I’ve had an obsession with this language I’m writing in now for as long as I can remember, it has a similar appeal as movies do, the infinite possibility of discovery is quite possibly the most beautiful thing in existence to me. This perfectly captures that feeling I love, the feeling of climbing a mountain with a summit you can’t see, it was completely infectious throughout this entire viewing and it made this such a great watch. I also get why this wouldn’t be loved as much by the masses, it’s understandable that a story about the vastness of vocabulary wouldn’t make for the most intriguing experience for the majority of people, but as is clear by my previous statements I’m not included in that majority. The acting is also top notch, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Braveheart so I feel tentative about calling it the best acting I’ve seen from Mel but I loved him and his narration here. Even with Gibson doing his thing it’s Penn that steals the show, his portrayal of the mix of madness and genius was so entertaining to watch, especially as the runtime went on. Natalie Dormer gave an impressive performance next to them as well, I only knew her from the Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games series so to see her in this type of role was a good change of pace and I definitely appreciate her more as an actress now. The rest of the cast offers a few more decent supporting roles from Jennifer Ehle, Stephen Dillane, and Steve Coogan too, next to the script the cast was absolutely the highlight here. Now it feels necessary to get to why this isn’t higher with the way I’m talking about it so highly. It’s clear that was because of the cheap production crew limiting Safinia and Gibson’s vision, you can feel hits of the inauthenticity of a producer’s final cut through the director and performers’ passion, it’s truly disappointing we didn’t get to see the maximum potential this story had to offer. I’m still able to get the passion though, I think I’ve watched enough movies to confidently identify said passion and I can definitely appreciate that. I also think the decision to have a romantic connection between Eliza and Dr. Minor was odd even if it was unexplored and only used to explain Minor’s fall deeper into madness, it just made me uncomfortable and felt unnecessary but it thankfully didn’t have an impact on anything. To wrap this up it really is incredibly entertaining despite the issues, the script is very charming, the cast is phenomenal, and like I said earlier, if the description is of interest to you this is absolutely worth a try because it delivers on that magical feeling to a level that makes its issues feel negligible.
I’ve had an obsession with this language I’m writing in now for as long as I can remember, it has a similar appeal as movies do, the infinite possibility of discovery is quite possibly the most beautiful thing in existence to me. This perfectly captures that feeling I love, the feeling of climbing a mountain with a summit you can’t see, it was completely infectious throughout this entire viewing and it made this such a great watch. I also get why this wouldn’t be loved as much by the masses, it’s understandable that a story about the vastness of vocabulary wouldn’t make for the most intriguing experience for the majority of people, but as is clear by my previous statements I’m not included in that majority. The acting is also top notch, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Braveheart so I feel tentative about calling it the best acting I’ve seen from Mel but I loved him and his narration here. Even with Gibson doing his thing it’s Penn that steals the show, his portrayal of the mix of madness and genius was so entertaining to watch, especially as the runtime went on. Natalie Dormer gave an impressive performance next to them as well, I only knew her from the Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games series so to see her in this type of role was a good change of pace and I definitely appreciate her more as an actress now. The rest of the cast offers a few more decent supporting roles from Jennifer Ehle, Stephen Dillane, and Steve Coogan too, next to the script the cast was absolutely the highlight here. Now it feels necessary to get to why this isn’t higher with the way I’m talking about it so highly. It’s clear that was because of the cheap production crew limiting Safinia and Gibson’s vision, you can feel hits of the inauthenticity of a producer’s final cut through the director and performers’ passion, it’s truly disappointing we didn’t get to see the maximum potential this story had to offer. I’m still able to get the passion though, I think I’ve watched enough movies to confidently identify said passion and I can definitely appreciate that. I also think the decision to have a romantic connection between Eliza and Dr. Minor was odd even if it was unexplored and only used to explain Minor’s fall deeper into madness, it just made me uncomfortable and felt unnecessary but it thankfully didn’t have an impact on anything. To wrap this up it really is incredibly entertaining despite the issues, the script is very charming, the cast is phenomenal, and like I said earlier, if the description is of interest to you this is absolutely worth a try because it delivers on that magical feeling to a level that makes its issues feel negligible.
