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Rating:  - a classic love story
well, it is like a million other movies...they fall in love. but what seperates it from those other movies is the passion. the actors have chemistry. if you love movies or stories where they fall in love, then this on is for you.
the only thing to be forewarned about is that it is sad. i cried.
but i love it.
Rating: - Best tragic romance ever!
This movie is great! You will have a variety of emotions throughout while watching a great love story unfold amongst war and turmoil.
Rating: - Tristan & Isolde
I loved this movie. I usually do not see movies more than once and I purchased this movie and have watched in over 4 times. I like this type of movie. I thought the actors are fabulous. Some of them we see now in other series, Henry Cavill was fantastic and we see him now in The Tudors. Sophia Myles now on Moonlighting. Rufus Sewell in the Holiday and John Adams. It is in the spirit of Braveheart and the Knights of the round table "type" movies. It is the love story that actually happened before Romeo & Juliet.
Rating: - "Every look he gives you, I get sicker and sicker. "
Isolde-If things were different, if we lived in a world without duty, would you be with me?
Tristan-That world does not exist.
Isolde-I'll pretend it's you...
This movie had be captured from the very beginning. I do not at all agree with reviews I have read about it not being a good love story and it making you roll your eyes. It was very good, good actors, good story. I would actually prefer this over a number of love stories, it's in my top 3 of them. And I have also read that it's not believable that they fell in love in just a few days, but what about Romeo and Juliet?..that was basically love at first sight. I am one of the most romantic saps you will ever meet and I am very judgemental about love stories. To me, along with Pride and Prejudice and Romeo and Juliet, this is one of the best love stories ever told.
Rating: - 5 stars for bucking the trend
There was no way on God's green earth this film was going to be a great comercial success - not in the UK, and sure as Hell not in the USA. But don't let that put you off. It's quite beautifully filmed, very easy on the eye, and the script, which can get a little embarrassing with these films, is not bad at all.
Rufus Sewell is good as the sensitive and forgiving warlord, Marke - he should get more roles like this. James Franco is a little underplayed (though still watchable) as Marke's trusted ward, Tristan, and Sophia Myles makes a good, believable Irish princess, Isolde. If I've a criticism, it would be that Bronagh Gallagher, as the faithful Bragnae, could have had a larger part. The Arthurian theme is obvious, though the heartache and infidelity is played out without cynicism. The purists may complain that the essence, et al, is not true - but it never stopped Mel Gibson, did it?
What I really like about this film - and what I believe ensured it would never make the big leagues - was that it was brave (or naive) enough to buck a certain solid gold maxim - Irish/rest of the world = good/opressed - English/British = bad/opressors. It should get five stars for that alone. I enjoyed it.
Yours
Baby Cromwell
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