Lady Chatterly

[Asheth]

Is anyone watching? Couldn't see a thread but please link for me if there's already one!

Am I the only person pissed off that they didn't bother with the cunt speech?

I adored the book and all the contrasting parts, 90 mins just wasn't enough. It was badly cast IMO, they had no chemistry at all.

They didn't use the phrase 'her crisis' once.

So much of the key material was left out and the sex scenes weren't even that great to make up for it.

Another vote here for the dark blue embroidered outfit, wish I knew a good tailor who could copy it!

Yes I remarked on that, although I did think it didnt meet in the middle and might not be practical

So what's the Sean Bean version like?......

Much.......earthier.

Actually I've just realised that Sean Bean played new grumpy little Melloer's dad on Game of Thrones.

And now they're rutting gardeners in arms too.

Much.......earthier.
Yes, that sounds more my cup of tea ;)

Earthier; more sex?

I found Joely Richardson irritating and whiney in the Sean Bean version. But Sean Bean was awesome. I remember a lot of chemistry between the two characters and the story was developed over a number of episodes. I felt it probably captured the atmosphere of the book.

Our Sean does do grumpy and earthy so well.

Tsk Noah who needs practical.

I think earthier is the perfect description. it's on YouTube

I think it's a 90 minute one off isn't it?

"things which would cast Connie in a different life. Mellors isn't her first affair is he?"

Eh? Is there a suggestion in the book that she'd had an extra-marital affair before? Duncan is an ex-boyfriend from before her marriage to Clifford.

She has an affair with an artist iirc?! Michael? Or similar.

Thanks Anne.

Oh damn. I was going to watch this but my parents just told me that LC herself is played by someone I used to sort-of know (my 'auntie' used to work in TV so we played together at an event when she was her chaperone) - I've enjoyed watching her in other things, it's great that her career is going so well but I'm not sure I could watch her in this kind of thing :o

Realise i am a week late to the thread but I thought this was really disappointing! I felt sorry for Connies husband and thought Connies may well live to regret running off with the gardener when she realises what being completely potless means.

Plus I struggled to believe a man with a really bad chest like Mellors clearly had would be that good in bed

I'm a week late too, mainly because I've had to re- register my account, but I agree. Very disappointing. Especially as I made DH watch it and he was vindicated! I agree with Squoosh. The ending was ridiculously romanticised. The sequel, with them living in a hovel while he was unemployable and she was disgraced presumably won't be made. I'd also forgotten how cringingly embarrassing it is for a man to have given his penis both a first and a surname!

I watched it yesterday - never read the book as I have previously found DHLawrence a bit too hard-going - left with the general impression that it could have been a dramatisation of a mills&boon story - I suspect the literary merit of the written work lies heavily in descriptions of feelings and thoughts which didn't make it into the film.

loved mellors/robb stark though (and his hair)