Movie Reviews
I went to see two movies recently and I was shocked that I had forgotten to put up my reviews. So here they are. I did them in a formal like setting but I still put my feelings about the movie in there.
First
The Queen
I went and saw this movie a few weeks ago in a small art house theater and was surprised to see it quite full. But none the less I took my seat in the back row and waited for the movie to start. Helen Mirren brings Queen Elizabeth II to a whole new light. For us, we have watched this story from the outside looking in and she has managed to make you feel like you know the Queen and what she’s thinking even find sympathy for her. During the week of Diana’s death many people where very angry that the Queen said nothing to her people or the world in the wake of the tragedy. But this movie gives you a look into what it was like for the family. Bounded by tradition Elizabeth did only what she had been brought up to do. Diana was no longer a member of the royal family and there for it was not to them to handle the funeral arrangements. This movie shows how the public outcry forced the Queen to change her mindset, if only a little, to the way her people needed her. All in all a great movie, the cast fit their rolls and made you love them or hate them, and they used real news footage from that time in the Queens history. I can’t say how much I loved this movie. If you haven’t seen it then you must!
Second
The Painted Veil
This movie was a bit of a puzzle for me. I enjoyed it, yes. But as I left the theater I couldn’t figure out why I had. It took me driving home to realize that it was the story itself. That paired with the amazing acting made for a great movie. Naomi Watts plays a self involved, unhappily married woman who makes you hate her and feel her pain. Edward Norton plays a workaholic, shy, bacteriologist who wins your heart in the opening scenes. After the couple move to China, for his work, Kitty (Naomi Watts) begins having an affair with another English government worker. When Walter (Edward Norton) finds out he punishes her by moving them into the China countryside where a cholera outbreak is killing villagers. Once in the village the pair slowly makes their way back to each other. Set in 1925 when China was starting to try and rid itself of the English rule this love story will have you with its picturesque scenery, great characters, and beautiful music.
First
The Queen
I went and saw this movie a few weeks ago in a small art house theater and was surprised to see it quite full. But none the less I took my seat in the back row and waited for the movie to start. Helen Mirren brings Queen Elizabeth II to a whole new light. For us, we have watched this story from the outside looking in and she has managed to make you feel like you know the Queen and what she’s thinking even find sympathy for her. During the week of Diana’s death many people where very angry that the Queen said nothing to her people or the world in the wake of the tragedy. But this movie gives you a look into what it was like for the family. Bounded by tradition Elizabeth did only what she had been brought up to do. Diana was no longer a member of the royal family and there for it was not to them to handle the funeral arrangements. This movie shows how the public outcry forced the Queen to change her mindset, if only a little, to the way her people needed her. All in all a great movie, the cast fit their rolls and made you love them or hate them, and they used real news footage from that time in the Queens history. I can’t say how much I loved this movie. If you haven’t seen it then you must!
Second
The Painted Veil
This movie was a bit of a puzzle for me. I enjoyed it, yes. But as I left the theater I couldn’t figure out why I had. It took me driving home to realize that it was the story itself. That paired with the amazing acting made for a great movie. Naomi Watts plays a self involved, unhappily married woman who makes you hate her and feel her pain. Edward Norton plays a workaholic, shy, bacteriologist who wins your heart in the opening scenes. After the couple move to China, for his work, Kitty (Naomi Watts) begins having an affair with another English government worker. When Walter (Edward Norton) finds out he punishes her by moving them into the China countryside where a cholera outbreak is killing villagers. Once in the village the pair slowly makes their way back to each other. Set in 1925 when China was starting to try and rid itself of the English rule this love story will have you with its picturesque scenery, great characters, and beautiful music.