MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Hyde Park on Hudson

Deb 8    Me 8

We've been waiting for this for a while now. Why? Bill Murray. I just think he fills the screen with some little extra spark that other performers lack. He's sort of a throwback to the pre-Dustin Hoffman days, you know when john Wayne was always John Wayne or Gable was always gable, regardless of their roles. Murray is always Murray and being Murray is a pretty good thing to be. He doesn't always pick great movies to be in but he's usually great in whatever they are. There were other people in the movie too. Laura Linney is always a treat, don't see her enough really. Didn't really know anybody else, and I like that, makes it easier to accept their roles.
The movie is set just before WWll and the King and Queen of England come to visit America. This is a behind-the-scenes look at that summit meeting based on notes from the woman played by Laura Linney. It makes for an enjoyable insight to the ways things may have been done in the no too distant past. Its the same King in The King's Speech (different actor, same King), so if you saw that you have some historical background as to who's who. Sad way to get history lessons, but better than none. And this way is quite entertaining.
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