Cast: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, María Valverde, Issac Andrews
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Drama, Action
Doesn't meet the set expectations! Not a bad watch otherwise!
You may look forward to:
- Beautiful and larger than life sets, you almost wish you could to be there. The many acts of god, even if they don't make sense(No offense), do look life like on big screens
- Joel Edgerton did a good job, the many expressions of a ruthless ruler, to a betraying friend, to a caring father and a husband, he portrays pretty well!
- Issac Andrews, this little fella deserves a mention. This guy gives out outstandingly mature expressions while being such a natural. One hell of an actor in the kid
- María Valverde is beautiful, though not much long for her screen presence, but she does have a role significant enough
What you can sleep over:
Christian Bale disappointed me. I expected a lot from an actor like him and with a movie selling on him, i expected a much meatier role than Gods doing the most for him. And yet, as an actor, he isnt a minus
The dampeners you should be aware of:
- The movie looked cliche in terms of war, no different stroke of sword, no specific act of valor.There were no moving or catchy dialogues. The movie lacked excitement big time. I felt sleepy out of inactivity and cliche scenes by interval
- A period movie work only if it gives you a feel which is grand in terms of sets, in terms of characters and which makes an imprint on the audience that this character is the leader. Christian Bale's character lacked the true sense of leadership big time, failed establishing him as one, which in turn failed the success of the movie
My Rating: 2.5/5
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