Flambards Collection Set
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Movie Reviews of Flambards Collection Set
Movie Review: Beautiful engaging series, but DVD quality is poor
Summary: 3 Stars
I was very disappointed in the quality of this series on DVD. The picture was very grainy and the sound was uneven. When you are used to top-quality DVDs with a sharp picture and rich colors, this is quite a letdown, and very distracting.Movie Review: NOT CAPTIONED???!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
We love all things British. This is a great simple series with much appeal, though it does show its age in its film quality. Flambards was one of our favorites because it was one of the first series in the early 1980s we had ever seen that was captioned. 30+ plus years later and some genius decided that captioning was too expensive or that people's hearing must be getting better, and there is no longer need for captioning movies--"no reason to try to make any money selling this thing." Or, with the increase in globalization, it would be better to limit their product to one segment of the population in one language by doing away with subtitles in other languages or even in English.---how do these people get these jobs? Unfortunately, we had to send this back as much as we wanted to watch it. I cannot tell all of the BBC and British movies that we have had to return or find ourselves stuck with because they are not captioned or subtitled. It is frustrating.Movie Review: DULL with a capital D
Summary: 2 Stars
I could barely give this a 2 star rating. The story is so very dull, the characters are flat and uninteresting. It seems to go on for hours and hours with nothing really happening. I hung in, hoping that things would change and hoping to at least get a small amount of enjoyment after the hefty price of the set. One of the most annoying things about this series is the HORRIBLE sound track. Completely eerie, weird and inappropriate music plays throughout the film. I started to mute it whenever a new episode began, just to get through the credits. If you like early 20th century airplanes OR horses, go for it. But if you want an enjoyable series pass on this one, I wish I had.
Check out "Larkrise to Candleford" or "Cranford" or anything by Catherine Cookson.
Movie Review: Picture quality an eye-strain
Summary: 1 Stars
DO NOT BE FOOLED BY REVIEWERS WHO DID NOT PAY REAL MONEY TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE THIS SET. WHEN YOU SEE THE QUALITY OF THE PICTURE, especially on large screen TVs, IT REALLY HURTS THAT YOU PAID SO MUCH FOR IT.
With so many good series to watch, the ordeal of an eye-stain is just not worth it. I felt the people who released this dvd took their customers for granted. This review is about the quality of the picture, not the actual content itself, which is excellent.
Watching this on a small screen 14 inch TV helps to reduce eye-strain. There are no sub-titles. As this genre of movies tend to be watched when the brats are asleep, sub-titles help in allowing the volume to be kept down.
We know this stuff is dated. Nobody is expecting the picture quality of Gosford Park or Pride and Prejudice. But save this purchase until you have seen the rest. Test your eyesight tolerance with Sorrell and Son. Sorrell and Son will of course get the 5 star reviews.
If you have the stomach for the picture quality of Sorrel and Son, you still have some way to go before you can cope with the picture quality of the Flambards.
Be warned. People who buy this sort of dvd usually do not have the time or want to put up with the hassle of returning them.
November 2009 update: Cranford in Blu-ray is only $28. Bleak House Blu-ray is $34. Little Dorrit dvd set is $31. And they all have subtitles. Even the English I know do not speak like this any more, so the subtitles are helpful. All the recent BBC productions are visual delights with impeccable visual images. If you can get yourself a used Flambards set at a much reduced price, it is a fair deal.
Movie Review: ???Flambards???
Summary: 1 Stars
What were the producers/directors thinking when they created this??? It's real STINKER... in every respect. I kept hoping for improvement but, alas, it did not happen. About 30 minutes into the second disc, I switched to FF3 for the remainder of the "story".
The story line was very weak, the direction nonexistent. I have seen eighth-grade plays that had better acting, and the music (I use the term loosely) was atrocious. Not only was it weird, it also frequently drowned out the dialogue... perhaps that wasn't a bad thing, considering. I sincerely regret having spent money for this.