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Sadly Over-hyped

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Actually, it was the first five minutes, but I persevered. I guess I had an expectation that there would be some actual history in it. This is like that Japanese Restaurant where no Japanese would set foot in the place, much less work there. Not an authentic experience. Characters are all one-dimensional, lead actor is putting on a rather strong American actor for the period (which is very odd because the actor is British). The dialogue is even odder, and reminds me of something you would find in Buffy the Vampire rather than a TV series on a subject matter Americans all take rather seriously - when done right, the results are amazing i.e. John Adams. Use a long stick to avoid this hazard.

I am 24 years old, and this is one young viewer who is so disappointed. You would think based on the fact it's a history channel production, we would get the utmost accurate depiction (with all its resources) of how our Founding Father's lived and sacrificed for our independence. WRONG. It looked like a College kid on shrooms wrote and directed this movie. The previews got me pumped for what I thought would be a rebirth of the HBO Series John Adam's, but with the evil cousin's side of historical events. Like the John Adam's Series, I was hoping to be transported into history as if I were in a time Machine; looking into a window of the our countries past. I didn't get transported, it felt like a Soap Opera. It seemed like the sets were recycled from Pirates of the Caribbean, or even Pirates (Yes the porno). What truly got me was the fact the actors who were suppose to portray our founding fathers, was so inaccurately casted, such as Sam Adams he is suppose to be 45 years old and we end up with a younger version that, I half expected him to break into a musical, because they made him look like he should be in The Backstreet Boys "Vintage Style." It's like the casting crew was also on shrooms the day they hired the actors, because I don't see any other excuse for the horrible job. I later found out that it was a historical fiction story, but don't get me started on that one. If we compare this to the patriot also a historical fiction, you would be better off re-watching that instead. Don't buy this on demand you will get ripped off. I only watched the whole thing, because I paid for it, and the whole time I was looking forward to the credits. Cried when I finished the John Adams Series, because I wanted more. I was hoping that this series would help feel that void, but no Banana :(

Recognizing the historical significance of the Sons of Liberty, I started the series with high expectations. While I understand literary license, this mini-series absolutely misrepresents the events and personalities it claims to represent. Dramatizing key events with romantic affairs, and comic book heroics cheapens the sacrifices of the men and women who founded our nation. If you want the real story of Lexington and Concord visit battle road, the National Park Service has an exceptional program at each of the critical junctures of the battle. Failing a trip to Boston, go to an Appleseed or Libertyseed clinic, you'll get the most accurate account of the battle you can find anywhere.

I haven't seen the whole series so maybe my judgment is compromised.Yet I did watch the episode dealing with the Boston Tea Party and it struck me as terrible. It's not so much the narrative that was bothersome, as the writing and the directorial technique.Of course, much of the dialog must be fabricated, since there were no TV cameras recording the event. Yet, the actors have voices that originated in the San Fernando Valley, and they speak lines that sound as if they were copied directly from the action movies we've seen recently. "That's rich," laughs one character. "I'm the damned governor and whatever I do is permitted and legal."As they go about heaving the boxes of tea overboard, they make wisecracks, just as Steven Segal might. An American hero is outlined like Dirty Harry at the amusement park, daring the British soldiers to shoot him."Do not fire!" shouts the British commander. "That's what he wants. You'll just make a martyr out of him." Really. Here's what the Journal of the American Revolution has to say about it: "The takeaway from this is that the Sons of Liberty program is highly entertaining historical fiction. We hope it energizes more people to study the Revolution and discover the truth behind these events. In many cases, the real story is better than fiction."There's something far more disturbing than the historical inaccuracies and the extreme slow motion of firing muskets. It's revealed, I think, in the series' tag line:"There's the revolution you know. And the one that's about to begin."The government is the enemy, and shown to be brutal in the use of military force to suppress yearnings for freedom and independence. The British officers look mean. They torture and kill prisoners. The Americans are handsome, resolute, proud, and don't like the treatment they receive from an alien government they feel is invalid and is overreaching its authority. The colonials react the only way real men would -- with violence.Is it possible that this series is designed deliberately to tap into the current unfocused anger that seems so common in the US today? Is the intended audience to include those of us who feel the current government should somehow be dismantled, that it's invalid? You know, the Americans who look forward to the revolution "that's about to begin"? If it's all like this, no six year old should miss it.