ahzoov

This came highly recommended and so I purchased AMC. By the middle of the second episode I realized that this was the Grey's Anatomy of historical soap-operas. This was not an historical drama, more like historical trauma. The bloodshed rivals modern war thrillers, not colonial skirmishes. The characters are drenched in moral ambiguity and emotional wreckage. Everything is over the top dramatized to the last drop as Founding Fathers exchange longing glances over parchment.

Horrible. Just horrible. The story could have been told in three, maybe four episodes, and still be a thriller, but instead: "They fought for freedom. They cried for love. History will never be the same."

Blech.

The different viewpoints weren't all that different, hardly worth sitting through three times. We both fell asleep. Yes, the action was realistic, but the repetition just too redundant. Were it cut to one third its size, you'd have a pretty good movie. As it is, it's a sleeper.

Loved the sets, the dreary mood, the dreary weather. The debauchery of royalty was portrayed accurately. And the costumes fit the period.

Just too darn long, repetitive, and off-putting.