HR27
Joined Sep 2021
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt clearly steals the show in what could be called an hommage to Fargo - the movie, not the series, that is. At times, it feels like he's the only professional actor in this delightful flick. He goes from doofus to creep and back to doofus in no time. The performances from the rest of the cast lie somewhere between meh, ugh, and eew. Honorable mention goes to Jim Gaffigan, whose small role came as a bit of a positive surprise to this reviewer. The only thing possibly worth mentioning we get from Lily James (apart from a decent American accent) is a a short scene where she shows some remarkable cleavage. Well, if you like that sort of thing. Given that many of us have probably seen her rather unappealing chest, I would call that quite an achievement. Alas, there is no Oscar category entitled "Outstanding Performance By A Bra," a mere oversight by the Academy, I'm sure.
Easily the most annoying thing in this otherwise decent series is Kelly Reilly constantly pushing her saggy mammaries into our faces at every opportunity. This exploitation of her physique does not contribute anything of value to the story, it actually distracts from it.
The inclusion of "politically correct" characters and subplots in season 5 was equally annoying and thoroughly unnecessary. In the final analysis, it's another example of a show that outstayed its welcome and should have ended sooner. Once Kevin Costner had left the show there really was no good reason for watching it anymore.
The inclusion of "politically correct" characters and subplots in season 5 was equally annoying and thoroughly unnecessary. In the final analysis, it's another example of a show that outstayed its welcome and should have ended sooner. Once Kevin Costner had left the show there really was no good reason for watching it anymore.
It is - occasionally - a decent enough series, but Miss Hughes' constant moralizing is extremely tiresome. She makes the mistake way too many contemporary historians and commentators are prone to: applying rather decadent and degenerate "modern" Western standards to other societies, cultures, and time periods. At one point she even goes so far to say:
"I know that we shouldn't judge ancient societies from a 21st century point of view."
Apparently, she has little sense of irony or her own bigotry. Also, way too much time is spent with rather silly reenactments instead of actual scientific analysis and archeological evidence.