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Rosemary & Thyme: The Cup of Silence (2005)
Just too ridiculous
I enjoyed this series for the lovely locations, plus good stories with 2 well known actors. And the old Series 2A Land Rover of course!
I know it's all just a bit of escapist nonsense, but this episode really pushed my acceptance of silliness.
When the Land Rover's gearbox finally gave up, what was with the bang and the smoke? That's what happens when you blow up your engine, not your gearbox.
And why was Laura Thyme obsessing over Christmas when it was obviously late July or early August (first aired in August too)? The episode finished with Christmas music, which was really irritating.
All in all some stupid annoyances that were unnecessary and spoilt the episode in my opinion.
Heidi (1993)
A bit of a curate's egg - good in parts
An enjoyable film and for the most part well done, but very annoying due to the use of both English and American actors - resulting in both accents amongst supposed family members!! So jarring and sadly all too frequently done. I understand the marketability of TransAtlantic appeal but please, please, why can't they all sound alike?? Unfortunately it does suffer from Disneyfication with very large helpings of saccharine and some predictable "gushy" emotional scenes. There's a particularly wearing scene where Heidi tumbles down the hillside and ends up hanging over the river gorge clinging to a tree branch - all the time while Peter is trying to rescue her, Klara is shouting "Heidi!" at 1 second intervals. I felt like shouting "Shut the **** up!" Otherwise the scenery, sets, etc. are lovely - nice period details and gorgeous mountains! (Filmed in Austria though and not Switzerland - although I daresay we have to be grateful it wasn't filmed in Montana!)