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Movie Reviews of Uncovered
Movie Review: Happy camper
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered 3 DVD's and was extremely happy with all 3 from ordering to shipping through viewing and will definitely order from Amazon again.Movie Review: uncovered
Summary: 5 Stars
Uncovered,
Kate beckinsale showed her up and coming talents with this earlier movies in her career.I give it an A.
Movie Review: A fun, light whimsical jaunt
Summary: 4 Stars
I can't believe I bought this movie as an experiment and it turned out to be so good! This is Kate Beckinsale back in her early twenties. She's an art restorer who stumbles across a mystery in the past that rides in to her future.
There is much whimsy in this story. The characters almost seem like cartoons at first, but you soon find that this is their charm. The mystery is interesting and keeps you guessing. I thought I had the ending figured out, but I was happily wrong.
The other major component of the storyline is the majesty of Barcelona. Barcelona's beauty is gallant and yet subtle. The wonderful architecture will wow you, the simple but stylish city streets and the simple but romantic people give this film a rich texture that will no doubt make you want to make Spain your next vacation spot.
If this same film had been set in New York, it would have fallen dull. This could easily have fallen in to clique'. But instead it had a different adventure to give. The music is fun and transforms some of the more serious moments in to a blended feel of satisfaction. 'What you're doing is serious, but don't forget you're having fun.' Is the feeling I got from the score.
I really enjoyed this film. It is not a deep mystery nor a passionate love affair and the dialog isn't Shakespeare, but that being said, you can sit and relax with this story. Most of the people are likable and you'll feel like you're among friends. Give it a try. It's one of those forgotten art gems that we're privileged to now see many years later on DVD.
It's also neet to see how Kate had progressed in her career. I just wish she would stop smoking.
Movie Review: A Painless Art History Course - and mystery
Summary: 4 Stars
UNCOVERED is a ten year old film, popular in its co-producing countries of the UK and Spain, and is finally available here for those who want to see 'early Kate Bekinsale'. The story weaves around an art restorer (Bekinsale) who finds bizarre clues in the underpainting of an old Flemish master painting that is being prepared for sale by a once rich/now destitute family. The art restorer has been raised by a fey gentleman who turns out to be part the current family requesting the restoration. As she carefully uncovers the surface of the painting and has it xrayed, she finds clues to a mystery of a murder, a murder that slowly is recreated around her. This is a good little mystery whose solution is tightly pigmented in a rather beautiful painting and a game of chess, which is the centerpiece of the painting. The cast, including Kate Bekinsale, is good if a bit campy: John Wood, Sinead Cusack, Paudge Behan, Art Malik, James Villiers, Michael Gough. But the real star of the film is the beauty of Barcelona, Spain - the setting for the story. Gaudi is everywhere! The lighting is gorgeous and the cinematography excellent. There are things with which one can quibble, not the least the techniques used by the art restoration advisors, but the one major fault with this film is the sound track. The music is abominable and the ambient sound is so loud that it sounds like a home movie instead of a professional production: you have to strain to hear the dialogue over the street sounds outside the rooms. Still in all, this is an entertaining movie, worth a watch.Movie Review: Where is the Spanish Language Sound Track?
Summary: 4 Stars
Considering that this film is based on the novel by popular contemporary Spanish author Arturo Perez-Reverte entitled "La Tabla de Flandes" ("The Flemish Panel"), it defies reason that this DVD would appear without a Spanish language sound track (the more so because the action takes place entirely in Spain, and at least in the novel all the main characters are Spanish). Of the three films made from novels by this author, only one -- "El Maestro de Esgrima" ("The Fencing Master"), starring the gifted Spanish actress Asumpta Serna, is in Spanish, and it is by far the best of the three. The third Perez-Reverte novel to make it to the screen, "El Club Dumas", appeared as "The Ninth Gate" with Johnny Depp -- again, unfortunately, it also lacks a Spanish language sound track. All three novels are very good indeed, and the films are generally good as well. What is incomprehensible is why the decision was made to separate two of these movies from their natural audience -- the Spanish, and Spanish-speaking populations of other countries, who avidly read Arturo Perez-Reverte novels -- by failing to include a sound track in the Spanish language. Bad artistic decision, and bad marketing decision, but nonetheless an intriguing and worthwhile film. If you find the general idea of the film intriguing -- investigating the mysteries of art restoration, a possible murder centuries ago, and clues provided in a chess game -- you might want to go beyond a look at the film and read the book (in Spanish, if possible)!!!!