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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
You may be surprised I put this here. I mean there is talk of Oscar buzz here.
This is just a shame...2 wonderful actresses Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie and it still does not work.
There are 2 story lines:
1-Mary of Scotland. It promotes the film as Mary Stuart tries to attempt to overthrow the Queen Of England. It barely touched on that. It seemed to deal with inner struggles with the men around her and the fight of Catholics and Protestants (Yes I know that was part of the struggle between Scotland and England). It went around and around and around...and was just boring. Time went by in years with little explaining how far time had jumped which left me confused.
2-Queen Elizabeth played by Robbie. She is being promoted but is barely in the movie. When she was on the screen her story was interesting...but it kept going back to men having meetings in Scotland.
Now also throw in the many inaccuracies including the meeting of Mary and Elisabeth which never happened.
Even the look was bad, with bad lighting and shadows (yes I know there was barely lighting back then but often I could not make out who was talking), making it feel like a cheap production.
I would suggest read the book.
I would even say when the film becomes available for home viewing stay away.
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There are 2 story lines:
1-Mary of Scotland. It promotes the film as Mary Stuart tries to attempt to overthrow the Queen Of England. It barely touched on that. It seemed to deal with inner struggles with the men around her and the fight of Catholics and Protestants (Yes I know that was part of the struggle between Scotland and England). It went around and around and around...and was just boring. Time went by in years with little explaining how far time had jumped which left me confused.
2-Queen Elizabeth played by Robbie. She is being promoted but is barely in the movie. When she was on the screen her story was interesting...but it kept going back to men having meetings in Scotland.
Now also throw in the many inaccuracies including the meeting of Mary and Elisabeth which never happened.
Even the look was bad, with bad lighting and shadows (yes I know there was barely lighting back then but often I could not make out who was talking), making it feel like a cheap production.
I would suggest read the book.
I would even say when the film becomes available for home viewing stay away.
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THE SEAGULL
This will be short.
Shorter than the short stay this film had in the theater.
A classic book, that should have stayed there.
It had great actresses, Ronan (Back to back films on my list); Moss; and Bening.
Even with the cast it fails with poor editing making the story feel all over the place. Then, when it settles in a few places it sadly drags.
The Seagull got shot down as a film.
Back to back suggestion.........READ THE BOOK.
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FANTASTIC BEASTS AND THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
If you follow my blog you know I am not usually a fan of middle movies. Middle movies of a trilogy are usually a holder for the big finale and this one may reach an all time low for middle films.
I surprisingly liked the first Fantastic Beast film. It was fun. Filled with magic. Had a great bad guy. It had a nice couple love stories. I had a lot of laughs. The story was interesting. Interesting characters.
This film...
No longer was fun.
No relationship build up...in fact destroyed a relationships
No humor.
It lacked magic.
The story was annoyingly boring. At one point we just watched our stars for 15 minutes watch CGI....and do nothing.
Stunningly bad, and what they did to one of the favorites at the end of this film and not give us closure!!! Inexcusable.
Number 1 comes tomorrow or Saturday. It may be a let down because it is not one of the biggest films of the year. But critics went crazy over it and I do not want you to be fooled for home viewing.
From the shadows as always thanks for your time
This will be short.
Shorter than the short stay this film had in the theater.
A classic book, that should have stayed there.
It had great actresses, Ronan (Back to back films on my list); Moss; and Bening.
Even with the cast it fails with poor editing making the story feel all over the place. Then, when it settles in a few places it sadly drags.
The Seagull got shot down as a film.
Back to back suggestion.........READ THE BOOK.
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FANTASTIC BEASTS AND THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
If you follow my blog you know I am not usually a fan of middle movies. Middle movies of a trilogy are usually a holder for the big finale and this one may reach an all time low for middle films.
I surprisingly liked the first Fantastic Beast film. It was fun. Filled with magic. Had a great bad guy. It had a nice couple love stories. I had a lot of laughs. The story was interesting. Interesting characters.
This film...
No longer was fun.
No relationship build up...in fact destroyed a relationships
No humor.
It lacked magic.
The story was annoyingly boring. At one point we just watched our stars for 15 minutes watch CGI....and do nothing.
Stunningly bad, and what they did to one of the favorites at the end of this film and not give us closure!!! Inexcusable.
Number 1 comes tomorrow or Saturday. It may be a let down because it is not one of the biggest films of the year. But critics went crazy over it and I do not want you to be fooled for home viewing.
From the shadows as always thanks for your time
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