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Legends of the Fall (1994)
A Comedy of Errors.
There is a basic flaw in the plot of this movie that most women could identify in two seconds.
Aidan Quinn wants to marry Julia Ormond. Brad Pitt wants to have his way with her when he's in town. For some reason she has a problem with this.
Is she thick, or something?
This is a very bad movie. Although I must confess did get a lot of laughs out of it.
The shame of it is, it has a great cast, beautiful cinematography, sensational locations. But the script seems to have been written at the pub late one Friday afternoon after the ingestion of too many ales. It's quite ridiculous.
Standout howlers were : poor Brad Pitt with that awful Fabio hair, Anthony Hopkins experiencing some strange facial cramping and the ridiculous bear subplot.
Oh well, we all have bills to pay.
The Krays (1990)
Impressive.
This was an impressive movie: stylish, well played and atmospheric.
The greatest revelation was the talent of the Kemp Brothers (ex-Spandau Ballet) who were absolutely marvelous as the notorious Kray Twins. They portrayed the mixture of glamour, ruthlessness and family loyalty of these two brothers with much conviction.
The storyline seemed a little vague at times, and glossed over one or two episodes, but this was probably due to the compression of facts and didn't mar the feel of the movie as a whole. Quite frankly, it probably would have taken a mini-series to document all the things the real Twins were up to.
Billie Whitelaw was a standout as Violet Kray. Steven Berkoff over-acted as usual. Tom Bell was wonderful as always.
Not to be taken as absolute fact but is interestingly done and certainly gives an idea of the story behind these two well known villains.