A somewhat poor treatment of an otherwise exciting moment in literary history
Badly acted, with a sense of a lack of direction, the only saving grace for this film are the wonderful settings and the score.
One would not recommend this movie to anyone other than fans of 'early Grant and Hurley', but one wonders how many of them there are!
The script is the biggest hurdle. While it contains wonderful references and allusions to the most interesting lines spoken by the historical personages, and does indeed contain some of the words of the poets, the script fills padded out with unnecessary archaisms at best and drivel at worst.
What is most strikingly dull about the work is the character of the monster. Whilst the monotony of the voice is supposed to give us certain Gothic impressions, we are left in fact with only a sense of horror at the poor delivery and rather senseless decision to characterize death and foreboding in this way.
One would not recommend this movie to anyone other than fans of 'early Grant and Hurley', but one wonders how many of them there are!
The script is the biggest hurdle. While it contains wonderful references and allusions to the most interesting lines spoken by the historical personages, and does indeed contain some of the words of the poets, the script fills padded out with unnecessary archaisms at best and drivel at worst.
What is most strikingly dull about the work is the character of the monster. Whilst the monotony of the voice is supposed to give us certain Gothic impressions, we are left in fact with only a sense of horror at the poor delivery and rather senseless decision to characterize death and foreboding in this way.
- antonjarrod
- Jan 23, 2011