Lady Chatterley
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Movie Reviews of Lady Chatterley
Movie Review: Good genuine product - DVD.
Summary: 4 Stars
Good product. Has met up to my expectation from Amazon. Thank you.Movie Review: Where is the gameskeeping?
Summary: 3 Stars
Ken Russell is still the master of D.H. Lawrence on film - at least for now. If you like the original purple prose, which I do, you should like the purple in this series. (You might also consider buying "Women in Love.") Sean Bean, as Oliver Mellors is always a good excuse to watch a movie. He and Joely Richardson, as Constance Chatterley, offer really nice performances - even James Wilby as her priggish "Clifford" is very angering in a believable way. I had to make peace with the lousy soundtrack that intruded on the dialogue and action and saps the oxygen from the passion Russell wants to portray. I was not crazy about the unevenness of the script, ranging from juvenile to thoughtful dialogue on the meaning of love, compassion and class. Think of the first disc as exposition and the second disc offering a truer soul of the story and worth buying the series. Would this have been better as a shorter feature film? Just remember that the book articulates Mellors' complexity as a veteran of WWI and a member of the working class who has educated himself even though he tries to fit in with his peers and English social structure. Also, Russell takes a liberty with the ending. If you want better instruction on gameskeeping, read the novel. "Angels and Insects" would make a great little film festival on the same themes presented as or more sensually than "Lady Chatterley." Really, hearing Bean say "lass" is just heaven even to this feminist mind.Movie Review: Oh my goodness! Can they show this on British TV?
Summary: 3 Stars
In all honesty, this version of the familiar story is a bit too much. A bit too much graphic sex that is. I was actually embarassed for the actors while watching the sex scenes. And running about the meadow naked? That's a brave pair of actors!!!And while I think most women have no objection to seeing Mr. Bean's (Sean that is-NOT Rowan Atkinson) backside, I did not relish seeing it in constant motion (if you know what I mean). I think all of the sex got in the way of the love story. I didn't feel the love growing between Mellors and Lady Chatterly. The relationship seemed to go from sexual obscession devoid of love to sacrificial love in 0-3 seconds.
Parts of this film were reminiscent of cheesy old pornos with all of the noisy sex and unfitting music.
I suppose if titilating sex scenes are your interest, then you will like this film. But if you are easily embarassed or offended by the above described material you would do better to avoid seeing this one.
Movie Review: Disappointing
Summary: 3 Stars
If I did not know this was Ken Russel's work, I would mistake it for a run-of the-mill BBC mini series. OK, but not exciting. There is no chemistry between the lady and her lover. Sir Clifford (the husband) is more likeable than Mellors (the lover) -- that should tell you something. Russel's work falls especially flat after seeing a superb new French version of Lady Chatterley by Pascale Ferran. For me, Ferran's is the ultimate interpretation of D.H. Lawrence's work, exquisitely filmed and peopled with passionate and believable characters.Movie Review: Nearly Lawrence??
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie follows the book somewhat. The groundskeeper ia a bigger, more handsome than the book. Mrs. Bolton seems fine,
and Lord Chatterly ok too. Altogether, the movie is enjoyable.