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Winter's Tale (2014)
Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writers: Akiva Goldsman (screenplay), Mark Helprin (novel)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe
Genre: Fantasy Romance Thriller Action
What happens when a director combines a heart warming, romantic fantasy film with a thriller action film and then throws in some horror elements for good measure? You get Winter's Tale...a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be.
For the most part it's a magical fairy tale about a white horse who can fly and a boy who falls in love with a girl. He loves her so deeply that he lives a 100 years without aging, as he waits to fill his destiny. This part of the film works.
Then we get Russell Crowe as a bad ass demon who in one scene is unhappy that the restaurant doesn't serve 'pan fried owl'. So he grabs the waiter's head and squeezes until his head pops. Then uses the blood to draw a picture. As this is happening, he momentarily reverts to an ugly demon. A cliche scene that has been done in too many horror films.
Without the thriller horror elements, this film might have been a 21st classic like Fantasia. It's too bad as it does have a lot going for it, such as:
Colin Farrell & Jessica Brown Findlay...when they fall in love, so do we. Their scenes together are beautiful and well done. 5/5 for their acting and characters.
Russell Crowe, I must say he makes one fine demon. He looks the part and with a strange facial tick and menacing looks, he's a demon. 5/5 for his acting, way to go Russel.
The sets are beautiful, especially the winter scenes. For the CG sets and the live sets. 5/5
Winter's Tale is not the type of movie I normally watch. It could have been a modern classic without the graphic violence and a PG rating, instead of PG13. Then it could have been a charming family film. I feel it missed it's intended audience.
Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writers: Akiva Goldsman (screenplay), Mark Helprin (novel)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe
Genre: Fantasy Romance Thriller Action
What happens when a director combines a heart warming, romantic fantasy film with a thriller action film and then throws in some horror elements for good measure? You get Winter's Tale...a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be.
For the most part it's a magical fairy tale about a white horse who can fly and a boy who falls in love with a girl. He loves her so deeply that he lives a 100 years without aging, as he waits to fill his destiny. This part of the film works.
Then we get Russell Crowe as a bad ass demon who in one scene is unhappy that the restaurant doesn't serve 'pan fried owl'. So he grabs the waiter's head and squeezes until his head pops. Then uses the blood to draw a picture. As this is happening, he momentarily reverts to an ugly demon. A cliche scene that has been done in too many horror films.
Without the thriller horror elements, this film might have been a 21st classic like Fantasia. It's too bad as it does have a lot going for it, such as:
Colin Farrell & Jessica Brown Findlay...when they fall in love, so do we. Their scenes together are beautiful and well done. 5/5 for their acting and characters.
Russell Crowe, I must say he makes one fine demon. He looks the part and with a strange facial tick and menacing looks, he's a demon. 5/5 for his acting, way to go Russel.
The sets are beautiful, especially the winter scenes. For the CG sets and the live sets. 5/5
Winter's Tale is not the type of movie I normally watch. It could have been a modern classic without the graphic violence and a PG rating, instead of PG13. Then it could have been a charming family film. I feel it missed it's intended audience.