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Midsomer Murders - Shot At Dawn [DVD]

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Darek’s Take: “Princes Risborough felt like a chapter straight out of a storybook, except with fewer dragons and more detectives.” Why You Shouldn’t Visit: You may get swept away by the scenery and forget you’re in the middle of Midsomer County—a place where the body count rivals the population. Barnaby and Jones are not their usual selves and it does take too time up until anything compelling happens. Nice filming location Midsomer Murders? Situated between Aylesbury and High Wycombe, Princes Risborough is a town that’s often seen on the little screen in Midsomer episodes. It has the audacity to be both charming and steeped in history. Gosia’s Take: “Cuddington lived up to its cuddly name, although I did keep one eye open for Barnaby!”

Even the leaking kitchen roof scene echoes similar scenes of leaking pipes in the restaurant kitchen in "Pie In The Sky". I could go on, but if you have read this far you are probably having trouble staying awake. Midsomer Murders" has been one of my favorite series for quite a some time now. John Nettles era is in my opinion way better than Neil Dudgeon's, but there were some bad episodes when Nettles was around. "Shot at Dawn" is in my opinion one of those episodes. It's not an abysmal entry to the series, but it is terrible indeed. Dimensional Thinking: Arabella Hammond, being chased by a hay baler, attempts to flee directly away from it. Granted that turning may not have helped as the baler was being steered, but she could have at least tried, as it would have taken time for the baler to turn. Personally, I've always preferred the first two eras of the series, namely the Troy era and the Scott era. The era of Jones in a duet with Tom Barnaby was ambiguous. Jason Hughes is a great actor, he perfectly plays all the scenes, from the comical to the tense, but you can't help noticing that the quality has greatly decreased. Season 9 turned out to be quite mediocre and was the first season that did not include a single episode on the top ten.10. The tenth season was a remarkable improvement. The eleventh is an ambiguous season, with three solid episodes of the show, one just good, two weak and this non-successful episode.This episode is somewhat overdone with strange gadgets, murdering hay balers, a baguette fight in a pub - it's all silly. Barnaby is out of character, I think because it's a recycle from another show, and Jones is hardly in it.

There are a few positives for "Shot at Dawn". The production values are without fault, the idyllic look of it contrasting very well with the story's grimness, and quaint and atmospheric photography. The music fits perfectly, with some lush jauntiness and sometimes an ominous quality, and the theme tune one of the most memorable and instantly recognisable of the genre. That's not all. The script, which usually is of very good quality with previous 'Midsomer Murders' episodes, is sluggish and clumsy, and the characters are lifeless, usually in the show the characters are colourful and eccentric and that was not the case here. After such a promising start, the story rapidly descends into tired predictability, scenes and subplots that are not that interesting and some add little, leaden pacing with an exposition-heavy first forty minutes that feels like an eternity and far too much sheer ridiculousness (including the pub fight and a serious contender for the most outrageous attempted murder in 'Midsomer Murders' history). The final solution, identity of the killer and the motives were not a surprise at all, among the show's most obvious.Is Causton England a real place? Causton – the bustling hub of Midsomer where no one is safe from the local drama. As real as it might feel, Causton exists only in the vivid imaginations of Midsomer Murders’ creators. So, unless you’ve found a secret portal to fictional places, you won’t be booking a B&B in Causton anytime soon. How many Midsomer villages are there? He uses remote control vehicles several times, either by crashing a vehicle the victim is in or using a vehicle to chase someone down.

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