Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on November 12, 2007 at 14:18:10

In Reply to: RE: Choice between Elizabeth, Lions for Lambs and Jesse James posted by DavidLD on November 11, 2007 at 12:22:04

Jesse would likely have been my pick of that litter, though it's not a movie for everyone. Lions for Lambs is a must miss for me. I would have suggested Gone Baby Gone if it was playing your area, or possibly American Gangster, if you hadn't already seen them.

I'm not one to let a few historical inaccuracies get in the way of a good movie but Elizabeth TGA was just way to silly and incoherent for me to get on board ...great costume porn, however, and gorgeous to look at. Cate is great, Clive does his best as Errol Flynn, Abbie Cornish is a face for the future, but Geoffrey Rush, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton and Tom Hollander are pretty much waster. Not even an appearance by real life hero Sire Francis Drake could've saved the mess - it was too far gone.

I don't mind sometimes if filmmakers fiddle with the facts but they better be providing something dramaticaly compelling in its place.

Kapur layed an egg IMO, and so did the screenwriters.

Cool for you that the HT is an option. I don't think I'd read to much into the politics of SWs though :-)