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Directed by: Brian Helgeland Starring: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon Director: Brian Helgeland Starring: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon When I first watched this movie, I frankly did not like it in the least. The plot seemed a little too easy to follow, Heath Ledger is not the best actor to grace Hollywood with his presence, etc. But, a few days ago, I sat down to watch this movie again. The plot is really not as bad as I had remembered. While it is not completely a revolutionary (rags to riches) idea for a movie, it did, in the end, create an enjoyable film. William's (Ledger) father gives his boy over to the care of a knight so that he may escape the poor life his father leads. After the knight dies, William decided to carry on in jousting tournaments as a fake noble. Movie ensues Heath Ledger doesn't suck in the movie. He fits the role well, playing naive at some times and pseudo-wise at other times. (Watch Timeline, and then he REALLY does suck...) Rufus Sewell does an extremely good job and being a pompous rear end in a top hat, as he plays William's nemesis, and we all know the main character's nemesis must be an rear end in a top hat for it to be a good film... Paul Bettany is in the movie as Sir William's herald, and he does a wonderful job to add to the atmosphere of the movie. I absolutely love that man...in as heterosexual a way as possible...right... The rest of the cast do a great job, between a firey redhead played by Alan Tudyk and William's love-at-first-sight fancy played by Shannyn Sossamon. While the love story is a little trite and somewhat forced at times, the movie still rolls on well. RATING: 4 If you are ever in need of an emotionally unattaching, funny, action movie, here it is. Pros: Fun Movie, Great Acting (PAUL BETTANY!), good camera work Cons: Rags to Riches deal, love story? IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/ RATING: 4 PROS: Overall funny movie, Great acting (some), Camera Work CONS: Trite, Medieval rock music? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/
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Jun 24, 2004 21:59
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A little piece of the world died when the crowd started stomping/clapping to the beat of Queen during a joust. I've never taken to anachronistic films (especially Shakespeare adapted to MTV), and this is one of the worst blends of contemporary culture with an older era. Shannyn Sossamon is pretty bad too, but she's terrible in everything.
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Jun 24, 2004 22:31
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Trite fun. I like how they blow off the consequences of casual sex in that era.
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Jun 24, 2004 22:39
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I really liked this movie. The story was "cute" and the script was really good. I like to quote a number of lines from the film from time to time and everytime I watch it I laugh a lot. PAUL BETTANY~! rules the movie but Mark Addy and Alan Tudyk are awesome too. I realize that whole anachronistic theme is cheesy but that didn't really bother me. The movie never made any pretenses about being a serious movie with a lesson or anything, it was meant to be a fun popcorn film set in medieval times and it certainly delivered well on that. 4.5/5
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Jun 25, 2004 00:18
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Heath Ledger is decent in it, but his ability doesn't save the movie for me. The infinite strings of jousts get boring. Yes, they are a major part of the plot, but they're all shot almost exactly the same way and they increase the length of the movie way over what I think that the story could've been handled in. Normally length wouldn't be a problem to me--I don't dislike length in movies--but many unneccessary, unaesthetic things were in the film. I think almost all of the jokes are unfunny (the version that I saw showed highly visible boxers on Chaucer when he was supposed to be naked; I did laugh at that). This hurts the movie because it comes off to me as trying and failing to be a light-hearted romp. It's a watchable movie, and I'd watch it again if it was on and I wasn't planning on doing anything else, or if a friend suggested it. But, I also think Road House is a watchable movie, and that doesn't mean it's good film. 2.5 rating, including an extra point-five to counteract my classic rock elitism
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Jun 25, 2004 07:08
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Loved it. Good plot, good visuals, kooky modern music boy gets the girl in the end. Pure brain candy.
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