Films/DVD Asylum

Brideshead Revisited

64.12.116.195

DavidLD

I saw this at a second-run theater this weekend. I knew the book on which it is based is famous, but didn't know the story.

This is a well acted movie. It begins as a version of Brokeback Mountain set in the 1930s, but without saying more, the plot takes a 180-degree turn in the middle.

All in all, I recommend.

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I walked out as if was an intentional fairy fest..... - mr grits 11:22:28 09/21/08 (4)
I watched the BBC series several times and read the book. The BBC production was almost word for word Waugh. How they came up with this lip-smacking version is beyond me.
- Why, so you could go home and get your butt-plug? lol (nt) - Doug Flynn 01:09:10 09/22/08 (0)
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- RE: I walked out as if was an intentional fairy fest..... - patrickU 12:18:57 09/21/08 (0)
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  " Mieux vaut une t�te bien faite qu'une t�te bien pleine."
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- RE: I walked out as if was an intentional fairy fest..... - DavidLD 11:46:35 09/21/08 (1)
  And you missed the last half of the film, where the plot and what you thought you knew based on the first half turns 180 degrees.
  - I read the book and saw the BBC.....I grew tired of the 'bent'..... * - mr grits 13:51:14 09/21/08 (0)
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The problem with this version for a lot of people is... - Harmonia 09:42:44 09/21/08 (2)
...that we fondly remember the sumptuous, multi-part BBC adaptaion from back when with Jeremy Irons, Anthony Edwards and a steallar British cast. It was quite something, so this new film feels like Evelyn Waugh lite to us.
- Would be hard to better BBC's Masterpiece Theatre treatment. ~t - mpathus 21:15:28 09/21/08 (1)
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  - Impossible. nt - patrickU 10:08:30 09/22/08 (0)
    nt
    " Mieux vaut une t�te bien faite qu'une t�te bien pleine."

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