An Adventure with My Amazon Watchlist: Day 2

Belgravia: Those Amazon white-livered drunkards! I thought I would be able to watch all of this fantastic show, but I am only see the first two episodes without paying for it. This show is wonderful! I love how they played with the style of clothing to show the two different timelines (see Little Women 2019, it can work to you benefit). All I could think was that I need to get to work on sewing a regency gown and then the 1840 scenes would happen and I would get ready to sew a hoop-skirt. It's also great to finally see a regency drama in which the mother is not portrayed as "ridiculous" (aka, Mrs. Bennet knock off).

    The plot will suck you in right away! Drama. Drama. Drama! However, you have the feeling that things will turn out alright, unlike Downton Abbey. I would compare it to Doctor Thorne. 

    The only issue is that the cast if very large and I find it difficult to remember everyone's name. There were also two characters that looked too similar, played by Tamsin Greig (aka Miss Bates in the 2009 version of Emma) and Harriet Walter. They also didn't age the characters very well. Tamsin Greig's character has a daughter of marrying age at the beginning, so I would imagine her to be nearly 40. Then the story moves ahead about 25 years, so she would be in her 60s, but her hair is only a little more grey and her husband hasn't changed at all. I mean they digitally enhanced the stucco on the buildings to look more accurate. Couldn't they have done to the actors' faces in the 1815 timeline?

    There are so many classic twist of Julian Fellowes's craftsmanship. He needs to stick to more mini-series such as this. (I know this is a pretty controversial opinion, but Downton was a little too drawn out for my taste.) Could not recommend more. 10/10

Beowulf; A Legend Reclaimed: This isn't a terrible adaptation of Beowulf. I can totally see how someone could get into it. It just failed to capture my attention. Feels like a Lord of the Rings sort of rip-off. If you need some sort of fantasy in your day, I would say go for it. 6/10

Black Field: This is a Bronte Sister adaptation? Wait no, it was just inspired by... um ok? 5/10

Bramwell: Bad version of Dr. Quinn... 

Britannia: I wanted to like this. Why don't I like this? Why do all the actors look like knock off other actors? DNF Try again later.

It has now dawned on me that my watchlist has more than 90 movies on it still... this is going to take me more than a few days....

Carnival Row: OOOO I like this! I feel like it's been years since I've seen anything with Orlando Bloom in it! I think, just maybe, I might need a break from T.V....