Talk:Shadow Play - Part 2/@comment-182470-20171010175251

I might sound weird for this, but I found that while Shadow Play has a better and more interesting story than the movie, the movie executed its own story better than Shadow Play. This finale is probably one of the tensest and darkest stories in the franchise, and because the story was always in motion, it was almost suffocating. The movie had its fair share of tension, some of the best I've seen in the series, but it also had the luxury of breaks to let characters breathe and emotions play out in full.

Imagine if the movie didn't have those moments where characters let harsh words sink in before splitting up, or where they stopped to think if what they were doing was right. That would be my experience with Shadow Play in a nutshell.

So I feel the finale's story could have been better saved for the movie. But that doesn't make the movie worse as it stands. For me, as "okay" of a story it had, watching the movie was the better experience.