Sorry, this movie sucks

good back-story, and good acting

Fresh and Exciting

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 don't understand how this was popular for so many years. It's deadly dull and very slow. When there are many much more entertaining shows, I don't see how this maintained high viewing figures in the United Kingdom throughout its run.The regular characters aren't likable or interesting.

I have all 33 episodes and all the books, and I think this crime drama is without question the best show that ever came on our screens. Each episode has a reason for watching it. They did change the character of Morse completely, but I don't care. I prefer John Thaw's Morse, he is somewhat more likable. The late John Thaw was an outstanding actor, and Inspector Morse is his best role. He is just phenomenal, as is Kevin Whately as Lewis. Morse is a sensitive character here, when he is listening to his classical music with the camera looking into these mysterious blue eyes, it is just extraordinary. The music is just amazing with that clever haunting theme tune, and the recurring excerpts of Mozart and Wagner. Inspector Morse also benefits from consistently superb camera work and exceptionally written scripts. It has also boasted stars such as Clive Swift, Roger Lloyd Pack, Zoe Wannamaker and Paul Freeman. Favourite episode? Has to be Masonic Mysteries, the victim's scream actually made my heart go in my mouth. The final episode is heart-rending, and I couldn't bear to finish the book, because it was so sad. Great stuff! 10/10. Bethany Cox

This series is one of the most beloved British Detective series and is a superb adaptation of Colin Dexter's novels.Detective Chief Inspector Morse(John Thaw)is an Oxford Detective,he's a prickly,short tempered and shy man who loves classical music, women, beer and The Times crossword.His assistant is Detective Sgt. Robbie Lewis(Kevin Whatley)who comes from the North and is a family man with a great sense of humour.They come to work well together and become friends with Lewis giving Morse a link to the middle class and working class world and family life something the Chief Inspector really knows nothing about. The series features so many famous guest stars including Robert Hardy,Ian McDiarmid,Rachel Weisz,Patrick Troughton,Oliver Ford Davies and Sir John Gielgud. The only major change here from the books is the character of Lewis,in the books he is middle aged with a wife and is closer to Morse in age, whereas in the series he is married with a family and is much younger than Morse.In the series they have a father son relationship that I think works very well on screen and is funny and touching at times.John Thaw gives one of his very best performances as Morse and Kevin Whatley and James Grout provide strong support as Lewis and Superintendent Strange.

This is kind of a spoiler, I suppose... because basically every episode goes like this:Morse: "Shut up Lewis, you're from Liverpool and don't understand about clever things, like musical snobbery."Lewis: "That's right sir, I'm just a poor scouser, but can I point out something completely obvious so that you can look pained and then realise I've got a point, in my simple working class way?"Morse: "If you must Lewis, but I have a large collection of old recordings of Maria Callas going la la la in French, singing about cigarette factories and traditional Spanish cruelty to animals, so naturally I'm not going to listen."Lewis: "But surely sir, the murderer is the famous guest actor with a role in the story inversely proportional to their position on the cast list?"Morse: "Shut up Lewis. Oh, hello Inspector Strange. I'm a detective with a 100% clear-up rate (better than Sherlock Holmes, in fact) and yet you're still always grumpy with me, and behave like I'm an amateur in need of your advice. And that name's a bit dodgy, this isn't a Dickens novel you know."Strange: "You're Getting Too Involved Morse"Morose: "Don't I always. After all, I've just met an attractive middle-aged woman that I'm going to make a slightly charmless and old-fashioned move on, without realizing that naturally this means she will either be a murderer, or be murdered, within the next 35 minutes, or just tell me to clear off for being such an abrasive old meany. Fortunately Oxford has an unlimited supply of middle-aged opera-loving attractive single women. Or is it Cambridge? I can never remember. Oh well, whatever. Inspector Morse, Thames Valley CID. Shut up Lewis. Let's go down the pub so that we can get more sponsorship from the Brewers."It's Bergerac with Middle-Class Pretensions, basically.