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I am always sad that they leave Cleo out of the adaptations, I love her so. The time we spend with Tom in New York in the novel also indicates that he is bisexual and has a muted sexuality which isn't uncommon with people that fall into the dark triad of personality disorders. I didn't like the portrayal of Freddy in the series. Making him queer instead of the ordinary albeit wealthy American man of the time makes Dickie's remarks about the gay men on the beach contradictory. Dickie is homophobic in the book, so making his close friend gay and then his having problems with Tom because he thinks he is gay makes little sense. Also, they made Freddy a complete ass which makes his murder less impactful. Tom feels bad about killing Freddy in the novel because Freddy stumbles onto the truth and Tom only killed him because he was a threat.
Thank you for the thoughts! 🙏 no hate here, the beauty of having multiple movie / series on the book is for sure being able to compare how the different characters are portrayed and then pick your favorite 😊
Ouch! However, I see where you’re coming from. Originally I thought the very idea of a ‘remark’ was sacrilege. The Anthony Minghella (RIP) interpretation was sublime. However , I decided to give this version a go. Visually it stands up, each shot is akin to art work. With regards to acting performances, plot and characterisation - I simply placed it in a box e.g. this is not a movie; it’s a serialisation. Judging it on those merits - it worked really well. I felt Andrew Scott’s performance was more aligned to the John Malkovich version of Ripley. I had the same issues with the supporting cast (e.g. Freddy (see PSH)). But this is another director/actor’s interpretation - one that’s successful, in its field. Now I’m off to reread the book ❤
Thanks for this. I plan on reading all the Ripley books just as soon as I finish the Slow Horses series. Have you by any chance watched that series on Apple TV? Would love an analysis of that series from you!
Thank you for the inspiration! 🙏 I have not yet watched the Apple TV series, and am currently working on a few others, but will definitely keep that in mind!
Some good analysis here; especially in regard to how Tom killing Dickie seemed preordained to a degree. Would definitely have liked to see Tom less of an oddball loner and to highlight his skills more. Would be interested to know if he was more clever in the book - in the series it seemed like lucked played a larger role and for every smart move he made he did something dumb (like not thinking his phone number would be published). The series is worth watching however if nothing else for the beautiful cinemaphotography and to hear lots of Italian spoken
