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Spencer
Nov 29, 2021 12:49:12 GMT
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Post by frappuccino on Nov 29, 2021 12:49:12 GMT
Who has watched it and what do you think? The trailer makes it seem like "sad, rich, kind, beautiful woman" which is kind of a trope. Unlike the Crown-which seems to be less 2 dimensional.
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 29, 2021 16:32:03 GMT
Who has watched it and what do you think? The trailer makes it seem like "sad, rich, kind, beautiful woman" which is kind of a trope. Unlike the Crown-which seems to be less 2 dimensional. I really liked it but I can see why it would definitely not be everybody's cup of tea. It's very much a typical art cinema's take on a woman unravelling with a sense of impending doom (particularly on the score), in some parts it reminded me of Lars von Trier's 'Melancholia'. There's even a scene which I would say verges on 'body horror' and there's some dialogue which is there solely for comedy purposes. The royal setting is almost inconsequential, she only has one scene with Charles and the rest of the royals are practically silent. It's completely different from 'The Crown'. |
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Post by mkb on Nov 29, 2021 18:20:12 GMT
I'm just counting up and I've seen 68 films at the cinema this year since they re-opened in May. It takes an exceptional film to merit a one-star or a five-star rating from me, but Spencer has the accolade of being the only movie I rated as one-star this year. (Yes, even worse than Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins!)
It it utterly dreadful. There is no realism to the dialogue. The acting -- especially from Stewart -- is woeful. Her vocals are whispered, staccato and an over-the-top clichéd impersonation. Her mannerisms are just weird and completely unrealistic. Only Spall and Hawkins come away with any credit for their performances, and they must be highly embarrassed to be part of this dross.
You'd think that, with lines like "Tell them I made you go away because I need to masturbate", and regularly seeing visions of Anne Boleyn, this might be one of those films where it's so bad, it's good. Sadly not: it's just bad bad. Did I mention the chef who barks orders in an odd prose to his team like a sergeant-major, and just happens to turn up in a country lane where La Spencer is lost? Or the house wrapped in barbed wire with stairs crumbling underfoot as if this were Nightmare on Elm Street? Or the scarecrow that the princess decides to re-attire in her yellow dress? Or the lesbian sub-plot with the maid?
The film clearly thinks it's art house, but it's merely pretentious. (The way the music score is used underlines that point.) It's also incredibly boring. It was quite an endurance test, with eyes weary from rolling, to reach the end.
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Post by jamie2c on Nov 29, 2021 18:44:36 GMT
It is an arty film exploring the inner turmoil of Diana under the pressure of being in a distant royal family. Kristen Stewarts performance is brilliant as Diana. I would recommend it if you are a Diana, Kristen Stewart or Royal family fan. The music is also brilliant.
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Post by greeny11 on Nov 29, 2021 19:17:00 GMT
While I wouldn't go quite as far as mkb, I really didn't enjoy it. I thought the whole film was incredibly dull, and Kristen Stewart's performance as Diana was very odd.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 16:35:57 GMT
When I saw the film title and with the certain characteristics that the Spencer-Churchill males inhibit I wondered if it was a film where there would be a load of stout, balding men with large faces walking about.
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