Jon Amiel

This was a very weak season. Pope Alexander VI was relegated very much to the background, while Cesare was the main character. They really ought to have called this "The Cesare Borgia Show." Luckily Francois Arnaud is talented and charismatic enough that he could carry the whole season by himself. I also *really* did not like how they decided to go the incest route with Cesare and Lucrezia - it was considered a salacious rumor by people at the time, and I'm really disappointed that the writers chose to run with it just to shock us. Also, there were WAY too many convenient coincidences, characters running into eachother to facilitate plot developments, people getting there/doing something at just the right time. Honestly just a letdown.… (mehr)

Inglaterra, principios del siglo XX. El científico inglés Charles Darwin regresa de un largo viaje alrededor del mundo con la clave para explicar el origen de las especies. Pero cuando se dispone a publicar su revolucionaria teoría sobre la evolución, se encuentra no sólo con una sociedad que no está preparada para aceptarla, sino también con la desaprobación de su esposa. Cuando su hija Annie muere con sólo diez años, Charles y Emily tendrán que enfrentarse al mayor dilema de su vida: ¿qué puede explicar la muerte, la religión o la ciencia?… (mehr)

An old man tells folktales to his dog.

At its best it's fun, and at its worst it's at least interesting. It's one of the only faithful screen adaptations of fairy tales. They just don't make shows like this - and understandably. Henson and Minghella apparently just said "fuck it" to every conventional idea of what audiences like and made the weird-ass show they felt like making.

Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: B

Enjoyment: A

GPA: 3.0/4… (mehr)