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Oct. 1st, 2011 09:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vr_trakowskiI watched Plunkett & Macleane again today, for the first time since jeanniemac and I saw it in the theater when it came out. It's not an easy movie to find; even Netflix only has it on streaming.
It seems to have been billed as a comedy, but it isn't, though it has its funny moments; and while the promotional materials make much of Liv Tyler's character, she had nowhere near as much to do with P's and McL's activities as they imply. It's a good piece of costume drama, appropriately filthy for the mid-eighteenth century, and with some very good acting; the villain is deeply chilling, and so well written that one only gradually realizes just how nasty he actually is. And Alan Cumming's Lord Rochester is an utter, deep delight.
The costuming seems more than a bit weird, especially the wigs and a particular hairdo, but I don't know enough about the period to tell whether it's exaggerated. I suspect not.
There is, however, a serious overuse of the word "fuck". And for those of you who complain about the Ladyhawke soundtrack, this one is worse. By far. Especially the credits track. Seriously, rap?
All in all, I do recommend this film, if you can find a copy.
On a completely different note, I covet this. I have an unhealthy relationship with dichroic glass. *snerk*
jeanniemac and I saw it in the theater when it came out. It's not an easy movie to find; even Netflix only has it on streaming. It seems to have been billed as a comedy, but it isn't, though it has its funny moments; and while the promotional materials make much of Liv Tyler's character, she had nowhere near as much to do with P's and McL's activities as they imply. It's a good piece of costume drama, appropriately filthy for the mid-eighteenth century, and with some very good acting; the villain is deeply chilling, and so well written that one only gradually realizes just how nasty he actually is. And Alan Cumming's Lord Rochester is an utter, deep delight.
The costuming seems more than a bit weird, especially the wigs and a particular hairdo, but I don't know enough about the period to tell whether it's exaggerated. I suspect not.
There is, however, a serious overuse of the word "fuck". And for those of you who complain about the Ladyhawke soundtrack, this one is worse. By far. Especially the credits track. Seriously, rap?
All in all, I do recommend this film, if you can find a copy.
On a completely different note, I covet this. I have an unhealthy relationship with dichroic glass. *snerk*