sorrelloriginals

This show works for me on so many levels that I wouldn't even know where to begin. I have read a great deal of praise in the user reviews and I tend to agree with all of it.

It is with dismay that I read criticisms such as "slow moving" because you really should not expect a James Bond pace from a story that is set in the declining years of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Life in general moved much more slowly in those days. Many of today's audience are spoiled by swiping, tapping and fast forwarding to get where they want to go and don't have the patience to pay attention to the details of a well-thought-out storyline. I am sorry for them. I like to watch these shows on demand because sometimes I need to rewind here and there to make sure that I didn't miss something. That aspect of today's technology comes in handy for me. For everybody else I would just say try paying attention. I think that those who enjoy Agatha Christie and her creations of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot will appreciate this as well as sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson fans. I would hope so.

It is unfortunate that the general public seems to be satisfied by overwhelming amounts of special effects, which in this film, I must say could not have been done better. The storyline however, is so minimal and unconvincing that it actually is an annoyance. The storyline of the original 1956... 1954? Godzilla makes a lot more sense than this overwrought ,convoluted mess. I knew from the get-go that this is how it would be because it seems to be the state of motion pictures today. That is why I am glad that I did not pay to see it in a theater, however beneficial a widescreen and stereophonic sound may have been. I am not even sure how good the actors are because the lines they are given to speak are such that I don't know who could make them convincing. I see that even with its huge budget it still made a substantial profit, so I am sure that Godzilla's career is not over.