The Viewing Files: All The Movies - Part 2

Another way overdue catch up post.  This time it's all the movies.  And there's a lot of movies.  Like seriously a lot.  Which means that I have (as I have mentioned before) been slowly - and I do mean slowly - working my way from my Letterboxd films and adding in reviews for every film I have ever seen.

I know right?  Absolutely crazy.  Still that's my brain.  Wanting everything nice and tidy.   So without too much fuss here's the 1st (or should that be the 2rd?) rewatch reviews.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Starring: Errol Flynn and some bad ass sword fighting

Original release: 1938

Synopsis:  "Robin Hood, Robin Hood. Riding through the glen..."

 

We should all have as much fun with a sword and a bow as Errol Flynn has. Easy to see why he was so popular, though that hairstyle was truly awful. What were they thinking?

The Guns of Navarone

Starring: Gregory Peck and a lot of other guys - some of who die

Original release: 1961

Synopsis:  A bloody great big gun that needs blowing up

War movies how they should be - action packed and heroic. The acting is superb too.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Starring: James Mason and some guy who sings

Original release: 1963

Synopsis:  A bunch of explorers head down a volcano (yes seriously)

Completely far fetched and yes there is even some singing (just skip those parts) and a duck and yet despite all of this it's somehow still entertaining.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Starring: Richard Chamberlain

Original release: 1975

Synopsis:  Revenge is a dish best served... years after everyone has forgotten who you were

Richard Chamberlain's cheekbones are the real star.  Zero marks for the awful white hair ageing.  Makeup artist you ain't fooling nobody.

The Man in the Iron Mask

Starring: Richard Chamberlain, again

Original release: 1977

Synopsis:  The title kind of explains it all

This might have worked better as a two part film or as a mini series giving the chance to show the prisoner in jail for much longer but as it is it's still pretty good. Chamberlain's cheekbones are once again superb and he does quite well playing the 2 roles.

Dead Poets Society

Starring: Robin Williams *sob*

Original release: 1989

Synopsis:  A bunch of uptight kids try to break free of their upper upbringing

I should really like this movie. There's great acting, a moving story and yet somehow it all seems kind of dull and boring in places.

Sometimes even great movies don't work for everyone and this is one of those for me.