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1 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
 WARNING: Blockbuster Renting Parts I & 2 Only, 2008-10-05
WARNING: Blockbuster is renting something that looks exactly like the full series but is only Parts 1 (Join or Die) and 2 (Independence).
This is a fine movie on the antecedents to John Adams converting from a loyal English subject to one of five delegates to the Constitutional Congress. The acting is fine, the script is fine, but it ends as he rides off to the Constitutional Congress, so even Part 2 is misleading, as least in this cut, because the offering ends as he rides off and has nothing to do with the period during which he supports US achieving independence.
Thanks to the alert reader with a brain who pointed out that my earlier review could not possibly be covering the entire series.
On this basis, it now makes sense to buy rather than rent the cut up offerings, but now I will be very alert to see if they are selling the full series on one DVD, or the pieces one at a time. Buyer beware.
The USA has hit rock bottom these past 16 years. See also, in books:
What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States
The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country
1776
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 A Television Masterpiece! Simply Irresistible!, 2008-10-04
The mini-series, John Adams, has restored my faith that there is high quality American entertainment intertwined with history out there. The tasking of taking David McCullogh's prize winning book of the same name into a spectacular mini-series can be overwelming. Of course, there will be things left out but I can't recommend it enough because it's so addictive. To begin with, Paul Giamati (Sideways star) transforms himself into John Adams, America's second President and first Vice PResident and America's first ambassador to Great Britain after the American REvolution. He is madly in love with his wife, Abigail, played remarkably by Oscar Nominee Laura Linney. Adams is not without his faults especially towards his three children, JOhn Quincy Adams who is his favorite, his only daughter Nellie (played by Sarah Polley) who married Colonel William Smith who thinks he can use the Adams name, Charles Adams as the disappointment who makes a fool of himself and the family name but suffers the most and marries his brother-in-law's sister, Sally Smith (played by Mamie Gummer who is Meryl Streep's daughter). and the other son whose name escapes me at the moment.
In other parts of the film, David Morse (St. Elsewhere) becomes George Washington and so identical to the man on our dollar bills that it's uncanny and strange all at once. Tom Wilkinson OBE plays Ben Franklin who is both genius and decadent in Paris. I don't remember the actor who plays Thomas Jefferson but he is memorable.
The mini-series is high quality and first rate that it would have swept the Academy Awards as a film but it was nominated for 23 Emmys, Giamati won Best Actor, Linney won Bet Actress, Wilkinson won Best Supporting Actor as Franklin but I would have wished there was a tie between him and Morse. It also won for Best Writing but lost for directing to a two hour film which was just wrong because this mini-series is perhaps the best things to watch in a long time.
I think this DVD should be in ever history classroom in America. It makes you understand the American Revolution, the rise of American politics, and the humanization of the country's founding fathers.
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
Excellent Series!, 2008-10-03
This is simply put, quality work! I enjoyed every episode. I didn't want it to end.
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
John Adams, 2008-10-02
"John Adams" is one of the best , if not the BEST Historical Video Presentation to come down the pike in a long time. The casting, acting, wardrobe and photography were SUPERB!
The only critizism I would give is the lack of DETAIL in some of the scenes and to increase the length of the video another 2 hours.
The packaging of this video is EXCELLENT and has become a HIGHLIGHT of my VIDEO LIBRARY.
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
Truly an Achievement and Very Entertaining, 2008-09-30
I am a very fussy and ardent fan of early U.S. history and am blown away by this production. Acting is phenomenal, art direction, makeup, sets, etc., all far beyond the ordinary. In short, I'm very glad I bought it.
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