CINEMA CYCLE
(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)
DATE REVIEWED: 12/12/2017
FORMAT: DVD
TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 122 minutes
DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 37 miles
TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 8278.2 miles
SYNOPSIS: The marriage of a shrill woman her her playboy husband in 16th century Italy.
CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: The differences in expectation and relationships between men and women….in the 16th century.
PROS AND CONS: Not a good film. The production is lavish and the acting (albeit Shakespearean) is excellent, but in the end this is a ‘word fencing’ melodrama.
Shakespeare was a great playwright for his age and I am sure that this went over really well in England back in his day. However, this play has little relevance today. Modern audiences would find it hard to identify with the characters, much less understand what they are saying.
This is Burton and Taylor at their best and you can tell that they are having fun with the roles. But if you want to see them bicker and fight for two hours, I would recommend “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf”. It is a bit more relevant by today’s standards.
This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.
Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film.
This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle. A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.
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