Moog, I've watched the Netflix series and it's nowhere near as good as the film, you're right it's a slow paced film, the beauty is in the dialogue and the cinematography
Kathy, I'd watch the film before the book if I were you as whenever I've read the book and then watched the film, the film always lets me down compared to the book if you see what I mean
Baz, I think they filmed it through an upside down telescope so it appears the right way up