Lorna Doone
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Movie Reviews of Lorna Doone
Movie Review: If Romeo and Juliet had brains or maturity, they'd be John and Lorna.
Summary: 4 Stars
WHOA, yes, I said it! Not that I don't love Romeo and Juliet, but it's nice, now and then, to see a pair of lovers who are NOT dysfunctional teenagers. Maybe it's just because I've recently watched such excellent but frustrating tragedies as Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but this movie was SUCH a breath of fresh air. Both John and Lorna are honest, assertive, and genuinely kind, so there are none of the usual games with characters serially lying to one another until you'd just rather they not get together at all - you ROOT for these two. I know that many people out there will say that Carver is hot/pitiable and if bad boys are your thing, then by all means, enjoy. If, however, you've thought the recent selection of BBC romances somewhat devoid of likable protagonists, I highly recommend Lorna Doone.
I do have a whole host of complaints about the actual execution of this film, which is why it gets only four stars instead of five. The pacing is uneven at times, the action is filmed in such a way that can make it hard to follow, and there are not enough close-up reaction shots during the meatier scenes (just my opinion). Furthermore, this DVD version is most unfortunately NOT widescreen, and it's painfully obvious when beautiful moments are interrupted by the realization that half of a character's face is off-screen. Even so, the excellent story and appealing cast make this DVD well worth owning.
So the next time Romeo and Juliet, Heathcliff and Cathy, or Angel and Tess get you down, watch Lorna Doone instead, and you'll remember that some fictional characters still demonstrate the best in humanity.
Movie Review: Widescreen???
Summary: 4 Stars
Amelia Warner was wonderful and I really enjoyed this movie with one purely technical exception, though to me an annoying one. The framing of many shots looks like a bad conversion of a widescreen movie to fullscreen format. If that's not what happened, I find the fact that this movie was nominated for a photography award inexplicable. Unfortunately, I've come up empty in my attempts to find a widescreen version available on DVD, or even to find evidence that there ever was a widescreen version.
I'd definitely recommend a rental, but I wouldn't buy it.
Movie Review: Fine production
Summary: 4 Stars
This film is excellent and has an array of very good actors and actresses. The love story is engaging, the battle scenes are believable, the villians and heroes stand out, and the scenery is very beautiful. The plot is thrilling and the ending is overall very satisfactory. The actresses who plays Lorna has odd expressions at times, but nothing seriously undermining her performance. Also, we are left at a loss to discover what happened to the other young lady who loved John Ridd, but this is just a minor oversight. The film was very well done !Movie Review: very good
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of my favorite moives. I have watched it probly 5 times.
It has a good moral to it. But it gets pretty bloody in some senes in which I fast forward through. I deffintly would not recommend children under 13 watching it because of the violence in it.
Movie Review: Another Great BBC Production
Summary: 4 Stars
This Production is fantastic. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoy productons that have a backbone story line and can get involved in the story.
The DVD quality is very good. You will not be disappointed with this well made BBC Production.