Talos

Suranne is a good actress . I've watched her in other films and she shows great range.

I appreciate the stories behind this series and getting such an in-depth view of women and their thoughts, struggles and heroism in some cases.

What I don't like ( call me old school) is the hyper active camera work. The constant zooming in and jagged, jiggly camera action is distracting and made me dizzy.

I get the use of it as part of the impact of the dialogue but it's way over-used! Even in the quiet, solo moments the camera can't stay still. It's like a hyperactive child has control of the camera.

But even with the use of the jiggle camera, I think the improvisation by Suranne was great.

I love Rachel Weisz but not in this mess. Hopefully her next project will be up to her acting standards. She has such a great screen presence.

I saw the original Jeremy Irons/Cronenberg movie years ago and that film had me guessing. And I have to say it was better.

Sometimes the tv series being made go one or two episodes too long; but this one should have been never have been made. Again, Rachel Weisz had us intrigued but she wasn't able to save it - even with double her strength!

Other reviews covered what I thought of this series. (I could only make it through the first episode...barely. I could tell my wife was struggling to make it through as well).

The first season of House is nowhere near as good as GOT. It seems to follow the same formula as other "royal dramas", very soapy with similar power struggles, angst about being rich and powerful as well as tedious, long stretches of one-on-one, boring chatter.

There are flashes of the GOT brilliance but they are few and far between. I've read all of Martin's books and this series (from what I can remember) doesn't match the action, imagination or thoughtful narration of his books.

I'm hoping that season 2 will seek to rise up to at least some of the brilliance of Game of Thrones.

There are also not a lot of likeable characters in this series. My memory of the last book is that there are at least one or two protagonists who one could root for at least a little bit.