Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.
Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated
hasnoform ...though that's about as far as it goes for this series. The whole program just seemed to scream that the makers desperately wanted it to be the hippest creation EVER and oh-so-cool but the result was flat, anti- drama with little to recommend it. The acting was passable though certainly not electric by any means. Production valued were generally good but the script just tried too hard to be daring and shocking but it's core ended up coming across as simply tepid, lacking in substance and with a negative moral outlook some of the time. I didn't see the whole series, admittedly, but when something starts to simply bore the pants off you there is nothing much left to do but put this series of the shelf and file it under 'dull'.
Mary Garcia I thought the cast did a very good job. The writing and direction seemed to leave something to be desired. The character of Edie was too angry and seemed too distracted to really have any kind of romance going on. Most of the time she came across distant, and her personality came across as rigid, and not compromising. The male lead,Michael, played by the very watchable Stephen Moyer, was much more sympathetic, more likable, and more committed to the relationship. I liked the supporting cast.I felt a storyline could have been added for Michael's roommate - at least more than there was. As an American, I was aware of a decided bias toward the London storyline, which was fine with me. The characters were more interesting and just "nicer". The music was enjoyable, and fit well. The locations were well shot. It was certainly a good series, but not a great one. Maybe the lead female character needed another episode to convince me of her sincerity.
Bob We are halfway through watching this on BBC America, so we don't know how it ends. So far all I can say is this program is a wonderful surprise.It was scheduled for the middle of the night last week on BBC America, so TIVO did it's job and we are now going through it during a very chilly weekend. It has turned the chill into a warm glow. The storyline is completely realistic, which is always my requirement for stories of star-crossed lovers. The characters are totally plausible. The acting is top notch.I've been a fan of Rashida Jones since she was on Boston Public. The girl's got chops! We've also seen Stephen Moyer in other projects (Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead) and think he is ready for the big screen. The supporting actors are all excellent, and I never cease to be amazed by how well actors from the UK do American accents. They are completely believable.Now for the writing. Simon Burke has a real ear for both America and British idioms. As a novelist myself, I will tell you this is not easy. We use completely different expressions right down to our verb tenses, and Burke seems to have both down cold. I'm a writer myself, so I pay special attention to idioms. When they're wrong, it's like nails on a chalkboard. Well done, Simon. Edie, Christine and Luke sound like Americans. And a note about the music in this series. The music flows throughout like a Greek chorus, embellishing the plot line beautifully. A great deal of thought must have gone into that. Real artists pay attention to those kinds of details. Well, well done!Enjoy!
scoop-30 Thoroughly enjoyable, well acted, well written; however, didn't amount to what it could have.The production seemed to be a bit mismanaged, never really getting its legs despite strong and true performances from the cast and an intelligently written script. The show suffered the fate of too many cooks in the kitchen, where it needed a single style, single direction. For example, the split-screen effect was not altogether a bad idea, but it was rarely used for any real benefit. Likewise, there were story ideas that were never fully sussed out. In the end it looked like a jumbled product of three directors who could have benefited greatly from a single executive producer's vision.Still, it was one of the better programs of 2004, it just hurts to see so much effort and such talent amount to an "almost".
