Doyle's Lost World(s)
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 12:29 pm
This weekend, I watched the 2001 BBC/A&E production of "The Lost World," based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel about Professor Challenger.
It was a lot of fun. I've always liked Bob Hoskins ever since I saw his Iago in "Othello" and "The Long Good Friday" in the same month. He was suitably dynamic as Challenger, and the rest of the cast was very good with one exception. Whoever thought Peter Falk would be a good religious fanatic should have his head examined.
However, apart from Falk's scenes, the movie flowed well and had terrific action. The dinosaur scenes were wonderfully handled, with some of the big beasts expressing personality, and the big battle scene was quite well handled.
It seems that "The Lost World" has been filmed a great deal. I've never seen the 1925 version. I think Claude Rains played Challenger around 1960, and I think I watched that version on TV for about ten minutes once. There may be a TV version from the 90s as well.
Which one do you like?
It was a lot of fun. I've always liked Bob Hoskins ever since I saw his Iago in "Othello" and "The Long Good Friday" in the same month. He was suitably dynamic as Challenger, and the rest of the cast was very good with one exception. Whoever thought Peter Falk would be a good religious fanatic should have his head examined.
However, apart from Falk's scenes, the movie flowed well and had terrific action. The dinosaur scenes were wonderfully handled, with some of the big beasts expressing personality, and the big battle scene was quite well handled.
It seems that "The Lost World" has been filmed a great deal. I've never seen the 1925 version. I think Claude Rains played Challenger around 1960, and I think I watched that version on TV for about ten minutes once. There may be a TV version from the 90s as well.
Which one do you like?