Penny has a way of developing three-dimensional characters on the tv screen the characters were barely one-dimensional. I despise, loathe, abhor, am utterly dismayed by the Amazon interpretation of Still Life, let alone of Three Pines and of its inhabitants who have become all but real to me, non, make that have become real to me. Her her is short, so short her scalp almost shows through. The hair on the tv screen is WRONGĪnd when did Ruth have almost shoulder-length hair, a sort-of page boy. I may not stick paint brushes in it, but as I write, pencils and pens find storages places there. Gabri and Olivier seem to have lost themselves – I did not recognise them at all, not even sure if they were there at all, but so far the casting director shows no sing of having read even one of the books.Įnter Clara and Ruth – who dreamed up this bad joke? What happened to Clara’s hair? the daubs and blobs of paint? the cake? and other bits of food? I can relate to Clara as I am forever running my hands through my hair as I work. The Amazon series is a total disgrace – an insult to Three Pines (if anyone can find it in that series), to Gamache (when did our soigne gentleman detective turn into that laughable creature with thick heavy glasses- they should be half-moon and for reading only and where his crisp shirts and cashmere sweaters – this creature looks as though he slept in his clothes for a week at least – and those eyebrows, that hair!, to Jean Guy (if anyone can possibly find him in that shabby individual masquerading as Beauvoir). I looked forward to seeing the series, but minutes into the first episode I shut off the television, put on some music and reached for the next book in my Louise Penny re-read list. The books are so well put together: the inly good thing I can find to say about the series is that I like the title’ Beyond that is nothing but despair. ![]() Kim, we need team jackets at the very least. What a terrible waste of what should have been a hit series with many seasons. I absolutely love these books, and I absolutely hate the TV series. Clara is a drip, and the way they’ve portrayed Ruth is downright crime.Īnd the writing!!! Louise Penny WROTE the highly successful books Why did the writers think that they could do a better job and utterly change the characters the ‘feel’ of the place and the stories themselves ![]() ![]() The rest of the casting is appalling! The actors playing Gabri & Olivier seem to have been given each other’s scripts as their appearances are the opposite of their descriptions in the books.Įven the actual Three Pines that are supposed to have been there since the civil war are weedy little things that look like they were planted last weekĪgent Nichol is a bumbling clown rather than a damaged, spiteful, complex character. I thought that Alfred Molina was an excellent choice for Gamache. When I heard that the books were being made into a TV series I was delighted.
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