And I love it! I held off on watching this after the first season cos I read a bunch of reviews that were less than lacklustre. But I finally got round to getting it just this weekend.
It's tv show no mans land. The period between May to September where all network tv shows go into hibernation. I am bored out of my mind. I am going through my film stash at an impossibly high rate. Hence, the need for new watching material. So, I gave in to my curiosity. Yup, my fascination with working gals won out over numerous bad reviews.
And I'm so glad it did. I dunno what those people are going on about. No content, just feeding into the salaciousness of the skin trade. It does have a storyline, it's telling the visual story of Belle Du Jour. And it's been pretty true to the book.
When I first heard there was going to be a tv series made and Billie Piper was cast as Belle, I thought that that was poor casting. I lean more towards dislike on the love/hate Billie Piper scale. But as I watch her in the role, I'm starting to see the brilliance of her as Belle/Hannah and it's definitely a casting coup. She is fantastic as Belle. She sells the character to me. I can believe that behind that pretty gril-next-door exterior, there lies a professional escort persona.
And the storylines, while not thought provoking nor world-saving (realistically, tv seldom is), it is done in a manner that you are left feeling as if you've been allowed to tag along on this unbelievable ride. I'm definitely a fan. Ok, and I have a small crush on Iddo Goldeberg, the guy who plays Ben, Hannah's best mate on the show. A lil man candy never hurt :D
It's tv show no mans land. The period between May to September where all network tv shows go into hibernation. I am bored out of my mind. I am going through my film stash at an impossibly high rate. Hence, the need for new watching material. So, I gave in to my curiosity. Yup, my fascination with working gals won out over numerous bad reviews.
And I'm so glad it did. I dunno what those people are going on about. No content, just feeding into the salaciousness of the skin trade. It does have a storyline, it's telling the visual story of Belle Du Jour. And it's been pretty true to the book.
When I first heard there was going to be a tv series made and Billie Piper was cast as Belle, I thought that that was poor casting. I lean more towards dislike on the love/hate Billie Piper scale. But as I watch her in the role, I'm starting to see the brilliance of her as Belle/Hannah and it's definitely a casting coup. She is fantastic as Belle. She sells the character to me. I can believe that behind that pretty gril-next-door exterior, there lies a professional escort persona.
And the storylines, while not thought provoking nor world-saving (realistically, tv seldom is), it is done in a manner that you are left feeling as if you've been allowed to tag along on this unbelievable ride. I'm definitely a fan. Ok, and I have a small crush on Iddo Goldeberg, the guy who plays Ben, Hannah's best mate on the show. A lil man candy never hurt :D
