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Post by davidl1061 Fri 06 Jan 2012, 7:59 am

Did anybody see this over Christmas/New year? I had never read the book and my gf wanted to watch it. I have to say I thought it was absolutely awesome, will definitely be getting the book to read. Ray Winstone and Gillian Anderson in particular were fantastic in it!

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Post by Fists of Fury Fri 06 Jan 2012, 10:34 am

Thoroughly enjoyed it, david, and that was after I'd been forced to sit there and watch it against my will by the missus!

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Post by Guest Fri 06 Jan 2012, 1:00 pm

I thought it was a brilliant adaptation, one of the best I've seen. The book is brilliant, just takes a while to get used to Dicken's writing style. His characterisation is absolutely superb though.

Havisham imo is one of the best characters he's ever created, and Anderson did a fantastic job, have to say.

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Post by dyrewolfe Mon 09 Jan 2012, 4:03 pm

Agreed. Thought it was a very good adaptation...was surprised how well Gillian Anderson played Miss Havisham too. Would've liked some of the less-central characters, such as Joe Gargery, Pumblechook and Jaggers to get a bit more screen time, but other than that, couldn't fault it.

Thought the final scene was just perfect.
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Post by Guest Mon 09 Jan 2012, 4:45 pm

Yeah, I think Joe Gargery was the only disappointment in it for me, just didn't quite get him right/include him enough to really show the relationship he and Pip have.

Agree with you on the final scene.

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Post by Sir. badgerhands Tue 10 Jan 2012, 4:42 pm

Not once did Joe say "What larks Pip" and that made me feel slightly sad.

As an adaptation I thought it was pretty good.

Wasn't overly keen on Gillian Anderson as Haversham but I put that down to Dickens painting such a vivid picture of her in the book as opposed to any fault of Anderson.

Also I don't remember Pip being such a git in the book and forgetting Joe so severly, could be wrong though as it's been a few years since I read it.

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Post by MtotheC's Wrasslin Biatch Mon 18 Jun 2012, 10:00 am

I finally got round to watching this last night on the TiVo. (Weird watching a programme in mid-June with Christmas BBC idents)

I enjoyed it so much I watched all 3 in one sitting. Never read the book, but I though the story was superb and had some really good performances in it.

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