Subtitles : Catch-22 (2019)

Storyline

Captain John Yossarian, a World War II bombardier, is stationed on the island of Pianosa. He is an individualist who seeks to protect his own life by fleeing to the hospital, since a "catch-22" in the Air Force regulations prevents him from being grounded for illness or obtaining a leave.The book is above all about the characters so that I was expecting a brilliant script for a whole series dedicating at least a chapter to each of them, just like in the novel.The reading of the Heller's novel was so much fun because if you were not able to grasp what was really going on because the telling wasn't following any linear time (and this is also a clever device to let the reader forming the idea about the chaos of war and combat) at least you were hooked to the story of each of the guys, following them to the next chapter and crossroad when another one was met to keep the story going.The movie wasn't that far from the written pages but had to cut some memorable characters because of the constraint of time: in a series they had so much time they should have profited immensely by just building up on each of them: in our times we have seen some great examples both in movies and TV series with multiple characters' story lines crisscrossing and weavering into a surprising design that we come to realize only at the end, and we enjoy the ride on such marvelous story telling style that leaves us enriched and amazed.Not to speak of the complete lack of the satirical vein: it is not coming through at all.If the production values (cinematography, location, costumes, sets, actors, CGI) are ok if not excellent, the scripting was uninspired, poor and mindless: ultimately this faulty script brings the complete failure to the whole effort.