I was a huge fan of the Malory Tower books growing up when I was younger, I even read the continued books written by Pamela Cox. I also read other boarding school stories like St Clares and The Naughtiest Girl series. So I very curious when I saw this was being made for a TV series so I watched a couple of the episodes.
A couple of Pros for this TV series, I am so glad they kept the time period the same for the show, Malory Towers I believe was set just after the 2nd word war so as I say I am glad they kept that the same.
The girl playing Darrell Rivers is fairly good but sometimes the acting feels forced and not natural but to be fair to the actress it could be down to the sometimes strange and weird editing and the direction she is given. The girl playing Gwendoline Mary so far is the best actress and I think she nails Gwendoline's character and is exactly how I used to imagine the character but unfortunately she also gets a few weird directions and her scenes feel a bit forced but I really do not think it is the actress's fault at all. The actresses playing Miss Potts and Mrs Grayling are very good as well. Mary-Lou's actress is okay as well.
Now for the cons, I totally appreciate the fact that these are young girls and this is probably their first big acting job but I am sorry to say their acting is not very good at the moment, the rest of the girl's lines all feel really forced and characters who should have big parts like Alicia are kinda of glossed over and she does not get many lines. The scenes all feel rushed, if I had not read the books I would not have a clue who the other characters were and to be honest I am not really sure who's playing who at the moment as the lines and scenes are rushed (I have not got a clue, for example who is playing the characters of Jean and Irene).
I really do not want to be harsh about this show as it is meant to be for children but that should not mean it gets a free pass and should be able to take on criticism.
Maybe the show will find its footing if it continues, only time will tell.
A couple of Pros for this TV series, I am so glad they kept the time period the same for the show, Malory Towers I believe was set just after the 2nd word war so as I say I am glad they kept that the same.
The girl playing Darrell Rivers is fairly good but sometimes the acting feels forced and not natural but to be fair to the actress it could be down to the sometimes strange and weird editing and the direction she is given. The girl playing Gwendoline Mary so far is the best actress and I think she nails Gwendoline's character and is exactly how I used to imagine the character but unfortunately she also gets a few weird directions and her scenes feel a bit forced but I really do not think it is the actress's fault at all. The actresses playing Miss Potts and Mrs Grayling are very good as well. Mary-Lou's actress is okay as well.
Now for the cons, I totally appreciate the fact that these are young girls and this is probably their first big acting job but I am sorry to say their acting is not very good at the moment, the rest of the girl's lines all feel really forced and characters who should have big parts like Alicia are kinda of glossed over and she does not get many lines. The scenes all feel rushed, if I had not read the books I would not have a clue who the other characters were and to be honest I am not really sure who's playing who at the moment as the lines and scenes are rushed (I have not got a clue, for example who is playing the characters of Jean and Irene).
I really do not want to be harsh about this show as it is meant to be for children but that should not mean it gets a free pass and should be able to take on criticism.
Maybe the show will find its footing if it continues, only time will tell.