HBO's adaptation of "The Time Traveler's Wife" looks like a very easy win on paper (written by timey-timey king, Steven Moffat, brought to life by the director of "The Red Wedding", David Nutter & overseen by the producers of "Sherlock") but somehow, as a final product, it feels very bland & ironically, dated...
The two leads have no chemistry whatsoever on screen; Rose Leslie is a phenomenal actress & Theo James is nice to look at but to say this is supposed to be a profound love story, spanning time itself, there's a noticeable lack of any spark between them. Hence, it's just... Meh.
Is the script clever? Yes, but the way in which paradoxical scenes have been constructed feels so stereotypically "Steven Moffat", I can't help but be underwhelmed by the feeling as though he's already done this before - far more effectively - & I don't get the feeling as though he's creatively challenging himself either. Thus, it seems like a very unimaginative, derivative rehash... Warranting a very unenthusiastic response.
The two leads have no chemistry whatsoever on screen; Rose Leslie is a phenomenal actress & Theo James is nice to look at but to say this is supposed to be a profound love story, spanning time itself, there's a noticeable lack of any spark between them. Hence, it's just... Meh.
Is the script clever? Yes, but the way in which paradoxical scenes have been constructed feels so stereotypically "Steven Moffat", I can't help but be underwhelmed by the feeling as though he's already done this before - far more effectively - & I don't get the feeling as though he's creatively challenging himself either. Thus, it seems like a very unimaginative, derivative rehash... Warranting a very unenthusiastic response.