Extremely well made drama. Production is very good. Some great acting.
Bravo to all concerned
The trouble with making these historic miniseries is that people believe it’s all true, and why wouldn’t we. Why would the producers create something that isn’t true? But the reality is that a lot of this series is made up so that it’s better television which is very misleading – especially in today’s culture.
Review by DudaaiBlockedParent2024-03-29T13:49:41Z
If this needed to be made at all it should have been a mini-series 3 parter or even a 90 minute movie. Obviously low-budget with just a passing nod to history, this show is waaaaaaay to slow and plodding. Other than Menzies, the cast is pretty lacklustre, mostly out of work extras from the look if it, and the casting is really terrible. There's clearly a fair bit of equally low budget CGI and the script, my word, it's just dire, did anyone not bother to research how people spoke back in the day, or the likely mannerisms and behaviours? Clearly not. The portrayal of Lincoln as essentially a bumbling idiot is pretty tragic and I don't think anyone bothered to read a history book with regards to Stanton, or anyone else for that matter.
One of the most annoying things about it is the CONSTANT jumping back and forth in time with often no indication to the viewer that it's happened. It's not like it's obvious, going between older and younger characters, here its just a few weeks or even days, but why? A lot of movies / series use the time jumps to good effect and for good reason, 90% of the time this just jumps back and forth for the sake of it, no discernible reason and it certainly doesn't add to the story.
I'll likely persevere to the end in a "I've started so I'll finish" kind of way (about half way through now) but I expected so much more. My gut feeling is it's going to get a LOT worse. Will they throw the history book completely out the window? Not sure, the problem is, you really need to have such book before you can throw it out! Passable at best.