Sadly Over-hyped

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I watched this when it first came out.. Just watched the whole thing again.. I was surprised at how well, it stood up to the passage of time.. I don't know how much Spielberg actually had a hand in this, but it does carry much of his expert film making. Some of it, especially the early episodes, remind us original 'baby boomers' of the 'wonder ness' of those years. The fact it cover cult-decades, and several generations, it is extremely well put together. There is not a lot of special effects. But just enough at the right moments. It's more a human nature series. While we have gotten used to super fancy CGI effects, and razor fast, radical edits. I appreciated the pace of this very much.. Yes, some episodes are better than others. I didn't pay attention to who directed which episodes, but I did notice some difference. I think for the scope it covered, it is a well executes series.

Did they change script writers or director after episode 3? Because episode 4 was the biggest load of irritating rubbish I've watched. I had hoped that it was just a one-off: that episode 5 would recover from this temporary lapse. But no, episode 5 was also bad - not so much because of the script (although that wasn't too brilliant), but because of the introduction of one of the most irritating actors I know, Mr Matt Frewer.I see he is now listed as no. 2 in the series cast list, so I may well not bother with the rest of this series. Why do I hate him so much? Because he can only play one type of character - the stupid, crazy, grinning-like-a-madman type that simply doesn't exist. An unbelievable character. Why did they ruin this passably believable series by having this nut-case of an actor? I hate to think. But this is probably my way out of bothering to watch the rest of this. It's a great pity - the series had potential.

Despite itss slow parts, We all loved Close Encounters of The Third Kind...right? well imagine Taking Close Encounters and stretching it out into twelve episodes. Just imagine how slow it would be then. Well if done correctly, such an idea could work exceptionally well. hence, we have Taken, Spielberg's and Dreamworks' return to the sky and who or what is beyond. An outstanding mini-series, which when it wants to be can evoke every emotion. sometimes it's grim sometimes it's utterly heart-warming, though the series as a whole is dark, it has incredible mystique. My advice is that you dedicate one week of your life to watching taken, one episode a night, although it's good enough that you may go through it in only two or three nights.Starting with the Roswell incident of 1947, Taken chronicles three generations of Three different families leading up to the present day. they all have a part in this incredible story of a visit from other beings, who want something from us which they have waited a long time for.There are not many names in the cast, I'll say that. The only ones people may recognize are Datoka Fanning and Heather Donahue (Blair Witch). which I wouldn't say there are any award worthy performances, everybody is invested enough to be convincing, especially Fanning.I guarantee that unless you have a tree second attention span, You will come away from Taken with an amazing Television experience.

This series had the potential to one of TVs great. Unfortunately it was very much ruined by the terrible cast. I don't know where they found these amateurs, and I'll never understand why they didn't get any decent actors to be on this production. Thanks to this, I had a hard time keeping my interest up for 10 episodes lasting 1.20 each. At times I had to force myself through an entire episode, as it was too much "daytime soap" over it all. I wish this series had been done with some class actors and better casting, then it would've been a 10/10. If HBO is able to pull it off in almost every series they churn out, why not this?