hello, charles

so last night i watched brideshead revisited with C. J had warned me i'd probably wish i had saved my money and waited to rent it, but you know i don't listen. background: this movie is a book that became a 6 part miniseries in the 80s (I think, maybe before). i'd heard a lot of mixed reviews on the movie. vanity fair interviewed the actor that plays charles ryder, and my assessment was that they liked the movie, but most people i've talked to think the movie didn't do the miniseries justice. i don't think it did either.
it was a good movie, but there were a lot of "relationships" that needed 5 more parts to develop and likely capture the proper emotion (whether it be tension or passion or anger) behind the relationship. the julia-charles relationship could have been more developed to where you were cheering by the end of the movie that they finally got together (i did not just ruin it for you, you know from the beginning this is coming), the sebastien-charles relationship could have been that much more heartbreaking... i think all this movie needed was more time.

p.s. i've you've ever smoked, watching this movie is going to send you into a nic fit. just saying.