PLANETA SINGLI 3 (PLANET SINGLE 3)
Watchable. A well structured and genuinely funny comedy. I was laughing my head off e.g. when a son was leaving after an arguement with his father and the father shouted after him: "Robisz błąd." ("You're making a mistake") and explained: "Samochód jest w tamtym kierunku." ("The car is in that direction.") or when a guy attempted to knock down a horse. Another chap is talking to a tree addressing it as: "Wasza Liściastość" ("Your Leafness"). Even the cult term of "my precious" is used - a delightful gimmick. However a protagonist's terminal illness detracts from the fun - it was supposed to be a comedy and the subplot leads to nowhere anyway. The scriptwriters could have found a funnier trick to postpone the wedding. Another annoying run-of-the-mill trope is the father returning to the family after decades of exotic adventures of different sorts. At least, unlike many romantic comedies where women typically forgive their unfaithful partners, here the woman's unforgiving. The biggest merit of the whole series is the equal position of women in the three pictures.
The series is over though. The producer, Radosław Drabik, is thinking of new genres (with new scriptwriters), produced in English for the world market, including a thriller and a horror. I hope the first will have a complex plot and the latter will build up tension before scaring.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Watchable. A fictionalised true story of two headstrong queens played like muppets by surrounding them men who sought power. Like the title suggests, mostly about Mary whose "gifts of beauty and bravery" caused Elizabeth's envy but those same gifts brought her downfall. Requires sound knowledge of that period in British history, otherwise it's hard to comprehend at first. Scott Jack Lowden, looking hot in the role, acts as English lord Henry Darnley. Irish American Saoirse Ronan adopts half-Scottish accent as the French-born queen of Scotland. I love Margot Robbie both for her beauty and her acting skills but here she's made to look ugly and with little to act. She's got a prosthetic nose hump and face blemished by pox which is true to history but the bright red hair and theatrical make-up render her a mockery of Elizabeth I. I do hope the Oscar nominations are only nominal. Neither the costumes nor the make-up and hairstyling deserve any award.
JOURNAL 64
Recommended. Inspectors Carl Mørck and Assad, known from e.g. from "Flaskepost fra P" ("Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith"), back in action. A gruesome murder, lots of disturbing violence against women, racism, psychopathic medics and corruption altogether form a shocking thriller. Inspired by a real policy effected in Denmark for a few decades in the first half of the 20th century, times of the pervasive in Europe idea of social engineering. Unspeakable evil originated from an ethical conviction that the greater good can be achieved by force and belief in one's own moral superiority. So valid nowadays.
It gave me an awful nightmare afterwards. I dreamed of being held captive and threatened with death a few times daily - different from the movie plot but the impact is clear.
No comments:
Post a Comment