John Adams (2008)

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John Adams Blu-ray

John Adams Blu-ray Review

Well, I finally finished the John Adams series and I'll have to be honest, I wasn't impressed with it. I thought the acting was excellent and visually it was superb, but the written was lacking.

I felt it never gave good reasons why John Adams was such a great man. Prime example: The Continental Congress sends him off to Europe during the Revolution. The impression I get was he failed miserably in France and the Netherlands and was simply kept over there to keep him out of the way. Then upon his return, he's so well respected by the people, that he gets the 2nd most votes for President only losing out to Washington(a hero of the people!) Why?

We get glimpses of him sticking to his principles, but that doesn't make you a great man. Sometimes you're just stubborn.

I really wanted to like this series and blind bought it. HBO makes some great stuff and I though for sure I'd enjoy it, but alas it was a disappointment (to me). Did everyone like this but me?