Clusium Review of The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)

I absolutely loved it. I read the original novel, after first seeing this miniseries, & thought the miniseries was far more superior!!

[8/10 · 31 July 2006]

I wish that Carmen Culver & Edward Bulwar Lyon lived in the same era & that Carmen Culver read over his writings at the time, & had rewritten it for him, so that her work would be the actual "The Last Days of Pompeii" novel.

The truth is, the original was horrible. Edward Bulwar's writing of the book was very cheesy.

I will never understand why the critics panned her work. Her miniseries was really wonderful. After seeing it again after so many years, I still absolutely loved it.

A 100% romantic movie.