Dec 30 2005

Je suis un génie, pas un ingénieur

Published by Fence under Ramblings

Hola peoples, how was everyone’s christmas, I’m just back up in Dublin from Sligeach, had a very nice time, we even had snow so we did. Not on christmas day itself, but yesterday. I’ll stick a few photos on flickr later on.

I really should be unpacking, but I flicked on the telly when I came in and The Man In The Iron Mask was on. Such a terrible terrible film. That writing, tut tut tut. This is the 1998 version, with Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne and Leonardo DiCaprio. Honestly, is this one of the worst films ever made? That Randall Wallace boy[1] sure did write/direct some stinker, but at the same time, if you ignore the scenes with DiCaprio, and the crap storyline and just watch the auld lads having a laugh playing with swords, then it is worth a watch.

Plus, it has yer man in it, who was in Garden State, and both NM and I said that he sounded very like John Malkovich. Who did Peter Sarsgaard play here? Raoul, John Malkovich’s son.

Anyways, I’m off to play catch up on other blogs out there.

Linknotes:
  1. him of Braveheart fame ↩
Tags: Gabriel Byrne, Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter Sarsgaard, terrible film, The Man In The Iron Mask

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Jul 19 2005

Vanity Fair

Published by Fence under Moving Pictures

Dir: Mira Nair
Writ: Matthew Faulk, Mark Skeet, Julian Fellows based on the novel by William Makepiece Thackery

  • Reese Witherspoon - Becky Sharp
  • Gabriel Byrne - The Marquess of Steyne
  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers - George Osborne
  • Romola Garai - Amelia Sedley
  • James Purefoy - Rawdon Crawley

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This is not a good film. To be honest it isn’t even worth discussing, apart from two aspects. There is wonderful look of the costumes, but it isn’t enough to keep you watching for the three thousand hours this film lasts. Okay, so it is really only 141 minutes, but by the end you really will be wondering why you bothered.

The other thing, well, that’d be James Purefoy. Yummy. Not only does he look very well, but the character is a lovely fella who deserved a lot better than he got. And he does smoulder very well.

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Tags: 2 Stars, based on book, Bored Now!, crap, Gabriel Byrne, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Julian Fellows, Mark Skeet, Mira Nair, Ramola Garai, Reese Witherspoon, Vanity Fair, William Makepiece Thackery

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