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psalm_onethirtyone) wrote2004-09-10 10:13 pm
psalm_onethirtyone) wrote2004-09-10 10:13 pm
"You Should See Me Dance the Polka, You Should See Me Cover the Ground..."
Jekyll&Hyde 1941 was the best thing ever. XD
But why in bloody hell can't anyone ever get Lanyon's name right? It's Hastie. It's an adorable name. He's not Richard; he's not John; he's Hastie! Mmph.
Also, this movie made John and Hastie into one person, conveniently named John Lanyon. Luckily, he was not wearing eye shadow, the way the other Lanyon was. He was actually kind of adorable. I grew very fond of him. Beatrix (Henry's fiancee du jour) should so have gone for him in the first place.
Oh, but this is definitely the movie that Alan Moore saw. Because Hyde actually makes Ivy (Henry's prostitute du jour) sing You Should See Me Dance the Polka for him, a lot, which makes her have hysterics, a lot. Actually, not just that, but a lot of things are the same--the psycho torturing methods used by Hyde; the transforming whenever someone irritates him; the methods of transformation, even. Clearly, Mr. Moore read the book, but it seems pretty clear he watched this movie too.
Oh dear God, Poole was so annoying! He was not a good butler. Merwin Bunter is a good butler. Poole was not. He was too intrusive, had too many opinions, talked too much, and never knew what was going on. All v. bad. Mmph. Lanyon's butler was so much better.
Also, the rabbit/rat scene in the beginning? Utterly priceless. Nothing will ever match that, ever.
Jekyll was the only person in the movie without an English accent, saving Ivy, who was French. He was American. It was truly torturous at times. He was also incredibly stupid at times, so that I found myself fuming at him helplessly. But that is unavoidable. Book!Jekyll was infuriating too, at times.
The girl who was Marcia (Henry's prostitute's best friend du jour) was so incredibly cute. I want to find other movies she's in.
All in all, am delighted.
And I still have the 1932 version for to-morrow! *squees* I can't wait! But Waen won't let me watch it to-night, because she wants to see Laurence of Arabia. Ah well. I can deal with that.
*squees a little more and takes "John" Lanyon and loves him to death*
But why in bloody hell can't anyone ever get Lanyon's name right? It's Hastie. It's an adorable name. He's not Richard; he's not John; he's Hastie! Mmph.
Also, this movie made John and Hastie into one person, conveniently named John Lanyon. Luckily, he was not wearing eye shadow, the way the other Lanyon was. He was actually kind of adorable. I grew very fond of him. Beatrix (Henry's fiancee du jour) should so have gone for him in the first place.
Oh, but this is definitely the movie that Alan Moore saw. Because Hyde actually makes Ivy (Henry's prostitute du jour) sing You Should See Me Dance the Polka for him, a lot, which makes her have hysterics, a lot. Actually, not just that, but a lot of things are the same--the psycho torturing methods used by Hyde; the transforming whenever someone irritates him; the methods of transformation, even. Clearly, Mr. Moore read the book, but it seems pretty clear he watched this movie too.
Oh dear God, Poole was so annoying! He was not a good butler. Merwin Bunter is a good butler. Poole was not. He was too intrusive, had too many opinions, talked too much, and never knew what was going on. All v. bad. Mmph. Lanyon's butler was so much better.
Also, the rabbit/rat scene in the beginning? Utterly priceless. Nothing will ever match that, ever.
Jekyll was the only person in the movie without an English accent, saving Ivy, who was French. He was American. It was truly torturous at times. He was also incredibly stupid at times, so that I found myself fuming at him helplessly. But that is unavoidable. Book!Jekyll was infuriating too, at times.
The girl who was Marcia (Henry's prostitute's best friend du jour) was so incredibly cute. I want to find other movies she's in.
All in all, am delighted.
And I still have the 1932 version for to-morrow! *squees* I can't wait! But Waen won't let me watch it to-night, because she wants to see Laurence of Arabia. Ah well. I can deal with that.
*squees a little more and takes "John" Lanyon and loves him to death*
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Anyway, I'm not really up to date about the numerous Jekyll/Hyde movies, but have you seen the one with Anthony Andrews? Is that one worth renting?
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Well, I've seen the one with John Barrymore and the one with Spencer Tracy so far; I've actually had more success with random abridged versions and cameos so far than I have with actual films. But I shall seek it out next, indeed I shall, and tell you immediately.
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