God I hate these fake history documentaries where a bunch of geezers pretend to be on a hunt to discover historical secrets... What this is are two guys visiting historical sights and kinda pretending they're discovering it (even though they are usually accompanied by officials who show them the places). You have those ridiculous shots of them with their flashlights, trying to decipher stuff on a wall in the dark. Next shot they continue with the lights switched on, much more convenient... Kinda lame. At least they don't seem to smear BS historical facts, which is a relief. Overall, crap.
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this was bad...
26 April 2010
As stated, I didn't like this version at all...
The cast is absolutely awful, not one character seems to fit (mesala was perhaps the only good choice) and discolored curly hair is ridiculous in an antic set up. Lucía Jiménez, who plays Athene, is probably the worst actress I've ever seen, every single line of her dialogs were painful to hear and almost made you feel bad for her.
I've read a few comments saying you shouldn't compare it with the 1959 version since this is a mini-series and everything, but how couldn't you!! The storyline is literally the same, it's almost a perfect copy of the 1959 film, without the goods. Sometimes you feel like your watching a version made by a bunch of friends on youtube, it's almost the same dialogs in some moments, it's ridiculous! I just don't understand why this was made... I had real expectations about this, I loved the 1959 picture and since it's so widely known by the public I was expecting something new, with an other angle or something... not a plain copy.
Oh and did I mention that Lucía Jiménez is really bad in this?
The cast is absolutely awful, not one character seems to fit (mesala was perhaps the only good choice) and discolored curly hair is ridiculous in an antic set up. Lucía Jiménez, who plays Athene, is probably the worst actress I've ever seen, every single line of her dialogs were painful to hear and almost made you feel bad for her.
I've read a few comments saying you shouldn't compare it with the 1959 version since this is a mini-series and everything, but how couldn't you!! The storyline is literally the same, it's almost a perfect copy of the 1959 film, without the goods. Sometimes you feel like your watching a version made by a bunch of friends on youtube, it's almost the same dialogs in some moments, it's ridiculous! I just don't understand why this was made... I had real expectations about this, I loved the 1959 picture and since it's so widely known by the public I was expecting something new, with an other angle or something... not a plain copy.
Oh and did I mention that Lucía Jiménez is really bad in this?
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