Lewis & Clark and Other Great Adventures (BBC Video)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Film: C+
The story
of adventurers Meriwether Lewis & William Clark is legendary and as
relevant as ever, but despite an ambitious try, the BBC documentary series Lewis & Clark and Other Great
Adventures (with dramatizations) is muddled in the long run, makes the
subject less interesting than it should be and could have spent its 147 minutes
better than it did.
Getting
the facts correct is only half the battle won.
This documentary mini-series is just one that never gets off the ground,
has a few moments, but drags much more often than it should or you would expect
something from BBC to do. For
completists, it may be interesting, but if you are trying to learn about the
subject or enjoy the history, you could do better. About on the level of the overrated Ken Burns
work, at least it is not as obsessed with keeping history linear as this one
is. For huge history buffs only.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is soft and is so often so that it can
make an already long series of shows drag more.
The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo is simple at best, has no Pro Logic
surrounds, is recorded decently, but is nothing memorable. There are no extras.
- Nicholas Sheffo
