So me and my husband do not have the same taste in films. I air towards strong character films with well thought out scripts. My husband likes a good cop,bad cop film or a sports legend with a tragic injury. Anyway, when I looked up to see he had put a Liam Neeson film on, I expected to see an elderly man blowing up fifty people and fighting six young men with one arm. I was nearly right. But very wrong.
I knew in the first ten minutes, when a man dug his own grave and gave a rousing speech that this was going to be good. Just look at the cast. All legends but Jack Gleeson??? Absolutely amazing. I loved his role as Joffrey in GOT but naively thought this was just a great character for any actor to play. Now I know that without Jack Gleeson, the role would not have been the same. It took me ten minutes to realise it was him in this film. I was just thinking wow, who is this lunatic. Then the penny dropped and I sat amazed every time he was in camera. Liam Neeson reminded me what he was capable of when he is finally given something other than a hologram character. Yes, some of the brilliant supporting actors were underused but personally, it made it more interesting as screen time wasn't carved up in accordance to fame.
So pleased to have enjoyed a film my husband picked. Next year I might let him pick another one. I said might.
I knew in the first ten minutes, when a man dug his own grave and gave a rousing speech that this was going to be good. Just look at the cast. All legends but Jack Gleeson??? Absolutely amazing. I loved his role as Joffrey in GOT but naively thought this was just a great character for any actor to play. Now I know that without Jack Gleeson, the role would not have been the same. It took me ten minutes to realise it was him in this film. I was just thinking wow, who is this lunatic. Then the penny dropped and I sat amazed every time he was in camera. Liam Neeson reminded me what he was capable of when he is finally given something other than a hologram character. Yes, some of the brilliant supporting actors were underused but personally, it made it more interesting as screen time wasn't carved up in accordance to fame.
So pleased to have enjoyed a film my husband picked. Next year I might let him pick another one. I said might.