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It's an OK movie
Ben Chaplin
Interesting face
crushed by telescopic urinal
RIP
It's a wonderful landscape
Impressive sets
Another Garbo look alike
OK - bit disappointing maybe
First Season
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What a shallow, derivative, wearisome review. The first I've bothered to read - and the last.
So it turned up on TV and, totally predictably, I watched it again. It turns out this is one of those films that work differently at home. In the cinema it's a great, dramatic, mythic composition - beautifully made but not totally engaging. On the small screen you see the characters and appreciate the story more. I guess you could argue it's also a 2nd viewing and that can change perceptions but in this case I think it's the change of scale that shifts the focus.
And it is, but I watched it again and even though I don't think it's a particularly good film I enjoyed it this time. Curiously I didn't notice Ms Ross's perm at all - all I saw were those big soft brown eyes.
But who were the two nurses near the start of the film? There is a little exchange of eye contact that hints at more but they are not even in the cast list - somewhere on the cutting room floor maybe?
I saw it in Black and White in the cinema. I took it as a choice to match the times it was set in and the original films - and it looked really good. Never occurred to me there would be a colour version.
It's interesting that the actors with many nominations and no wins are mostly Brits.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_with_more_than_one_Academy_Award_nomination_in_the_acting_categories>
Peter O'Toole
Richard Burton
Deborah Kerr
Albert Finney
I think I get it with O'Toole, Burton and Finney but it's a surprise to see Kerr on the list.
<blockquote>Black math three deaths
posted an hour ago by mesaloic (270)
This occurred during the Apollo 1 mission. On January 27, 1967, a fire broke out in the command module, killing all three astronauts board: Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee. This incident made Nasa replace monkeys with electric computers.</blockquote>
Reported
I watched it here: https://filmboards.com/board/10031835/
The 4th print was nice and sharp.
Saw the film yesterday and enjoyed it. I'm baffled by the low IMDb score and assumed it's the usual suspects piling in to rate it as a 1 (admittedly it's also heavy on the 2,3,4 ratings as well). Personally I enjoyed it more than Deadpool and Wolverine.
But you're right about the marketing. I don't see any trailers in the cinema and can't remember when I became aware of it. Either it popped up because I was looking at Haley Bennett's credits (a much under appreciated actress) or I just happened to notice it was on at the local cinema.
I've got a directors signed copy of the dvd somewhere - though it's been years since I watched it. I think escaping the IRA to make a sequel would have been a ridiculously contrived moment and greatly handicapped the rest of the film.
Spotted in the crowd in Edinburgh yesterday watching Scotland (or perhaps just van der Merwe) beat England. I regretfully observed no evidence of a Greggs sausage roll - neither in hand or the inevitable trail of flaky crumbs.
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