The Universe behind Neverwhere's plot is so intense and fascinating that I really wanted to see how this TV Show would have been made if they had a bigger budget at the time. The enormous amount of close-shots that follows us through the episodes are a really frustrating attempt to hide the poor scenarios and the environment. And considering we are following a character knowing a new "world", it would have been much better if it were presented to us by wide-shots. But as I said, this is obviously a choice they had to do because of the short budget. I still think this can't be used as an excuse. Doctor Who is a TV Show that almost every episode brings us to a different "world" and for so many time had problems with budget. However, they were never afraid of showing us the "world" we were seeing.
That being said, what really makes me sad about this TV show, specially because I'm a huge fan of the book, are the performances. The actors chosen were clearly bad choices. This even gets worse when three of the four main characters (Hunter, Marquis de Carabas and Richard) are so awful that really got me out of a story that I adore. There are, of course, exceptions. Peter Capaldi is good as always, and Laura Fraser was a Door that convinced me. That may explain why their careers went forward and the others's career, didn't.
Although all the above restrictions, I still think the plot is interesting, the story is really good, the characters are well-developed and the world we unfortunately barely see on the show is mind-blowing. I strongly recommend everyone to watch Neverwhere and to get in touch with the beautiful and brilliant mind of Neil Gaiman, for those who don't know him yet.
That being said, what really makes me sad about this TV show, specially because I'm a huge fan of the book, are the performances. The actors chosen were clearly bad choices. This even gets worse when three of the four main characters (Hunter, Marquis de Carabas and Richard) are so awful that really got me out of a story that I adore. There are, of course, exceptions. Peter Capaldi is good as always, and Laura Fraser was a Door that convinced me. That may explain why their careers went forward and the others's career, didn't.
Although all the above restrictions, I still think the plot is interesting, the story is really good, the characters are well-developed and the world we unfortunately barely see on the show is mind-blowing. I strongly recommend everyone to watch Neverwhere and to get in touch with the beautiful and brilliant mind of Neil Gaiman, for those who don't know him yet.