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Post by WullieFort on Aug 21, 2018 18:54:27 GMT
At long last they've made the film that I expected to be made years ago, especially after the success of Mel Gibson's Braveheart.
The story of The Bruce aka Robert, King of Scotland who led the Scots to victory at Bannockburn. This effort stars Chris Pine who together with director David Mackenzie, gave us the Oscar-nominated classic Hell or High Water of 2016. It has Stephen Dillane as Edward I aka The Hammer of the Scots but no one else in the cast of real note and that suggests a low budget production. Maybe they'll pull it off. I hope so because IMO Bruce was a much more interesting character than Wallace and in fact the nickname Braveheart was given to him not Mel Gibson's Scottish hero.
In Sean Connery's heyday, I thought that he might make this film but he got Bonditis and a few years ago I wondered if Gerard Butler might go for ir but he's too busy saving the world from anybody/eveybody.
The film is due for release in November
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 21, 2018 19:22:55 GMT
Just saw the trailer today, it looks incredible. Hopefully a much more accurate portrayal of the times, but then it would have to be. Don't get me wrong, I still love Braveheart. But it's as historically flawed as any period piece ever made.
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Post by orlandogardner on Aug 21, 2018 20:14:40 GMT
Looks alright. In other hands I might be expecting Robin Hood: Prince of Thieve, but I loved Hell or High Water, so I'd have high hopes for this.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 21, 2018 21:46:34 GMT
Just saw the trailer today, it looks incredible. Hopefully a much more accurate portrayal of the times, but then it would have to be. Don't get me wrong, I still love Braveheart. But it's as historically flawed as any period piece ever made. Yeah I've read up a lot on this subject, and while I have rewatched braveheart a fair amount recently, and I do think it's a legitimately great film actually, it's wildly inaccurate with history. Which is fine to some degree, but Robert the Bruce really got shafted in that film. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 21, 2018 21:48:32 GMT
It's worth noting that there's another film about the same subject in the works starring the actor who played Robert the Bruce in Braveheart, as a sort of sequel to that film, but supposedly more historically accurate.
This one will likely be at a much higher budget and have a much larger profile.
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Post by WullieFort on Aug 22, 2018 3:28:42 GMT
It's worth noting that there's another film about the same subject in the works starring the actor who played Robert the Bruce in Braveheart, as a sort of sequel to that film, but supposedly more historically accurate. This one will likely be at a much higher budget and have a much larger profile. Yes. Titled Robert the Bruce and starring Angus Macfadyen, it is being directed by Richard Gray,whose work is unknown to me. It has Jared Harris as John Comyn, Bruce's arch-enemy, so is probably dealing with their rivalry. Again the rest of the cast is unknown, so I am not too thrilled at the prospect. Besides MacFadyen is now in his mid-50s, hardly likely to impress a s a young warrior. |
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Post by Pangolin on Aug 24, 2018 18:55:04 GMT
Arms and armor in this movie looks far better than in most other movies about medieval Europe, so I hope it'll be great also in other aspects.
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Post by orlandogardner on Aug 24, 2018 23:14:23 GMT
It's worth noting that there's another film about the same subject in the works starring the actor who played Robert the Bruce in Braveheart, as a sort of sequel to that film, but supposedly more historically accurate. This one will likely be at a much higher budget and have a much larger profile. Yes. Titled Robert the Bruce and starring Angus Macfadyen, it is being directed by Richard Gray,whose work is unknown to me. It has Jared Harris as John Comyn, Bruce's arch-enemy, so is probably dealing with their rivalry. Again the rest of the cast is unknown, so I am not too thrilled at the prospect. Besides MacFadyen is now in his mid-50s, hardly likely to impress a s a young warrior. At least it has Jared Harris, he makes everything he's in at least 20% better. Terrific actor. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 24, 2018 23:30:05 GMT
Meh, can't say I'm that excited. Scottish history is a tad boring.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 24, 2018 23:31:26 GMT
Yes. Titled Robert the Bruce and starring Angus Macfadyen, it is being directed by Richard Gray,whose work is unknown to me. It has Jared Harris as John Comyn, Bruce's arch-enemy, so is probably dealing with their rivalry. Again the rest of the cast is unknown, so I am not too thrilled at the prospect. Besides MacFadyen is now in his mid-50s, hardly likely to impress a s a young warrior. At least it has Jared Harris, he makes everything he's in at least 20% better. Terrific actor. Yeah, loved Harris in Mad Men. |
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Post by Pangolin on Aug 24, 2018 23:54:58 GMT
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Post by orlandogardner on Aug 25, 2018 20:28:15 GMT
At least it has Jared Harris, he makes everything he's in at least 20% better. Terrific actor. Yeah, loved Harris in Mad Men. Yeah, even in a show of that quality he was standout. |
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Post by Pangolin on Aug 29, 2018 17:00:13 GMT
aaand action!
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Post by WullieFort on Sept 7, 2018 8:38:43 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 7, 2018 12:04:05 GMT
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Post by WullieFort on Sept 7, 2018 14:32:47 GMT
Leading man was the least good thing about "Hell or High Water". Bit of a glamour boy.
I shall go and see it for no reason other than to see if they have included a "spider scene" and ....who plays the spider
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Post by Pangolin on Sept 7, 2018 21:43:40 GMT
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