katemiller-18083 I'm a fan of historical dramas, based heavily on true historical events but dramatised, so I thought that this series would be a decent way to pass some time. I was sorely mistaken. Other series of similar ilk (Rome, Vikings, Outlander) manage to give you the drama while still remaining consistent with the era they're portraying. Unfortunately, Tut does not achieve this goal. In the shows defence, there is limited source material to ensure that historical accuracy is achieved, with Tutankhamun's life remaining fairly mysterious even with projects investigating the genetic lineage of the pharaohs of Egypt. However there are some basic pieces of knowledge that are ignored in this series, the most obvious being the age of the Boy King. History has been pretty clear that Tutankhamun rose to his position of pharaoh around middle childhood, between the ages of six and nine years, and was dead by the time he reached his late teens. My other key critique of the series is the casting. Ben Kingsley was an OK choice, however (and I have to say it otherwise I'm just not being honest), the entire time he's on screen it just seemed like he was thinking "I was in freaking Iron Man, and now I'm reduced to this?!" He flittered from being bad-ass puppet-master (which again, that was historical at least) to being an emasculated mess. I couldn't tell if he was an ally or an enemy. It was confusing. Then you've got Sybilla Deen, who spent the series looking super uncomfortable in her costumes to the point that it distracted from the dialogue. She's wearing something similar to Leeloo out of Fifth Element, but the way she was holding her body was like she was afraid her boobs were going to pop out at any second and scare the life out of Mr Kingsley.

Kirpianuscus it is far to be impressive. but it works to be credible and Avan Jogia in leading role is an important support for that. a film who recreate, in decent manner, a period. or one of many historical series who looking give a version for past who could be more than entertainment or fairy tale, a kind of parable for discover the every day reality. a series who must have success for the nice manner to mix politics and love, solitude of power and the warnings about the Court, force of a fragile king and the revenge in its many aspects. sure, it is not The Faraon by Kawalerowicz, but it is an interesting trip in the heart of a fascinating world and a good show.

g-32408 My wife started watching this, but gave up due to boredom. I had to laugh when one of the characters spoke about decimating the enemy. About 500 years too soon. Decimate is a Roman word in Latin is to kill every tenth Roman soldier if they won't attack or similar. Tut was about 1300 BC and the Romans started about 500 years later.Tut tut for research. Roman commanders to encourage their soldiers would line them up and count every tenth soldier and plunge a sword into them. I recorded episodes diligently but after a while gave up. It had no pace or interest but just plodded along Tut tut Tut tut Having to produce ten lines is a silly rule 9 lines would be better 8 lines would be even better 7 lines better still 6 lines fine 5 lines OK 4 lines almost there 3 lines not bad Still not there

G vd S Ancient Eqypt is a piece of history that has been somewhat overlooked by modern day filmmakers. "Tut" is supposed to fill the gap, but sadly fails on a lot of levels.First the good stuff. It's visually gorgeous, nicely filmed and the acting is decent.However. The series completely fails as a believable story about an interesting period in ancient Eqypt. First and foremost, the fact that they chose Farao Tutanchamon for this is ample proof of a choice based on his fame with the public rather than his impact on history. Tutanchamon was in fact a puppet-king that had all major decisions made for him by advisors. Even if that hadn't been the case, his reign of only a few years would've been too short to have any lasting significance. Tut is only famous because his mummified body is one of the best preserverd of all the faraos of ancient Egypt.All in all, what we learn from this series is that if you ever want a historical epic dedicated to you 2000 years in the future, you had best get started on your impregnable pyramid already.