Only "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Ripley's Game" worked.
https://ew.com/ripley-andrew-scott-first-look-photos-8415057
Andrew Scott is usually very good in everything he is in, so there is hope.
shareI've never dug "The Talented Mr. Ripley" for some reason.
shareProbably because the story is boring. And so the new one is as well. Boring.
shareBoooring!
https://youtu.be/KZaCY8iU_70?t=27
As an example of this kind of thing, they did it pretty well. It helps if you don't know the story in advance though.
shareThis adaptation is by far the most faithful to the novel, and, in my opinion, is also the best of the three. The 1999 version was enjoyable, but it just didn't have the time to get into the details of the story. It also wasted some of its running time with added characters and subplots that were not in the novel.
shareThat's good to hear. I still need to get to watching it. Whenever I see "Netflix" I immediately worry about a great project getting messed up.
shareThey did.
Totally got the tone wrong.
Ripley is a boring fuck. Italy is dead as fuck. The ending was retarded.
The book is something else.
Minghella's movie is way closer to it, in many cases even better.
This series is bland and missed by a mile.
I wish there was a Minghella sequel with Damon.
We really enjoyed it. It was very quirky at times - almost like an old school Coen Brothers murder mystery. Very atmospheric. I thought Dakota was great as well.
shareYou sound like you (all of you that watched it together) have read a total of 0 Ripley novels.
shareThis is the first "Ripley" media I have ever partaken in.
shareWell, maybe that is why you enjoyed it.
It is an interesting character. And his stories are realistic and topsy turvy at the same time.
This Netflix series is not at all the best way to enjoy Highsmith's work.
Her novels are a good read.
Minghella's film was a great adaptation of the first book (even with the liberties he took).
I would say that's about it.
Any other film adaptation I have seen missed the mark by a mile, like this series.
Some are good on their own (like The American Friend, or even this series), but the tone is always wrong and they don't get Ripley's character and his motivations, nor the tone or the motivations of the author.