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Guinevere (1994)
Not like Excalibur ( 1981 ) but something unique.
Well, I was hoping for a Joan of Arc ( Saving Britian, as a girl in armour, instead of France ) version of Boorman's Excalibur from 1981 but this is something different. It is still magical, in a make "make love, not war" way. Especielly during one of the last scenes, when she comes down the hill in the white dress. I was awaiting for something more like Rohirrims charge in The Two Towers,
Otherwise, the scenery was very beautiful and the music worked well with the movie. The castle looks like a very small version of the worlds biggest castle Malbork, in Poland which is one thing I love about this movie.
The battle music was kind of dull ( lack of power, no charisma ) but good in a odd way. The scene when Arthur is charging into the fray reminds me of the opening scene of Excalibur 1981. So I watch that scene before i watch the opening in Excalibur, it becomes way more epic, I mean like listening to weak song cover than hearing the glorious cover.
I watched it mostly because I love the Medieval times and because I like Sean Patrick Flanery as an actor. He was quite good and youthful in this, with quotes like "We got these new things called crossbows". But he has no king-like charisma, just the "polite and good looking frat boy who likes to fight". One thing I didn't like was how he removed his gloves in two scenes, since he was talking, it made his line delivery odd and rushed.
I will give this 6/10 A good movie if you like make love not war but it is nothing compared to Braveheart or Excalibur, it is something unique,thus I am remembering it due to it's uniqueness.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Prague, August 1917 (1993)
Really funny, good for variation!
An excellence way to show some variation from the killing and serious war episodes. Sean is such an good actor and it really shows in this epic episode full of laughter and surprises. Papers can become your enemy too, particularly bloodsucking bureaucrats!
It is not hard to understand it at all and really fun for the whole family. Nice to watch a rainy day with your kids to just let hard things go away and have a good laugh together.
That is precisely why I like the young Indy series, it's full of sad moments, like Vicky saying no to Indy or Molly dying in his arms but this is so fun and simple.
I will give this 10/10 because I think that the series need some variation from the more serious episodes, like Oganga or Trenches of Hell.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
This trilogy is supreme satisfaction!
This will be a short review, not because I do not have time but because of the magnificence it brought to me is in my mind forever more. I remembered seeing this in the cinema of my hometown in Sweden, it was the best of my life. I had goosebumps throughout the whole movie. A must see for those who have not.
Even now, I feel like a kid again watching it. My childhood of sword-plays with sticks in the forests,pretending to be fighting an army of orcs is a truth while watching this with surround sound. The costumes, the characters, I salute Tolkien for this glorious work and salutes Jackson for the splendid adventure he has captures on the cinema screen!