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Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
Disappointed Sayers Reader
Read Dorothy Sayer's Busman's Honeymoon, then you'll understand why this movie is so disappointing. I don't blame the actors. I blame the script writers. They messed with the basic characters of the major characters. The very basis of the Wimsey Vane marriage was clearly outlined in the book that neither wanted to change the other and yet in the very first scene that is precisely what they proposed to do. Bunter was a joke. Please see the Bunter actors in the later TV adaptations for a much much better idea of Bunter. The screenwriters talked down to their audience at every chance. Example: Lord Peter introduces Harriet Vane as Lady Wimsey!! I cannot imagine why the screenwriters felt they had to make these fundamental changes in character. Read the book. I hope someone will want to make a decent movie of the original. Someone who loves the characters.