OK first the good points.
It's sumptuous! From the architecture, to the costumes, to the dialogues, to the performances... everything shouts or should I say sings 19C Italy.
I love the Italian, which I get better at catching as the programme progresses. The actors are very well cast.
Everything one would expect and hope to enjoy in a period piece set in 19C Italy is there.
So why did I only give it 6 out of 10?
Spoiler alert!
Because at 26mins into the first, the very first episode...
They introduced... Rock Music!!! Modern 21C Rock Music...
I mean, I ask you. Who in their right minds would spoil a wonderful, beautiful period piece set in the 19C, by introducing 21C Rock Music?!!! I was shocked!
I'm having to consider very seriously whether to carry on with it. I can normally overlook visual gaffs, but such a fundamental anomaly in the audio is just so out of place...
Such a shame, it really is... We shall see...
It's sumptuous! From the architecture, to the costumes, to the dialogues, to the performances... everything shouts or should I say sings 19C Italy.
I love the Italian, which I get better at catching as the programme progresses. The actors are very well cast.
Everything one would expect and hope to enjoy in a period piece set in 19C Italy is there.
So why did I only give it 6 out of 10?
Spoiler alert!
Because at 26mins into the first, the very first episode...
They introduced... Rock Music!!! Modern 21C Rock Music...
I mean, I ask you. Who in their right minds would spoil a wonderful, beautiful period piece set in the 19C, by introducing 21C Rock Music?!!! I was shocked!
I'm having to consider very seriously whether to carry on with it. I can normally overlook visual gaffs, but such a fundamental anomaly in the audio is just so out of place...
Such a shame, it really is... We shall see...