Cromwell
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Movie Reviews of Cromwell
Movie Review: Cromwell - Movie - Fair Telling
Summary: 4 Stars
I had little historical backgound on this person but the movie treated the subject so that I could understand it. I can not comment on the acting since I do not know what good acting looks like. But, I like the flow of history and the characters. The small items in the movie added understaning to life in this period: the King's attitudes, the meals, the King playing with his children, the fact that Cromwell was leaving to go to America at the begining (history would have been quite different if he had)Movie Review: Cromwell
Summary: 4 Stars
Star studded film of excellant quality. Kept me interested all the way through. A nice easy way to revisit our history.Movie Review: desperate crossing
Summary: 4 Stars
part documentary and part drama makes it easy to understand more our Christian heritage.Movie Review: Cromwell
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a good movie on English life and war. Good addtion to my collection.Movie Review: The History is completely wrong...but it's still a good movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I cannot imagine why anyone would even dare to show this movie to their history class...especially if it's a MILITARY history class...BUT if you have a teacher who does make this mistake...you will get an A if you remember the following points (which will also show you the drastic flaws with "history" in this movie.) First BIG flaw...Cromwell is shown as a main player at the battle of Edgehill. In the movie, he actually starts the battle because he looses his temper. FACT: Cromwell was NOT at Edgehill. He came AFTER the battle had ended (yep...English Civil War 101.) In the movie Cromwell utters the famous Edgehill prayer (Oh Lord, thou knowest how busy I will be this day...) FACT: Not only did Cromwell NOT say this prayer but it was actually said by a ROYALIST commander at Edgehill, Sir Jacob Lord Astley. So, as you can see, this movie simply goes down hill historically from here. True, Cromwell was a great commander, true, he did (sort of) lay the foundations for the modern British Army (i.e the New Model Army.) HOWEVER...virtually everything in this movie attributed to Cromwell he didn't do. So why the hype to make him a hero? "Cromwell" came out the same time as "Patton" (which slammed the British very unfairly.) It was a response to "Patton" and the British producers wanted to make Cromwell into a sort of Parliamentarian version of Georgie P. In fact, when I was in London, "Cromwell" came out and the logo was a mailed fist holding aloft a Lobster-pot helmet. So, is this movie worth buying? A guarded yes...the Naseby battle scene is decent (one of the best musket-pike battles I've seen on the screen.) And..the best scene with Cromwell throwing out the Long Parliament makes this movie worth owning. This scene is awesome, and is the BEST coup d'etat scene I've ever seen in a movie. It's also fairly accurate and is actually toned down from what really happened (In real life, Cromwell began cursing and swearing...in the movie he doesn't do this.) So remember...Cromwell had nothing to do with Edgehill or the Edgehill prayer, BUT despite historical flaws the scene with Cromwell throwing the Long Parliament out makes the movie worth owing. Face it...how many of us have dreamed someone would do this to our stupid congress?...think about that and you'll see realize how awesome this movie is despite the flaws. "Cromwell" also has decent costumes to boot. The film originally had some scenes of Cromwell in Northern Ireland. When the movie came to America, these scenes disappeared (politically incorrect maybe?) One final point with historical glitches, Prince Rupert is depicted as a dolt in the movie. He was in reality quite a good commander and ended up returning to England during the Restoration to become a fairly successful admiral (yep...talk about a radical job change...he went from being a cavalry general to an admiral...and a pretty good admiral at that!)