Kingdom of Heaven. Orlando Bloom does the siege of Minas Tirith again, LOL
Was cooking me up a Dutch potato stew so can't say I paid it much attention. Looked entertaining and mildly eye-catching alright. & I guess Ridley Scottt still knows how to direct a mass action scene. (Hey, seriously, the look and feel didn't strike me as bad )
Usual liberties taken with historical accuracy, one suspects. And that closing caption pretty much blows it: "A near thousand years later, the country is still ill at peace," or so. How's that for claiming an air of contemporary relevance to what is otherwise pretty much a run-of-the-mill action flic, indeed :/
(Oh, and now Sliver's just starting. & Here's me typing away at AG Reckon I must already know it, but lemme check.)
I saw The Monuments Men yesterday. It was actually a pretty good movie. I wish there would have been more historical ties in with it, and maybe not so much sadness, but it was beautiful in comparison to I, Frankenstein.
I watched talladega nights, which i have seen before but it never gets old. Right now i dont want to watch anything that doesnt have will ferrell in it.. xp
What it did remind me of, btw, in a roundabout way was once again how our current view of Islam is really fed by and deeply ingrained with ancient fears & stereotypes. How little things have changed, indeed.
I'm not much of a Michael Mann fan, but Pacino & De Niro giving it their best together is just pure fun, not to mention as supported by pretty much a splendid entire rest of the cast.
There's a mole, right at the top of the Circus. And he's been there for years.
It paints a grim and realistic picture of the cold war intelligence services: subterfuge, betrayal, incompetence, and spite. The taciturn George Smiley is one of film's great intelligent heroes. And John Hurt is great as Control.