Movie Review Thread

[econ21]

Saw Fargo yesterday, finally. Really was good, another Coen brothers film to add to my list of good films. Loved the accent.

Excellent movie - the humour, horror and pathos. "And for what? A little bit of money..."

I saw "King Arthur" the other day. Obviously not a movie to be mentioned in the same post as Fargo, but surprisingly watchable. The whole plot and history were rather silly, but it had some redeeming virtues. The acting was decent - I liked the idealistic Arthur and his down to earth knights - and a lot of the costumes seemed authentic. The blue painted Celts and the Saxons with their shieldwall reminded me of those in Total War games. It made me want to fire up Barbarian Invasion again and play the WRE (using Goth's mod for extra realism). The other night I had to fight an uneven battle in Britain against a very beefy invading Saxon army and the way I could claw victory was surprisingly like that in the climatic battle of the film (shoot them in the back and do hit n runs with Roman heavy cavalry).