After watching the first four of eight episodes of "The Kennedys", I understand (but I do not agree) why The History Channel did not want to broadcast it.
Is not that the miniseries is bad -in fact is gorgeous, intriguing and bold, and the characters are all well interpreted and almost physically cloned-, is the way the story is told.
In here we can see the dark side of Camelot: the men in the family are an unfaithful bunch of womanizers, the patriarch is a hideous, manipulative person and the Kennedy's women are beautiful and smart, but ridiculously submissive.
That is why I think the series almost did not saw the light, because they are not showing the glory of the family. But I really prefer to see them as normal human beings with errors and great accomplishments than a family of perfect saints.
Greg Kinnear as JFK, Katie Holmes as Jackie O, Barry Pepper as Bobby and Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy Sr. are really the dream cast for this. Perhaps the production is not going to get any Emmys -because of the ups and downs of the production-, but the cast has very strong contenders, at least they deserve a nomination.
In here we see things like Jackie smoking (a lot) while she was pregnant with John Jr. –in those times smoking was not known as a healthy issue yet-, or Frank Sinatra doing business with the mobster Sam Giancana; but those are things that we already know and that add more spice and realism to the storyline.
Maybe is a little corny, maybe a lot 'soap opery' and a little historical inaccurate –some pivotal family members did not appear-, but really "The Kennedys" is a very well crafted and enjoyable production worth watching.
Is not that the miniseries is bad -in fact is gorgeous, intriguing and bold, and the characters are all well interpreted and almost physically cloned-, is the way the story is told.
In here we can see the dark side of Camelot: the men in the family are an unfaithful bunch of womanizers, the patriarch is a hideous, manipulative person and the Kennedy's women are beautiful and smart, but ridiculously submissive.
That is why I think the series almost did not saw the light, because they are not showing the glory of the family. But I really prefer to see them as normal human beings with errors and great accomplishments than a family of perfect saints.
Greg Kinnear as JFK, Katie Holmes as Jackie O, Barry Pepper as Bobby and Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy Sr. are really the dream cast for this. Perhaps the production is not going to get any Emmys -because of the ups and downs of the production-, but the cast has very strong contenders, at least they deserve a nomination.
In here we see things like Jackie smoking (a lot) while she was pregnant with John Jr. –in those times smoking was not known as a healthy issue yet-, or Frank Sinatra doing business with the mobster Sam Giancana; but those are things that we already know and that add more spice and realism to the storyline.
Maybe is a little corny, maybe a lot 'soap opery' and a little historical inaccurate –some pivotal family members did not appear-, but really "The Kennedys" is a very well crafted and enjoyable production worth watching.