Fortunes of War
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Movie Reviews of Fortunes of War
Movie Review: Very good series
Summary: 4 Stars
Has become one of my favorite series. A combination of drama and history with compelling characters. Good solid entertainment value. Takes the viewer through five years of war on a personal level.Movie Review: FORTUNES OF WAR
Summary: 4 Stars
Wonderful Brannagh and Thompson!! Such a pity that the DVD didn't have the widescreen option, as the visuals could have been so much enhanced!!Movie Review: Somewhat long and strange
Summary: 3 Stars
World War II in Egypt and the middle east traps a couple in strange circumstances.
The English professor appears after several episodes to be a Marxist,
and his wife, the author, seems to be wanting more of his attentions.
Her husband's actor friend kills himself ( said to be in love with
the husband), but we know that his Atlantic open boat experience
with a boat load of children haunts him.
There is a big deal about Pyramid climbing.
The acting is very good, but I never felt that the narration
of the story got me involved in the characters as real 3d people.
They all seem more or less 2d characterizations with hidden motivations.
A lot of people die in this and not always in the war.
Since I'm a big fan of both Emma Thompson and, Kenneth Branagh,
this min-series is a disappointment no matter how well
filmed.
Movie Review: Not as good as I'd remembered
Summary: 3 Stars
The production seems based on a "myth" of English people as always charming as they conduct their gay and straight romantic affairs against a backdrop of somewhat exotic locales. Harriet is charming as she explores her aloneness, Guy is charming as he spouts Marxism and mounts amateur Shakespeare productions, the elderly man who pulls a toy dog on a string is to be taken as charming because he is a _British_ eccentric - - somehow an elderly man of some other origin wouldn't be so charming. I think most buyers of the tapes will not soon return to them...
Movie Review: The Levant Trilogy
Summary: 3 Stars
The book is in good shape and came in good time which I really appreciated. I have almost finished reading it and like very much. Also, wanted to read it as I had already read The Balkan Trilogy. Both quite good. Thanks for the good service.