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The sister was not what stood Charles' and Sebastian's friendship in the way. They were virtually strangers meeting again on the cruiser years later and nevertheless they seemed to suddenly hit it off. In the original not enough scenes were implanted for credibility, except probably the scene where Charles lights her cigarette. In the film the romance between Charles and Sebastian's sister is elaborated much more. But he lacks the wonderful narrating voice of Irons, which research has shown to be one of the best around.

I like especially his ambivalent apparition (homosexual, heterosexual, both, or doesn't it matter?). Matthew Goode does quite a good job as a substitute of Jeremy Irons. His unpredictability which finally makes him decide for his daughter is well done, especially considered his playground was virtually no more than a static death bed! And then the scene where he is offered a ride in a car down the steps, which he refuses since he doesn't want to admit it might be his last. Laurence had probably one of the best performances of all, and clearly echoes his naughtiness as he portrayed in A Little Romance then a few years earlier.

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In the TV series the actor is more serious, and the fun is not there. Geilgud plays brilliantly the teasing but not totally indifferent father, who seems stop Charles from the insipid surroundings in the summer but finally lets him go. All I can do is summarize in details the pluses and minuses of the film versus the TV production so here it goes: The fathers from original were two of the best actors of the century John Geilgud (Shakespeare) and the (incomparable) Laurence Olivier. Overall not a bad movie, but no, not the magical resonance the original had.

Nevertheless, I tried to watch it without prejudice. All of us who have watched the TV series know it is virtually impossible to surpass it, in film or TV production. That means the director had to grasp the original TV show in two hours, so no other choice than a 'The Best Of' compilation remains, it seems.The disadvantage of it is, that what is left out suddenly becomes painfully missing. No wonder anyone would want to try to relive that magic! So now there is Brideshead the movie. HuggoД®very once in a few decades something like Brideshead comes along. That was despite her and Lord Marchmain's (Sir Michael Gambon's) own marriage being in name only, as he lived in Venice with his mistress, Cara (Greta Scacchi). But the biggest obstacle to Charles being intimately involved with anyone in the Flyte family was the family matriarch, Lady Marchmain (Dame Emma Thompson), a strict and devout Catholic who ruled the family with that adherence to a strict Catholic lifestyle. Although Charles and Sebastian were more than just friends, Charles ultimately fell in love with Sebastian's sister, Julia Flyte (Hayley Atwell). Charles ended up getting caught up in Sebastian's family struggles, where Sebastian used excessive alcohol to deal with the pain resulting from his family relationships. Charles first met Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw) when they both were students at Oxford, where Sebastian surprisingly welcomed Charles into his circle of equally wealthy, somewhat stuck-up, and flamboyant friends. The locale, which is not unfamiliar to him, makes him reminisce about what ended up being his doomed relationship with Brideshead's owners, the Flytes, an ostentatiously wealthy family. He is currently an Army officer, who is stationed at a makeshift camp set up at Brideshead estate before imminently getting shipped into battle. Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode), in his civilian life, rose out of his middle class London background, which includes being an atheist and having a distant relationship with his eccentric father, to become an up and coming artist.

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