The mind sees what it wants to see.
Let me get this straight. Jesus got hitched, had a kid and all of Western civilization conspired to cover it up?
Whatever.
Films featuring
Paul Bettany
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006Wimbledon (2004)
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006Remember how I told you that tennis was a gentleman’s game? Bollocks.
Wimbledon starts with the premise of what could be an interesting sports movie, but wastes that potential on a by-the-numbers story that draws its many clichés from two separate genres that abound with them, the romantic comedy as well as the sports movie.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Released: 2004 | 98 min. | Rated: PG13 | Genres: Romantic Comedy, Sports
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Saturday, September 3rd, 2005England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship is England.
The fans of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels are not quite as rabid as those of J.R.R. Tolkein, but they are legion. And if Peter Weir didn’t face quite the monumental task that Peter Jackson did when adapting The Lord of the Rings, the obstacles to bringing Napoleonic-era naval warfare to the screen were formidable.
Firstly, he would be filming at least partially at sea and, as Steven Speilberg could tell you from his experience filming Jaws, that’s just asking for trouble. Secondly, the built-in audience for this film would contain a lot of naval history buffs, who would be sticklers for historical detail.
Director: Peter Weir | Released: 2003 | 138 min. | Rated: PG13 | Genres: Action, Based on a Book, War
