I definitely agree with you to an extent about Amy. Though I don't dislike her, I can't actually think of many reasons why I like her. I thought I had her pinned by The Beast Below, but then she went all over the place in terms of characterisation. I certainly like Karen Gillan more than I like Amy Pond (although that's probably why I don't dislike Amy. I-I DON'T WANT TO UPSET KAREN. Because obviously my opinion matters.)
When it comes down to the actual episodes, the plots, there have only been three I really loved (The Eleventh Hour, Amy's Choice, The Pandorica Opens). But Matt Smith's performance is enough for me. It's enough for me to be able to sit down every week and watch him act his pants off for fifty minutes. And I'd definitely say he's the best of the most recent three Doctors - Tennant could do the comedy nicely, but struggled with the depth, and Eccleston had that depth but was abysmal at comic timing and delivery. Both things seem to come so naturally to Smith, and he flits between the two with a really stunning ease. I think also he has a subtlety that Tennant achieved only on rare occasions. There's always something to see anew in Matt Smith's performance, on a rewatch; he's always fiddling around in the background, even when he's not the focus. I COULD HARP ON ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE FOR EVERRRR but I won't.
ALSO this series has made me love the Doctor again, as a character. And I had honestly lost hope that that would ever happen. So, even if I don't love the individual episodes, I can't not love this series as a whole. Even the times I was sitting watching an episode, feeling slightly bored, there was always so much to talk about and think about and look forward to.
(I was totally ready for a new fandom when this series started, too, so that probably helped with the overwhelming fannish love.)
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When it comes down to the actual episodes, the plots, there have only been three I really loved (The Eleventh Hour, Amy's Choice, The Pandorica Opens). But Matt Smith's performance is enough for me. It's enough for me to be able to sit down every week and watch him act his pants off for fifty minutes. And I'd definitely say he's the best of the most recent three Doctors - Tennant could do the comedy nicely, but struggled with the depth, and Eccleston had that depth but was abysmal at comic timing and delivery. Both things seem to come so naturally to Smith, and he flits between the two with a really stunning ease. I think also he has a subtlety that Tennant achieved only on rare occasions. There's always something to see anew in Matt Smith's performance, on a rewatch; he's always fiddling around in the background, even when he's not the focus. I COULD HARP ON ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE FOR EVERRRR but I won't.
ALSO this series has made me love the Doctor again, as a character. And I had honestly lost hope that that would ever happen. So, even if I don't love the individual episodes, I can't not love this series as a whole. Even the times I was sitting watching an episode, feeling slightly bored, there was always so much to talk about and think about and look forward to.
(I was totally ready for a new fandom when this series started, too, so that probably helped with the overwhelming fannish love.)
TL, DR.