Claresteers
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Enjoyed this adaptation and I am currently reading Coward's diaries. Boy that man worked hard!
My main and rather superficial complaint is Biel's obvious wig. Everything was so well done and this kept distracting me. The obvious wig parting etc. When so much money has been spent to make things look good, surely the leading lady could sacrifice her current contemporary hairdo and have it cut and crimped in accordance with the times.
I'm noticing this more and more with period films. Please stop it or make the wig completely unnoticeable.
P. S. The arrival of Meghan Markle into the royal family sprang to find during this film...
My main and rather superficial complaint is Biel's obvious wig. Everything was so well done and this kept distracting me. The obvious wig parting etc. When so much money has been spent to make things look good, surely the leading lady could sacrifice her current contemporary hairdo and have it cut and crimped in accordance with the times.
I'm noticing this more and more with period films. Please stop it or make the wig completely unnoticeable.
P. S. The arrival of Meghan Markle into the royal family sprang to find during this film...
A pure gem. Superb casting and acting. Not a lover of Dicken's books, this translated brilliantly to the screen.
Where to start with the plaudits? Every time Pecksniff appeared, I jumped for joy. His every move and facial expression was perfection. Tom Wilkinson, a great loss.
I do not bemoan the loss of the American saga. Each episode was nicely balanced.
Negatively, young Martin Chuzzlewit's previous selfishness and failings were not explained?
Philip Franks' Pinch and his goodness moved me to tears and I have removed one star for his fake bald head, it was very distracting in an otherwise beautifully costumed series.
Where to start with the plaudits? Every time Pecksniff appeared, I jumped for joy. His every move and facial expression was perfection. Tom Wilkinson, a great loss.
I do not bemoan the loss of the American saga. Each episode was nicely balanced.
Negatively, young Martin Chuzzlewit's previous selfishness and failings were not explained?
Philip Franks' Pinch and his goodness moved me to tears and I have removed one star for his fake bald head, it was very distracting in an otherwise beautifully costumed series.
An hour after watching this film, I could hardly remember anything about it. Visually pretty like an advertisement for pork pies, country holidays or cycling. Oh and taking one's clothes off.
Like a record winding down, I couldn't believe how slow moving this film was. The acting was extremely self conscious and embarrassing. I'm sure the actors must have squirmed when they saw the final result.
I cannot believe a lowly maidservant at that period would have behaved in this confident assured way. This shows the director has no understanding of the class system in England at that time. The fact that we would like it to be so does not mean that was how it was.
And please, not Olivia Colman AGAIN!
If you like slow motion action and pretty country scenes, go for it.
Like a record winding down, I couldn't believe how slow moving this film was. The acting was extremely self conscious and embarrassing. I'm sure the actors must have squirmed when they saw the final result.
I cannot believe a lowly maidservant at that period would have behaved in this confident assured way. This shows the director has no understanding of the class system in England at that time. The fact that we would like it to be so does not mean that was how it was.
And please, not Olivia Colman AGAIN!
If you like slow motion action and pretty country scenes, go for it.