Great Expectations
My main criticism of this is it is not Dicken's, it is not an adaptation it is not a reworking it just has no connection to the novel so needs a different title. Great works of art exist as the artist intended it is not for anyone to effect great change over the words, the plot or the characters, even if Dicken's novel is the source material.
It is difficult to now address this series as Dickens in any way, the dialogue was reworked losing the beautiful words, we had expletives that grated, the plot was rearranged for no apparent purpose, the casting was bizarre and the idea that these changes made this great work accessible is absurd. Dickens novel is so totally accessible in the first place.
Lastly the idea that this introduced Dicken's to a new generation of viewers is laughable, they are not watching this they are glued to Netflix, the BBC just keep insulting their core audience.
I forced myself to watch this, to give it justice and hated it with a vengeance. Who was this made for, who watched it, all counts no one!
1 outta 10, this was rubbish avoid it.
My main criticism of this is it is not Dicken's, it is not an adaptation it is not a reworking it just has no connection to the novel so needs a different title. Great works of art exist as the artist intended it is not for anyone to effect great change over the words, the plot or the characters, even if Dicken's novel is the source material.
It is difficult to now address this series as Dickens in any way, the dialogue was reworked losing the beautiful words, we had expletives that grated, the plot was rearranged for no apparent purpose, the casting was bizarre and the idea that these changes made this great work accessible is absurd. Dickens novel is so totally accessible in the first place.
Lastly the idea that this introduced Dicken's to a new generation of viewers is laughable, they are not watching this they are glued to Netflix, the BBC just keep insulting their core audience.
I forced myself to watch this, to give it justice and hated it with a vengeance. Who was this made for, who watched it, all counts no one!
1 outta 10, this was rubbish avoid it.