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What Movies Have You Seen Lately?
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Saw The Deep Blue Sea last night. Didn't work for me. Well acted but didn't work as a movie. The chronology jumped all over the place - to no clear benefit. Not much happened - you had to deduce everything from the dialogue, which is fine in the theatre, but you expect something different from a movie.
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[quote=""Madeleine""]My boss saw Deep Blue Sea at the weekend and didn't like it either; she said she also didn't like the original play. Most of the reviews I've read said pretty much the same as SPB, well-acted but not a good film.[/quote]
Well, it was at least interesting and gave my friend and me plenty to dissect over dinner afterwards. He liked it more than I did but didn't love it either.
Well, it was at least interesting and gave my friend and me plenty to dissect over dinner afterwards. He liked it more than I did but didn't love it either.
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PS. Not a movie as such, but the week before, I saw the current West End production of Lion in Winter starring Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley.
I've been interested in seeing the play or the movie based on it for years and suddenly it was on in London. Fascinating play about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and their three sons Richard, Geoffrey and John. At least in this production, it shifts suddenly from outright farce or slapstick (at one point, classic bedroom farce) to very serious tension-filled drama. The two lead, older actors coped with this much better than the younger actors, who never quite convinced.
I'm now desperate to get my hands on the original play script and watch both the original movie and the more recent TV adaptation for comparison.
I've been interested in seeing the play or the movie based on it for years and suddenly it was on in London. Fascinating play about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and their three sons Richard, Geoffrey and John. At least in this production, it shifts suddenly from outright farce or slapstick (at one point, classic bedroom farce) to very serious tension-filled drama. The two lead, older actors coped with this much better than the younger actors, who never quite convinced.
I'm now desperate to get my hands on the original play script and watch both the original movie and the more recent TV adaptation for comparison.
[quote=""sweetpotatoboy""]PS. Not a movie as such, but the week before, I saw the current West End production of Lion in Winter starring Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley.
I've been interested in seeing the play or the movie based on it for years and suddenly it was on in London. Fascinating play about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and their three sons Richard, Geoffrey and John. At least in this production, it shifts suddenly from outright farce or slapstick (at one point, classic bedroom farce) to very serious tension-filled drama. The two lead, older actors coped with this much better than the younger actors, who never quite convinced.
I'm now desperate to get my hands on the original play script and watch both the original movie and the more recent TV adaptation for comparison.[/quote]
I've always adored the 1968 Peter O'Toole/Katherine Hepburn version (with a young Anthony Hopkins as Richard.) I recently watched the 2003 Patrick Stewart/Glenn Close version (with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Phillip of France) and thought it very well done.
I've been interested in seeing the play or the movie based on it for years and suddenly it was on in London. Fascinating play about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and their three sons Richard, Geoffrey and John. At least in this production, it shifts suddenly from outright farce or slapstick (at one point, classic bedroom farce) to very serious tension-filled drama. The two lead, older actors coped with this much better than the younger actors, who never quite convinced.
I'm now desperate to get my hands on the original play script and watch both the original movie and the more recent TV adaptation for comparison.[/quote]
I've always adored the 1968 Peter O'Toole/Katherine Hepburn version (with a young Anthony Hopkins as Richard.) I recently watched the 2003 Patrick Stewart/Glenn Close version (with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Phillip of France) and thought it very well done.
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Lumley as Eleanor? Was it a comic version?!
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