Just when I was sure I was going to hate it, it turned a corner and got better. Ciaran Hands, who won me over playing Julius Caesar in HBO's Rome, certainly helped things. Kind of cute, but still highly fast-forwardable.
Oh my goodness!! How did I not know this movie existed? (I didn't even rent it, Danny did) It is so right up my alley -- and it's really really good. Great acting (esp. Robert Denero). Beautiful scenery. Amazing story. Happy ending. It's almost as good as the Princess Bride. (Inconceivable!)
Not as good as I hoped. Didn't love some of the changes from the book. Mostly, there's not near enough Rome. The books all about it so I expected more of it on the big screen.
Man, I don't know. I hated watching most of this movie because it was so very heartbreaking and horrifying. But then the ending was so good and happy and even made me cry.
Unbelievably awesome movie. I was never bored. I was inspired. I was excited. I thought a lot about parallels from then and now. I was pleased to see Victor Garber, who has type 1 diabetes which means I love him (plus he was the dad on Alias).
H and I went to see this one hot boring day. It got a little long and laggy in the middle. Why on earth must there be a romance? esp. a pretend one? esp. in a movie for little kids. Annoying. I wanted more Brundon instead. That was the best part about the movie.
Netflix claims that this movie is about a group of "bad" students who write and perform a sequel to Hamlet. That might have been great. But no, their lame pathetic teacher writes the play and the whole movie pretty much sucks.
My mind must have been misfiring when I put this on the Netflix queue. I was a few minutes into it when I realized I could care less who killed Jesse James, I'm just glad they did. He (and his gang) were a crucial part of when the bad guys rode in to my town and burned it down, killing plenty i n the deed. So yay to the coward. I skimmed the whole thing on fast forward. The whole story is pretty messed up.