My household are big fans of Alan Rickman. As such, we decided to review his films from start to finish. Using IMDb, that put us starting with Die Hard (Die Hard!!!!) and we knew Dogma and Galaxy Quest
would be in there, too. Not to mention all our other favorite Alan
Rickman films. Plus, you know, we thought we'd discover so many more fun
movies. That is probably still true but we've been discovering some
real duds in our journey and it's sucking the fun out of this activity.
As such, we've decided to keep going in chronological order but to focus
on the ones we like or what sounds good to us.
If we skip one of your favorites feel free to make a case for it in the comments. Links to previous reviews can be found below, under the cut.
sgwordy: Alan Rickman wasn't in this all that much.
If we skip one of your favorites feel free to make a case for it in the comments. Links to previous reviews can be found below, under the cut.
Dr Musacha: This movie is 2hrs and 13min long.
sgwordy: It feels it.
sgwordy: Alan Rickman wasn't in this all that much.
Dr Musacha: I think we've found our first thing that Alan Rickman DOESN'T do well in a film, as his Irish accent left a bit to be desired.
sgwordy:
So true. It's really the first genuine fail we've seen out of him. He
was in good company, though. The accents were pretty crap all around.
Were you able to get a handle on his character at all?
Dr Musacha: He came across as nothing more than a foil for Michael Collins, which is weird because he was portraying a real person and so probably had more depth than that.
sgwordy: I agree and actually find that emblematic of the entire film. I assume everyone had more depth but the film wasn't successful in communicating that.
Dr Musacha: Agreed, I kept looking at Julia Roberts (an otherwise talented actress) and thinking, "Why are you here? There's nothing for you to do in this movie."
sgwordy: And, what's worse, is that I got to the end and, quite without irony, mentally wondered why so many people were at Michael Collins' funeral. I think that's a real problem when making a historical drama. Speaking of the historical part... how was Alan Rickman in the costumes in this one?
Dr Musacha: He was mostly in suits but he did have the weird looking glasses.
sgwordy: He wore glasses?
Dr Musacha: I thought so. Anyway, not his best look.
sgwordy: I'm starting to forget what he looks like in regular clothes.
Summary:
Dr Musacha: He came across as nothing more than a foil for Michael Collins, which is weird because he was portraying a real person and so probably had more depth than that.
sgwordy: I agree and actually find that emblematic of the entire film. I assume everyone had more depth but the film wasn't successful in communicating that.
Dr Musacha: Agreed, I kept looking at Julia Roberts (an otherwise talented actress) and thinking, "Why are you here? There's nothing for you to do in this movie."
sgwordy: And, what's worse, is that I got to the end and, quite without irony, mentally wondered why so many people were at Michael Collins' funeral. I think that's a real problem when making a historical drama. Speaking of the historical part... how was Alan Rickman in the costumes in this one?
Dr Musacha: He was mostly in suits but he did have the weird looking glasses.
sgwordy: He wore glasses?
Dr Musacha: I thought so. Anyway, not his best look.
sgwordy: I'm starting to forget what he looks like in regular clothes.
Summary:
Rate the movie on a scale of 1 to 10:
Dr Musacha –6
sgwordy –6
Was Rickman the best thing about this movie?
Dr Musacha – No. I give the nod to Aidan Quinn's character.
sgwordy – No, making fun of the terrible accents was.
In the context of his body of work, on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate Rickman as Rickman?
Dr Musacha –3
sgwordy –2
Favorite Rickman quote from this movie?
Dr Musacha: That's no excuse for obscenities.
sgwordy: Ditto.
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