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An hour of my life I'll never get back

posted 12 years ago by riding-hood
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Makes me sad.

Moray is supposed to be a cross between Mr Darcy and Willy Wonka. Good concept, the only problem is the actor just can't pull it off.

Poor acting. Poorer writing. What were they thinking?

[–] SJCass 12 years ago

Agreed, terrible writing, terrible acting.

[–] NaughtyKitten 12 years ago

I enjoyed the house and the frocks but sadly nothing else :(

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[–] Bella-LaGhostly 12 years ago

For some reason, I now wish the Psychoville guys would do a period drama.

But, seriously, I liked it. I hope they keep Jonas really creepy and a keeper of dark secrets. Just wait until Pauline and Denise start meddling and figuring things out (with Sam's and Arthur's help). It's fun! And I mean that unironically.

[–] paudie 12 years ago

It wasn't great.
It ticked a LOT of the period drama boxes, for example:
- pretty young thing falls for handsome mysterious "upper class" gent
- handsome upper class gent takes huge risk with his business but just about pulls it off.

My wife loves Lark rise & Downton but I don't think this will be a "must see" in our house.

You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill

[–] andre_dr 12 years ago

Both main characters are disappointing.

[–] mark-smith473 12 years ago

I like it. It's gloriously dotty at times and a happy ending each week is guaranteed, if I wanted more serious fare I'd switch it off and read Dostoievsky. Plus Denise and Clara are gorgeous.

[–] autexousious 11 years ago

I find Denise a bit boring (which is sad, because she's supposed to be some sort of badass future business girl), but I love the other girls.

[–] castledor 11 years ago

I don't read the book. So far, I'm on episode 2. I'm asking because I really don't like the character.

[–] ultra_mafic 11 years ago

The first two episodes didn't do much for me, but dangit I love period drama and so I stuck it out. At the 3rd things really picked up.

I didn't have a problem with the leads, I thought they did fine. They didn't knock my socks off, but it was enjoyable. Give it a try!

Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul.