Banished (2015)
At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. Rather, it is a tale of love, faith, justice and morality played out on an epic scale in a confined community where the stakes are literally life and death.
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Highly Overrated But Still Good
Good concept, poorly executed.
Admirable film.
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Really interested at the start of this. I felt the story progressed too quickly, and the characters developed at an unnecessary rate. Also... why kill off Tommy at the end?! What a waste, and an empty way to leave the show!!
I've rarely been so disappointed with a BBC miniseries. This is a romance, almost a romantic colony with most of the plot revolving around who is sleeping with whom tonight and the resultant conflict. About the only historical effort came from the costume department. But, Banished is not even a costume drama. I give it four stars only for some of the acting.
Sat and watched this twice and still didn't really get it. I would like to have seen what each of them had done to be shipped out to Australia to give me a baseline.Didn't like Major Ross at all and most of his soldiers (or were they landlocked marines), projected an overstated arrogance that was difficult to stomach.If this is history then I quite understand why the Australian Government doesn't want people to emigrate unless they meet very strict criteria on skills. Seems a blacksmith is considered slightly more human.Buy season 2 if it ever appears. Nope!
So surprised about the negative reviews of this. I think this was an excellent piece of scriptwriting, so emotive and interesting. No, it may not have been 100% historically accurate but it is drama not a documentary, so should not be expected to be. In fact, I had never heard much of the story of the Australian convicts before, and given that this was based on many true stories, I found it very interesting; usually this time period does not normally interest me but the exploration of power, duty and morals of this period were great. After such good character development and acting, I was in tears after the events of the last episode. Beautiful portrayal of humanity.