This adaptation of a Man for All Seasons actually make Thomas Moore less sympathetic. Charlton Heston plays him like he's playing Ben Hur or Moses... with this kind of overdrawn biblical epicness that seems a bit silly.
I think what would have been funnier would be the outtakes between Charlton and Vanessa Redgrave talking about politics between takes.
I honestly felt the Scofeild version gave Moore more humanity.
To be fair, though, even though AMFAS was part of my wonderful Catholic upbringing, I just can't see Moore as a sympathetic person at this point in my life. He threw away his life for really, nothing.
Some of the costumes are nice, and they reintroduced the "Common Man" character as an in-joke. But overall, an unneeded remake.
I think what would have been funnier would be the outtakes between Charlton and Vanessa Redgrave talking about politics between takes.
I honestly felt the Scofeild version gave Moore more humanity.
To be fair, though, even though AMFAS was part of my wonderful Catholic upbringing, I just can't see Moore as a sympathetic person at this point in my life. He threw away his life for really, nothing.
Some of the costumes are nice, and they reintroduced the "Common Man" character as an in-joke. But overall, an unneeded remake.