Dickens was a wonderfully descriptive writer- but there's no richness of story in the first episode.
It is like watching a plodding unimaginative story recounted in a flat voice by someone who can't be bothered.
It isn't the cast's fault- indeed the casting is probably the best part of this version.
I found the relationship between Pip and Joe curiously cold.
I simply found I couldn't care about what happened next.
Perhaps some previous versions have just been too good.
My all time favourite was years ago-with a wonderful Stratford Johns playing Magwitch. I was hoping for something like that this time.
I don't think I'll watch the rest.
It has made me want to re-read the book again.
It is like watching a plodding unimaginative story recounted in a flat voice by someone who can't be bothered.
It isn't the cast's fault- indeed the casting is probably the best part of this version.
I found the relationship between Pip and Joe curiously cold.
I simply found I couldn't care about what happened next.
Perhaps some previous versions have just been too good.
My all time favourite was years ago-with a wonderful Stratford Johns playing Magwitch. I was hoping for something like that this time.
I don't think I'll watch the rest.
It has made me want to re-read the book again.