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Post by queenzod on Aug 29, 2022 22:55:53 GMT
Are there people who have met BC and DON’T like him? 😉
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 18, 2023 23:41:26 GMT
Interesting considering that it bombed at the box office at the time!
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Post by mllemass on Apr 19, 2023 0:18:36 GMT
Maybe the movie was better known in the UK, where they’re doing the play.
Benedict had all the funniest scenes in the movie, so I wonder how that will come across with a different actor.
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Post by queenzod on Apr 19, 2023 1:25:28 GMT
Is David Nichols adapting his book/screenplay? It has a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes and is well considered, although I tend to fast forward through the non-BC parts. I can’t imagine a different actor being able to do so well as BC did. He absolutely stole that film! ☺️
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 19, 2023 2:16:38 GMT
It was very well received by critics but it actually wasn’t very successful at the box office. Tom Hanks was the produced, by the way, www.refinery29.com/en-us/2013/12/58248/tom-hanks-benedict-cumberbatchI have always said that you kinda feel bad for BC’s character at the end even when he is presented as a kinda villainous buffoon at the beginning and on the other hand, I totally hated James McAvoy at the end. I couldn’t believe the movie was asking for sympathy for that cheater just because he was “working class”! Well, call me crazy but I think there are working class people who aren’t cheaters! So working class cheaters doesn’t need more sympathy than non-working class cheaters! |
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Post by queenzod on Apr 19, 2023 3:03:57 GMT
That ending just showed his true character - a morally ambiguous person who was unable to resist temptation, both with the Alice Eve character and with the quiz results. He was young and made bad decisions like most young people do. I didn’t put it down to his class (he was raised better than that), I put it down to his character. Your mileage may vary. 😉
Which is a good case why we need a SEQUEL. Modern day, they’re all grown up and married with kids - James’ character and BC’s live in the same town and teach at the local uni, still having milder types of rivalries. They get a chance to “redo” their loss from 20 years ago and take it. James has grown as a person and so has BC, but still with vestiges of their old quirks. Mark Gatiss can even return as the quiz moderator. 😃
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Post by jbc12 on Apr 19, 2023 6:52:24 GMT
I'd very much like to watch that sequel!
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Post by MagdaFR on Aug 19, 2023 18:45:45 GMT
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Post by mllemass on Aug 19, 2023 20:33:06 GMT
Every line Benedict says in the movie is gold, but my favourites are:
“Let’s just crack on, shall we?” And “Stab, stab, stab” In fact, every time I hear or read the word “stab”, I think of Benedict’s “Stab, stab, stab”. Ha!
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