peacefuljeffrey 0 #1 March 14, 2006 I just gave my second attempt today at watching the Anthony Hopkins movie "Titus"... suffice it to say, I failed to be able to watch more than about ten minutes' worth. It's horrible. "Anachronistic" is too mild a term for it. The movie is like someone's freaked out nightmare acid trip. In the first scene, this boy is sitting at a kitchen table with food and toys all around. He's wearing a brown paper bag over his head. He starts to make mishmash out of his food, creating a battle-scene on the table with all of his action figures, spraying ketchup on them, etc. Suddenly the window explodes inward and a biker-lookin' dude wearing an aviator's leather helmet comes in, grabs the boy, and carries him away. The next thing you know, they are in a coliseum where Roman soldiers have just returned victorious from battle against Goths, and Anthony Hopkins orates to them. After that, things get weird. Suddenly there are parades following orators down the street, orators who ride floats similar to the Popemobile... and there is some sort of political competition going on between them. They're all still like ancient romans, but now they're riding in automobiles, and speaking from podiums using old-timey looking microphones and speakers. Anthony Hopkins is still the emperor-dude, and the little boy is still right there in the middle of stuff as though for some reason he belongs. That's where I stopped watching. The movie is so bad it was making me uncomfortable! Anyone here familiar with this movie? Have you watched it all the way through? Does it ever get decent and watchable? Can you explain what it's about to me? --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #2 March 14, 2006 Now you have peaked my curiosity. If this movie sucks I'm going to do something.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlkskycam 0 #3 March 14, 2006 It's basically a bloodfest - never seen the film but read the play. Once saw a staged version of "The White Devil," by John Webster - another play from the era and another bloodest - except this one was done up in a late mid 70's, London Punk Rock motif - I enjoyed it - if you saw "Shakespeare in Love, the little kid with the rat who likes the killing and stuff (I saw her bubbies!) - John Webster. McKellan's Richard III starts off with a tank crashing thorugh a wall into the King's study, McKellan climbs out and plugs the King - and this was done up in sort of a pseudo, fascist 1930's England. As for Titus, best thing to do is ignore the trappings if they're too bizarre and take in the words - the guy could write. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
