'The hour' ~ an opus on democracy

I would say that BBC is always and without any doubt a marker of high quality when it comes to TV series. When I hear that they've made a 'War and Peace' with scenes that weren't in the original and seemed to the director to be implied by the author. Now I'm not going to say that BBC always creates only good things. But I'll say it like this: at least they're good at making series about themselves - British, Londoners, BBC members.

story and characters

I know, I know. Elder members uttering sheer philosophy like Dalai Lama are funny.

Boasting the progress of your democracy like a child is funny.

It all might be utterly funny if not for the fact it was not. With such believable characters, with this kind of story that does not leave you much time for breathing... Because they really got themselves into a great trouble, not being afraid of the consequences. It would be fuuny that by the end they all proved to be such brave men taking full responsibility for what they've done, which was not entirely a good thing, but for the fact that I could actually laugh when it was so serious and the characters were so dear to me already.

And I could possibly laugh when 90% of people in my country don't understand that

acting

I'll just mention that the series get mostly positive, or neutral feedback at worst, at least among those sources I've checked. Not that I checked them for reviews, rather for making sure whether the ending was really as ambiguous as I saw it, and therefore could be treated freely as I want... And I'll tell you that half the reason of the positive part was the acting. This is probably what I have to thank BBC for. Maybe except for Romola Garai. Maybe she was just a bit too unnatural for me.

But all of them were looking so real, so "50s".
And there was the cute Lisa Greenwood. And Oona Chaplin. God she's so beautiful... and real.

costumes, interiors, atmospere

Are the second half of what got this series so many positive review. Period drama? Gimme moar.

conclusion

I know this won't be a masterpiece considered to be one of a kind, but you know how I found it? In a list of some 10 British TV series worthy of watching. And I would recommend it like I did the other day to my friend: listen, there is a young brave journalist willing to change the world with his program, and there is a young brave woman fighting prejudice, and many other loveable people, young and not, a bit of a detective story and lots of serious questions.

And British accent. Yeah.

my humble opinion on 'Angel' by F. Ozon ~ 2 hours???

yeah, two hours... finally it has come to the end...

acting

well if Angel pissed me off right from the start, this means ms Garai was good? yeah, everybody was pretty credible, and I have nothing to add

visual aspect

unlike interior and clothes, which were really admirable, frames like this looked really hillarious. I undrestand travelling would be too expensive but could they not afford at least some London panoramas? not that I care too much but.....

conclusion

I was bored some 15 minutes after the beginning. I was thinking of dropping it in the middle. since I am no fan of such stories... what made me watch till the end? I do not know

what did I draw out of this film? oh, there are so many different people in this world whose way of seeing the world is so different from mine and impossible to understand

p. s. just now I remembered that frequently it happened that even if I did not like the characters and did not feel close to them, or sympathy, or anything, I at least admired them and felt respect. it is so frustrating nobody earned my respect in this story

my humble opinion on 'As You Like It' 2006 ~ international modern Shakespeare?

plot and characters

I am no fan of Shakespeare but the truth is that I like his comedies more that tragedies. so this is the kind of story I enjoy very much

performance

let me be brief. this is the kind of modern movies that don't offend the original by its 'modernness' and retains enough impressive power from the play itself, but adds the scenery (not only in terms of nature) which only makes it more interesting to watch. 'international' cast, 'international' clothes and 'international' background set were all to the point and fitting absolutely. the child, the little girl in me loved the wedding scene greatly

 but the rest of the scenes were not less perfect

cast

Bryce Dallas Howard was good, really good... I wonder if 'twas her character that didn't allow me to fall in love with her

Janet McTeer as Audrey - weeeell... I didn't recognise her >___< for the sake of justice I must say she was almost impossible to recognise when I saw her only once and only as a 'male role player'
and finally, Romola Garai - this is who really impressed me and made me like her character. this I understand perfectly - if not for her acting I wouldn't like Celia so much, but Celia was already a character just for an actress like this. well of course I don't know much about Ms Garai, but she seemed very natural here

let me only say about others that they were very, very good. perhaps the English style of acting is closer to me, that is why I am saying so...

conclusion

a lot of fun, a bit of romance and enough original philosophy - that is what I would call this movie