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[alexeye]

saw the reckoning last night at the siskel center's "european union film festival." great cast (willem dafoe, paul bettany, brian cox, gina mckee, and vincent cassel), but an uneven result. my favorite parts were how they presented the medieval morality plays - all of the staging, costumes, and stylizations were really interesting. my recommendation - read the book (morality play by barry unsworth), and catch a matinee.

dafoe had some funky, funky accent going on. it wasn't english, scottish, irish, or french. hmmmm. cassel, on the other hand, has almost entirely lost his french accent when speaking english. and paul bettany acted circles around both of them. he's got a really amazing career ahead of him, and i've thought so since he played chaucer in the odious knight's tale.

up next at the e.u. film festival - dogville (again with the lovely mr. bettany).

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[brdgt.livejournal.com]

When I went to see Girl with a Pearl Earring they had trailers for Dogville and The Reckoning - I thought, "what is this, the Paul Bettany feature?"

Thanks for the review, I am interested in seeing it - ever since The Navigator I really like dirty medieval movies ;)

And Dogville - is that shot with a minimal set or something?

[alexeye.livejournal.com]

from what i've heard, dogville is shot entirely on a stage. it's hard to tell from the trailer.

the reckoning really gets the dirty medieval thing down. except, of course, that everyone has lovely teeth.

oh, and bonus - willem doing yoga! dang, that man is FLEXIBLE.

the lovely mr. bettany

[wasabi-poptart.livejournal.com]

After watching him remove a bullet from his own abdomen in Master and Commander, A Knight's Tale was forgiven and forgotten.

Re: the lovely mr. bettany

[alexeye.livejournal.com]

but i can only look past a second pairing with russell crowe if he removed it with his TEETH.

sorry, paul. some things just aren't forgivable.