My private opinion of ESCORIAL
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My private opinion of ESCORIAL
I was given a dvd of Jason"s Spanish film, ESORIAL CSONSPIRACY, and having waited so long to see it, decided to write my own personal review. Of course first, Jason is wonderfull....yummy in the great costumes and makeup, and also extremely yummy in love scenes. All of the acting is very good, all of the costumes, makeup, and scenery are wonderful. BUT just one thing I hate to say but will... what a LOUSY script! Seldom have I seen such a beautiful movie which would be better as a silent film so the badly written scrip would not inflict itself on the hardworking actors. the directing seems to be barely on a par with the script. And the worst part is the strange additional scenes with the teen age girl, daughter of said director, in love with a man who should be playing her grandfather. All that aside, I just loved watching Jason in great makeup and costumes, with a female actress who seemed to enjoy everything they did together! And thanks so much to the anonymous friend who sent me the dvd. Thanks so much.....
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Sorry if you had to take the dubbed Spanish. Mine is in English, and most of the actors seem able to speak English, the few who were dubbed into English, was done skilfully. Hearing jason's voice was the extra good bonus! That voice........
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The problem is that they are trying to explain the set up for the story through the dialog while they are humping on the table in the first love scene. Who is listening to what they are saying in that scene... ? There's too much else to focus on...warriorprincess wrote: I would have liked to get a grasp of the story before the love scenes kicked in!
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I've got the bilingual DVD.
I also found the tangential love story a colossal distraction, and silly to boot. The age disparity was distasteful, and why the sheriff would feel no outrage at encountering a young cross-dresser engaging in felonious theft IN A PUBLIC BATHHOUSE was beyond bewildering. This was, after all, the era of the (unexpected!) Spanish Inquisition. The director's daughter was cute and everything, but WTF? Also, why would one creep off to illicit assignations by cutting in front of the priest during Mass?? Like, way to be inconspicuous.
Fabulously opulent costumes, and Jason Isaacs did a nice job of portraying unctuous, imperious, and concerned. I also had trouble keeping up with the plot, and--I don't mean this to sound racist--but with so many gentlemen of similar colouring and small dark goatees, I couldn't always tell everyone apart, and with their unfamiliar names, I got confused.
I am faintly conversant with the underlying issue of the independence of the Netherlands, but I was still pretty bewildered.
In short, not entirely successful on any front, but some glam scampering with a sword, dude.
I also found the tangential love story a colossal distraction, and silly to boot. The age disparity was distasteful, and why the sheriff would feel no outrage at encountering a young cross-dresser engaging in felonious theft IN A PUBLIC BATHHOUSE was beyond bewildering. This was, after all, the era of the (unexpected!) Spanish Inquisition. The director's daughter was cute and everything, but WTF? Also, why would one creep off to illicit assignations by cutting in front of the priest during Mass?? Like, way to be inconspicuous.
Fabulously opulent costumes, and Jason Isaacs did a nice job of portraying unctuous, imperious, and concerned. I also had trouble keeping up with the plot, and--I don't mean this to sound racist--but with so many gentlemen of similar colouring and small dark goatees, I couldn't always tell everyone apart, and with their unfamiliar names, I got confused.
I am faintly conversant with the underlying issue of the independence of the Netherlands, but I was still pretty bewildered.
In short, not entirely successful on any front, but some glam scampering with a sword, dude.
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Me neither. They just seemed to be physically attracted to each other, and have common political interests... But we didn't get to see anything between them that showed that they cared about each other. So I think it got very "mechanical".kjshd05 wrote:I didn't feel any chemistry between Jason and Julia Ormand....
Just a lot of humping and plotting, nothing on the personal connection. That made the story less interesting than it could have been...
...Not that I didn't enjoy watching though