Posts Tagged ‘Judi Dench’
February 20, 2010 - 4:54 pm
not meet the expectations of other positive comments, unfortunately. Great potential in the plot, but Cate Blanchett and parts of the silly schoolboy lover and 2-dimensional - I had little patience / sympathy for his “reckless / Beautiful (empty-headed)” character (s **** ing the boy repeatedly in the classroom by the love of God) - not only was possible in the way it was written.
And his overall gross infidelity against the fun
and happiness portrayed in scenes of the family, and devotion to her Down syndrome child - naah! Of course, Judi Dench played very convincingly, and what an unpleasant character he was. In general left with an unpleasant taste, not just her but also the falsity of Blanchett’s character and the ease with which destroyed her family - as I said, could have been done convincingly, but not this time.
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February 5, 2010 - 9:38 am
We only have this because our list was a bit low rent, and did it in a quiet Wednesday night, she slept on the couch and faced with a choice of seeing this or some clueless, chubby housewife learn to peel vegetables on Channel 4, “The Chronicles of Riddick” found its way onto my screen. And, surprisingly, is actually quite good! It is the sequel to Pitch Black, and anyone who has seen it will have a better idea than me what the hell is going on. But no matter: mostly Vin Diesel is vying for the vacant position Arnie Musclebound time hero, and the film is configured as a set of pieces SEIES to support this.
Poor Judy Dench seems to have taken a wrong turn en route to the National Theater, but all other hams up reasonably well and, as action without meaning, not bad all.PS Did anyone tape the chubby housewife? I wondered how this was with carrots.
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January 29, 2010 - 9:56 pm
This movie was frankly pathetic. that had nothing to do a Bond film a Bond film by following up the same kind of story with the rest making it predictable. A normal Bond film history have overcome this restrictive with amazing special effects and brilliant actors, this film however, seem to have forgotten this.
The additional action scenes lack reflexes and are few and far between, and the new Bond actor is frankly disappointing misrepresenting the main actor and the film make clear. Frankly, there are only two words that make this film visible, unless you’re a fan of poker, and that is simply ‘James Bond’!
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January 29, 2010 - 7:13 pm
My husband and I really enjoyed this movie, it was interesting to see Bond in his early days, and I loved the brave story, and seeing the softer side of Bond in love. However, although this was an interesting story and a good action movie, just was not sure he felt like I was watching a James Bond movie, it lacks that special something.
I did not think the characters are very believable, especially the approach called “bad” - and that generally lacked depth. In particular, I thought the missing link in excellent spirits. Finally, I really did not like the theme song - no sticking at all!
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January 25, 2010 - 1:09 pm
Abysmal! Kira Knightley is not, nor could ever be Lizzie.
Lizzie, intelligent playful and witty but polite to everyone all the time. Knightley plays her score points in a brazen fashion that would certainly not have agreed with the customs of the time and would undoubtedly have been a good boy like Darcey running for the hills. Granted that there must be a certain amount of compilation in order to fit into their allotted time, but overall it was a miserable, poorly acted, poorly conceived and version in no way be compared with the version of the BBC in which Jennifer Ehle and indeed all the cast outstanding.
In this latest version of the father is played by Donald Sutherland, which can easily be confused with a mad professor. Mr. Bingley is portrayed as a step short of an idiot. Ms. Bennett and the other daughters barely a mention, and Mr. Darcy, though not a bad actor, just can not compare to the divine Colin Firth - although he conceded that is a very difficult act to follow.
If you’ve seen and loved the BBC version, and even the original black and white, to preserve their illusions and give it a very comprehensive post.
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January 14, 2010 - 6:37 am
I felt it was incomplete. It is a charming story about a young man enters the lives of two sisters aged 60 +.
But I felt the whole time I was having a restricted view of what was happening. What had happened and where we are in the development of history? In some ways it is a fairly accurate simulation of how to watch the movie and experience the things that happen in real life - so often
we see only a part of history, remnants of what is happening and need to figure out the rest.
It’s like I got in this town of Cornwall, and watched from a bench in the village as part of the story shows you as the charaters passed through his eyes, and his friends told him fragments. Then it’s up to you to work around.
If that is what the director was looking for which is almost the right to be told how the story.
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December 27, 2009 - 5:27 am
This is the worst Bond film I’ve seen and I’ve seen a lot. This is not Daniel Craig as James Bond, that is too rough, no charm, no soft or attractive as Bond should be.
There seems little lines - probably because it’s a bad actor, who looked more comfortable running behind cars. Really bad script, some good tricks, good plot, but overall the quality was horrible and was very poor for a James Bond movie. The only people who will like this film are those who have not seen the other James Bond films.
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December 24, 2009 - 3:15 pm
… Dame Judi Dench Cate Blanchett in trying to touch the TV screen. What a load of old plop, this film was formulas and trivial.
The characters are largely unsympathetic lot, walk heavily through the motions of a dozen storylines Hollyoaks before them. Blanchett has a romance with mild to combat marriage boring, painfully through the film to its inevitable denouement of her being fired narrated by the affected
Judi lesbians. Denchs character intends to conjure up sinister cunning crazed Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, but actually appears as an aunt, a little aggressive.
The amount of the director’s attention that the press would think this story (hordes of journalists camped outside the homes of several 24 / 7) steals the end of any sense of intimacy or realism that these relationships have been summarized woman. Poor.
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December 12, 2009 - 9:38 pm
Even if I had not seen (and loved) the Firth / Ehle version, I would have hated this. Both of the main characters are wooden and unappealing.
Jane Austen had no intention of Elizabeth Bennett to have a bad bite, or be as severe weight than a simple gust of wind could take it during one of his many walks briskly. The older sister Jane (the famous beauty ‘) was sadly lacking in good looks and charisma.
The least said about Darcy, the better - it was just terrible! Most other reviewers seem to share my opinion.
Interestingly, the minority that feels it was a good movie can not explain - always a good yardstick, if you will be persuaded by an examination. I’ll give the film a piece of praise: the scenery was spectacular.
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