tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6796075214984376614..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: The Prime Minister's SpeechSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-55464820699400728682018-04-08T23:53:34.336-05:002018-04-08T23:53:34.336-05:00I guess we had different angles of approach. You&...I guess we had different angles of approach. You're not going to like the trollish way in which I began <a href="http://bighominid.blogspot.kr/2018/02/darkest-hour-review.html" rel="nofollow">my review</a> of this movie. (And I'm sure you remember how much I disliked "Dunkirk.") That said, I completely understand your reservations.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-26398097912513546202018-04-08T09:48:45.207-05:002018-04-08T09:48:45.207-05:00I've seen The Gathering Storm with Finney as w...I've seen <i>The Gathering Storm</i> with Finney as well, as well as the 2009 follow-up <i>Into the Storm</i>, which has Brendan Gleeson in the Churchill role and the always-wonderful and undervalued Janet McTeer as Clementine. <br /><br />All three are worth seeing. Once. All three are, I think, well-cast and well-acted and not particularly memorable.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-85661000984707175582018-04-08T09:41:51.584-05:002018-04-08T09:41:51.584-05:00I haven't seen Dunkirk yet but I have seen 200...I haven't seen Dunkirk yet but I have seen 2002's The Gathering Storm with Albert Finney as Churchill and Vanessa Redgrave as Clementine which effectively covers this exact same territory. I have to tell ya I was more impressed with it. Maybe because I was now familiar with the story it had less impact I can't say but I found this rather staid and drawn out. <br /><br />Oldman was good, he's a fine actor so that was no surprise, but I preferred Finney because I could still tell he was Finney but he evoked Churchill. With this Oldman was so concealed by the makeup I was distracted by it. KST did very well with what was handed her, agree about her lack of nominations but at least she has one, but Vanessa Redgrave's Clemmie was a more fleshed out character. <br /><br />Like you I can't see returning to it again though it was fine.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com