"A Christmas Carol" reviewed : comments.
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However, the entire fault cannot be placed on Moffet. I majored in theatre. Total packaged DOES count. I've read some of Series 5 scripts on their own (Not the Christmas one yet... hopefully I'll find a copy soon). And on their own... they're not bad. They're not fantastic, but they're on par with most of RTD'S stuff. RTD: Difference between Nine and Ten? Wasn't the Script, it was in the actors!
Karen Gillian is sub-par at best. She has her "pouty face"... that she uses for everything and nothing else. And Moff HAS given her some amazing lines to work with. I would blame it on age... but then I think of Kate Winslet in Sense & Sensibility and that notion goes out the door. She's just not that talented and when you give her a not great script, it's obvious she doesn't know what to do with it.
Matt Smith: Has potential. He's not there YET... and as Vincent & the Doctor suggests, he needs an exceptional script for him to be exceptional at this point. With him, I'm saying it's age/lack of experience. There's a lot of "Matt as the Doctor" right now (In that if you watch Matt's interviews, there's not a lot that's different between HIM and his Doctor.) He'll grow into it. He already felt better in the Christmas special than he had in all of Series 5. But he's not there YET.... And the preview for Series 6 has me greatly worried...
Authur Darvill, is the only one hitting his lines/emotions consistently as Rory. And, he's hitting them slightly differently NOW (Post "Universe reset") than he did all of last season. That's important. It shows that the 'reset' had some kind of impact on Rory's upbringing. It's not much, but it is there. And it's not in script (the script doesn't cover those things - it's all actor!)
I haven't even touched on the technical differences. Darks are darker, Brights are Brighter - more 'fairy-tale' like, which Moff, likes... that's fine, but its not my cup of tea. It lacks the "realism" that I was used to with Classic and that RTD maintained in his era. Well, that's fine. But it was a crap-load of change to deal with all at once. And Moff's notion that "everything was always new with every Doctor/producer"... is hogwash. I've watched this show for 30 years and NO turnover has had the overall - complete change - that this one has.
So yes, as head-writer Moff has to take a majority of the blame... but it's not completely his fault... everyone who touches the series has some kind of impact on it. Though I will say, I've always wanted to be involved in DW - silly American that I am! - but for THIS series, I'm kinda glad I'm not... kinda like most of Six's era. Though I DID love TRIAL OF A TIME LORD.
Trying again
No, I take it back. Gillan's pretty enough, I suppose, but she lacks the presence.
I think quite a bit more highly of Matt Smith than you do, but fully agree with you about Arthur Darvill. His work is particularly impressive given that he's had the very least to do.
[Sorry about that. Original commented deleted to fix bad HTML. Hope I got it right this time.]
It happens, no worries :D
Most people think more highly than I do about Matt Smith, it's fine. It's my opinion and how I view actors and what I look for. Perhaps it would be more fair to say: He's good when he's good, it's obvious when he's not. Or: He's got it, but not consistently enough for me.
And I just thought of something, Smith COULD be making a mistake young leads often make: Holding himself back because of Gillian. But has he done any other long-term role? I don't know... it would help me do a better critical analysis if he had. As with most of Series Five: There's really too many variables to know for certian.
I need to do more research on Darvill. Yes he's the best and the most consistent, but there IS that niggling that makes me say, "Is that only because the other's aren't quite up to par?" **Shrugs** Again, I don't know. And since I DO enjoy his work right now, I'm not too keen to find out :P