Jul
19
2005
Questions from A High and Hidden Place
- You were born in the wrong time. If you could live in any time period but our own, where and when would you live?
- A famous pub in Ireland letting you name a new drink. What would you name it and why? What would it consist of?
- What is the best book ever written and why did you love it so?
- Truth or dare? To bed with Gandalf, Frodo, or Samwise Gamgee?
- What is the sexiest part of the human body?
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Jul
19
2005
Dir: Mira Nair
Writ: Matthew Faulk, Mark Skeet, Julian Fellows based on the novel by William Makepiece Thackery
- Reese Witherspoon - Becky Sharp
- Gabriel Byrne - The Marquess of Steyne
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers - George Osborne
- Romola Garai - Amelia Sedley
- James Purefoy - Rawdon Crawley
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This is not a good film. To be honest it isn’t even worth discussing, apart from two aspects. There is wonderful look of the costumes, but it isn’t enough to keep you watching for the three thousand hours this film lasts. Okay, so it is really only 141 minutes, but by the end you really will be wondering why you bothered.
The other thing, well, that’d be James Purefoy. Yummy. Not only does he look very well, but the character is a lovely fella who deserved a lot better than he got. And he does smoulder very well.
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