| richard rocks |
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| written by Ultranova |
August 25, 2004 - 10:45 AM PDT |
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3 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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| this flick has it all - blood, deceit, love, and revenge. the cast is fucking amazing, the costumes and sets are stellar, the screenplay is awesome. not for the squeamish, but for a unique interpretation of shakespeare, you really can't beat it. |
| brilliant |
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| written by PGalloway |
November 17, 2003 - 12:42 PM PST |
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7 out of 7 members found this review helpful
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I'm always hesitant to give a movie too glowing a review, but I think this is a brilliant adaptation of this play. McKellen, as always, burns on the screen with a characterization that is compelling beyond words. The final image of the movie still sticks in my thoughts: Richard plummeting into the inferno, smiling and waving as if he weren't spinning off to the hell he so richly deseves, but going, finally, blissfully, home. Benning, whom I usually don't much care for, glows, and Scott-Thomas' icy reserve suits this role. The story is one I'm sure I need not rattle on about, but I have to say that the places where the text is cut, or is translated into images works beautifully, showing a world of interweaving plans and betrayals, and finally, a central anti-hero who seeks no redemption, and mourns it not, for if he cannot be a lover, then he will be a villain, and will relish every moment of it.
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