The Beloved Rogue

This wasn't great. The romance was very unnecessary and had no flesh to it. It felt like the film does a poor job at achieving what it wants to do, despite some cool shots and a good John Barrymore performance I was quite bored and apathetic.

This wasn't great. The romance was very unnecessary and had no flesh to it. It felt like the film does a poor job at achieving what it wants to do, despite some cool shots and a good John Barrymore performance I was quite bored and apathetic.

Really enjoyable swashbuckler that's kinda history but not really. John Barrymore is a lot of fun here, very at odds with his general serious actor persona, and Conrad Veidt (in his first American film) is so gleefully deranged and bizarre as the King. The production design as well is top notch, note the reused sets from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and there as some camera shots here that are really surprising and innovative for the era.

Really enjoyable swashbuckler that's kinda history but not really. John Barrymore is a lot of fun here, very at odds with his general serious actor persona, and Conrad Veidt (in his first American film) is so gleefully deranged and bizarre as the King. The production design as well is top notch, note the reused sets from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and there as some camera shots here that are really surprising and innovative for the era.

this movie has everything:babies drinking winekissing your mother too long on the mouthdry ass wigs greasy queer coded king who’s very into astrology (conrad veidt you cooked here)crying your clown makeup off homoerotic torture scenesrhymes

this movie has everything:babies drinking winekissing your mother too long on the mouthdry ass wigs greasy queer coded king who’s very into astrology (conrad veidt you cooked here)crying your clown makeup off homoerotic torture scenesrhymes

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