‘Twas a late night out last night as went off to the Odeon Aylesbury to see Anthony Minghella’s latest film…
It’s a very good film. Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renée Zellweger are all superb, and the photography is amazing and deftly cut together (as you would expect from an Anthony Minghella – you know I still find it hard to believe that man spent so many years as script editor for Grange Hill).
However it is not a cheerful, light-hearted film by any means. At two and a half hours the film takes it out of you – you feel shattered. You feel like your life has been through it. That said, it doesn’t feel like two and a half hours to have been sat there – not by a long way – it’s a not a long film in that sense.
There are scenes of violence and brutality as you would expect from a film set in and around the American civil war, and it is a lot more explicit than the fantasy violence of ROTK but it’s not overdone. It’s a good film. I’d recommend it. At least, try and go with someone to this movie, rather than go alon as I did. I think you need to have someone to talk to after a film like this.
Hee hee, Grange Hill! Didn’t know that! and my Dad used to love that!
I think Renee Zellweger should be nominated for this film. But since the Academy Awards are a political hoax anyway, I bet Nicole wins.
Rennée was the most not like the actor out of the two of them. I usually find that the best actors are the one’s which have you going who the hell is that? way into the film, whereas in this, Nicole was instantly Nicole playing the character.