Daniel Day-Lewis must have thought to himself, "Why not go out in a blazing streak of fatuous pomposity?!?" If only the endless, repetitive scenes of characters walking up and down the fancy-dancy staircase had been mercifully edited out, then it might have been closer to 90 minutes of my life I can't get back.
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Grantchester
(2014–2025)
I'm done
12 July 2017
I reasonably enjoyed the first 2 seasons, but I'm done with this series now. I don't need to waste any precious time watching sleaze - as in the inspector cheating on his lovely wife & family with the tramp. And after all this time of Sidney "sitting on the pot" where Amanda is concerned (she's always been throwing herself at him, while he's acted unmotivated), suddenly they've got to have one of those (YAWN) typical, modern, crass slam-bang scenes - UGH.
On a separate note, as much as I LOVE Leonard, who has always been my favorite character, it's obvious the painful path they are going to force him to grind through this season, and I can't stand to see his sweetheart self put through that.
How depressing it is that the days when one could rely on PBS for quality programming are over. Nowadays PBS network seems clearly intent on including trashy content (another example, "Indian Summers" - just how much "doggy style" was it necessary to include????) in an effort to reel in a young modern audience. Meanwhile, they will be losing viewers such as myself, who have been enthusiastic & loyal supporters since PBS began!
On a separate note, as much as I LOVE Leonard, who has always been my favorite character, it's obvious the painful path they are going to force him to grind through this season, and I can't stand to see his sweetheart self put through that.
How depressing it is that the days when one could rely on PBS for quality programming are over. Nowadays PBS network seems clearly intent on including trashy content (another example, "Indian Summers" - just how much "doggy style" was it necessary to include????) in an effort to reel in a young modern audience. Meanwhile, they will be losing viewers such as myself, who have been enthusiastic & loyal supporters since PBS began!
Mercy Street
(2016–2017)
History IS messy!
6 February 2016
(I hope what I have written is not considered spoilers - I would not do that intentionally!)
I understand a lot of the criticisms written in these reviews. My reaction to watching Episode 1 was "What is this? Desperate Housewives of Civil War Medicine??" - because it seemed so "overheated" and unbelievable. For example, when Nurse Phinney has to sleep on the floor of the ward among the soldiers' beds, I exclaimed, "That didn't happen! That would never have happened! But then I started to read the true story of Nurse Phinney, "Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars" and guess what - it DID happen plus a whole lot more!
What I saw as "overheated" in terms of the drama between hospital personnel was actually DOWNPLAYED from the true reality!!! The surgeons and doctors did NOT want female nurses around and wanted to drive them OUT. The hospital WAS as chaotic, as shown. And as far as soldiers not being fed - YUP, it was only TOO TRUE!!! There was a shocking amount of graft and profiteering going on in the food supply chain! I highly recommend the true story of Nurse Phinney - it is quite a read!!
I understand a lot of the criticisms written in these reviews. My reaction to watching Episode 1 was "What is this? Desperate Housewives of Civil War Medicine??" - because it seemed so "overheated" and unbelievable. For example, when Nurse Phinney has to sleep on the floor of the ward among the soldiers' beds, I exclaimed, "That didn't happen! That would never have happened! But then I started to read the true story of Nurse Phinney, "Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars" and guess what - it DID happen plus a whole lot more!
What I saw as "overheated" in terms of the drama between hospital personnel was actually DOWNPLAYED from the true reality!!! The surgeons and doctors did NOT want female nurses around and wanted to drive them OUT. The hospital WAS as chaotic, as shown. And as far as soldiers not being fed - YUP, it was only TOO TRUE!!! There was a shocking amount of graft and profiteering going on in the food supply chain! I highly recommend the true story of Nurse Phinney - it is quite a read!!
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