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Walt Disney's Bambi.
This is the first time I've seen it for years, a joyous beautiful piece of animation of an artistic quality we are never likely to see again.
A lot of the elements both storywise and artistic were recycled for the Lion King but Bambi is a class above it.
Cheers Trev.
Buster Keaton "The General"
Simply fantastic.
I'd rather just make a note that I've seen this potted pantomime history lesson. If I try to say what's wrong with it it'll take a very long time. However I will say I enjoyed the performances of Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson and the heavily edited Eva Green.
The film isn't a total disaster but it's more King Arthur than Gladiator.
Cheers Trev.
What do you mean by "the heavily edited. . ."? Was most of her part cut out?
"What do you mean by "the heavily edited. . ."? Was most of her part cut out?"
http://sify.com/movies/hollywood/ful...hp?id=13736527
Should take you to the story, it seemed there were large chunks missing during quite a few stages of the film, will they make it to DVD? I hope so.
Cheers Trev
I see, thanks. I hope we find out more about that.
Even Gladiator took too many liberties with history. I saw an interview with Ridley Scott and he seemed frighteningly ignorant of the history of the Crusades.
I wouldn't expect either to be too historically accurate, after all they are made primarily to entertain.
Gladiator at least gives a fair dose of entertainment and Russel Crowe has enough charisma to make you accept him as someone who is capable of leading an army.
Kingdom of Heaven has Orlando Bloom, if I was a teen girl I might find Orlando charismatic, the IMDB user ratings show an average for each group of around 7 till you get to "Females under 18" where the rating is currently 9.3. I'm sorry but I wouldn't follow him to the pub never mind on a suicide ride.
The main bad (christian) guy "Guy de Lusignan" reminded me too much of "Lord Farquaad" from Shrek.
I am sure there will be a much longer cut on DVD, too much seemed to have disappeared in the current edit, some very important historical moments and of course Eva Green.
Cheers Trev.
LOL; I agree with you on Bloom. I think Manohla Dargis (NY Times) also mentioned that the "bad guy" sounded a little too French.Quote:
Originally posted by trevor826
Kingdom of Heaven has Orlando Bloom, if I was a teen girl I might find Orlando charismatic, the IMDB user ratings show an average for each group of around 7 till you get to "Females under 18" where the rating is currently 9.3. I'm sorry but I wouldn't follow him to the pub never mind on a suicide ride. The main bad (christian) guy "Guy de Lusignan" reminded me too much of "Lord Farquaad" from Shrek.
I am sure there will be a much longer cut on DVD, too much seemed to have disappeared in the current edit, some very important historical moments and of course Eva Green.
Speaking of historical moments, more Eva Green is always welcome. I was watching the great Pickpocket last night (the new Artificial-Eye DVD), and I couldn't figure who the stunning Marika Green looked like, but after a bit more research I found out that she's the aunt of Miss Green. Visual confirmation.
You are right on Bloom. He is a bit too effete to be a real action leading man. He worked for Lord of the Rings because elves were supposed to be just a little distinctive and strange to humans. In the books they are described as handsome and/or beautiful but kind of distant.
I wonder if Bloom is going to have to create a more "David Niven" style niche for himself, rather than trying to be a Russell Crowe type.
True. However, one look at his filmography and besides The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he has also done Black Hawk Down, Ned Kelly, Troy, Pirates of the Caribbean (with two more to come), and, of course, Kingdom of Heaven. All action-adventure films and all pretty successful one might add. May be it's just a phase but Hollywood certainly seems keen on making him a leading man.Quote:
Originally posted by stevetseitz
You are right on Bloom. He is a bit too effete to be a real action leading man. He worked for Lord of the Rings because elves were supposed to be just a little distinctive and strange to humans. In the books they are described as handsome and/or beautiful but kind of distant.
I wonder if Bloom is going to have to create a more "David Niven" style niche for himself, rather than trying to be a Russell Crowe type.
Point taken. But I have yet to hear anyone say "Hey have you seen that new Orlando Bloom movie?"
Speaking of the David Niven angle, what about a Bond film for Bloom?
Ian Fleming originally wanted Niven to play Bond, who never did until the campy (but fun) unofficial Bond film "Casino Royale"
I haven't seen Kingdom of Heaven yet so I'm not sure how central his character is, but he's certainly had some good company in many of the earlier films.
I'm not upto date on the "Bond" saga, but I believe "Casino Royale" is also the title for the next one. (QT showed some interest in directing it but couldn't have it his way.) I wouldn't mind Clive Owen as the next bond, although Bloom isn't a terrible choice either.
"Casino Royale" was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel and was made first for T.V. in the 50's with an americanized "Jimmy Bond. The second version was 1967's "Casino Royale" which I will describe as "60's rococo".
I still enjoy this movie even though I can't consider it a great film. Some of the sequences are truly hilarious.
"Casino Royale" was the first Austin Powers film and a terrific spoof of the James Bond series.
Baadassssss! (2004) - Mario Van Peebles
Great shit right here. Good subject matter, and Mario injects a surprising amount of life into his direction. Keeping things interesting, it has the feeling of a 60's or 70's American art film.