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Post by oxfordsimon on May 9, 2021 20:43:55 GMT
Anyone else watching?
It is really.... not good.
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Post by adolphus on May 9, 2021 22:02:11 GMT
You're being kind.
Better to just rewatch either of the two previous tv adaptations which are vastly superior.
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 9, 2021 22:44:02 GMT
Attempts at too much style with almost zero substance.
It fails on every level
The overuse of narration
The quality of the characterisation
The acting/overacting
The music
The direction
The clumsy anachronisms which are done far better by other modern period dramas
It really is a seriously bad piece of work
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Post by danb on May 10, 2021 5:15:17 GMT
Oh good. Not just me then. Andrew Scott was (nominally) the best thing about it along with Lily James not singing.
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Post by lynette on May 10, 2021 17:52:51 GMT
Lasted ten minutes I’m afraid. Narration has to reveal and not describe.
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Post by peggs on May 10, 2021 18:45:02 GMT
I saw the trailer and thought 'oh it's all the same people again and I think it might be irritated'! so rather glad to read that might well have been the case. I read an article on the Midfords and that didn't make me more inclined. So thanks for saving me time.
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Post by theatreian on May 10, 2021 21:47:11 GMT
Lasted ten minutes I’m afraid I think I lasted 15!! Wasn't holding out much hope after the trailer but thought I ought to give it a chance! |
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Post by peggs on May 11, 2021 21:03:53 GMT
I just saw a trailer with Andrew Scott talking about dying pigeons and that's convinced me def not to try.
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Post by hulmeman on May 17, 2021 11:40:47 GMT
Lasted ten minutes I’m afraid. Narration has to reveal and not describe. Lynette you have put into words what was in my mind. I honestly thought we had the audio describe turned on the TV. It lost me after about helf an hour. I didn't care about any of them. |
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