Movie Reviews for Proteus

Proteus

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Movie Reviews of Proteus

Movie Review: beautiful and exotic
Summary: 4 Stars

i am glad i purchased this movie.the story of an african and dutchman who fall in love and die for their love in 1735 south africa.very exotic erotic beautiful and sad. a must for history buffs and romantics.

Movie Review: A Movie For All Seasons
Summary: 4 Stars

According to the radio interview the directors Jack Lewis and John Greyson gave that is included on the DVD, they shot PROTEUS in 18 days with not a lot of money. Although the film is a little rough around the edges and there is one shot too many of closeups of flowers, what these directors have produced is well worth seeing and has a scary but necessary message. History, if we are not careful, repeats itself. Racism and homophobia have been around for far, far too long. Those individuals who believe in diversity should be ever vigilant. Today's hard-won freedoms may be gone tomorrow.

Based on true events from 1735, a black man from South Africa and a white from the Netherlands meet in a prison camp and have a relationship for seventeen years although their affair is shortened to ten years in the movie. Their love for each other possesses them although they do not have a name for what they are experiencing. The officials know of their relationship almost from its beginning but look the other way for a number of years.

Although these events took place in the 18th century, when for a time parts of Holland appear to be as liberal today (the Homomonument honoring the gay people who died in the Holocaust is located in Amsterdam), we should never forget the strides that gay people had made in Germany just before the rise of Hitler nor the attitudes of the Religious Right in the United States today.

A movie well worth watching.

Movie Review: A Zealous Film maker Shoots for the Stars...............................
Summary: 2 Stars

.......but lands about as high as a pothole in hell.

This movie could have been spectacular. The subject matter in itself is incredible; there was no need for abstract artistic embellishments. What results for the viewer is a cesspool of poorly filtered facts, annoying translations (and attempts at translations), basement-budget cinematography, and bizarre blendings of time and space. The lead actors are fairly good in their craft, but they're cast into a horrible retelling of a rather interesting historical event.

I wish that this movie could be remade with a less "artistically innovative" agenda. I'm pretty sure that very few people have ever known about this obscure incident in history, but it's a great story and definitely worthy of being told. However, the makers of this film lent no justice to the cause.

Since the plot has already been discussed in other reviews here, I don't see the need to address in mine. The eroticism is suttle and innocent, rather than blatant or objectionable. For those who are allured by erotic content and expect anything close to pornography, be advised that such content is extremely minimal, to the lowest degree. The nudity is PG-13 in only one scene and if you blink during the scene, you can reduce the rating of the whole film down to PG, because all that's left is simulated sensuality throughout the remainer of the movie. If you are not deterred by that fact, the movie is solid, except for absurd interludes that pop up here and there.

I was very excited by everything I had read about "Proteus" before I actually saw it. I'm still hoping that another talented filmmaker will pick up the gauntlet and give the proper recognition that this lesser known moment in history deserves.

Movie Review: Dissapointing
Summary: 3 Stars

This movie stuggles under it's own weight and ends up coming accross as poorly executed. Good performances and an interesting story balance out the technical flaws though and make it a film worth seeing, but not worth owning.

My biggest problem is with the subtitles. They are tiny and white, making them very hard to read.

I also couldn't get past the digital video look of the production. The lack of texture seen with DV does no justice to Grayson's directing style, which is in fact quite lyrical.

Lastly, the intentional anachronism, rather than being effective in making any point comes off as merely affectation.