The depiction of Louis XVI is inaccurate. He was a timid and polite lad but in the show he was portraited as a condescending butthole. He would feel confused that a diplomat sent to his court didn't speak French but not to the point that he would address it in a condescending tone.
It’s worth noting that Adams’s time in France is largely drawn from his memoirs written years after the fact when he was a bitter old man. It’s likely that he remembers his reception as being more hostile than it was, and that his later failures in life colored his perceptions of how effective he was earlier in life.
For some reason the scene where John Adams meets the Dutch has always stuck with me as unutterable kino. Not only does it feel true to their national character at the time in such a short scene, but there’s also an element of 18th century meets 17th century in there with the contrasting way Adams and the Dutch are dressed. Despite all of the Dutch’s hauteur it gives an indication that they maybe are a little bit past their prime and their times and were living off the glory of a previous century. Little could they guess that their staid tranquil world would be swept away like a house of cards by the French Revolutionary typhoon in just a few years and occupied by the French for the next 2 decades, a fatal example of being caught unawares by a power that harnessed the zeitgeist vs one that was blind to it. Sheer kino.
IDK anything about historic fashion. But visually, the dutch clothes look more modern to me, cause they are less flamboyant, and therefore more like a modern business suit.
practically flawless kino
I read the book. Wish the show had scenes of Adam's and his son being forced to land in Spain and thus having to cross mountain passes into france.
Is it worth marathoning?
>Paul giamatti
GOON
SESH.
His second best work
Worth a binge
Pure unadulterated kino
One of the best miniseries of all time. Enjoy.
It's funny how it makes him look like such a boob. All presidents should get a miniseries like that.
He was kind of a boob tbh, incredibly brilliant but also incredibly stubborn and insecure.
>Think the black guy providing evidence about the Boston Massacre was woke revisionism
>look it up
>it's real
Uh oops.
In the middle of watching it. What should I think of it?
Top notch work from every person involved, except for maybe Laura Linney.
It's excellent.
Kind of want a miniseries on this guy. Did everything he set out to do in one term and then never ran again.
The depiction of Louis XVI is inaccurate. He was a timid and polite lad but in the show he was portraited as a condescending butthole. He would feel confused that a diplomat sent to his court didn't speak French but not to the point that he would address it in a condescending tone.
It’s worth noting that Adams’s time in France is largely drawn from his memoirs written years after the fact when he was a bitter old man. It’s likely that he remembers his reception as being more hostile than it was, and that his later failures in life colored his perceptions of how effective he was earlier in life.
Rejoice! Rejoice, evermore!
I like most things about it except for the almost never ending dutch angles.
I can forgive that, it's an unorthodox look for a show that could've been extremely visually bland in different hands.
pure kino. the only flaw is the weird dutch angles
kinographie of the highest order
I tried watching it when I was a teen, only made it 2 episodes in and got bored. I'll probably like it now
i think it should scratch an itch, if you've been looking for a historical drama that feels like you're watching a window in time
For some reason the scene where John Adams meets the Dutch has always stuck with me as unutterable kino. Not only does it feel true to their national character at the time in such a short scene, but there’s also an element of 18th century meets 17th century in there with the contrasting way Adams and the Dutch are dressed. Despite all of the Dutch’s hauteur it gives an indication that they maybe are a little bit past their prime and their times and were living off the glory of a previous century. Little could they guess that their staid tranquil world would be swept away like a house of cards by the French Revolutionary typhoon in just a few years and occupied by the French for the next 2 decades, a fatal example of being caught unawares by a power that harnessed the zeitgeist vs one that was blind to it. Sheer kino.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1cgBI5rdI
IDK anything about historic fashion. But visually, the dutch clothes look more modern to me, cause they are less flamboyant, and therefore more like a modern business suit.
Boring
Very good
Cinemaphile doesn't think, it just reacts. Like a jellyfish
Boring and I'm pretty sure full of inaccuracies