John Adams Film Review

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While watching the sixth episode of the John Adams mini-series I was saying to myself “what did he just say" and I was questioning if John Adams actually did anything during his presidency. Also while watching it, I thought Abigail Adams was the a big influence because she seemed to be a big part in helping John making decisions. My initial reaction to the film was that it was very interesting, but at sometimes I wouldn't know what was going on because Adams was mumbling, and it was difficult for me to know what year it was. This movie, if used for instruction would be good to use only if you know EVERYTHING about John Adams because at some points it is difficult to keep up with the story. This movie, if used for entertainment would be very boring. To me there is no surprise or humor and, if you want to know what is going to happen next, you can just Google “John Adams President” and it would pop up. I think this film did capture the history of Adams' presidency accurately. In this specific episode I think it was accurate, I don't know about the other episodes. Of course everybody has their own opinion on this mini series. While reading some of the reviews, I was surprised when one critic said that Paul Giamatti was the wrong actor for the part. I think Paul Giamatti played John Adams to the best of his ability. I would say to that critic “now you try acting as a founding father and President who has been dead for 186 years.” The other critics reviews liked the “John Adams” mini-series but then they also didn't like something about

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