laughneyez6

This movie, though had a good premise and the potential to be classic and creative, was nothing short of a TV movie, worse than lifetime. At the beginning, I actually thought it would be worth the money I paid for the ticket... but the moment I saw the woman whip off her helmet and saw the oh so obvious cliché I knew this movie was a dud.

I hoped for so much better from Colin Firth who has always amazed me in his talent previously. Yet, upon seeing The Last Legion its obvious that he should stick to his romantic comedies rather than war epics. To mention the war scenes in this movie, is to say only one word... terrible. No five dollar word could explain just how TERRIBLE these scenes were. You half the fight scenes took on a Disney side where there was nothing shown or they were so fast you didn't have time to soak in the action moments.

The writing was frankly terrible and worse yet was the death scene of the main villain who only appeared in the movie for a total of ten minutes.

It simply isn't worth anyone's time.

This film starts out troubling the audience by the slight possible relationship between R and J. But then we see that their friendship helped both remove themselves from their respective self-prisons. J is trapped in her mothers world where she feels she has to be the rebel. R is stuck in his over protective, safe shell and can't seem to break free. Together they find companionship and learn most of life's most challenging secrets together. This movie was touching in the very sense that it asks the audience to have an open mind about the films main idea but it is equally beautiful and bittersweet. In the end, the theme of breaking free and being yourself, and loving with your whole entire heart becomes truly apparent.

This film, upon seeing the first few minutes, made me feel that it would be just like every other movie portraying a different perspective of the Lindbergh Kidnapping Case. But as the minutes dragged on I realized this was a touching story that makes the viewer really question the true outcome of the case over 50 years ago. This film made me look into the facts of the case, and 'Crime of the Century' portrays a popular and very possible outcome of the true case. For anyone who is an avid follower of the case, this movie is a must see. Rea's performance stirs the viewer to care for the accused Hauptmann and intends to set Bruno Hauptmann's side of the story straight.

The toy wife is a beautiful story very similar to David O. Selznicks Gone with the Wind. It is the story of a young girl, Frou-Frou, falling instantly in love with a rich, and powerful man named Andre. Frou-Frou who has lived in France her whole life is instantly the talk of New Orleans who wins over everyone, man or woman. Andre becomes enraptured with the lovely and adventurous Frou-Frou, but is too late. George, an older, more mature gentleman has come along and also won over the fickle girl. At first she doesn't seem to desire to marry him at all. She remembers Andre and wants only to be with him, but when her older and wiser sister Louise tells her to marry the better choice of George, Frou-Frou cannot deny her sister. Little does Frou-Frou know that her plainer, but more sensible sister Louise is madly in love with George, but doesn't want to disrupt her sisters chances of being happy. George and Frou-Frou marry and Andre and Louise are left in the dust. Frou-Frou comes to love George with incredible passion and they birth a boy named Georgie. But George feels that his marriage to Frou-Frou will crash and burn if Louise doesn't step in and help her learn how to be a proper wife. From this moment on the story only spirals into the dramatic ways of movies from the 1930's. Frou-Frou thinks that George loves Louise, and runs away with Andre to keep from hurting her husband and sister. When they return George challenges Andre to a duel, and then shoots and kills the poor loveless Andre. Frou-Frou becomes deathly ill and goes to a church to pray for a miracle. The miracle is answered when Louise comes across her sister after all the time that is passed and persuades the stubborn George to go to his dying wife. The movie is a beautiful tribute to the late 1800's and is filmed even more beautifully. The actors are magnificent and melo-dramatic in their art. It is one of the most beautiful films from this time that I have seen and I advise anyone with the chance of seeing this lovely film to do so.

This movie about the world renowned violinist and his daughters piano teacher is beautiful. Leslie Howard did an amazing job and Ingrid Bergman looked lovely. Although their acting showed no real chemistry between the two... it went along with the story of how she was only an "intermezzo" in his life. I have never seen such a beautiful film about love, affairs, and pain brought to all those involved. It was moving and every bit theatrical as the title presumes. Besides Gone With The Wind it is Howards most lovely film and I suggest to all they see it. Intermezzo was simply... dazzling with its theme and truths. It showed real life in a way that most films of the day were afraid to.