An 8 episode limited series for a story that would've been a 2 part episode from the law & order TV show.
I've said it before & I'll say it again, no one with any common sense reads reviews & makes a decision to watch or not watch something, this is a place for the viewer to put their thoughts down, not to influence anyone one way or the other, having said that it is pretty frustrating to read so many fake reviews, giving a score of 10 for a TV show that is mediocre, over acted with so much forced melancholy & no suspense, thrills or mystery is just ridiculous.
Clearly this has a decent budget, sets & locations are excellent, great to see Chris Evans, but why choose such a boring bland story to go with, the fact this has been stretched to 8 episodes to incorporate every tiny irrelevant detail actually makes this so boring.
There are a billion stories out there, this mind numbingly overrated "best seller" just shouldn't have been it, I get that Apple TV is new, I get they want to stand head & shoulders above the likes of netflix but just because quite literally anyone of any age likes the iPhone doesn't mean this kind of drivel will get a decent size of the viewing audience.
Apart from Chris Evans & only because it's Chris Evans I for one can't find a single character within this show that is either likeable or interesting, mundane is how one of the characters refers to people's lives & quite literally "mundane" is the best description of the show itself.
A fair & honest review of this isn't a 1,neither is it a 10, a 5 or 6 is a more honest score, I just don't see the interest in it, life at times is boring & bland & I for one neither want or need a show to remind me of that, if I want to be reminded of that then I'll watch the news.
A well written bore fest is still a bore fest, I'm well aware of the awards the novel has accrued, I am also aware of the authors pedigree, himself being a successful lawyer, no I've not read the novel & I have no interest in reading it, a quick read of the novels synopsis instantly tells me it holds no interest for me, the decision to make the TV series had me hoping for something interesting & gripping, unfortunately this is not the case, from the very 1st episode I found it unimaginative & lacklustre, I for one found nothing new here & very little in the way of entertainment.
The fact that a successful lawyer turned author writes a story about a lawyer & has that lawyer discard a possible piece of evidence that could as easily be useful in defence as in prosecution instead of having the lawyer do the more sensible thing & just keep the evidence safe just goes to show how absurd the story is.
By all means watch & make your own mind up, just be honest with your review should you take the time to leave one.
I've said it before & I'll say it again, no one with any common sense reads reviews & makes a decision to watch or not watch something, this is a place for the viewer to put their thoughts down, not to influence anyone one way or the other, having said that it is pretty frustrating to read so many fake reviews, giving a score of 10 for a TV show that is mediocre, over acted with so much forced melancholy & no suspense, thrills or mystery is just ridiculous.
Clearly this has a decent budget, sets & locations are excellent, great to see Chris Evans, but why choose such a boring bland story to go with, the fact this has been stretched to 8 episodes to incorporate every tiny irrelevant detail actually makes this so boring.
There are a billion stories out there, this mind numbingly overrated "best seller" just shouldn't have been it, I get that Apple TV is new, I get they want to stand head & shoulders above the likes of netflix but just because quite literally anyone of any age likes the iPhone doesn't mean this kind of drivel will get a decent size of the viewing audience.
Apart from Chris Evans & only because it's Chris Evans I for one can't find a single character within this show that is either likeable or interesting, mundane is how one of the characters refers to people's lives & quite literally "mundane" is the best description of the show itself.
A fair & honest review of this isn't a 1,neither is it a 10, a 5 or 6 is a more honest score, I just don't see the interest in it, life at times is boring & bland & I for one neither want or need a show to remind me of that, if I want to be reminded of that then I'll watch the news.
A well written bore fest is still a bore fest, I'm well aware of the awards the novel has accrued, I am also aware of the authors pedigree, himself being a successful lawyer, no I've not read the novel & I have no interest in reading it, a quick read of the novels synopsis instantly tells me it holds no interest for me, the decision to make the TV series had me hoping for something interesting & gripping, unfortunately this is not the case, from the very 1st episode I found it unimaginative & lacklustre, I for one found nothing new here & very little in the way of entertainment.
The fact that a successful lawyer turned author writes a story about a lawyer & has that lawyer discard a possible piece of evidence that could as easily be useful in defence as in prosecution instead of having the lawyer do the more sensible thing & just keep the evidence safe just goes to show how absurd the story is.
By all means watch & make your own mind up, just be honest with your review should you take the time to leave one.