Change Your Image
alex128k
Reviews
The Last Legion (2007)
Not very good at all
Absolutely no character development, I didn't care about these characters what so ever. The story isn't very good either. The fight scenes are so contrived that they are laughable. I wouldn't bother with this movie, that is one and a half hours of my life I will never get back. It is downright embarrassing to see Ben Kingsley, Colin Firth, and Aishwarya Rai in this piece of, fluff is too kind of word to describe this movie. An epic it is not. Read the Once and Future King instead. And I thought that King Arthur with Clive Owen was bad. That was a masterpiece by comparison. I love the Arthur legend, but this movie as almost nothing to develop that story even though that is what they are marketing this movie as.
A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
Low budget, but good
This movie may have low budget production values, but they did a fairly good job. Actual wartime footage is intermingled for good effect, especially in the opening sequence.
I had a bit of a hard time taking Bill Paxton serious in this role at first, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that he did a very credible job portraying Lt. Col Vann with the required swagger.
Though a bit over dramatic at times, and almost falling into cliché, I would have to recommend this movie. My only other criticism would be of the portrayal of the ARVN when under fire. The offices may have been beneath contempt, but when called to duty, the ARVN could mix it up with the best of them. They have been getting an unfair reputation for many years now.