klschmidt

With all the commercial hype, I can't believe this movie was a box office flop. I went to see it and plan to buy the DVD when it comes out (OK, yeah, I'm a big Sean Bean fan, but ...) and I thought it was a great movie. Granted it had some elements that we've seen before, but that doesn't mean it was a bad movie. One of those mysteries where the critics were kind but the viewers just stayed away. The action sequences were great, and the story was very thought-provoking. The acting was also really good, in my opinion. It's definitely an evening's entertainment even if it's not really Oscar material. And that's what I have to say about that. (OK, that's 10 lines - lol)

The banter and humorous rescue scene help to make this one of my favorites of the 14-movie series. Wonderful acting, great cast. And this movie contains one of the few oft-noted facts about Sean Bean's career. The part where he and Alice Krige fall off the horse into the water was not scripted but was left in since they both went right on acting after it happened.

This is a good follow-up to the intense ending of Sharpe's Enemy.

I dearly love all of the Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce SHERLOCK HOLMES movies, but this one is one of my favorites. Maybe it's just some fond memories from my youth. A modern comparison can be made between the chess game in this movie and the one in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Even though no one actually died in Potter's game, murder surrounded the Musgrave Ritual -- so which one could be deemed more violent? Both movies arrived at the mysteries' solutions after the completion of the game, so there's another loose comparison.