tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post3908439808136467415..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: The Hobbit - bravo !Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-44076871362224885412012-11-29T11:20:41.007+13:002012-11-29T11:20:41.007+13:00So pleased to see someone else express that opinio...So pleased to see someone else express that opinion on Downton Abbey as well.......I also can't see the attraction and found - when I watched 1 and a half episodes - that everyone was having a particularly bad time as well!!<br />Bookbrainz.<br />PS We will let you know Graham - maybe The Hobbit will be worth watching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-282998045451941762012-11-29T03:06:19.636+13:002012-11-29T03:06:19.636+13:00You're not missing much in refusing to watch &...You're not missing much in refusing to watch 'even the hugely acclaimed Downton Abbey'. It is in fact one of the worst dramas in the history of British television. The writer, Julian Fellowes, acknowledges that Coronation Street is the show he admires most, and Downton is just Coro in fancy dress, except that the standard of the script and acting is well below Coro. Its popularity sums up everything that's wrong with modern Britain, and I'm saddened to hear that Kiwis have fallen for this tosh as well.Elaine Housbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140752781171688757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-74517256223552555352012-11-28T20:18:45.339+13:002012-11-28T20:18:45.339+13:00I am slightly tempted Mark but because of many pre...I am slightly tempted Mark but because of many previous disappointments I have a rule never to see a movie when I have loved the book on which it is based.Beattie's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-75222215288739185082012-11-28T20:13:59.272+13:002012-11-28T20:13:59.272+13:00You're not even tempted to see the movie?You're not even tempted to see the movie?Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.com