Good-Will

This is what a first draft would look like if you tried to shoehorn the plot of The Talented Mr. Ripley into Brideshead Revisited.

But like most first drafts it would be unrefined, somewhat incoherent and the finer details would need to be thought through to create a finished and polished product.

I can understand the appeal and some of the high ratings from people who are impressed by luscious cinematography , have a soft spot for English aristocracy and appreciate some fine acting (Although Keoghan is mediocre here), but I've honestly seen better plotting and pacing in an episode of Tom and Jerry.

The last five minutes also undermine everything that's come before and is an insult to the audience's intelligence.

Just spent a week seeing friends in Oxford where this is the talk of the town, but that talk isn't flattering, and rightly so.

I can understand the poor ratings from reviewers who expected this to be a longer version of the original film (Malkovich and Close), but this is a prequel to that.

So although I was initially disappointed then as I continued watching then I began to really enjoy it.

It has all the backstabbing, betrayals, machiavellian plotting and intrigue of the film (and book) but for some reason then people didn't like it.

I really don't know why.

I really don't know why and am sad that it was cancelled since we'll never know who the "Duc" is and what happened in the intervening period between this series and the film/book.