Rhodes

[sinjinh1]

I just finished watching Rhodes.  I loved Martin's performance.  the supporting cast was great.  It was nice to actually see Joe Shaw in a role. I haven't seen Bad Girls or his Judge John Deed appearance yet, this was my first chance to see him act.  My only problem is Rhodes himself. 

After I started watching, I looked up Cecil Rhodes. I didn't find a likeable guy.  The storyline in the miniseries didn't really show him as a likeable guy.  He did have his moments and both Martin and Joe played him brilliantly. 

I think this was the first time I didn't like a character Martin has played.  Of course, I haven't see his entire filmography yet so it's possible there's another one out there that I probably won't like.  It's happened before with characters that Viggo Mortensen and Richard Dean Anderson have played. 

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I've not watched Rhodes all the way through yet (my disks kept sticking, but now I have new ones, so I can try again!) but I did know that his character was... not a very nice person so I wasn't expecting to like him really. I do like that about MS though - he doesn't just choose heroes as his roles! Although he has lately - maybe because Rhodes didn't go down very well, because it was about a part of British history that we don't like to remember? Hmmn - who knows?!

[sinjinh1.livejournal.com]

Could be that he wanted to tell this part of British history. And perhaps because the role was a challenge and against type. I like that he made this choice. It's good to play a baddie every once in a while.

[shaw012145.livejournal.com]

Rhodes is down the bottom of my list. As has been said, the man was not nice, however, he did play him well. Something I am happy to have in my Shaw Collection, but probably not something I will watch again.

[sinjinh1.livejournal.com]

Not sure if I'll watch it again or not. But it is nice to have it in the collection.