11.22.63: Season 1 [Stephen King] [DVD] [2016]

Oh dear I loved it but when I went into my walk in blueray+4k room to find a place 4it.i all ready had it but still rapped up.whoops.see that happens when u have 3rooms full +another full ov cd/vinyl/music bluerays+,VHS/laserdiscs/cassette+ reel to reels.+ That doesn't count my music that I've recorded on my studio equipment.i now need to move to a bigger house as this takes over your life.+leaves u with no life + no wife.well sort ov.bye dudes.

Almost as fantastic as the book. I have been a Constant Reader for 30+ years and found this to be one of the best adaptations of a Stephen King novel I've ever seen. Very well acted by every men of the cast. James Franco as Jake Epping and Daniel Webber as Lee Harvey Oswald deserve medals for their performances. This is highly recommend for any fans of JFK, time travel and Constant Readers of the master, Stephen King. 10/10

Somewhat different from King's novel of the same name, but nevertheless an exciting, moving and altogether excellent series. If you have only this, get the book as well. If you have only the book, watch this as well. OK, I suppose I could add that I absolutely do not believe in anything supernatural, but King writes about such so well that I can suspend that disbelief - and the same applies to these DVDs.

It has its faults but I enjoyed this. It's utterly ridiculous really but you either go with it or you don't - it's way more fun if you do. The premise is basic time travel stuff - our main protagonist Jake (James Franco) uses a time portal found in a closet(?!) to travel back to 1960s America where he is tasked with trying to prevent the assassination of JFK. How does the portal exist? Why does it exist? Who cares right? To stretch out the plot, this portal doesn't drop us in on the day of the shooting, we rock up in 1960, three years ahead of the curve. Our boys got to bide his time and settle in for the long haul. This leads to various (mis)adventures along the way and in terms of entertainment value, some of these are more successful than others. These are serious shenanigans of course but the tone of the piece in the early going is a laid back approach with a welcome sense of humour. It can and will go dark though when it needs to. The 60s setting is nicely realised, including the expected replications of Dealey Plaza, The Texas School Book Depository etc. Franco is solid in the lead and there's good support across the board. There's enough action, drama, romance and intrigue to keep us going through these eight episodes (which proves to be a good length to tell the story). It doesn't really show or tell us anything new about time travel or the assassination but it doesn't really need to, it's enjoyable nonetheless.

Once you get into this show its one of those box sets that you can watch through from start to finish in one sitting even if it keeps you up to 3.30 am on a Sunday morning. However you’ve got to be hungry because there’s a lot of farfetched stuff you’ve got to swallow to get you started. Our hero goes back to 1960 through a time porthole (Why was nobody else stumbling into this?) to head off a couple of tragedies including hanging around for three years (three years!) to try and avert JFK’s assignation. Still if you’ve previously enjoyed “Back to the future” and “Groundhog day” or you’re a regular Stephen King fan, this should easily float your boat. I’m always obsessed with detail and as a former resident of that arboreal backwater of the Central Line I was intrigued by Stephen King’s pick of “Epping” as the surname for his hero and wonder what influenced his choice. I really enjoyed seeing all the old V8 gas guzzling cars from the period the most stunning of which was a certain red and white 58 Plymouth “Christine” this time appropriately cameoing as the daily driver of librarian “Sadie’s” evil estranged husband. Apparently the “Christine” they used was an authentic survivor from the 1983 movie now worth a million dollars with the cast signatures under the boot sorry trunk lid. The DVD was received in good time although annoyingly one of the discs was flapping around loose in the case but fortunately not scratched, as case was in cellophane difficult to apportion blame to manufacturer, vendor or GPO.

One of my all time favorite series, James Franco is brilliant and I wouldnt be his biggest fan, Sarah Gadon and George McKay (you might remember him from 1917) are excellent too, great casting job. Needless to say that the book is well worth a read, however the TV series is definitely in my all-time top 3

An interesting premise, with a great cast, despite that the ending is weak and makes you wonder why you sat through it in the first place

Great

Bin durch Zufall auf diese kleine Serie gestoßen und bin echt begeistert davon. Sehr interessante Idee die da über JFK verfilmt wurde.

Tourné sous forme de micro série en huit épisodes de 90 m, le film ne suit pas exactement le livre, mais peu importe, le scénario est co-ecrit avec l'auteur et rend le visionnage aussi difficile à décrocher, tout comme le livre. Et c'est heureux, car le livre présente quelques lourdeurs qui rendent beaucoup de passages ennuyeux, notamment, les péripéties du protagoniste en tant que professeur du lycée ou les avatars de la vie conjugale d'Oswald. Sans parler des tournures de style propres à Stephen King, pas toujours compréhensibles par le public francophone, malgré une traduction correcte. Ces erreurs sont corrigés par le film et même sublimés par un scénario et un rythme fascinantes. Difficile à décrocher. Prévoir un WE sans sortie à la campagne ou de nuits blanches avec gueule bois au réveil.

Very well made . Details and info was based on real facts with some added dimensions.

Una serie che aspettavo da tanto tempo! E' un bellissimo film, che sa ricreare l'atmosfera coinvolgente del romanzo superbo di King, pur dovendo per forza saltare alcune parti e cambiando leggermente alcune situazioni che un romanzo può narrare e in un film realistico sarebbero complicate. Perfetto James Franco nel ruolo del professor Epping, bravi gli attori, appassionante la storia. In Italia non so se ci sarà mai la versione tradotta, che peccato per chi non può vederlo in versione originale!

Thoroughly enjoyed watching. Follows the book by Stephen King with lots of action. Lots to think about for those of us who lived through these troubled times.