As often can be said about films, it of course is dramatized. This of course doesn't mean it doesn't serve well for what it is made for. It is a quite good film, I'd say, about Wilde's highs and depths. I do have to say that I am not fully pleased with their portrayal of Wilde. I think they have wanted too much to make him sympathetic and make him a victim of his age. I am one of the people who doesn't really see him as a victim though, so it can be me. Besides that I have to say that I think this portrayal of Wilde makes him less interesting by making him less eccentric and too innocent. I did like Jude Law's portrayal of Bosie and Sheen's of Robbie Ross, though I don't know how accurate those are,but as it is a film, that doesn't matter. I do have to say that I'm better at picking the points I thought could be better from something,so I probably don't think as badly about this films as it might look to you. I think I'd mostly recommend it to people who are low key interested in the life of Oscar Wilde. It definitely lets you know more about him and the film is quite good, but if you ain't really interested, it probably won't be worth watching.
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Orlando
(1992)
Stunning visuals,lacking plot
18 August 2015
Though the film has exquisitely stunning visuals and everything looks absolutely beautiful, it just doesn't seem to grasp certain (I think:key) aspects of the book. It might be that their is way too much book to put in one film, but it does make the story less good and certain things would just have been much better, were they done like in the book. Many things just don't get enough time, though other things are added, or changed without making it better. I'd think that when you haven't read the book, you'd enjoy the film more, as always, but that even then you could see that some things could better be done differently. I'd recommend it though, because of the absolutely beautiful way everything is made. The sets are really beautiful and I give my compliments for those. Though the plot and how it is done in general lacks, how stunning everything looks makes it more than worth watching.
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