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Re: Great Review (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Dear davewyman: Sorry that I was not informed of your comment earlier.
Yes, the film changed Movie History, and Errol Flynn's attitude toward working in movies.
Whether or not Osama bin Laden will be run down in the Crimea remains to be seen. Though the plans laid out in the President's Advisors' "Project for the New American Century," indicating the need to attack Iraq, was long on the public record, no one could have stated with certainty that the Administration would be so audacious to carry it through. My guess is that the whereabouts of bin Laden is known to various Intelligence Services, and that sometime this summer he will be caught in a massive dragnet.
As you suggest, the full import of these "wars" is yet to be realized, years from now.
Thank you, Dave, for your praise and comments.
{Macresarf1]
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Jan 02 '04
1:51 pm PST
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Great Review (Reply to this comment)
by davewyman
I just watched the last third of the "Charge of the Light Brigade" and went on-line to look for information about the film - particularly where it was filmed. What I found was the fantastic review by macresarf1.
I hadn't seen the film in some years - I was struck by the number of horses that appeared to trip during the charge - I was sorry to read that so many died, as well as a stuntman.
Unlike the movie's bad guy, Osama bin Laden is still at large, and I think our the outcome of what the U.S. has done in and to Afghanistan is not clear (and that's certainly so in Iraq).
Dave Wyman
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Dec 07 '03
2:38 am PST
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Re: Making sense of it: (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Dear susan: Thank you for the compliments.
I tend to hear Flynn's jaunty, slightly self-deprecating voice now, rather than his picture. From CAPTAIN BLOOD through THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN no one did what he did better.
Cheers.
[Macresarf1]
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Dec 05 '01
12:03 pm PST
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Making sense of it: (Reply to this comment)
by saintdonagh
What a fantastic review; thanks for the historical context of the "Charge" in history, as well as that of the film in Hollywood. Pulling it out of film "archives", as it were, to point out the relevance with today's headlines, was inspired.
Bravo!! Your writing style is a pleasure to read, as well.
=Susan
(who can never picture Errol without that stupid Robin Hood costume...)
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Dec 04 '01
1:14 pm PST
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Re: Dear macresarf, (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Thank you, wasp. Malick's THIN RED LINE is a reverie on War, and as such, fits both his own bent toward philosophy and a similar preoccupation of Novelist James Jones.
Richardson's CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, however, as I indicate, though better history than the 1936 version, is a bit of a mess. Effective as a then-fashionable satiric de-construction of the British Empire, it struck me as a film that had chunks of it cut out, or never shot, and Monty Python brought in to make us forget the fact. An odd mix of satire and docudrama, it was no DOCTOR STRANGELOVE.
Unless there is a Richardson Director's Cut out there somewhere, I marginally prefer Curtiz, even if the uniforms are not correct and Lord Raglan's curious order to the bickering brothers-in-law, Raglan and Cardagan, is too neatly and romantically explained.
It will be interesting, many years from now perhaps, to see possible blunders in our present War on Terrorism justified.
As to my comment on your review of THE THIN RED LINE, you are welcome. The comment was heart-felt.
We have no idea the consequences for us in this present War which even the Bush Administration contemplates. The actual play-out may be even more unpredictable.
Regards.
[Macresarf1]
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Nov 22 '01
12:13 pm PST
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Dear macresarf, (Reply to this comment)
by thewasp
I suppose this version of "Charge of the Light Brigade" is, well, watchable. But far more commendable was the 1968 British adaptation, which employed strict historical literalism (right down to the British supreme commander, a veteran of Waterloo, accidentally calling the Russians French), as well as some Monty Python-style animation at the beginning and middle. And thank you again for your comment on my review of "The Thin Red Line." I intend to put both films on my list of the 10 best war movies ever, due early next year.
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Nov 22 '01
9:01 am PST
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