War & Peace Review

  By the beginning of this month BBC has debuted with new 6 episode mini-series War & Peace based on Leo Tolstoy original novel. The story shows on lives of  wealthy Russian aristocratic families between the Napoleon wars. It mostly focuses on the youngsters and their efforts to find themselves in  an ever changing world with getting to know what love and betrayal is, balancing between the will of their parents and all the unfortunate circumstances.
  The show flourishes with all the wonderful costumes and unique backgrounds that can easily pull you into the rhythm of 19th century. Of course it's not without flaws either. Some of the dresses, especially the ones of what Helene wears, seems to belong to an entire different century, and you might truly have all the rights to say that there's quite enough of intrigues to remind us of modern TV. But all the great work done with filming, musical background and some great acting helps to cover weaknesses of the plot. I'm happy to see much more than one dimensional stuff coming from the leading characters and hope for further focus here.
 I'm currently 4 episodes in and what a drama last nights' episode produced! It makes to come back for more. Some say the series are to short to cover the grand story that the original book produces. And yes, you get the feeling that most of the action is being rushed. I believe that the book should help to cover all the blind spots, but before that lets see what the future brings to the show.