John Adams

Yesterday I did some editing and DVD making. Then it was on to watch John Adams, the HBO miniseries.

John Adams is a warts and all biography based on David McCullough's book of the same name. It shows Adams as a complicated man. A man of integrity, honesty, vast intelligence, impatience, vanity, and pride. He loved Abigail Adams more than anything else and yet they were separated for very long periods of time.

This is a fascinating and compelling story of how our country was founded trough the eyes of one of our founding fathers. It would be wonderful to see it from other points of view as well!

Adams goes round and round sparring with Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, even George Washington whom he championed while Washington was a Colonel.

John Adams is brilliantly played by Paul Giamatti, an outstanding performance to be sure! The series if filled with incredible performers such as Laura Linney, David Morse, Sarah Polley, and Rufus Sewell among others.

Watch it!