suemc-37566
Joined Jun 2020
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No spoilers - I think we know how it ended. This classic is a dated mixed bag and whilst we have enjoyed watching it most of the way through now we are starting to fast forward.
The editing is very poor . It is impossible to tell whether the film editor just kept piling on more and more hours of footage (men, mud, guns, horses, guns, explosions, more horses etc) to fill in the time taken by the ponderous, windy script OR whether the excessive poetry, pompous proclamations, cliches and national anthems were there to mark time while hours of archive film were played out. It could have been 1/2 as long at least.
There are constantly interesting questions left unasked, as well as unanswered.
The lack of actual contemporary recorded voices for key players other than the interviewed soldiers is monotonous as all the quotes are acted by a small handful of actors. Oftentimes, the words chosen for the actors to speak are pretty meaningless anyway. Why are the interviewed soldiers, military personnel or other people not given names and titles to help with context? Many episodes are repetitive and lack a clear theme - perhaps as it was broadcast over a long period. Basically, I have learnt many surprising facts and will finish the series but it looks as though the incredible series The World At War about WW2 looked at all these weaknesses and others and addressed them brilliantly. An important archive document and a worthwhile endurance for history fans.
There are constantly interesting questions left unasked, as well as unanswered.
The lack of actual contemporary recorded voices for key players other than the interviewed soldiers is monotonous as all the quotes are acted by a small handful of actors. Oftentimes, the words chosen for the actors to speak are pretty meaningless anyway. Why are the interviewed soldiers, military personnel or other people not given names and titles to help with context? Many episodes are repetitive and lack a clear theme - perhaps as it was broadcast over a long period. Basically, I have learnt many surprising facts and will finish the series but it looks as though the incredible series The World At War about WW2 looked at all these weaknesses and others and addressed them brilliantly. An important archive document and a worthwhile endurance for history fans.