I must admit when i saw the trailer for this tv series i was not that impressed and now i admit that my first impressions were entirely missleading. This production is fantastic especially since it has such a fantastic cast. Rufus Sewell and Donald Sutherland act really well in it making it pleasurable to view. The storyline was really intriguing thus making me finish the whole tv series in a night because *SPOILER* i just wanted to find out what the whole saga about the ring really meant. I thought that the scenery was also really nice with all the numerous forests and castles. The fighting scenes were really well done but perhaps maybe a bit to bloody but hey, everyone needs different aspects to watch in a film. What i liked about the tv series was it didn’t just focus on the lives of the middle aged people but also went through the lives the young people during those times. I highly reconmend this TV series t history fanatics because they can learn new facts especially about King Stephen who isn’t really portrayed in the media. I must watch show which will forever remain amongst my beloved historical tv shows like Rome, The Tudors, The Borgias and Camelot.
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Sometimes tv production companies excel themselves when making something, and this is a case in point. It is some years since I last read Ken Follett’s novel, but I can still remember most of it. The idea in making this was to try to create something that was inspired by the book, but not necessarily a strict word for word adaptation. Lets face it there will always be differences between book and screen versions and it is a brave person who takes on the task of adapting something that has been enjoyed by many people.
Ken Follett himself I believed praised John Pielmeier for his screenplay, which is magnificent. To a lot of people this story has been so good because the production shows more than the novel did what life was like back in the period it was set, and what a major part politics and favour played, as well as the power of the Catholic Church throughout our history. Indeed any historical programme cannot leave out the machinations of church authorites in these most troubulous periods of our history.
With a fine cast of characters and sex and violence this is what a lot of people enjoy, and in this household it has been must see tv. Although as I have said, there is sex and violence here, this isn’t done gratuiously, and where it appears is relevant to the storyline. Who knows, perhaps it may interest some people to want to know more about the times it portrays, which is very interesting. I know when I read the book it made me find out more about architecture and how churches were built, and builders learnt from each others mistakes.
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This is an absolutely briliant eight part period drama with really outstanding acting, and a great cast of actors some well known some relativly new but all play there parts well, with a great story line keeping the watcher enthralled all the way, once you have seen the first episode, you just want to put the next one on, just like not being able to put down a really good book, for period drama fans this is a must see item.
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Excellent TV Series,
I must admit when i saw the trailer for this tv series i was not that impressed and now i admit that my first impressions were entirely missleading. This production is fantastic especially since it has such a fantastic cast. Rufus Sewell and Donald Sutherland act really well in it making it pleasurable to view. The storyline was really intriguing thus making me finish the whole tv series in a night because *SPOILER* i just wanted to find out what the whole saga about the ring really meant.
I thought that the scenery was also really nice with all the numerous forests and castles. The fighting scenes were really well done but perhaps maybe a bit to bloody but hey, everyone needs different aspects to watch in a film.
What i liked about the tv series was it didn’t just focus on the lives of the middle aged people but also went through the lives the young people during those times.
I highly reconmend this TV series t history fanatics because they can learn new facts especially about King Stephen who isn’t really portrayed in the media. I must watch show which will forever remain amongst my beloved historical tv shows like Rome, The Tudors, The Borgias and Camelot.
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|Brilliant TV,
Sometimes tv production companies excel themselves when making something, and this is a case in point. It is some years since I last read Ken Follett’s novel, but I can still remember most of it. The idea in making this was to try to create something that was inspired by the book, but not necessarily a strict word for word adaptation. Lets face it there will always be differences between book and screen versions and it is a brave person who takes on the task of adapting something that has been enjoyed by many people.
Ken Follett himself I believed praised John Pielmeier for his screenplay, which is magnificent. To a lot of people this story has been so good because the production shows more than the novel did what life was like back in the period it was set, and what a major part politics and favour played, as well as the power of the Catholic Church throughout our history. Indeed any historical programme cannot leave out the machinations of church authorites in these most troubulous periods of our history.
With a fine cast of characters and sex and violence this is what a lot of people enjoy, and in this household it has been must see tv. Although as I have said, there is sex and violence here, this isn’t done gratuiously, and where it appears is relevant to the storyline. Who knows, perhaps it may interest some people to want to know more about the times it portrays, which is very interesting. I know when I read the book it made me find out more about architecture and how churches were built, and builders learnt from each others mistakes.
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|the pillars of the earth,
This is an absolutely briliant eight part period drama with really outstanding acting, and a great cast of actors some well known some relativly new but all play there parts well, with a great story line keeping the watcher enthralled all the way, once you have seen the first episode, you just want to put the next one on, just like not being able to put down a really good book, for period drama fans this is a must see item.
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