Flambards Collection Set
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Movie Reviews of Flambards Collection Set
Movie Review: The best British TV
Summary: 5 Stars
We were very pleased to find this DVD collection. Flambards was one of our favorites when it was shown on PBS. It has been hard to find in the rental sites.Movie Review: Those were the days....
Summary: 5 Stars
If your a fan of Masterpiece Theater and English novels about PreWWI then this is a story for you. Can't get the theme song out of my head....
Movie Review: Faithful to the Trilogy
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall I enjoyed this series. Having thoroughly enjoyed the trilogy, I was thrilled to watch a faithful adaptation of those books. The actors seemed right for the characters, and it was exciting to see the scenes come alive, especially the ones with the planes.
Because of the musical score, however, I can not give the full 5 stars. The 'mum, mum' was annoying enough, but most jarring was the loud "I'll sing you a song of Christina", especially the second time they played it. It was during a very tender, emotional moment and was completely wrong for the mood. I managed to ignore/get past the music for the most part, but I know some viewers would be unable to do so.
Also, it was a bit disconcerting the way characters would sometimes look straight at the camera (for example when having flashbacks).
In all fairness to anyone reading this, I had to add the above disclaimers about what I didn't like, not because I don't want people to watch, but with the hope that, if they are warned, they can ignore the flaws and enjoy an otherwise wonderful series.
Movie Review: Lucky to have it at all, but the video-transfer is terrible
Summary: 4 Stars
I am extremely grateful that this wonderful series is even available on DVD. Most unfortunately, the company that created the DVD did a terrible job, and the video quality is just awful; its like they created it from an old VHS tape. Most people won't notice and/or won't care, but those watching on a high-quality monitor will find it sometimes distracting and annoying. Its really a shame. Perhaps sometime in the future we'll have a new hi-def version from the master film negative.
Update: since I wrote this, I learned that many if not most British TV programs were filmed using 16mm cameras to cut production costs. Almost all US television shows and movies are filmed using 35mm, which contains roughly 4 times the detail of 16mm. Also the 16mm film stock they were using at the time often wasn't that great. This wasn't very noticeable on the TVs then. What this means is that these DVDs may have the best picture that will ever be available.
Movie Review: Beautiful story and cinema
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm glad to have this copy of Flambards, with all episodes. I've loved the series since I was in my teens. I'm fairly musically sensitive, and the first thing that grabbed my attention back in 1981 was the oddly beautiful score. (Contrary to another review, there's no 1970's disco -- that reviewer must never have heard a real disco record.) The story got me later, and heck if I'm still not crushing on Christina!
The film grain from the original material is visible in the video, which can be a little distracting (wonder if there's some software that can fix it), but the images are lovely. The unbridled horses running past the manor house in the introduction remain gripping and elegant as ever.