Love for Lydia
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Actor: Christopher Blake, Jeremy Irons, Michael Aldridge, Peter Davison, Rachel KempsonBrand: Acorn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 650 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
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DVD Review: Be prepared to hate yourself
Summary: 2 Stars
Be prepared to hate yourself for two reasons: if you watched all 13 episodes to their completion, there's the first reason. If you found yourself wishing ill on nearly every character, there's the second.
The first disc, 4 entire episodes, moved so sloooowly that it was painful. It's rare, however, that I give up on a series; I'll watch it to the bitter end and bitter it was indeed. The excruciatingly long closeups were maddening; I timed one at 15 seconds and counting. Paired w/the long silences it was just too much. No, not every second needs to be filled w/dialogue; there are times when silence speaks much more loudly but it felt as though none of the actors could remember their lines so the camera just panned from one to the other in hopes that someone would speak up.
The story itself was good although there wasn't a likable character in the bunch, most especially Lydia and Richardson. She was referred to several times in the series as the one who "made" the players turn against each other but, obviously, each already had that in them. Richardson was just as selfish as Lydia but in a different way; he whined and if that didn't work, he stalked off. Lydia would say "I shall hate you if you don't" do whatever she wanted you to do. Richardson's best friends, rich playboy Alex and clumsy farmer Tom shamelessly flirted with and later pursued Lydia in full view of Richardson, resulting in the deaths of both. I couldn't have cared less and found myself wishing that the same eventuality would come to Lydia and Richardson. So you can imagine the truly unlikability of the characters.
Lydia's uncle Rollo, an alcoholic parasite on the family's riches, was the insightful one in spite of it all. During Lydia's 21st birthday party, a fire broke out in the garage of the local mechanic, Blackie, who later became devoted to Lydia. When Lydia actually became annoyed about the fire, Rollo commented that it was because all the attention was taken away from her, that people stopped looking at her. One of the aunts even said something to the effect that the fire was damned inconsiderate of somebody. This should give you some idea of the self absorbed and narcissistic character of Lydia. She was disappointed and bored w/life and she was determined to squeeze every last drop of attention from everyone around her, a vampire at its worst. No one was spared.
Obviously, the acting was good enough to evoke such emotion in me and had they picked up the pace and not wasted so much time on closeups and dead silence, I might have rated this series w/more stars even though the ending made me want to tear my hair out. As it is, though, the series was painful to watch and it isn't one that I'll revisit. Ever.
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