World War II-era drama centered on the lives of ordinary people affected by the war.World War II-era drama centered on the lives of ordinary people affected by the war.World War II-era drama centered on the lives of ordinary people affected by the war.
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I've just finished episode 4, and I've lowered my rating to a "2/10". Unbelievable that they've obviously used writers that have *zero* knowledge of basic warfare, or tactics of WWII. The British soldiers are portrayed as unorganised idiots that are so happy-go-lucky that they keep getting surprised by Germans because they don't even post sentries! For the record, at the beginning of the war, Brits were fierce warriors, even though severely outgunned.
The Germans in Poland keep falling for the female bait to their doom, but there's no retaliation against the innocent citizens?!
Oh, it's getting very, very bad, and not even Sean Bean can help this one.
I'll keep watching, but *only* because there's three episodes left.
Original.....................................................................................V
I was quite stoked for this after the first episode, even excusing some of the bad writing. I gave it a generous "9".
After the second episode, it's obvious that the men are weak, bumbling incompetents.
All the women are the leaders, strong, defiant, organized, and in charge.
Too bad that Hollywood has corrupted British film makers...
My rating slid to "5" stars, I'll adjust as necessary as the series progresses.
I've just finished episode 4, and I've lowered my rating to a "2/10". Unbelievable that they've obviously used writers that have *zero* knowledge of basic warfare, or tactics of WWII. The British soldiers are portrayed as unorganised idiots that are so happy-go-lucky that they keep getting surprised by Germans because they don't even post sentries! For the record, at the beginning of the war, Brits were fierce warriors, even though severely outgunned.
The Germans in Poland keep falling for the female bait to their doom, but there's no retaliation against the innocent citizens?!
Oh, it's getting very, very bad, and not even Sean Bean can help this one.
I'll keep watching, but *only* because there's three episodes left.
Original.....................................................................................V
I was quite stoked for this after the first episode, even excusing some of the bad writing. I gave it a generous "9".
After the second episode, it's obvious that the men are weak, bumbling incompetents.
All the women are the leaders, strong, defiant, organized, and in charge.
Too bad that Hollywood has corrupted British film makers...
My rating slid to "5" stars, I'll adjust as necessary as the series progresses.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first episode and am already feel empathy towards some of the characters and look forward to seeing how their lives pan out. I particularly liked that you can see the human drama play out against the backdrop of war and not vice versa. Hope it stays this way and l shall look forward to Sunday nights.
1/10.... reallly?
Poor acting... really?
You are on this forum, as am I, for ONE reason - to convey the cinematic qualities of what we have before us. This is NOT a historical debate forum. I'm glad we got that out of the way....
World on Fire delivers. It doesn't deliver historical accuracy - but it delivers "the sense of the moment" and it does so pretty damn well.
This is a half full glas and it's contents are pretty tasty. Any review below 6/10 cannot be taken seriously.
Enjoy.
You are on this forum, as am I, for ONE reason - to convey the cinematic qualities of what we have before us. This is NOT a historical debate forum. I'm glad we got that out of the way....
World on Fire delivers. It doesn't deliver historical accuracy - but it delivers "the sense of the moment" and it does so pretty damn well.
This is a half full glas and it's contents are pretty tasty. Any review below 6/10 cannot be taken seriously.
Enjoy.
Nice to see the polish side of the story and how horrifying it all was. Glad the bbc used well known polish actors rather than British actors with accents. Lends an authenticity to proceedings. Well acted throughout and great to see heavyweights like Helen hunt and Sean bean and Lesley Manville in tv
Season 1 was something to watch when you felt like a WW2 drama that included a bit of everything, but it wasn't engrossing, and I even forgot to watch the end of the series.
Then season 2 arrived. Whatever happened in the years between I'm not sure, but the dialogue is just woeful, and the production seems like it was all done on the cheap - the desert scenes looked like they were made on a movie lot in the 50s, and I thought the gestarpo interrogation scenes were part of some comedy skit!
There were so many different story lines going on at the same time with no connection it just all felt very disjointed.
I'm not sure if it was the characters or the people playing them but they were pretty annoying a lot of the time. The only part worth watching was with Lesley Manville - and now Mark Bonnar has appeared I'm hoping it might get better.
Then season 2 arrived. Whatever happened in the years between I'm not sure, but the dialogue is just woeful, and the production seems like it was all done on the cheap - the desert scenes looked like they were made on a movie lot in the 50s, and I thought the gestarpo interrogation scenes were part of some comedy skit!
There were so many different story lines going on at the same time with no connection it just all felt very disjointed.
I'm not sure if it was the characters or the people playing them but they were pretty annoying a lot of the time. The only part worth watching was with Lesley Manville - and now Mark Bonnar has appeared I'm hoping it might get better.
Did you know
- TriviaThe weaponry in the Danzig Post Office is, in part, wrong. The Poles used their version of the American Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). The program armed them with British BREN guns.
- GoofsThe characters of Kasia and her mother are listed in the credits with the surname Tomaszeski. However, as women their name in Polish would be Tomaszeska.
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