Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Almost unbearable

As an avid reader of the original novels, I looked forward with relish to watching these episodes, having read a number of enthusiastic reviews and assurances that the televised series was quite faithful to the original. Alas, it was all flummery... I found these to be painfully un-enjoyable. The self-conscious cutsiness of the staging, acting, and above all, the music - ugh, the music! - poisoned the entire thing for me. Hutton's Archie is probably the worst part. Chaykin's Wolfe isn't bad, actually (he's probably the best part) but it's true he's not quite heavy enough as one other reviewer noted.I actually wish I'd never seen these - it's taking a while to get the bad "taste" out of my imagination which is temporarily intruding on my continued enjoyment of the original novels.