So I'm thinking of doing a comparison of the major ATOTC films to decide who's the best Sydney Carton. I know, I still need to review Our Mutual Friend and the 1989 Great Expectations. The Olympics came on and I got behind. But I still want to do this project sometime soon. I've already re-watched the James Wilby version. I also own the Colman and Bogarde versions, so those are coming up next.
Two questions:
1) Do I need to include the Chris Sarandon version? I don't own it, but I could Netflix it. But as I think I've said before, I remember seeing bits of it and not liking it, a long time ago. I have this hazy memory of Sarandon as Darnay (he's the only one of the Cartons I've mentioned who played Darnay as well) making weird faces at Lucie while trying to be romantic, that were not exactly endearing. Still, I think it's generally considered one of the major adaptations, so I have a feeling I ought to include it. Thoughts on this? Has anyone seen it, and if so, what do you think?
(I will say in Sarandon's defense that he was very good in a guest spot on Psych last night!)
2) If anyone would like to do a similar project with Dickens adaptations, let me know -- I'd be happy to let you do a guest post. It might be fun to make an ongoing series out of it, with multiple contributors. You wouldn't necessarily have to compare actors; you could compare the films themselves, or the quality of the writing, or directing, or whatever struck your fancy.
But I will refrain from setting timelines and deadlines for any of this at the moment, because as we've seen, I'm not very good at keeping to them.
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