Breakdown of El reparto es bueno; no obstante, la interpretación fue peor de lo que parecía.
ser
to be
de
from / of
que
that / than
bueno
good
Questions & Answers about El reparto es bueno; no obstante, la interpretación fue peor de lo que parecía.
Why use no obstante here instead of sin embargo?
Both no obstante and sin embargo mean "however" or "nevertheless" and are practically interchangeable here. No obstante is slightly more formal and often used in writing to contrast two ideas strongly, like the good cast versus the bad performance. Notice the punctuation: it is usually preceded by a semicolon or period and followed by a comma.
Why does the sentence say peor de lo que instead of just peor que?
When you compare a trait to a full clause or idea (like parecía) rather than a specific noun, you use de lo que instead of que. If you were comparing two simple nouns, you would use que (like fue peor que el libro). Because we are comparing the performance to "how it seemed," the neuter phrase de lo que is required.
Does reparto always mean "cast"?
Why does the sentence switch from the present tense (es bueno) to the past tense (fue peor)?