I'm asuming this will be on tv soon, as it's coming out on dvd in a couple of months, part of ITV's autumn lineup i think. anyway the cast are amazing and i can't wait to see what its like compared to the film which was brilliant, i'm sure it'll be fantastic.
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Because the Merchant-Ivory film captured the entire novel perfectly. There is nothing to add or improve.
Masterpieces - such as Some Like It Hot - do not need to be remade, for the big or the small screen.
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I didn't even know this was being made until just a few days ago -- I wonder if it'll get a US release of any kind...
I was already a big fan of the work Timothy Spall did in the Mike Leigh films "Life Is Sweet," "Secrets And Lies," and "Topsy-Turvy;" then earlier this year I saw his son Rafe in Edgar Wright's "Shaun Of The Dead" and "Hot Fuzz," and I was impressed with him, too -- one of the first things I said after seeing "Fuzz" was that I wanted to see the two of them do something together. :)
So I was pretty excited to see that they were both going to be in this (playing the Emersons, no less). It sounds like a promising project -- the E.M. Forster book was great -- and I really hope I get to see it eventually.
"I know I'm not normal -- but I'm trying to change!" ~ Muriel's Wedding
Just watched it. Marvellous. As a thirty something who was a teenager when she saw the Merchant Ivory production, I was prepared to hate it but I didn't. Rafe Spall is so much more true to the character of George and really very sexy indeed. Laurence Fox was excellent as Cecil Vyse and it was far more believable that Lucy would consent to marry him; a much more sympathetic character.
Some liberties with the ending, but it made sense in the context. Highly recommended.
Yes, but Cecil Vyse is a priggish snob and that was shown perfectly by Daniel Day Lewis, down to the dialogue which was lifted straight out of the book. He considered Lucy a piece of art that he could improve by removing from her country upbringing.... Lucy consented to marry a duff like him because she was trying to escape her feelings for George and knowing that it would be a good match to marry "up." Laurence Fox, much as I like him, was just smoking, drinking the whole time...I don't blame him, I blame the horrid screenplay writer who screwed this up. I have no problem with new adaptations - just make sure they're good!
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