![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
possession adaptation
Apr. 5th, 2011 05:58 pmI've loved the book Possession by A.S. Byatt for years and I finally got around to watching the movie.
Overall, I liked it. Most of the acting was very good and I thought the switches between the present and past were done well, especially in Whitby. I wanted Christabel to be blonde and fiercer, but Jennifer Elhe is great anyways. Gwyneth Paltrow was the only one I didn't like. I've seen her in a few movies and I just can't warm to her. Roland's careless treatment of original manuscripts annoyed me but I like that they made it into a running gag (he hides a fax log in bouquet wrapping paper!). I love the bit in the beginning where he's zooming around the archives on his chair. Roland's solicitor friend is hilarious, even though we see him only twice.
There are some really good lines in this:
--"I want to buy seven minutes of attorney-client privilege."
--"You cut me, madam."
"I am sorry. I only meant to scratch."
--"I guess I'll just look shit up on the microfiche and suffer over you."
--Roland: I have a fellowship.
Lord Bailey: What does that mean?
Maud: He's on the Dole
( now we get to spoilers )
I'm glad I finally saw this movie, I really liked it, but I couldn't fall in love with it. I wonder if it would make a good miniseries?
Overall, I liked it. Most of the acting was very good and I thought the switches between the present and past were done well, especially in Whitby. I wanted Christabel to be blonde and fiercer, but Jennifer Elhe is great anyways. Gwyneth Paltrow was the only one I didn't like. I've seen her in a few movies and I just can't warm to her. Roland's careless treatment of original manuscripts annoyed me but I like that they made it into a running gag (he hides a fax log in bouquet wrapping paper!). I love the bit in the beginning where he's zooming around the archives on his chair. Roland's solicitor friend is hilarious, even though we see him only twice.
There are some really good lines in this:
--"I want to buy seven minutes of attorney-client privilege."
--"You cut me, madam."
"I am sorry. I only meant to scratch."
--"I guess I'll just look shit up on the microfiche and suffer over you."
--Roland: I have a fellowship.
Lord Bailey: What does that mean?
Maud: He's on the Dole
( now we get to spoilers )I'm glad I finally saw this movie, I really liked it, but I couldn't fall in love with it. I wonder if it would make a good miniseries?
