I don't like fantasy books, although a few films are OK. Books are a superior form of story telling because they let the reader use their imagination. For me a film that relies on special effects has to be careful to maintain the illusion between technology, writers and actors. Some pull it off like Harry Potter, but some like the C.S.Lewis series fail because one element (like in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) is clearly not up to snuff, in this case the animation.
Technology moves fast and some of the films I refer to are now getting long in the tooth. All the more reason a modern BBC production should be beyond reproach, it is not. To be completely believable all the elements have to be right, for me, none of them were.
Whilst I am on about entertainment another programme where your opinions are of interest to me is World on Fire. Another BBC leftist propaganda film and totally false The standout performances that made it for me were Sean Bean and Leslie Mandeville. For an actor whose main talent was his beefy looks and screen presence seemed to only weapon in his armoury, I think his performance as an ageing, shellshocked WW1 veteran turned conscientious objector is perfect. Leslie Mandeville is underrated, but superb in the part of a Nazi sympathiser turning patriot. the rest of the cast is pretty good too were it not saturated with gay men and over represented black faces and I wonder how many Indian majors there were in the British army let alone in the rarefied world of intelligence? Too many errors, too much propaganda, but saved by the actors.
Mike.X