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These family secrets, and the turbulent emotions of Meggie's teenaged daughter Justine, create enough familial tension to fill The Missing Years with the kind of ripe, involving melodrama that fueled the original miniseries. Accepted on its own merits, this is a respectable, above-average TV production, bolstered by the fine performances of Chamberlian and especially Donohoe, who intelligently plays Meggie with warmth, inner torment, and plucky tenacity, making the role fully her own. The sweeping wall-to-wall score is excessively manipulative in its attempt to elevate The Missing Years to Gone with the Wind proportions, and some viewers may question the integrity of a plot (bearing no relation to Colleen McCullough's bestselling novel) that forces a noble priest to solve his dilemma with a vengeful fistfight. Still, this is an eminently watchable TV romance that can stand on its own, without the long shadow of its much-beloved predecessor. --Jeff Shannon
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Kevin James Dobson |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 11 February, 1996 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012569693487 |
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Customer Reviews of The Thorn Birds 2 - The Missing Years
Not a thorn in sight for this bird One of the reasons I purchased this DVD was because I adored Richard Chamberlain so much in the original series, but was not too attatched to Rachel Ward who played Meggie. I was curious to see how a different actress could play Meggie's character. At least on that count, I was not dissapointed. <
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>At first, this series wasn't too horrible. However, as it progressed, it deviated from the novel so much I was disgusted. Laying my disgust to the side, I attempted to watch this series as a separate film, ignoring the book and original series. Even then, this horrible continuation dissapointed. <
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>Seeing Richard Chamberlain as Father Ralph again was excellent. I enjoyed his triumphant performance. <
>Watching Amanda Donohoe play the role of Meggie was really wonderful. She does a much better job than Rachel Ward, who was so distant from her character in the DVD extras from the Original Thorn Birds DVD. Amanda makes the role of Meggie come alive, and you can really feel her passion for the character. <
>Enjoying a different version of this story that ignores the book and TV series can be enjoyable, if you like soap-opera drama. <
>Once again, seeing new actors and actresses play familiar characters such as Dane, Luke and Justine ONeil is pleasing. I also enjoyed the original actors in those roles, but its a new experience when your tired of watching the original series. <
>Seeing Amanda replay the famous scene when Father Ralph watches Meggie decend the stairs at Mary Carson's birthday party in the same costume Rachel Ward wore is excellent! This attention to detail made me smile. <
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>Story and plot takes a severe turn away from the novel and series to ignore the concept of Thorn Birds; eternal suffering. <
>Bad digital effects such as when Dane is with Father Ralph at the watering hole is totally unbeleiveable. <
>Acting and plot are rather...predictable and tedious. <
>Different set that was modeled from the original Thorn Birds set and NOT the book's lavish description. <
>Besides deviating from the original series and book, this story longs for its end hours before its finished. <
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>I suppose if your still curious, rent this title before making a purchase. I'm glad that I bought because I know someday I will want to rewatch it and see Amanda and Richard's chemistry, which was much more powerful than Rachel Ward's chemistry with Richard Chamberlain, but that's probably due to the fact that in real life, Rachel was falling for her costar, Brian Brown! (Luke O'Neil) <
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delightful in it's own way
The Missing Years is unforunately considered an unwanted ba$tard child among most Thornbird fans. That's really too bad IMHO. I happen to be one of Thornbird fans who found likes the Missing Years a great deal. It's not up to par with the original (few sequels ever are), but I honestly believe that it deserves more credit than it gets. I've enjoyed The Missing Years numerous times on VHS and I'm very happy it is on DVD.
deligthful in it's own way
The Missing Years is unforunately considered an unwanted bastard child among most Thornbird fans. I happen to be one of the small number of Thornbird fans who found it very enjoyable. It's not up to par with the original (few sequels ever are), but I honestly believe that it deserves more credit than it gets. I've enjoyed The Missing Years numerous times on VHS and I'm very happy that is on DVD.