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NONSENSE. PURELY FANTASTICAL CRAP.
A MODERN STORY CENTERED AROUND A CHARACTER WITH A COMPLETELY 21ST CENTURY ATTITUDE, MANNER AND TONGUE; UNDERMINES THE VERY CONCEPT OF THE PREMISE IN THE FIRST PLACE. DRESSED UP IN 19TH CENTURY COSTUME AND RIDING AROUND IN A CARRIAGE WITH SOME POSH ACCENT DOES LITTLE TO SUFFICIENTLY DISTRACT FROM THE GLARING INSULT TO ONE'S INTELLIGENCE THAT IS UNFOLDING ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. WHOEVER DIRECTED THE PROJECT SHOULD BE FIRED AND NEVER PERMITTED NEAR THIS PERIOD AGAIN. TRULY, THE ENTIRE PROJECT LEADERSHIP MUST BE AWASH IN IGNORANCE PERHAPS SECRETLY HOPING THE AUDIENCE WAS AS PRECISELY DETACHED FROM REALITY AND DELUSIONAL AS THEY APPARENTLY ARE. THIS INEPT FORAY INTO ADAPTATION OF VANITY FAIR'S RENDITION OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN'S ASPIRATIONS TO LIFE WITHIN THE RANKS OF 19TH CENTURY ARISTOCRACY, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ACTOR'S PORTRAYAL OF THE HEROINE, SERVES AS A "PRIME" EXAMPLE OF WHY SUCH ENDEAVORS SHOULD REMAIN IN EXPERIENCED HANDS; EQUALED ONLY IN FAILURE BY THE MORONS WHO WASTED PERFECTLY GOOD FUNDING GREEN-LIGHTING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS STORY FAILS IN BOTH SCREENWRITING AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, IN FACT, ONE MIGHT WONDER IF THIS WAS MERELY AN EXERCISE IN [AMAZON'S] CORPORATE GOODWILL, THAT IS, A WAY TO MOVE MONEY OFF THE BOOKS.
December 2018 · Movies and TV
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