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A Tale of Two Cities
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by Vid America
Sales Rank: 21090
Price: $19.99
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I wonder if any of the people who gave this film 5-star reviews have ever read the novel. This is one of the most painfully awful adaptations of a classic that I've ever seen. The creators of this film got everything wrong, from the writer's misbegotten decision to reveal, at the very beginning, ALL the shocking secrets that Mr Dickens felt were better revealed 3/4 of the way through the storyto messing with not only the timeline of the novel but also (painfully) of historyto the dreadful portrayal in the script (compounded by a stuffy actor) of Charles Darnay, in which a somewhat bland but sympathetic character is turned into a smug, snooty prig whose only positive attribute is his good looks. What does Lucie (who is much too ditsy and simpering as portrayed by Dorothy Tutin) see in this pill? This major miscalculation, which probably was intended to make gloomy Sydney more attractive to us in comparison, simply makes us wish that Sydney would just let the creep get shortened and run off with ditsy Lucie himself. <br /> <br />This said, if you are a hardcore TTC fan, you should probably watch it for Dirk Bogarde, who is *almost* as good as Ronald Colman in the role of Sydney Carton. Otherwise, skip it and watch the 1935 or 1989 versions instead.
Viewer Reviews
There is no comparison to this version of the movie, period.
Bogarde nailed it when he played the part, and it was very well cast in other areas. I will sit here and wait for it to come out on Region 1 DVD fromat PLEASE!!!!!
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