HYSTERICAL! I have to try that prank on someone, treat them like a very welcomed foreigner-explain every slang, translate money into the country of origin-perfect! His father is just like my mother; I could spend a month not talking to her and she wouldn't notice!
LOL That was hilarious when he pulls out the book at dinner and his father gets all upset with him! But he's a very funny character! It's so strange to see a young Jeremy Irons...I like him better older, actually.
John Gielgud is an amazing Ryder Senior. Just like in the book. Mr. Ryder has to be played as doddering, but malicious, and too many actors stray into the doddering territory when portraying the character. Gielgud plays it to perfection, with that touch of bite and asperity with those occasional malevolent looks behind a facade of apparent eccentricity and senility. He is a man who hoards his reclusiveness and treats his son with disdain accordingly, but with a veneer of civility.
Hurm. I'd suspect you're trolling but you seem quite serious about Gielgud being the only bright light of the whole thing. We're lucky some overzealous editor wasn't given leave to snip snip snip and make it more palatable to the impatient. The joy of reading Waugh's prose is almost matched by hearing Irons' intonation of the lines.
@MichaelAntonian I thought he tore up the letter because he didn't want it to be found and for people(his father especially) to think they were a couple. I am sure sebastian wrote a sweet letter.
Throughout the whole series it was never explicitly stated that there was any coupling between them, and even lord Marchmain's Italian lover described it as a special kind of love, but not necessarily openly homosexual, as most likely in the case of Anthony Blanche and later Mr Samgrass, and as presumably between Sebastian and his German companion.
Waugh's specialty for black comedy as seen in any number of his novels is undeniable but the adventures of Guy Crouchback this is not! Brideshead always stood out to me as being so much more serious than a Decline and Fall or Black Mischief.
For all his blond glorious good looks, Sebastian started to bore me already. It's these excerpts of Charles' interactions with other people, at this point, that appeals and endears me to the unfolding story.
Indeed. It is a perfect performance, and quite hilarious. Indeed, it is one of the very few things about this adaptation I find watchable. The soundtrack (Geoffrey Burgon) is wonderful too, perfectly evoking pathos, decline and nobility.Charles Ryder (Irons) is an insipid drip and dull beyond words. Sebastian Flyte (Edwards) is a spoiled brat who is not in the least bit sympathetic. The pace is glacial and monotonous. Gielgud steals the show despite having only a handful of lines.
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HYSTERICAL! I have to try that prank on someone, treat them like a very welcomed foreigner-explain every slang, translate money into the country of origin-perfect! His father is just like my mother; I could spend a month not talking to her and she wouldn't notice!
Seen this a couple of times... I Believe Evelyn Vaughn wrote about His own history as so man's writers do....wonderful Story!!!!
LOL That was hilarious when he pulls out the book at dinner and his father gets all upset with him! But he's a very funny character! It's so strange to see a young Jeremy Irons...I like him better older, actually.
John Gielgud is an amazing Ryder Senior. Just like in the book. Mr. Ryder has to be played as doddering, but malicious, and too many actors stray into the doddering territory when portraying the character. Gielgud plays it to perfection, with that touch of bite and asperity with those occasional malevolent looks behind a facade of apparent eccentricity and senility. He is a man who hoards his reclusiveness and treats his son with disdain accordingly, but with a veneer of civility.
Does anyone know what the cello piece is that the guest is playing (yes, quite dreadfully)?
why did he tear up the letter?
Hurm. I'd suspect you're trolling but you seem quite serious about Gielgud being the only bright light of the whole thing.
We're lucky some overzealous editor wasn't given leave to snip snip snip and make it more palatable to the impatient. The joy of reading Waugh's prose is almost matched by hearing Irons' intonation of the lines.
@MichaelAntonian I thought he tore up the letter because he didn't want it to be found and for people(his father especially) to think they were a couple. I am sure sebastian wrote a sweet letter.
Throughout the whole series it was never explicitly stated that there was any coupling between them, and even lord Marchmain's Italian lover described it as a special kind of love, but not necessarily openly homosexual, as most likely in the case of Anthony Blanche and later Mr Samgrass, and as presumably between Sebastian and his German companion.
I doubt as if his father would have noticed or reacted. He didn’t hear when Charles was involved in the drink driving incident with Sebastian
Ghastly evening!!! How wretched of Charles not to intervene on his guests behalf. dreadful cello playing :-/
Waugh's specialty for black comedy as seen in any number of his novels is undeniable but the adventures of Guy Crouchback this is not!
Brideshead always stood out to me as being so much more serious than a Decline and Fall or Black Mischief.
For all his blond glorious good looks, Sebastian started to bore me already. It's these excerpts of Charles' interactions with other people, at this point, that appeals and endears me to the unfolding story.
@Shufei it is quite obvious the guest is english why does the dad pretend otherwise.
Because it’s part of the bizarre formality of English aristocracy
@skylur44 charles dad does seem pretty kooky so I am sure it is a joke that only he gets. haha
Indeed. It is a perfect performance, and quite hilarious. Indeed, it is one of the very few things about this adaptation I find watchable. The soundtrack (Geoffrey Burgon) is wonderful too, perfectly evoking pathos, decline and nobility.Charles Ryder (Irons) is an insipid drip and dull beyond words. Sebastian Flyte (Edwards) is a spoiled brat who is not in the least bit sympathetic. The pace is glacial and monotonous. Gielgud steals the show despite having only a handful of lines.
@LitCrit101 the food looks so bland just like the conersation with jockins