The Dig
I enjoyed this movie overall but there were some problem areas that really irritated. In many way if was self-evident they were trying to aggrandise a really quite boring event, and the obvious insertion of some bizarre sub-plots was done to stretch it into a movie.
The acting was comprehensive and Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan were really quite brilliant(and I not a fan of the latter after that terrible body part movie, Never Let Me Go). I'm not sure I was left convinced by the formal interactions, and the ever-so clipped accents, we were in 1939, and serfdom disappeared some years ago! Whilst good there is no Oscar here as neither provided sufficient range within their roles.
The movie was just stuffed with stars in minor roles it really was incredible, Danny Webb as a butler, Ben Chaplin as a lesser archaeologist, etc etc, great fun!
We just didn't have enough treasure shown to underpin the magnitude of their finds, a silly omission.
It was slow slow slow bordering on stop, and in hindsight very little script of note, it was panning camerawork, as if we were interested in Suffolk.
Overall I enjoyed movie and am giving is a hard 6, worth a watch.
I enjoyed this movie overall but there were some problem areas that really irritated. In many way if was self-evident they were trying to aggrandise a really quite boring event, and the obvious insertion of some bizarre sub-plots was done to stretch it into a movie.
The acting was comprehensive and Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan were really quite brilliant(and I not a fan of the latter after that terrible body part movie, Never Let Me Go). I'm not sure I was left convinced by the formal interactions, and the ever-so clipped accents, we were in 1939, and serfdom disappeared some years ago! Whilst good there is no Oscar here as neither provided sufficient range within their roles.
The movie was just stuffed with stars in minor roles it really was incredible, Danny Webb as a butler, Ben Chaplin as a lesser archaeologist, etc etc, great fun!
We just didn't have enough treasure shown to underpin the magnitude of their finds, a silly omission.
It was slow slow slow bordering on stop, and in hindsight very little script of note, it was panning camerawork, as if we were interested in Suffolk.
Overall I enjoyed movie and am giving is a hard 6, worth a watch.