Saw the folks thumb-upping this and there was no need to go through the plotline, or cast. I still did though and dare I say this show is pretty racist and sexist probably through deliberate omission, devoid of Chinese characters and the Indians I failed to spot... and of course a few little green men and lastly a tranny to top it all off. |
Well I don't think I'll be watching this one again. Too many unrealistic things about some of the characters. Would never happen back then in real life. |
What did I miss? Why would you expect any work of fiction to be a documentary? Especially a Victorian one. |
Hopefully this is just a trend and sanity will prevail in years to come. |
My earliest memories of great expectations are of the bbc version that my gramps used to watch when I was a toddler or thereabouts, and I still remember fragments of some scenes even today. Thats how movies and shows used to be made, leaving lasting memories. This? This is only fills the minority quota, substance and class - in absentia. |
I've learnt to ignore IMDB, so I will give this a shot. Thanks for the effort. |
Well done LEGINDS. You is Smart. All you have to do is either look at the director & see what movies or tv series they have done in the past to see whether or not this is worth watching. If they have done shows or movies in the past then it will be most likely. |
Thank you TGxTV A/V is great as usual. I'll grab the 1080p as well now that I've had a chance to scan through this. It seems to be a good adaptation, Olivia Colman is just brilliant in everything she touches, and the rest of the cast are real pro's. Direction, costumes and sets are great... only the Brits carry off class period drama like this It's odd to read things like, "[h]opefully this is just a trend..." and "[w]ould never happen back then in real life". Charles Dickens wrote this as a serial in 1860/1861 and it was published as a novel in 1861. We read it when I was at school in the UK and did a school drama production. It's set in the early/mid 1800s, and got pretty much universal acclaim at the time. It's been rated as a classic of English literature ever since. So, if it's a trend, it's been going for about 150 years, and as for being unrealistic, I think Dickens would have been a better judge of 19th century characters than our 21st century selves. Great stuff TGxTV thanks again |