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PostPosted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:32 pm 
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I suggest it be watched. What a cool idea...to do a marathon of the "John Adams" miniseries right on the even of July 4th.

Great miniseries...yes they missed a few things from the book. But they certainly captured the essence. And the performances are absolutely wonderful.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:53 am 
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This miniseries put me to sleep. It took an incredibly interesting historical moment and, by filtering it through an elitist perspective, drained the life out of it.

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it was fairly accurate to the book, which was very accurate in the portrayal of john adams.

the book is better; but the performances in the miniseries are top notch, and the narrative is well done.


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Bad way to tell the story of the revolution and early republic.

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