Reviews of Around the World in 80 Days
Why adapt stories if you lot hate them?
Why the entertainment industry insists on making shows and movies based on intellectual backdrop they clearly revile is a mystery.
Are they unable to find a story by an author they practice not despise?
Are they completely incapable of creating original works?
Are they intentionally selecting beloved tales expressly so they can denigrate them?
Whatever the reason, this iteration of Jules Verne'south archetype tale departs from the novel in a manner that does not amend upon the story in whatever meaningful style.
It adds no sense of humour or pathos, as other retellings accept.
Instead, it deconstructs the principal character until he bares no resemblance to the original.
Instead of a determined gentleman who succeeds through sheer force of volition, this Phileas Fogg is a moron who stumbles around having his companions babysit him.
This change is doubly devastating to the story because, in addition to being an affront to Verne's piece of work, the alterations to Fogg make him a thoroughly unlikable protagonist.
The idea that his valet and the widow Aouda would remain with this version of Fogg as well rings imitation.
There are of course also the requisite race and gender swapping of characters to a degree that they pull yous out of both the story and the historical context of Verne's piece of work.
While the costumes, prepare blueprint, and cinematography are all well washed, they finish upwards existence and then much lipstick on a pig.
For fans of Jules Verne, this serial will be an insult to his creations.
For casual viewers with no attachment to the author, this will simply be a deadening mess.
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Where's the fun?
I read the volume in primary school over 35 years ago and all of the states would anxiously wait for the next chapter. The excitement, adventure and FUN that the book has in abundance is totally missing from this, horrid, typical modernistic/day re/working of a classic.
It's fine to introduce more diversity into a classic tale, it's fine to tweak aspects for Television receiver/film, but why remove the base element of FUN? Why does everything on bbc have to exist a social commentary?
Fogg is portrayed as nearly cowardly. Not the organised, efficient English-gent that Verne wrote. Why would the bbc coward-like 'trounce' man embark on such an adventure? Of course he wouldn't, but in this solar day and age we can't have a white, wealthy centre-form man exist anything but cowardly, neurotic and slightly helpless.
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It looks practiced, it simply lacks the excitement of the book.
Read the book, please read the books and you lot will exist drawn into the most exciting, magical, bright story imaginable, and so sentry this series.
Lifeless, information technology pains me to say it, because I am a massive fan of David Tennant, only having watched the first few episodes, that's the beginning give-and-take that sprang to mind. In the volume you tin can feel the tension, the excitement, this had the thrills of people sabbatum in a Dentist's waiting room.
I may well go absorbed later on, it may move out of get-go gear, and I promise it does. Pacing initially though is the real stumbling block.
The positives, first on the list, the visuals, it is beautifully made and produced, product values are sublime, the wearing apparel and location work are pretty jaw dropping. I thought the acting was terrific, Tennant never disappoints.
Some practiced elements in the mix, it looks good (even if I did have to look for the brightness setting on the Television receiver for the first e'er fourth dimension,) but information technology just lacked whatsoever existent thrills.
6/10 this should accept been improve.
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Chaotic, nonsensical, unfaithful to the archetype
I actually desire to like this show. A Jules Verne classic novel and David Tennant, what could go incorrect? Wokeness may have ruined another show, with race angle and gender equity injection. I mean, really, they are going around the world, there are plenty of opportunities to showcase actors of all races and ethnicities, there is no need to mess with the cadre story or its primary characters. Not that Ibrahim Koma is a bad player--he's fine--but the first episode is really about his character, Passpartout, and non Fogg. In fact, I'one thousand not fifty-fifty sure what this story is, since, aside from the wager to go around the world in 80 days, everything else subsequently that early on scene is not based on the Verne archetype, except to borrow the title. Why do today'south showrunners insist on making abominations out of the classics??? They are classics for a reason, and information technology's just pure hubris to recall they tin create something superior to the literary masterpiece.
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No Magic
Sentinel Michael Anderson's picture show adaption from 1956 starring David Niven, it's not perfect but a lot of fun, or read the fine novel by Jules Verne - your time volition be ameliorate spend. The show has not much to do with the original material and what you get is some at nearly mediocre endeavour in making an adventure story + modernization of characters. There is no magic, it's just a waste material of my and your time.
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Bumbling around the World
A really poor adaptation of a classic novel. As with most new BBC adaptations this has very little to do with the novel of the same name and has had characters inverse completely such as Inspector Gear up existence changed from a policeman to a female reporter. Fogg is nothing like the character in the book and is instead a bumbling Englishman who you would wait to be played past Hugh Grant rather than David Tennant. If they are going to alter things and then drastically wouldn't information technology exist better just to do a brand new drama with an original storyline rather than however some other "reimagining"
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Oh No
Surprisingly dull adaptation, even David Tennant cannot save information technology (but he made me finish it) , footling adventure, no surprises, shallow locations, formalistic telly fodder ... information technology all feels like the cut scenes were put together...
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Around the novel in 8 episodes
I've read Verne'due south novel multiple times and watched its many adaptations over the years but this one is the virtually creative because it relies but slightly on the source fabric, leaves the most amount of pure adventures and discovering the world behind in favor of interpersonal drama of the chief protagonists.
Phileas Fogg, played stupendously by maestro David Tennant, is naturally the highlight of the story, total of regrets of the past haunting him every day until he finally meets face to confront with them and becomes the better human being; his functioning is at times overshadowed though by his 2 companions - Passepartout and Abigail Fix - played by Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch respectively - who take the lives and struggles of their own and this journey of 80 days they took together opened them up perfectly to the viewer and fabricated us empathize and treat each of them a bang-up bargain.
The main musical theme and overall soundtrack are amazing and is easily remembered from the get-go and you would not be able to let it go for a while at that place. The costumes and atmosphere are pretty authentic equally well; I caught myself checking this and that outcome in the series and can tell for sure that there's cypher wrong with historical accuracies in hither - well maybe Passepartout'southward skin color and the relationship towards him is a flake far-fetched and as well 21st century at times but it doesn't spoil the narrative.
What does however is the lack of adventures per se. The book and some of its adaptations had those in abundance whereas this version plays with it equally a tool to build the tension and move the characters' growth towards one some other and aid them overcome their own personal affairs - the book's approach was a lot dissimilar and offered many more than locations, times to feel the places, had sense of urgency, had Fogg's immense knowledge of geography, his pedantry. David Tennant is a neat actor hands downwards but he'south non the Phileas Fogg I knew from the volume. Instead he's a completely different character who bares his name and makes it work for the sake of the narrative and this is the most important affair in building a character - to make him alive by making him his own.
Despite all I've said I don't meet myself e'er returning to this miniseries (I just can't encounter what else there could be said in the flavour 2) because it'due south not sustained enough, non adventurous enough and feels more like a collection of episodes than the whole, complete series simply engaging plenty to stay with it till the end and deep enough to care for it till the stop.
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Watched the whole serial and enjoyed it very much
Cracking performances from the central three and the residuum of the cast, excellent locations (especially every bit that must have been a niggling challenging in these times), skilful to see the plot and character evolution that could take advantage of the extra time bachelor and enable them to await at some deeper themes too.
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When will someone actually practice the volume justice!!!
Another dreadful mess of an estimation of the dandy work. The merely interesting role was stitching in the political events of 1870 Paris. Nice option of Passepartout & inclusions of a announcer. BAD pick of David Tennent. Other wise shambolic staggering dialogue. The special effects aren't that bad... Delight, delight, delight make a decent motion-picture show of this story ,......
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Non the Phileas Fogg I remembered........
If you like rewrites on a classic novel, if yous like making it more diversified for a more mod audience, and so this is for you. I however , was looking forrard to David Tennant as Phileas Fogg in a story I remembered equally a male child, simply sadly this was not it. Fogg here is a bumbler & insecure person whilst the storyline is to give modern audiences a more balanced gimmicky attitude . I know some people are fine with rewritten adaptations of famous novels, but I'thousand non one of them, and whether it's Jane Austen, Charles Dickens or Jules Verne etc - I'd just similar to see the story unfold as information technology was written.
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Poor
xlars 27 December 2021
There is a biblical principle that is worth taking into consideration, fifty-fifty for secular and semiscientific fiction, especially when evaluating them.
This principle is: Exercise not add together to or have away from the original. Of class one cannot be admittedly perfect when it comes to this in making a moving picture or a series, but still.
This mini-series has and then many additions to the original, while at the same time so many omissions from the original that even those that accept been made earlier - and are deemed poor - are to be considered amend.
David Tennant makes a decent role, as Phileas Fogg, just that is almost the only positive matter that may be said about this product.
Shame on the people. Jules Verne is rotating in his grave.
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Not the hazard comedy i call up the novel being
Very disappointing. Shouldn't accept gotten my hopes up. I was up for a romping adventure something similar Hooten and the Lady or Missing LInk. What peachy source material I thought. Unfortunately, this show is weighed heavily downwards with anger, bullying, death, and loss. And then much baggage and non a unmarried character to care near. Was this an attempt to bring this tale into more modernistic times? I don't know. Difficult to detect any joy, suspense, or real centre here. I find myself wanting them to fail, just so the show will cease. Didn't fifty-fifty stop it, just the production is adept. Overall: boring boring boring.
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Don't carp with the negative reviews
I'm seeing lots of criticism for this show for not living up to the originals, merely coming from someone who hasn't ever seen them, I thoroughly enjoyed this series. It doesn't take to be identical to the original to still be a really good series, you but have to wait at it for what it is.
David Tennant is phenomenonal throughout and the supporting cast is very good. Okay, it'southward not a perfect series but what is? I'd highly recommend watching if you lot want some run a risk!
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Looks great !!
I was looking forrard to this and it had a slap-up look of quality nigh it !!
After watching the first couple of episodes it had got nowhere and just became the bland rant about politics and all from a certain angle that we've got used to with the BBC
It's supposed to be an adventure!! Never go close and I guess in a few episodes it'south whole audition has vanished with colorlessness.
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Then disappointing - not much of Verne left
I similar when things get re-imagined, every bit long as the middle of the classic story and the essence of the characters - all that made the original story - is yet strongly in that location. This adaption isn't that: Phileas Fogg in the book is a cool, mathematically precise, unflappable man, always in control of himself and his surroundings. Passepartout calls him "a machine." But in this, Fogg is an unorganized, scared, scampering bundle of fearfulness - there is naught of Verne's hero here at all. Jean Passepartout in the book is a curious, pleasant, friendly human who balances Fogg'due south cool demeanor and who has lead an adventurous life simply is ready to settle downwardly and serve equally Fogg'southward domestic assistance. He's creative and emotional. In this, he'southward got some sort of violent insurgency in his by, and he'due south on the run, and lacks most of what fabricated Verne'due south character so compelling. I was so excited to run across this... and gave up after two episodes. So disappointing. Pretty, though.
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Rewriting history to conform the agenda, once more.
Plucky female strides into stuffy former men'southward gild to give them a piece of her mind. Just to hammer the misandrist point a club employee asks her to exit as she'southward frightening the members! As if! From that bespeak on you know this is going to exist awful tripe. No wonder there is such a backlash confronting the agenda.
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Another Missed Opportunity
The series is roughly what we can expect from today's film production. A predictable, ho-hum journey through a catastrophic script.
The actors seem to exist bored, and everything is then forced and anticipated.
They tried to add some serious themes, just it was so forced that it only looked like a parody. Unfortunately, the testify is a complete waste material of time. Some other great archetype story that today'southward writers have managed to destroy.
The dialogues are actually hilarious, but non in a good way. From the beginning, information technology is articulate to u.s. that this is another of those series in which the story is not important, so at to the lowest degree it is clear to the states at the get-go what we are getting into.
The casting isn't bad, but the script just isn't good enough, the characters are i-dimensional, superficial and irksome. Phileas Fogg is particularly poorly written, portrayed as a whiny, incompetent idiot.
This story should exist fun, and instead information technology'southward tedious, boring, and completely anticipated. Unfortunately, this seems similar a parody of the famous Jules Verne story.
Part of the journey through America is especially hilarious, but the one through the desert is no less laughable. A deadening, forced show that is not worth wasting time on.
Another missed opportunity.
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Give it time
At start I thought'meh?' Then as information technology progressed it got better and better Not bad fun to watch tenant is truly gifted Highly recommend this all round series destined to be a family classic.
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Could have been not bad but killed by political correctness?
Warning: Spoilers
Loved the book as a kid and I'k sure many of my generation will also remember the "Around the Globe with Willy Fogg" cartoon adaptation from the 80s. Much of the story is still there merely it apace becomes mired in obvious wokeness, nosotros have to accept an interracial and inter-class romance betwixt Passepartout and Abigail ( the proto-feminist who replaces Fogg's police pursuer). We have to take Fogg mourning his lost love even though part of his charm was that he was the quintessential British eccentric doing this purely on a gentleman's wager (hence why French author Jules Verne chose a British hero). Perhaps the worst decision is to ditch the graphic symbol of Aouda, the Hindu woman they rescue from Sati who somewhen falls in dearest with Fogg. Considering evidently you could never portray the acts of colonialists in a positive light? No "white saviours" hither (suppressing Sati 1 of the virtually positive aspects of the British Raj). All told though still entertaining, Tennant is but every bit good here as he is in Dr Who which this resembles a great deal.
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Thoroughly enjoyable
I've noticed on IMDB there seem to be a lot of people that start to cringe at the slightest hint of something being "woke, political correctness" etc etc and will simply punish the show with their rating.
Well, deplorable if for those reviewers that want to live on a crappy planet and feel pained by modern sensibilities. In the meantime, this was just an enjoyable series, great scenery, fantastic acting and information technology was around the world in 80 days.
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Addicted!
I am loving this testify! So adventurousness and emotional. I adore the travel, the intrigue, the relationships, the history, and I could go on! It is so well written and I have just fallen in love with the characters and the storyline! I am then rooting for this Trio to make information technology around the world but NOT wanting the hazard to ever end! Manner to go Amazon!
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Admittedly brilliant family entertainment
I am surprised at some reviewers lament about it deviating from the original story because that is exactly what makes this so entertaining and highly-seasoned. Its a fresh adaptation of the classic story which offers a thoroughly engaging and entertaining rendition.
My whole family unit binge watched this, although we had started the first episode with low expectations and bold it would be the same story retold a millionth time. After the start episode we were hooked. It was a great way for the family to get together and watch a story full of tense moments, twists and emotionally fulfilling drama. David tenant was vivid equally Phileas Fogg with a very disarming and relatable performance.
This was so adept nosotros were disappointed it ended so quickly in 8 episodes. We can always hope for a sequel as the chemical science betwixt the 3 characters was brilliant and nosotros can easily imagine them in more adventures.
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Another victim of wokeness...
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"Around the World in Eighty Days" is one of the greatest chance stories of our time and has already been filmed several times.
The new European version is now trying for the starting time fourth dimension to package the substance in a series - with mixed success.
The try to somehow transfer the spirit of the story from the mid-19th century into the politically correct present is particularly agonizing. The roles are dutifully cast co-ordinate to the woke specifications of the movie industry, with a maximum of multiculturalism. All female figures are extremely exaggerated and in no way correspond to realistic current events. Even the stoic and waiting-conservative aristocrat Phileas Fogg has been ascribed an insecure psyche full of feelings of guilt and self-doubt.
Autonomously from that, the reinterpretation is non particularly exciting, but solidly staged, varied and entertaining like a long, exotic travelogue ...
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A fun and entertaining adaption
The central word here is adaption - this show is not the book, nor is it an attempt to stand for the book in a methodical translation from folio to screen - it's an adaption. That allows for some creative license and rejigging in its retelling of the original story.
For me, this was a successful retelling of a classic story. There was dramatic tension betwixt the three protagonists - who go along the adventure - and the antagonists were suitably nasty and conniving. Information technology seemed clear to me that one of the main themes of this version of the tale was the particular journeying of Phileas Fog (David Tennant). His transformation from upper class man of leisure and suspended animation, who doesn't really treat annihilation anymore across his own comforts, into someone who eventually finds a part of himself and can brainstorm to live, to be involved in his life.
This aspect of Fog's transformation plays out against the interesting main story arc of the 'romp' effectually the world in 80 days - an at times cavalier and hair raising journey that is quite entertaining - requiring some intermission of disbelief to exist sure, merely what classic heroes journey (within the realms of entertainment) doesn't.
This show is supposed to entertain rather than enlighten - and I think it does that very well.
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