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Erwin 2022-06-20 18:44:38
"Good-looking debut"
First movie ever made by Ridley Scott, the Master of Hollow Spectacles. Visually stunning. As a period piece, the research that evidently went into preparartion of the costumes, settings and army paraphalia, is simply amazing.
The plot is perfunctory. It is the kind of scripts that you figure can... -
Tatyana 2022-06-20 23:52:54
Kind of like a Chinese martial arts novel
I have a lot of fate with this director. I just watched his recent movie "A good year". If you look at his early work, you can see that he is really talented. There is a naive feel to the movies of the '70s, though.
The film is about two French officers in the Napoleonic era who experienced 4...
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Armand D'Hubert: [to his sister Leonie about her matchmaking] Meddle, meddle, meddle.
Leonie: [calmly sipping her tea] Nonsense.
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Adele: [she's just felt her baby kick and has put d'Hubert's hand on her belly to feel] Sir, kick for the general.
[the baby kicks and she reacts]
Adele: Perfect discipline!
Armand D'Hubert: [smiling] That's not a grenadier. Most ladylike, I assure you.
Adele: HE'S not kicking YOU.
