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murielm99

(30,717 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2014, 12:01 AM Jun 2014

Crossbones

Am I the only one who watched it? The professional reviewers loved it. Why? Because of Malkovich? I hated it.

The level of violence is graphic and surprising for television. The sets were lavish, but they switched from scene to scene so quickly that it was hard to follow. And who wrote the dialogue? Robert Louis Stevenson?

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Crossbones (Original Post) murielm99 Jun 2014 OP

Nope..you are not the only one. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #1

We watched about ten minutes JayhawkSD Jun 2014 #2

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

1. Nope..you are not the only one.

Reply to murielm99 (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 12:30 AM

Jun 2014

I did not even make it to the end.
The show seemed really dumbed down, to me.

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)

2. We watched about ten minutes

Reply to murielm99 (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:48 AM

Jun 2014

I love sailing ships, which is what drew me to it. We watched about ten minutes and ditched it. My wife asked what I didn't like about it, and I said, "Everything." The action is gratuitously gross, the dialog is grotesque, and Malkovich is relegated to a cartoon.

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