Mystery!: Inspector Lewis
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Movie Reviews of Mystery!: Inspector Lewis
Movie Review: Lewis is his own detective
Summary: 4 Stars
Anyone expecting Morse results will be disappointed but Lewis has come into his own and becomes a good detective. It would have been nice if there were more of this series to watch him progress as his own identity emerges without Morse to shadow him.Movie Review: Unfair but true
Summary: 3 Stars
I hate saying it, but I will anyway. Lewis has not been able to live up to the expectations of his teacher, Morse. Unfortunately, that basic comparison will always be there... much as I hate making that comparison. It is very evident that the creators of this series have done everything possible to recreate the Morse magic including a classical background score, the same Oxford environs etc. But Morse was Morse. Lewis is not. He doesn't have that air of superiority that Morse had. I still associate him with being DS Lewis not DCI Lewis. I know that's unfair, but that's the honest truth.Movie Review: Why only 1 episode?
Summary: 3 Stars
I would like to give this series a chance before I decide what I think of it. I was never that impressed with Inspector Morris (sorry!) but I kinda got into this. Here's my problem: There were 4 episodes in the 1st season and only the 1st episode was released in the U.S. which hardly gives it a fair chance. Release the full season, or, really go out on a limb and release the 2nd season too. "Inspector Morris" had 33 episodes is it asking too much to see a meager 4 of "Inspector Lewis"?Movie Review: Likeable Lewis
Summary: 3 Stars
The second banana takes center stage in this agreeable return to Oxford. He's by no means as compelling a character as Morse (nor is the actor in John Thaw's league) but most anyone will end up rooting for both.Movie Review: A Far Cry --The 1st Four Episodes Box
Summary: 2 Stars
There's a good reason why Whatley was a sidekick to Thaw -- as an actor, he doesn't have the presence, resourcefulness, and worldly charm of the old man. Throughout the four episodes in the box, Whatley is desperately trying to find an identity, a persona. For the most part, he resorts to stock attitudes and personality traits (the grouch, working-class cynicism, a disgruntled widower, or a fumbling combination of these). Whatever he chooses, Whatley cannot appropriate the character, make it his own -- the lines take over and he becomes as flat as the pages they were written on. Any worse, and he'd be reciting his way through the series.
Sorry, but Lewis is just not up to being Inspector in a series of such high repute. If you need a specific example, check out the first episode, where Lewis's sidekick Hathaway (not much of character to begin with) steals the show completely, even taking over the plot! Thereafter, we see Whatley trying on different hats, changing character with every new investigation. You have it all wrong Whatley -- you make the hat yourself!
As for the storylines, well, I never thought anything related to Morse would drag, but these cases meander, nearly reaching a standstill in the middle of a couple of episodes. And then you have the remaining characters, the Superintendent and the Pathologist, both cookie-cut with the same languishing creativity. In fact, Inspector Lewis is beginning to remind me of dreadful and crude productions like McBride on Hallmark channel (god forbid!).
A shame that Morse should have to end this way.