actually brought to the screen. Theshow follows too many other plot flaws and character cutouts that havebeen the ruin of numerous shows. I have found myself to become boredwith the show already and it's only the first season. The buddy copidea is played out way to much in every other show on network TV, the"I have a power and I can't tell no one, and they'll never find out orhave a clue, even my wife and partner who I spend every minute with" or(Superman Syndrome) as we call it, is as old and played out as the Sawfranchise. The fact that now the lead has found out he is a Grimm andevery case the department takes now is a supernatural or Grimm relatedcase also really disrupts the ability to enjoy the show. The show wouldwork completely better and have a longer run if everyone knew he was aGrimm, knew his abilities and they took normal cases alongside thesupernatural ones they take now. I cannot see this show continuing inthe same cookie cutter fashion successfully for numerous seasons unlesssome serious storyboard and character development changes are made.

blissfulxlife

(2012-04-09 04:31:15)

Love this show!

So far, so good! With the pilot episode, I was pretty much instantlyhooked. It was one of the best pilots for a show that I've seen in awhile. It truly gave you an in-depth look at what the show will beabout and so far, it's quite entertaining. As the episode progressed,it had me wanting more and more. If it keeps this up, It'll be trulysad if it's ever taken off the air. Love the characters and greatchoice of main characters, the acting is good, love the set and theoverall plot is very different which makes it well worth the watch.Need I say more? If you're reading this, you should try to give it awatch. I can't wait for more!

breeness56

(2012-04-08 10:11:30)

Can't wait till Episode 2

This Pilot was one of the better pilots I have seen in a long time. Ifeel I will love this show. I also thought it did a great job to thrillus and humor us. It was well directed. It was well written. Itintroduced us to the characters that needed to be introduced right now.It didn't kill anyone off that didn't need to be killed off. I justlove Tim Bagley. It moved at a good pace. It had sarcasm and banterbetween the characters and I love that he met a sidekick. :) It wasdark and twisted and loved to spook us at the right moments. You needpopcorn and the lights off for this show to get a truly suspensefulexperience. Thank you for my new favorite show!!

ctomvelu1

(2012-04-04 14:36:38)

Maybe

It's tough to do a new horror/fantasy show with Fox's "Supernatural"still on the air, even if "Supernatural" itself has grown stale afterseveral seasons. "Supernatural" is the equivalent of "Law and Order,"the crime/courtroom drama against which all similar shows must bejudged. Or take the original "Star Trek." The only show that has evermeasured up to that groundbreaking sci-fi effort was "Firefly." But Idigress. "Grimm" attempts to be a bit of "The X-Files" and more than abit of "Supernatural." It also employs a gimmick that I haven't seenused since a couple of those syndicated Canadian jobs years ago, wherelaw enforcement types were actually benign vampires or resurrected fromthe grave to fight crime. In the case of "Grimm," the leading man -- adetective, of course -- has the ability to see demons and otherpreternatural/supernatural creatures. "Grimm" isn't all that bad. Theplots are derived from old German fairy tales (hence the show's title),and there's a bit of violence and nastiness in every episode. Theleading man (David Giuntoli) and his partner (David Hornsby), however,are generic and utterly bland. They are no Sam and Dean. The least theshow's producers could have done was hire someone like the actor whoplays an FBI agent on "Warehouse 13," who clearly was hired for hisphysical resemblance to the ruggedly handsome David "Angel" Boreanaz.Every time I see Giuntoli on screen, all I can think of is this kidneeds a haircut and about 10 more years on him. He looks like hebelongs n high school. A quirky civilian who helps the cops, and who isa sort of werewolf, is far more interesting. Thank God for the actor,Silas Mitchell, who plays him. Mitchell reminds me of Eric Balfour, whoplays a similarly quirky civilian who helps the similarly generic,bland law enforcement officials on SyFy's HAVEN. I don't see "Grimm"lasting more than a season or two. See what you think. It is moderatelyentertaining for what it is.

Andrew Biz

(2012-04-03 22:09:53)

Waiting for my gals Snow White and Goldilocks to make anappearance!

—– 'Grimm' shares the same premise as 'Once' – fairy tales are not justfantasies your learn as a child but real stories about a supernaturalworld blended into our own.'Grimm,' is the darker and more dramatic of the two, while 'Once' playson the twisted Disney take on the stories. The show's hero is Oregonhomicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) who is new to theforce and fears he could be suffering from a mental breakdown. Nickstarts to see creepy hallucinations of random people whose faces morphinto demons, goblins, wolves and worse. At least I think they were somesort of demon.Nick's aunt (Kate Burton), whom he loves like a mother, arrives forwhat seems like a normal visit. Instead, she's come to tell him he'sabout to inherit the family curse. The good news is that Nick isn'tcrazy; the bad news is now he has the ability to see evil in true form.Nick is a descendant of the Grimms, who are demon slayers fated tobattle with werewolves, demons and witches, oh my! Now it makes sensewhy the producers of 'Buffy' and 'Angel' would get involved with a showlike this. So far, the choreographed fights and demon make-up arereminiscent of 'Buffy.' Nick's aunt ends up in the hospital afterbattling a demon, who tries to kill her and Nick with a scythe bearingthe inscription 'Reapers of the Grimms.' "We have the ability to seewhat no one else can," Nick's aunt says. "When they lose control theycan't hide, and we see them for what they really are." The nurse in thehospital later says to Nick, "What kind of work was your aunt in? Shehas knife scars all over her body." Nick's response, "She's alibrarian." Well, time to wake up Nick and face the demons of theworld! (Also sounds similar to Buffy?) Nick pairs up with reformedBlutbad (in our words, a wolf) named Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell, thebest character in the pilot) and the two venture off to find the badguy of the moment.Russell Hornsby is cast as Nick's partner Hank, who hasn't been givenmuch to do yet save some slight comic relief. Bitsie Tulloch plays hissoon to be fiancée Juliette, who hopefully will be given more than juststaring out the window looking worried.Grimm's first episode played with the tale of 'Red Riding Hood' and hadcertain scenes that made you cringe and gasp. As the show progresses, Ihope we see more underlying Grimm tales like 'Goldilocks,' 'Hansel andGretel' and 'Snow White' come out to play.

rayneb4

(2012-03-24 21:25:46)

partner

His partner is a monster...will b his enemy when it plays out...not aspoiler unless I'm rightso....good story and it's been fun explaining the "grim" thing to mychilddo keep it up... so few shows that r goodhmmm do u really need all the words 2 say it is good n watch it??????????? K can keep talking until u scream... really???? This series isnot the best but can become really good if the writing is there...Watch Supernatural....n Vampire Diaries K.... if u really need somemore "lines" for a review.......SAD bc I'm 2 the point not bs 2 a sadpoint

Mesh1303

(2012-03-24 01:40:46)

What a joke!

Just watched the pre air episode of Grimm and I can't believe how badthe pilot is. I don't know if the premiere will be different, but itcertainly won't matter much. Grimm is a recycle formula, a pretty boydetective can see something strange, something supernatural, then hegot 'life changing' information that he is the last of the grim fromhis dying aunt (really?!) That's not the joke, the ridiculousness lieson the actors, the lead actor can't act to save his life, and othersupporting actors don't adds up too. Many plot hole which might bedifficult to explain(yes it's that many). I don't see the future in this one, the whole 40 minutes while watchingthis, all I could think of is that it reminds me so much of Buffy thevampire slayer and Supernatural, which is mile away better. Your choicefolks!