I'm not a fan of these tedious feature-film re-imaginings of classic or hoary television properties. "The Wild Wild West" movie was particularly awful, and "I Spy" was pretty bad too. As for "The Avengers," I will cop to loving the '60s run with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. And I wanted to love the film, but I think it was a pale and flaccid imitation of the TV show.
Like the series, the movie hinged on the the core relationship of Steed and Mrs. Peel, and there was no hope that Fiennes and Thurman could approximate the chemistry, glee, wit, and warmth that Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg brought to the characters - particularly with a feeble, clumsily camp script. The retro vibe seemed stilted rather than charming, and all of Connery's bluster and even the talents of Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, and the criminally wasted Eddie Izzard couldn't save the proceedings. Then again, Ed makes an interesting point. If the film hadn't been branded "The Avengers" and the lead characters hadn't been named Steed and Peel... Nah, it still would've been a bomb. On Mar 24, 1:53 am, Ed Dravecky <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am bracing myself for all the sh*t I'm going to take for admitting > > this, but as movies from TV shows go, I thought "The Avengers" with > > Ralph Fiennes at Steed and Uma Thurman as Peel was a fun watch. > > No, I'm with you on this one, it was fun but what it wasn't was "The > Avengers". It was also clear that there had been a good movie here > that fell to studio notes and hard re-editing to become a slick > no-brainer bit of fun but no reason to ever watch it twice. Or > remember anything about it other than "Sean Connery in a teddy bear > suit". I'd pay real money to see an honest director's cut of that > movie. > > -- > Ed Dravecky IIIhttp://www.fencon.org/ -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
