War And Peace

[brainiac]

Anyone else really disappointed with this? Some terrible casting (Adrian Edmondson?!), poor directing and woeful acting - step forward Stephen Rea for a truly toe-curling 'posh' accent. None of it convinced me, I'm afraid; all rather embarrassing.

[Zacs-Master]

It was a bit too anglicised but enjoyed it overall.

[melv16]

I lasted 20mins before zapping it. I found it pretty dire.

[hellywelly4]

I'll stick with it. I don't know the story, one of those books that I avoided. I found it difficult to sort out who was who, so many of them, and I found myself wondering about how much it cost when the BBC say they have to cut some channels.

[DaisyNonna]

Have recorded it to watch tomorrow if it rains yet again

[hc4361]

hellywelly, it is partly funded by The Weinstein Company and Lookout Point.

[Ann]

I stuck it only 15 mins I'm afraid. Too many characters and complicated storyline. Wasnt my scene - roll on Mr Selfridge on Friday!!

[hc4361]

One of the stars of Selfridge is in War and Peace

[DaisyNonna]

Not interested in Mr. Selfridge

[hc4361]

No, Daisy, but Ann is

[Togo]

I gave it a miss. Read the book as a lad. But I am reading Joe Halderman's Peace and War. The Sci Fi trilogy. The Forever War and Forever Peace stories were stunning in the 70s, and I am not about to put it down now. You Sci Fi readers must read it. Prescient.

[Ann]

Which was the actor who is also in Mr Selfridge?

[Bathsheba]

I was really looking forward to it, but was a bit disappointed :(

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[paisleylass]

I enjoyed it and thought it was well directed and acted. My only complaint was that there was so little of Tom Burke.

[mallyh]

aisling loftus is from mr Selfridges she played the window dresser who married the French guy .

[mccfluff]

i lasted 10 mins then gave up, not for me!

[Ric.ror]

I had great expectations but I was a little disappointed - I will stick with it though as there is nothing else worth watching. As for Stephen Rea - I thought he was one of the few high points - but then I am loving Dickensian too

[ichkeria]

Quelle surprise. I thought it might be good for those after a bit of good old Sunday evening costume drama, but who weren't really all that stuck on Tolstoy. It got a good review from the times tv critic tho, which made me think maybe it WAS possible to turn a work like W and P into Andrew Davies/BBC ratings Plc and still capture the original
I forgot about it, tuned in during a 'battle scene' which had echoes of the Dorset hunt in fancy dress on a misty morning - about as epic as a gymkhana reenactment of the poll tax riots.
And tuned out again
In fairness therefore I didn't see enough to judge :-)

[shoota]

Gave it 10 minutes then turned over.
Pretentious rubbish imo.

[margarettom]

I thought it was 'War and Peace' lite!

[mikey4444]

Togo...have you read Asimov's "Foundation" books ?

I can recommend them if you haven't !