The Road Home
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Cinematography: Hou Yong
Very sweet--and a good-looking movie. The musical
theme gets repetitive, and the movie drags a bit
toward the end, but glad I rented it. B+
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Say, what happened to Curse of the Golden Flower?
I don't remember it playing here--and it is already
out on DVD?!
Now, what to say about Excalibur. Pretty rough.
I am now thinking that I did rent the DVD a couple
years ago and wasn't able to watch the whole movie.
Anyway, in a nutshell, it leaves you wanting to rent
Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail, and maybe Zardoz too
for some laughs, but not right away. Iktomi--your comment
about editing was spot on. I have to give Excalibur a C-
although probably had I seen it in the theatre when I was
15, I'd have loved it.
Maybe I made it all the way through just to watch
Helen Mirren. Loved Patrick Stewart stuggling to draw
Excalibur from the rock, ha! There are a few scenes
that are nearly great--riding out, banner and cherry
blossoms for one. But the whole thing, put together
in the way that it is, well it is a bit of a disaster:
The only character I cared a damn about was Perceval,
and the only character that doesn't look completely
ridiculous is Mordred.
I suppose Merlin holds the movie together somewhat. |
