04-03-2006, 08:03 AM
I agree with you, but let me say that the article contains a lot of things badly wrong. As example they mention "Zelig" as the title of a Wood Allen's movie, but that is a very successful comic tv show I believe similar to "Saturday Night Show", I mean nothing regarding Woody Allen.
The article says italians don't like foreing actors, but the truth is that italians usually prefer american/british actors.
So I believe this article is just a polemic piece.
The critics I'm hearing "around" are the same I have read on the english language forums: too much nudity, violence, etc. nothing more.
The latest I have heard yesterday is one of my friends that told me: "screenplayers were more interested about how romans did sex, than in the politics and in the battles". I agree with them. This very first serie should speak about the Bello Civili, but about the "bello" (war) there is simply nothing. If you read the original book you read about soldiers and battles basically from the beginning to the end, while here it is just a very far background.
We want history not gossip.
The article says italians don't like foreing actors, but the truth is that italians usually prefer american/british actors.
So I believe this article is just a polemic piece.
The critics I'm hearing "around" are the same I have read on the english language forums: too much nudity, violence, etc. nothing more.
The latest I have heard yesterday is one of my friends that told me: "screenplayers were more interested about how romans did sex, than in the politics and in the battles". I agree with them. This very first serie should speak about the Bello Civili, but about the "bello" (war) there is simply nothing. If you read the original book you read about soldiers and battles basically from the beginning to the end, while here it is just a very far background.
We want history not gossip.