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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
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746.0. "Queen Margot" by OFOSS1::RAGUCCI () Fri Jan 13 1995 01:55

    
    
    
    has anyone heard of the movie coming out "Queen Margot"
    with Virni Lisi & Isabel Adjani??/ it's suppose to be good
    Lisi performance is great I heard..... any info would be appreciated.
    
    
    
    
    
    			Thanks_Bob
    
    
    
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746.1*****SWAM2::SMITH_MAFri Jan 13 1995 15:075
    It's already been released (in LA at least).  It's playing around the
    corner from me at the Nuart.  It's supposed to be wonderful!  I've
    heard only good things about it.
    
    MJ
746.2Where in MASS?????OFOSS1::RAGUCCIFri Jan 13 1995 21:1813
    
    
    
    Where do you live in MA.?
    
    Is it suppose to open here soon?  hope so, her performance is worth
    waiting for.   Well, at least there are fine works of art such as
    Dumb & Dumber that get a huge release production. That's what
    America wants......(I do too, in moderation.)
    
    
    
    Thanks. BR
746.3BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTYTrouble with a capital 'T'Sat Jan 14 1995 13:5511
    
    	That was "LA", not "MA".
    
    	I guess she lives in Louisiana.
    
    
    
    	[That was a joke, son.  8^)]
    
    							GTI
    
746.4SWAM2::SMITH_MATue Jan 17 1995 19:234
    
    Ah, humor.
    
    MJ in Los Angeles
746.5OFOSS1::RAGUCCIWed Jan 18 1995 01:2717
    
    
    
    
    hello: has anyoneseen this film yet? I know it open in Boston 1/20/95
    
    
    
    
    
    RSVP_thanks_y'all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    
    
    
    bye!
746.6Grim, but nice scenery ...ZPOVC::GEOFFREYWed Feb 15 1995 05:3620
    Saw "Queen Margot" a few weeks ago. Hmmm, how do I put this?
    
    The French make sad movies.
    
    This is a very French movie.
    
    There's lots of visually striking images in the movie (including
    Adjani). But the acting is way over the top, and I found it hard
    to actually sit through the whole movie. If your not up on French
    history, it may be a little difficult to follow some of the plotlines.
    
    In it's favor, the movie does a better job than many of portraying
    the times (1500's) in a more realistic fashion. No brightly lit
    spotless white castles here; it's a dingy place, full of dark corners
    and filthy little secrets.
    
    Worth a trip to the budget cinema, but certainly not a "date" movie,
    unless you consider watching lovers getting poisoned romantic ...
    
    Geoff
746.7Need dialect translation, pleaseEVMS::HALLYBFish have no concept of fireWed Feb 15 1995 14:129
>          But the acting is way over the top, and I found it hard
>    to actually sit through the whole movie.
    
    "Way over the top"? Is that good or bad?
    
    It sounds like it's good, but then why would you find it difficult
    to sit thru the whole movie?
    
      John
746.8USCTR1::WOOLNERYour dinner is in the supermarketWed Feb 15 1995 14:324
    "Over the top" = exaggerated, excessive.  Think Jon Lovitz's "Master
    Thespian"!
    
    Leslie
746.9Thumbs Up!MR2MI1::QUINTANAMon Mar 27 1995 20:0822
    I saw this last night at the West Newton theatre in Mass and realized
    this morning that I truly enjoyed watching it.  I disagree with the
    "over the top" acting comment in .6--I thought the lead characters were
    right on with their portrayals at all times.  
    
    It may be hard to sit through some scenes due to their vividness 
    (read, goryness) but that's one of the reasons I think it's a wonderful 
    film.  The movie stays true to 16 century life in a way that few films 
    ever do, especially on such a grand scale, the opening scenes must have 
    cost a fortune in the extras costumes alone.
    
    And it definately met my foreign film test:  I know it's good if I have
    to remember afterwards if it had subtitles or not, because I was that
    drawn in to the plot and watching the "visuals".
    
    I won't go into how it made me feel about being raised a
    Roman-Catholic.  
    
    If you're considering watching this movie I would highly recommend 
    catching it on a big screen, as much of the grand, larger-than-life
    Historical impact and cinematography would be lost viewed on a small screen.
                                        
746.1058633::TRP109::Chrisdedicated sybariteTue Jul 04 1995 14:2011
Rented this one over the weekend and have a few
comments. Found the acting, costumes, music and
sets very good. I'm another one who is not bothered
by reading the sub-titles as long as the movie holds
my attention. In fact, I usually forget about the fact
that I am reading at all.  One negative comment is that
I found the plot to be too complicated to follow. I got
the general idea, but not being up on my 16th century
French history, I lost track of some of the finer details.
Can anyone tell me what other movies Victor Perez (The Mole)
has been in that are worth renting?