What are the best portrayals of literary characters?

[Anonymous No.18372034]

for me its Olivia Hussey as Juliet

[Anonymous No.18373010]

>>18372034
you just enjoyed her underaged titties

[Anonymous No.18373017]

>>18372034
You might enjoy this then, it's one of my favorite music videos of all time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30GvMSNHFCM

[Anonymous No.18373025]

>>18372034
Me as Raskolnikov

[Anonymous No.18373185]

this film sucks on almost every level, but irons (even with his 90210 extra hair) is the perfect HH

[Anonymous No.18373437]

Sean bean as Boromir was a fun portrayal even if I think Peter Jackson is a hack

[Anonymous No.18373439]

>>18373437
This; also, Ian McKellan as Gandalf was incredible too

[Anonymous No.18373480]

>>18373439
the casting was the best part of those movies for me desu

[Anonymous No.18373491]

>>18373010
pics pls

[Anonymous No.18373541]

not a fan of dep or thomson, but depp really did it well

[Anonymous No.18373607]

Brad Pitt Achilles

[Anonymous No.18373612]

>>18373185
Irons is also the perfect Charles Swann.

[Anonymous No.18373618]

Probs leopold bloom. Joyce explores so many sides of him.

[Anonymous No.18373652]

>>18373010
We watched this movie in my 8th-grade class and it has had a permanent impact on my sexual experience...

[Anonymous No.18373748]

The cast for the classic tv adaptations for the four great chinese novels was pretty amazing

>>18373017
thanks anon, and good taste, I adore that dance scene

[Anonymous No.18373934]

>>18373748
I've seen the Journey to the West tv series, are the other adaptations good?

[Anonymous No.18374043]

>>18373934
I haven't seen the Water Margin, but Dream of the Red Chamber and Romance of the Three Kingdoms are absolutely worth a look, the characters looks like they walked out of the book or an ancient painting, great musical numbers and poetic soundtrack too
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRk1cL6Ro4
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usKSxu7fYJE&t=584s
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKdZKfmZgCM

[Anonymous No.18374054]

>>18373010
That is the not so subtle reason why OP made this thread.
And yes, they're perfect.

[Anonymous No.18374072]

Sean Harris as Macduff was amazing. He acted circles around everyone else. Marion Cotillard was awful as Lady Macbeth, though.

[Anonymous No.18374090]

>>18373612
I think he looks more like the baron de Charlus. He does not look jewish enough to play Swann imo.

[Anonymous No.18374103]

the old lord of the flies stuck with me. Since they were all amateur kid actors they casted boys with the similar personalities as their book counterparts and let them go ham.
I especially liked this imperious evil little shit and the kid playing Roger, the kid who stoned Piggy, who apparently was a psycho irl who liked throwing lizards into fires and electric fans

[Anonymous No.18374110]

>>18374090
Should he have worn a prosthetic nose?

[Anonymous No.18374165]

>>18374110
He just has an aristocratic figure more fitting to someone like Mémé. He would've pulled very well the whole half woman half male thing Proust describes gays as having.

[Anonymous No.18374168]

>>18373185
its the authentic creep factor, during his scenes with the 15 year old actress sitting on his lap there was supposed to be a pillow between them, but he insisted not to use it.
also Juliette Binoche was so creeped out by him when filming a sex scene that she walked out of the set

[Anonymous No.18374200]

>>18374168
Where does that gif come from?

[Anonymous No.18374217]

>>18374200
Viy 1967, based on the Gogol short story. Its great and on youtube so give it a look

[Anonymous No.18374255]

>>18374217
Thanks, anon

[Anonymous No.18374357]

How accurate was Bjorn to book!Tadzio?

>>18374255
glad to help!

[Anonymous No.18374979]

>>18373652
why? How?

[Anonymous No.18375089]

>>18373491

[Anonymous No.18375097]

>>18375089
I masturbated in the bathroom after watching this in English class.

[Anonymous No.18375101]

>>18375089
nice

[Anonymous No.18375122]

We few, we happy few.

[Anonymous No.18375196]

>>18375089
As I recall, there's a nude scene too, at least a topless one. I vividly remember seeing her plump nipples.

[Anonymous No.18375205]

Achilles in the netflix adaption of The Iliad is such a refreshing take.

[Anonymous No.18375212]

>>18372034
the underground man

[Anonymous No.18375213]

God I would coom to her titties. Almost coomed in my pants. HNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[Anonymous No.18375246]

>>18375122
Laurence Olivier's is much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFHRNGYfuo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk_rPHoSc8w
Compare the two Crispin's Day Speech. Kenneth Branagh's performance needs music because his voice alone lacks emotion and power. Laurence Olivier sounds regal because he is simply better.

[Anonymous No.18375258]

>>18375246
Did anybody on here watch BBC's The Hollow Crown? Apparently it was a chronological adaptation of Shakespeare's Second and First Tetralogies, starting with Richard II and ending with Richard III. It had quite a star-studded cast, too. I've seen a few clips on YouTube and I'm tempted to watch the whole thing.

[Anonymous No.18375384]

>>18375258
It's meh. Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight is better.

[Anonymous No.18375391]

>>18375246
Olivier:
>What's he that wishes so?
Branagh:
>wHaT's hE tHaT wIsHeS sO????

[Anonymous No.18375393]

>>18375384
Doesn't Chimes At Midnight only adapt Henry IV Part 1 and Henry IV Part 2?

[Anonymous No.18375398]

>>18372034
Knew a girl who sort of looked like her and used to be an altar girl at the church I used to go

Tried to find her when I found out she went to the same college but turned out she has a chad boyfriend

ngmi

[Anonymous No.18375426]

>>18372034
for me, its addy H as addy H

[Anonymous No.18375588]

>>18373934
the cartoon Uproar In Heaven is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu0XosgxCyU

[Anonymous No.18375894]

>>18375205
haha

[Anonymous No.18376198]

>>18372034
>literary characters
How literary are we talking? The best films often/usually come from minor/pulpy books. Anyway:

>Vivian Leigh, Scarlet O'Hara, Gone With The Wind
The only thing that might be wrong is she doesn't have a broad enough Southern accent. That doesn't bother me too much because I'm not American. Does it bother Americans?

>Paul Scofield, Thomas More, A Man For All Seasons
I suspect the real Thomas More was a bit nastier than this, as he's depicted in the play, Scofield does it perfectly.

>Alec Guinness, George Smiley, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series)
Le Carré was so taken with this performance that he wrote some of AG's mannerisms into later Smiley books (e.g. cleaning his glasses on the end of his tie).

>Brian Cox, Hannibal Lecter, Manhunter (Red Dragon)
Hopkins was more attention-grabbing but a bit too camp. Cox said he based his performance on a Scottish serial killer IIRC.

>>18373185
I thought the 1990s Lolita wasn't at all bad. Much better than Kubrick's. And yes, Jeremy Irons was good as HH. (JI is good in creepy roles because he's creepy, let's face it.)

>Scott Haze, Lester Ballard, Child of God
Not sure why this film isn't better known. It's pretty good, and a really great performance. (All the performances in No Country were good too.)

GREATEST MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR PORTRAYAL OF A LITERARY CHARACTER IN THE HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD:
>Daniel Day-Lewis, Captain Ahab, Moby Dick
Ripe for a remake. (The John Huston version is a terrible. Gregory Peck is a nice guy and all but he's no Ahab.) Imagine DDL in full Plainview mode as Ahab. They could have done the special effects properly too (think Master & Commander).

[Anonymous No.18376347]

>>18376198
anything goes

>Vivien Leigh, Scarlet O'Hara, Gone with the Wind

great pick

[Anonymous No.18376974]

>>18375393
Yeah, but the First Tetralogy isn't that good.

[Anonymous No.18376984]

>>18375588
Pretty cool. Makes you wonder why the Chinese Animation industry isn't as big as the Japanese.

[Anonymous No.18377045]

>>18375588
Peking opera as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIHJzqE96A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCDFIW4xg

[Anonymous No.18377050]

>>18376198
>I thought the 1990s Lolita wasn't at all bad. Much better than Kubrick's.
we’re reaching levels of shit taste that shouldn’t even be possible

[Anonymous No.18377073]

>>18373010
Yes

[Anonymous No.18377130]

>>18375588
Don't forget Pigsy Eats Watermelon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GqecXgtoXU

[Anonymous No.18377165]

>>18373652
Same bro

[Anonymous No.18377844]

>>18374103
Love that film. The kids are great.

[Anonymous No.18377876]

>>18376198
>Imagine DDL in full Plainview mode as Ahab
muh dick

[Anonymous No.18377993]

>>18377844
same, I love the creepy nature docu vibe

[Anonymous No.18378023]

>>18372034
>he doesn't prefer the definitive claire danes portrayal

[Anonymous No.18378249]

>>18378023
>MTV references in Shakespeare film
yikes

[Anonymous No.18378263]

>>18372034
i want to see jizz on her face

[Anonymous No.18378294]

[Anonymous No.18378301]

>>18375097
I guarantee you someone heard or knew

[Anonymous No.18378477]

>>18373185
>>18373612
Irons is something special

[Anonymous No.18378487]

>>18372034
Here's an obvious one

[Anonymous No.18378617]

>>18373010
Saw it freshman year of highschool, and I remember her ass alot more than her tits.

[Anonymous No.18379053]

>>18378617

[Anonymous No.18379766]

>all these comments thirsting over a 15 year olds breasts

I thought this was the smart board not the coomer board

[Anonymous No.18380339]

>>18378487
who dis?

[Anonymous No.18380365]

>>18380339
Some douchebag wearing a hat.

[Anonymous No.18380432]

>>18379766
You should read more pynchon. Breasts are breasts and men are men. Doesn't matter if the girls married or jail bait, there will always be a primordeal part of our minds lusting after her

[Anonymous No.18380506]

>>18373185
>>18373612
And the perfect Charles Ryder.

[Anonymous No.18380526]

>>18372034
Al Pacino as Shylock

[Anonymous No.18380641]

>>18380339
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes

[Anonymous No.18380668]

>>18372034
Franco Citti as Oedipus

[Anonymous No.18380855]

>>18378487
How I imagine the devil in Master and Margarita looked

[Anonymous No.18380885]

>>18378487
thank you!

>>18380855
you're right, good taste

[Anonymous No.18380915]

>>18372034
Uppercut her bussy

[Anonymous No.18381255]

>>18378617
Found the African

[Anonymous No.18381298]

>>18373480
This. Those actors couldn’t be replaced with anyone else

[Anonymous No.18381311]

>>18374217
Just wanted to give another shoutout to Gogol and Viy

[Anonymous No.18381329]

>>18375258
It's good, but confirming that Chimes at Midnight shits on it. Easily my favoutite movie. Absolutely sublime.

[Anonymous No.18381505]

>>18379766
They aren't mutually exclusive

[Anonymous No.18382230]

>>18375246
Wow they both suck.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » No.18382292]

>>18378617
Aaah okay

[Anonymous No.18382351]

>>18376198
>Brian Cox, Hannibal Lecter, Manhunter (Red Dragon)
Hipster.

[Anonymous No.18382485]

>>18382230
Post a vocaroo of you performing St. Crispin's Day speech, faggot.

[Anonymous No.18382499]

>>18376198
I really thought Clark Gable as Rhett Butler was 11/10

[Anonymous No.18382586]

>>18372034
the cast of the Three Musketeers in the 70s was great and the films themselves was aesthetic kino

[Anonymous No.18382602]

>>18382485
I would blend them both together and be perfect. With the acting of Branagh without the autism, and the formal "look I'm acting" of Olivier.

[Anonymous No.18382629]

[Anonymous No.18382820]

>>18382292
check it out butters is here. one of the boys!

[Anonymous No.18383290]

>>18378487
Good, but also incorrect.

[Anonymous No.18383332]

>>18372034
>>18373010
Best Mary as well.

[Anonymous No.18383350]

>>18383332
yup, that was the first time I saw her and I almost fell of the sofa because of how beautiful she was. She looks like an angel, no wonder God choose her to be the mother of his child

[Anonymous No.18383354]

>>18383332
best portrayal of Mary was Passion of the Christ tho imo. The depiction of suffering and strength was amazing

[Anonymous No.18383385]

>>18383332

[Anonymous No.18383408]

>>18375196
There is

[Anonymous No.18383773]

>>18372034
Ornella Muti as Odette de Crecy

[Anonymous No.18383801]

Frank Herbert's description of Paul Atreides
>His oval face was like his mother Jessica's, but he had stronger bones and a browline reminiscent of his maternal grandfather. He had a thin, disdainful nose, long lashes concealing lime-toned, directly staring green eyes, and a hardness in the expression like the old Duke, his paternal grandfather.

[Anonymous No.18383844]

>>18383801
I'm pretty happy with that Paul

[Anonymous No.18383876]

Writer Kan Shimozawa created Zatoichi, but Katsu immortalized him.

[Anonymous No.18383934]

>>18382499
Yeah he was good. So was Olivia De Havilland. Leslie Howard was the weakest of the central four I think.

[Anonymous No.18384062]

>>18383844
Same, exactly how I imagined him in the books, spookily so

[Anonymous No.18384130]

>>18374103
The old film rocks

[Anonymous No.18384145]

>>18373185
Yeah, that’s amazing. It’s almost exactly how I imagined him to look and I never watched the movie before reading the book

[Anonymous No.18384155]

Yes, they are children’s books and I wouldn’t be caught dead reading Harry Potter as an adult, but these three really knocked it out of the park

[Anonymous No.18384223]

>>18372034
One of my earliest faps. God I was so in love with her.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.18384596]

Iphigenia

[Anonymous No.18384675]

>>18382602
Then do it fucktard

[Anonymous No.18384684]

>>18384596
Butterfly, you'll never be as pretty as her. Even in your prime, you were less than her right shoulder, and now, everyday, you age more and more ugly.

[Anonymous No.18384688]

>>18384684
kek, why does everyone hate butterfly btw

[Anonymous No.18384859]

>>18384596
patrician taste

[Anonymous No.18384899]

The Fry and Laurie Jeeves and Wooster is about as close to perfect as anything I've ever seen.

[Anonymous No.18385134]

>>18380506
Yes for the old Charles Ryder, no for the young Charles Ryder.

[Anonymous No.18386322]

[Anonymous No.18386421]

>>18384688
election tourists

[Anonymous No.18387549]

bump

[Anonymous No.18389048]

>>18373010
Yes, and?

[Anonymous No.18389078]

>>18374357
>book!Tadzio
>noun!Character
i just had the most painful tumblr flashback, thanks anon

[Anonymous No.18389518]

>>18384688
People always hated her.

[Anonymous No.18389808]

>>18383354
Everyone was perfect in The Passion of Christ. Jim especially did justice to our Lord Jesus Christ.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.18389847]

>>18389518
>People
>anonymous thinks he’s people

[Anonymous No.18389938]

>>18389847
Butterfly, you'll always be as pretty as her. Even at your worst, she's less than your right shoulder, and now, everyday, you age more and more beautiful.

[Anonymous No.18389942]

>>18375258
>the British Broadcasting Corporation
so, there were no white people in it, then?

[Anonymous No.18389951]

>>18373010
They never showed this film in school and showed us the modernized version with Leo instead. I knew why.

[Anonymous No.18389972]

>>18372034

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[Anonymous No.18390032]

>>18389951
>the modernized version
trash in comparison
treat yourself to the Zeffirelli version

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.18390486]

Mädchen in Uniform 1931
Versus...

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.18390491]

Mädchen in Uniform 1958?

[Anonymous No.18390498]

>>18390486
>Mädchen in Uniform
What a shocker a Jew was the one who directed this trash.

[Anonymous No.18390543]

>>18376198
>Russell Crowe & Paul Bettany, Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin, Master and Commander
And of course the sequel was, if anything, even better. Well done, Hollywood!

>Michael Caine & Sean Connery, Peachy Carnehan & Daniel Dravot, The Man Who Would Be King
They got the tone dead right — serious+comic and the characters themselves know it.

>Michael MacLiammoir, Iago, Othello
Exactly how I imagine him. MM was mostly a stage actor. He only did a couple of films.

>Louise Fletcher, Nurse Ratchett, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
A great performance, almost perfect. The only flaw: she really should have big tits.

[Anonymous No.18390796]

>>18372034
For me it's Vanessa Hadaway as "Juliet."

[Anonymous No.18390801]

>>18373437
>Peter Jackson is a hack
Wartch the rest of his ouerve you plebe.

[Anonymous No.18390816]

>>18375246
Check out the Coriolanus (2011) with Ralph Fiennes.

[Anonymous No.18391184]

>>18374103
I was surprised by the charisma of Jack's actor despite being like 13

[Anonymous No.18391724]

>>18373437
also Sean Bean as Ned Stark. Best casting in the series

[Anonymous No.18391742]

>>18383290
Extremely based

[Anonymous No.18392032]

>>18384688
No one likes butterfly, and the three people you see not calling him a tranny are leftypol orbiters

[Anonymous No.18392831]

bump i need films to watch