Is anybody watching the War and Peace miniseries that aired on A&E, History, and Lifetime last night?
Lots of stars, many especially familiar to those of us who watch PBS/Masterpiece. Lily James (Lady Rose on Downton, Cinderella), James Norton (Grantchester), and Aisling Loftus (Agnes on Mr. Selfridge), to mention a few.
I will finish watching the rest of the first episode tomorrow. I like it so far.
I had trouble following how was who and how things went together. The costuming and sets were great.
It would have helped if I had read the book before the miniseries.
@deb922, there are lots of “cast of characters” lists online
Lol @katliamom thanks! That helped a lot.
I’ve been excited about this miniseries coming out (I’m a History channel junkie…) and then I completely forgot about it.
For those of you who watched the beginning, how was it? I admittedly haven’t read W&P but I know the premise enough to be interested.
I thought it was incredibly beautiful - gorgeous costuming, sweeping cinematography, and lovely, discordant Russian-sounding music. Looking forward to upcoming episodes. The epitome of a “costume drama” which is probably my favorite TV genre!
They are rebroadcasting Part 1 right before Part 2 so you can catch up. That’s my plan. I forgot too.
I could not get past the first episode. I found the camera work was bizarre and distorted. Not very well directed.So disappointed since I am a costume drama freak and I was really looking forward to it. Oh well----hope it improves for the rest of you!
I also saw the first three episodes of the BBC version and they are slightly different.
I didn’t know there were 2 versions.
@singersmom07 thanks for the head’s up!
Romani, there is an Oscar-winning movie, too.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0063794/
Warning: the book is very long, and the parts describing war battlefields are tedious (IMO).
Oh interesting, thanks BB!
I have zero interest in reading the book, to be honest. There are a few perks to being a US Historian- one of them being that I can get away with not knowing world/European literature- even the canon stuff.