'The Killer In Me'
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went on bitching about how they had to throw some kind of feel good story into RWANDA.
Well I know watching innocent people being hacked to death with machetes always makes me feel good...
I can kind of see what he's saying, but I never had the sense that the story was overly tarted up for Hollywood. Yes, he found the two girls at the end, but, unless the title card at the end was a blatant lie, THAT REALLY HAPPENED, so what were the filmmakers supposed to do?
We're in the midst of watching "Excalibur," which I had never seen. So far I am underwhelmed although it sure is pretty.
I have never watched all of Excalibur, but I had a drama coach who always used to play a scene (I think it's a party of some sort. I remember dancing.) and point out Liam Neeson, saying "See! It doesn't matter if you've got the smallest part, you can go on to big things!". Then one of us watched the whole movie and said that, while you could really barely see Liam Neeson in that particular scene, he had a much bigger part. Drama coach didn't have much to say to that.
I want to see Hotel Rwanda at some point. I'm not sure when I'll get the chance, though, since I know it's going to be the kind of movie I'll have to prepare myself for, and I'll probably have to go alone. I had a really strong reaction to reading Philip Gourevitch's book about the Rwandan genocide, and it's not often that I'm in the mood to subject myself to two hours of images of horrific massacres. Jessica, how much on-screen violence is there?
Excalibur has not only Liam Neeson, but also young Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren and Ciaran Hinds. Personally, I like the movie quite a bit, despite some clunkiness and cheese. It's impressive how Nigel Terry gets transformed from a rather stupid-looking kid to someone with a kingly presence, just with the addition of a beard.
Plus, the sex scene between Igrayne and Uther is kind of hot. Well, except I learned (years after I saw the film) that the actress who played Igrayne was the director John Boorman's daughter, which is kind of skeevetastic when you think about it.
Also Patrick Stewart! The (oh so young) actors and art direction are impressive, but the script is pretty awful, IMO.
Jessica, how much on-screen violence is there?
There's enough. It's not so overwhelming or graphic that I had trouble watching, but it's not shied away from either.
Alicia, I thought Hero was one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. The story does drag, although I thought it picked up more near the end. Whereas all I've heard about Flying Daggers is that it's pretty, but that it has even less story than Hero. Am I wrong?
... the actress who played Igrayne was the director John Boorman's daughter...
and the actor who played Mordred is Charlie Boorman. Nepotism? Yes please.
It was Charlie who went with Ewan McGregor on that around-the-world motorcycle trip last year. Ooh, as evidenced here: [link]
This was also on the same page as Summer and Charlize: [link]
A new stop-motion animated movie from Tim Burton with Johnny Depp's voice. Cool!
and the actor who played Mordred is Charlie Boorman.
That was young Mordred. Adult Mordred was played by Robert Addie, who thereafter became Guy of Gisborne in ...
... Robin of Sherwood. It's all connected.