Brideshead Revisited, Revisited

As the Julian Jarrold version of Brideshead Revisited drags it's heals to the cinemas, its one saving grace would appear to be the casting of Ben Whishaw as Sebastian Flyte. We last saw Ben in the gritty Criminal Justice on the Beeb & he pulled off a magnificent performace making me want to see more from him, shame it has to be in this film.

Why am I so anti the film? Because I love the book, which introduced me to the wonderful world of Waugh & I love the 80s series, which made me a fan of both Jeremy Irons & Anthony Andrews. The series will always have fond memories for me.

The problem for any film of Brideshead will be doing the book justice & even at over 2 hours I'm not sure that this film can have. For me, the story is about Charles' obsession with a family, catholicism & the dying nobility so I'm some what appalled to see a steamy sex scene in the trailer.

Oh well, I will have to go see the film if only to see Ben's performance.