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Great Expectations (2023)
Great Disappointments
Joyless, dull and dreary invention that bears little resemblance to the Dickens work it claims to be an adaptation of, insults the viewers intelligence. Instead the gist of the original story is discarded in favour of a desire to comply with many of the current neuroses of today. Manages to tick all the boxes in that respect, particularly with regard to Empire; imperialism, racism, homophobia, the terrible acquisition of wealth through trade etc etc. I half expected an announcement at the end offering a website to access if any of content had caused me mental anguish and a link to a crowd funder to support The Guardian newspaper's aims to undertake reparations with regard to it's founder's links with slavery. Great Disappointments by the BBC.
Riviera (2017)
Dull
Gave up on this after watching 3 episodes, maybe it gets better, frankly I just don't care. Bond without the humour, McMafia without the style, The Night Manager without the acting finesse, none of these were for me either but they all feature sterotypes, cliches, and simplistic plotlines so are roughly of the same ilk as Riviera.
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
A Confused Effort
This failed for us on many levels, not least the bizarre, almost surreal, mixed race casting.
The style is amateurish, content is not entertaining, a few good moments but generally just dull.
The Singapore Grip (2020)
Dull and lacks grip
Downhill all the way after a promising start concluding with the last episode that has all the feel that the money had run out in equal measures to the enthusiasm of the scriptwriters, director and actors. Visually not a bad job as a period piece but there is little else to recommend. The style is confused and often farcical, the characters are all two dimensional at best, a simplistic plot that lacks intellectual depth.