I'm downright appalled at the proclivity of negative reviews of this HBO miniseries on IMDb. It just proves that the worldwide public (especially those in my own USA) have been so dumbed down to for so long by commercial television and cinema, that when something comes along by a brilliant playwright directed by an iconic director with some of the greatest acting talent of our times, they feel they need to write some of the most entertainingly misguided reviews I have ever seen. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Did they think this would be an action movie!!! Did they know that it is a film version of two plays; one of which won a Pulitzer Prize and the other a Tony Award!!!
AIDS indeed is a depressing topic, but not nearly as depressing as the deterioration of intellectual perception in our society. This mini series walked away with a bundle of Emmys because it is a brilliant, thought provoking feast of language and ideas that makes an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie seem like a Saturday morning cartoon from the early 50's.
Those of you that bought your DVDs and hated this; all I can say is thank you for supporting HBO films so they can make more of this kind of stimulating, artistic and awe inspiring theater.
Did they think this would be an action movie!!! Did they know that it is a film version of two plays; one of which won a Pulitzer Prize and the other a Tony Award!!!
AIDS indeed is a depressing topic, but not nearly as depressing as the deterioration of intellectual perception in our society. This mini series walked away with a bundle of Emmys because it is a brilliant, thought provoking feast of language and ideas that makes an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie seem like a Saturday morning cartoon from the early 50's.
Those of you that bought your DVDs and hated this; all I can say is thank you for supporting HBO films so they can make more of this kind of stimulating, artistic and awe inspiring theater.