Sharpe
Posted: March 29th, 2010, 9:30 am
I watched "Sharpe's Challenge" on Masterpiece Theater last night.
It was very predictable, but at least it wasn't yet another Jane Austen adaptation, so I stuck with it. It was fun and the battle scenes were well staged. I thought Sean Bean was a bit stiff and far prefered the guy who played the English renegade. The "practice" duel he fought with Sharpe was very well done.
Has anyone seen the earlier Sharpe TV series, or read the Sharpe novels? Or anything by Bernard Cornwell?
The plot of "Sharpe's Challenge" made me think of the Flashman stories played seriously.
It was very predictable, but at least it wasn't yet another Jane Austen adaptation, so I stuck with it. It was fun and the battle scenes were well staged. I thought Sean Bean was a bit stiff and far prefered the guy who played the English renegade. The "practice" duel he fought with Sharpe was very well done.
Has anyone seen the earlier Sharpe TV series, or read the Sharpe novels? Or anything by Bernard Cornwell?
The plot of "Sharpe's Challenge" made me think of the Flashman stories played seriously.