Post by roverpup on Mar 16, 2024 22:16:37 GMT
We are wending our way through The Great series. We're about halfway through it.
Sometimes it's hilarious, sometimes it's very difficult to understand what's going on, sometimes it's horrendously bad.
The cast is first rate - I really like the two leads, Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult!! I didn't know until today that Nicholas Hoult played "the boy" in the Hugh Grant's "About a Boy"! I did know that he was in The Current War with BC, though.
He's incredibly charming and has great chemistry with Fanning.
All the supporting cast is wonderful too!
It's a farcical play on history (and it makes no bones about it) so I don't mind when they take GREAT liberties with facts and only loosely follow what actually happened.
The writing is clever and the pace is fast and there are always several "plots" running in each episode, so there's usually something to pique your interest
But... it can be shockingly brutal (in a very non-funny way!) and Dan has found some episodes too sickening for his tastes (I'm a bit more forgiving of the violence than he is, but there have been some scenes that even turn my stomach).
And occasionally it can be flat, boring and repetitive.
The costumes!!! They are sumptuous!
And the locations and Cinematography!!! Just devine!
Although we have struggled with it sometimes, overall it still is worth the struggle.
When it's good, it is VERY good!
Sometimes it's hilarious, sometimes it's very difficult to understand what's going on, sometimes it's horrendously bad.
The cast is first rate - I really like the two leads, Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult!! I didn't know until today that Nicholas Hoult played "the boy" in the Hugh Grant's "About a Boy"! I did know that he was in The Current War with BC, though.
He's incredibly charming and has great chemistry with Fanning.
All the supporting cast is wonderful too!
It's a farcical play on history (and it makes no bones about it) so I don't mind when they take GREAT liberties with facts and only loosely follow what actually happened.
The writing is clever and the pace is fast and there are always several "plots" running in each episode, so there's usually something to pique your interest
But... it can be shockingly brutal (in a very non-funny way!) and Dan has found some episodes too sickening for his tastes (I'm a bit more forgiving of the violence than he is, but there have been some scenes that even turn my stomach).
And occasionally it can be flat, boring and repetitive.
The costumes!!! They are sumptuous!
And the locations and Cinematography!!! Just devine!
Although we have struggled with it sometimes, overall it still is worth the struggle.
When it's good, it is VERY good!
