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The Scandalous Four (2011)
LIKE FINDING A GOLD NUGGET IN SMELLY OLD HAYSTACK
I was surprised by how much I liked this film. I'm quite a film snob, on the whole, and I grew up amongst aristocracy, although I was never one of them... so I know what feels true and what feels made up.
This film is made up. But guess what. It feels true... there is a consistency in the character development that makes the story completely believable and by the end it feels more like a history than a fantasy or a reimagining...
I was surprised by how invested I became in the characters... all 4 of them ... and by how much I didn't want the film to end in tragedy. I believed these characters so much and felt so strongly that they all deserved to live happily ever after, that there were moments I actually found myself shouting at the screen, almost as if I were trying to discourage the characters from being their true authentic selves for fear of being exposed and thereby put in danger... I found myself caring about their well-being deeply...
A thoroughly enjoyable watch and one to be repeated.
The Chosen (2015)
What a pile of unmitigated crap
I have no idea why this managed to score a 7.1 out of 10. How very misleading.
The acting is terrible. The story is driven forward mercilessly by a plot that has about as much flexibility as rigamortis. What a waste of 88 minutes.
If you love your eyeballs, don't bother watching this movie. Seriously they ought to start fining Hollywood producers/directors/writers who think it's OK to come out with something as poorly put together as this.
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