HewG,

I saw that version of 'The Man in the Iron Mask', it took a while to realise that the King was Leo DeCapprio - Not good acting on his part, more that he was acted off the screen by everyone and everything including the props (that pretty boy just can't act)!

As for films - If anyone gets the chance to see the latest remake of "The Four Feathers" - go and do something interesting like watch paint dry. I have seen most of the screen versions of this story (I think there's a 1920s version, but I've only heard tell of it) and I think it says a lot that every subsequent version, including the 1979(?) Bridges/Seymore/Powell remake (which until the recent remake, I held as bad) 'mined' the 1939 Alexander Korda version for scenes, to the extent that the 1950s 'Storm Over the Nile' had three (yes THREE_ different 'Lord Kitchener's (should that be Lords Kitchener?) in on short sequence.
The 'modern' 4F has set the film a little earlier (1881 'Gordon' not the 1888 'Kitchener'the )) expedition and cuts great chunks out of the story line (we lose all of Harry Faversham's childhood, which is imortant to the plot), the director is trying to make political points (badly and somewhat ham fistedly) and, quite frankly, I've flushed better than this.

Changing to classics, reset as different genres - Did anyone here ever see 'Barb Wire' - a resetting of Casablanca = with the lass from 'Baywatch' (whose name I will probably remember the moment I hit 'send' in the 'Rick' role. It was terrible (IMHO)

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Walrus
(picks up soap-box and walks back to re-join audiance)