Enigma
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Movie Reviews of Enigma
Movie Review: Hey! My mind is beautiful, too!
Summary: 3 Stars
There's a great story in the muck here somewhere about cloistered English WW II codebreakers and their intellectual battle to crack the Nazi's Enigma machine.Of course, instead of just telling us that compelling saga, the filmmakers goop it up & find it necessary to launch lead character Dougray Scott on a movie-long, John Nash-like emotional and mental tailspin. Like Nash, of course, Scott's Tom Jericho gets it together and (as opposed to getting a Nobel Prize) basically wins the war for the home team. Yea!
Unfortunately, Michael Apted can't hold a candle to Ron Howard when it comes to narrative and simple storytelling. I was so often flummoxed by what the heck was supposed to be happening. Much of that had to do with the dialogue, which seemed at times to be muffled and rushed.
The redeeming factor here is Kate Winstead. She's underutilized here (check out 'Iris' - among many others - to get a fuller appreciation of her talent), but the movie gets clarified and improves dramatically every time she appears in a scene. Thank goodness for that.
Movie Review: Good WWII mystery
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie based on the Robert Harris book is quite intteresting and not at all predictable. Dougray Scott takes his three first names and breaks code for the British during World War II. His quest is to reveal whether his former lover used him to give information to the Nazis. Real life events play as a backdrop to characters trying to figure out who the good guys are. Kate Winslett plays the frumpy one this time, but she still looks cute if you watch closely. I liked it a great deal. The fine English actors rose it above the level that is usually expected in these films. The DVD, though, offered no goodies of any kind. A shame, because producer Mick Jagger is a total buff on World War II decoder machines. A documentary about how the real war was decoded would have been perfect.Movie Review: Nostalgic Movie, terrible picture
Summary: 3 Stars
I remembered this movie from back in the days of VHS tapes and "be kind and rewind" and always wanted to see it again. Since its been apparently out of print it had been hard to track down until finally I saw it here on Amazon. I'll say it was fun to see the story again, I appreciated the plot, the acting, the movie in general however what I did not appreciate was the horrible picture quality! I'm watching a 32" HDTV with a BluRay player which always does a great job at upscaling and yet, this disc proved the exception. The picture quality was grainy and muddy, made it difficult to watch which is too bad since it really was a decent story. Do I recommend it? For the story, yes, but be prepared to be apalled by the picture, surely they could have done better in the tranfer to dvd!Movie Review: Beware older DVD players
Summary: 3 Stars
I heard great things about this movie, but our DVD player won't read the disc (we have a Toshiba 2109 which is 3 years old). I have heard that upgrades of DVD players are sometimes needed, but it's hardly worth the expense. We watch a lot of movies, and this is the first disc we've used that seems to be incompatible with our player. (we tried 2 copies of this movie to be certain it wasn't just 1 bad disc)Movie Review: fascinating performances
Summary: 3 Stars
This film rises above a tricky plot structure (you must pay attention every minute) and flashbacks (always difficult to sustain) due to lush period details, vivid imagery and excellent performances, by Northam and Winslett particularly. I hope for a Wigram sequel.