![]() Gormenghast will provide a glimpse into our own world, and even though it's not always pretty, it's always done in beautiful colors. ![]() I would rather see it as a fantastic movie, where the laws of the "normal" world aren't broken - just a little bent out of shape. It has no or few classic fantasy elements at all in it. Some has been left out, of course, but there's still plenty of material left to build the characters of the story. (Although I would have loved to see this in a cinema!) Good actors and an excitingly stylistic production makes this a worthwhile four hours. So what do I think about the mini series? Well, obviously no one would dare do what Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema did with the aforementioned movie, so I guess a four part mini series was the next best thing. ![]() ![]() To me, the story of Titus Groan, 77'th earl of Gormenghast, is one that can actually compete with Tolkien's "The Lord Of The Rings". The life and times of Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Gormenghast - a vast stronghold of crumbling masonry steeped in immemorial ritual and inhabited by an extraordinary cavalcade of characters including the kitchen boy, Steerpike, who ruthlessly rises to the upper echelons of dynastic power through mischief and murder. I've read Mervyn Peake's books over and over again. ![]()
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