Waking the Dead **** I [View all]
I like this series for a lot of reasons, but I think the main one is because it's so spare and clean visually. Limited cast; good, simple, stylized costumes; stark sets. Contrasted it with the similarly themed Da Vinci's Inquest. DVI is quite busy and sloppy. This carries through even to the dialog. WTD dialog is crisp, fast flowing and sharp; the characters enunciate. Even with a non-Amerian accent they are easy to understand. DVI is more natural and consequently sloppier and harder to understand. I have to say that one of my pet peeves with current movies and TV shows is the lack of elocution by the actors. It's so refreshing to find actors who can open their mouth and form proper (and understandable) sounds.
I didn't give this series 5 stars, but I like it a lot and, were it possible I would give it 4.5.
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