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Post by kissmekate on Jan 7, 2011 18:57:24 GMT
What a description in one single sentence!  I seem to have a penchant for those wormlike enumerations  Yes to both! Shortly before telling Louise off for her constant whining, I was quite annoyed by that woman's eternal crying. Catherine lying next to him at the end makes up for it a tiny little bit, but I'd have preferred Catherine or even Nell in the pillow scene. Anyway, it was beautiful to watch the weary king let go of his troubles for a moment of rest. |
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Post by adina on Jan 7, 2011 19:17:33 GMT
Well, Kissmekate, the first scene was a nightmare. Charles didn't see his father's execution.
I'm happy you liked the film, it is my big favourite!
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Post by kissmekate on Jan 7, 2011 19:36:12 GMT
Well, Kissmekate, the first scene was a nightmare. Charles didn't see his father's execution. Ah, thanks for clarifying that. I was aware that he certainly didn't stand right by but it might have been that he witnessed the execution from farther away ... I couldn't help comparing the miniseries to the ongoing "Tudors" series with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII. We just had the fourth season of that on German TV, and although it is not uninteresting, they should have taken some pages from the Chuck II playbook. Where they take hours and hours to tediously develop single threads of action, the Charles makers succeeded in putting together a tense and complex plot that doesn't need loooooong periods of explanation. And still: although I didn't remember much more than the name Charles II and a bit about Oliver Cromwell about the historical circumstances, I had no trouble whatsoever to understand what was going on. That's really fine scriptwriting. And while there's plenty of sex and crime/treason going on around Charles, it's never vulgar or voyeuristic, whereas the Tudors often feel like some soap opera in period clothes. |
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Post by Petruchio - Good God on Jan 8, 2011 12:42:28 GMT
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Post by roseofkilgannon on Jan 8, 2011 13:31:38 GMT
I did make some screenshoots again - this time of CHARLES II - MAKING OF..., which also I posted on fb, too... Thanks for sharing the beautiful screenshoots Claudia. Have a nice weekend! |
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Post by kissmekate on Jan 8, 2011 14:44:23 GMT
Very nice indeed, thank you! It's incredible how towering he looks next to tiny Shirley |
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Post by anyother on Jan 8, 2011 15:31:36 GMT
Thanks, Midghy!
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Post by olika on Jan 17, 2011 4:08:37 GMT
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ekaterina
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If you do that again, I'll hit you back?"harder?
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Post by ekaterina on Jan 19, 2011 14:34:33 GMT
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Post by roseofkilgannon on Jan 19, 2011 20:18:23 GMT
@ ekaterina: I bought the DVD from amazon Germany. It's a UK Import with English language and English subtitles. And it's the original British mini series with the complete 240 min. Here's the link: www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0000D9Y62/ref=oss_productI bought it from the following supplier at the marketplace: the_book_depository_uk Hope that will help you! |
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ekaterina
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Post by ekaterina on Jan 19, 2011 20:46:27 GMT
@ ekaterina: I bought the DVD from amazon Germany. It's a UK Import with English language and English subtitles. And it's the original British mini series with the complete 240 min. Here's the link: www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0000D9Y62/ref=oss_productI bought it from the following supplier at the marketplace: the_book_depository_uk Hope that will help you! oh! thebookdepository has dvds? great, i'm used to buying there all my english books! ^^ btw, the dvd also have the making off right? thanks! |
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Post by roseofkilgannon on Jan 19, 2011 21:09:00 GMT
@ ekaterina: oh! thebookdepository has dvds? great, i'm used to buying there all my english books! ^^ btw, the dvd also have the making off right? thanks! Yes, this DVD has the making off and The boy who would be king. The 2nd one has also English subtitles. |
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Post by tipou on Jan 20, 2011 1:48:32 GMT
ekaterina, all i can say is: if you can, get the long version.
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Post by nell on Jan 20, 2011 7:35:19 GMT
Ekaterina you want no 2. I have that one and it's all on there. Plus the first one is starring some guy called Rufus Newell  (sounds a bit dodgy to me) Enjoy ! |
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Post by kissmekate on Jan 20, 2011 8:32:58 GMT
Plus the first one is starring some guy called Rufus Newell (sounds a bit dodgy to me) Wonder if he's related to some Rufus Sewell who was born in the US in 1940 (as stated on my Dark City DVD)  Have fun with Charles, ekaterina! |
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(sounds a bit dodgy to me)