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Bent + Ashton = Boring Storylines

posted 13 years ago by ljcostello_22
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So once you get past the fact that Charles is going to be called "Charlie" now and has a son that actually ages while Orry's son doesn't, pt. III wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Sure, it wasn't anywhere near as good as the first two series but it beats the heck out of anything else on tv these days.
ITA... far too many plot holes and WTFs.
It was as if whoever wrote the pt. III script was not in the least familiar with the storyline.

Robert Wagner was AGONIZING and looked like his beard was on too tight and he couldn't open his mouth to speak. By the end, it looked like his mustache was sliding down his lip.

I was totally bored with both the Bent and Ashton storylines. I could not have cared less about either of these characters and it looked as tho they were making up their stories as they went along. Never cared for their characters in the first two series either... their constant mean streaks and desire for revenge and destruction quickly grew tiring and obnoxious. Please....

"No wonder we often know how to make a watch, but we don't know the time of day." -- H.P. Walker

[–] rikajessie 12 years ago

It was as if whoever wrote the pt. III script was not in the least familiar with the storyline.

Well actually this movie seemed to stick pretty closely to the third book from what I've seen. I haven't read all of the third book, I've gone through some parts. However, it looks like it was pretty close to the book. I think a lot of people don't realize that the second movie changes quite a bit from the second book, thus the confusion.

For example I don't think Orry and Madeline even had a child in the books. There's a scene where they discuss their disappointment about this and Madeline wonders if Justin wasn't right to blame her for their inability to have a child. Also, Orry died in the second book during the war.

The movie Bent is a combination of two characters from the book, Elkanah Bent and Lamar Powell. The desire for revenge on George, Orry and Charles, military career obsession, and Senator's son thing comes from Bent; the being Southern, handsome ladies' man, wanting to start a new confederacy and having an affair with Ashton, is from Lamar Powell.

Lamar Powell was killed by Indians in Virginia City area after he shot and killed James.

Bent I think fell in a river? After he and Orry fought? Something like that.

In the third book Bent has a very important part. So the people making the third movie had to make him survive the explosion of the second movie.

I was totally bored with both the Bent and Ashton storylines. I could not have cared less about either of these characters and it looked as tho they were making up their stories as they went along.

They weren't making things up as they went along, it was what happened to the characters in the third book.

I would recommend anyone interested in the series to check out the books if you haven't, you can find used copies pretty cheap at eBay for example. It'll clear up some confusion.