Why do writers of classics TV adaptations feel the need to change the story. There's no mental institution, no psychiatrist and the story should start with a ghost story telling group. But hey ho I needed to get over that. Then we have some over the top cheap scares, some horrible weird children- not at all likeable as in the book. A very scary faced house keeper and a jumpy governess who is like that from arrival, so no build up to any tension.
I also dislike that things cannot be left to the viewers' imagination. The housekeeper tells the new governess that the previous governess killed herself because she was pregnant. Now we all understand this clearly, but no, we have to be SHOWN the previous governess leaving the house with a full rounded belly. We then see the governess floating on the water where she's killed a self. Oh dear we don't need it spelled out!
We then have explicit and unnecessary sex scenes. So no viewing as a family. The writers just can't help themselves; they can't leave anything to our imagination.
Poor acting and some poor script, the scariest thing was the housekeeper's face!!
I also dislike that things cannot be left to the viewers' imagination. The housekeeper tells the new governess that the previous governess killed herself because she was pregnant. Now we all understand this clearly, but no, we have to be SHOWN the previous governess leaving the house with a full rounded belly. We then see the governess floating on the water where she's killed a self. Oh dear we don't need it spelled out!
We then have explicit and unnecessary sex scenes. So no viewing as a family. The writers just can't help themselves; they can't leave anything to our imagination.
Poor acting and some poor script, the scariest thing was the housekeeper's face!!