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Second, I have come to really like the start of the show when a series of Revoultionary War battle flags flutter in the breeze while the credits run. I have also come to really like the theme song which sets the mood for the show to come.
Paul Giammatti has played an incredible John Adams. It must ahve been very difficult to play this part. He is not always sympathetic. In fact, he is a hard person to like. If I had been Abigale Adams I'd have swatted him a few times with the business end of a broom.
The actor who plays Jefferson is especially good too. Still, Giamatti takes the prize. A few times during this series I began to think Giamatti could play a convincing Ebenezer Scrooge. Tonight, as we saw him briefly in profile, I also thought he could play a convincing Alfred Hitchcock if a bio-pic is ever filmed of the director.
Sometimes the series seems quite slow and very detailed oriented at the cost of faster pace and action. I have felt the same way reading David McCollough's books. He is exhaustive in his research. I have read only his books on the life of Harry Truman and on the history of the Panama Canal. McCollough leaves no stone unturned. This series is the same way.
To speed up and drmatize the series more than it is would do an injustice to McCollough's book, but sometimes the momentum does an injustice to the audience. That said, this has been a fascinating series most of the time. I just never knew so much about John and Abigale Adams and their long-suffering family.