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The Unicorn (2019)
Walton Goggins Deserves A Better Role
This show is cheesy, to say the least. A few times during my viewing of the first two episodes, I did manage to laugh a few times, but those laughs were few and far between. Goggins plays a character that falls beneath his abilities, in a show that made me genuinely question why he'd want to be in it.
The trailer was interesting enough to make me want to know more, but what I came to find is the show is a less interesting, more fast-paced and confusing version of the events in the trailer. The concept is good, the writing not so much.
After watching Walton Goggins in things such as "Vice Principals" and "The Righteous Gemstones," this feels like an insult to his career. He does deserve a lead in his own show, but my God, it should be a better one.
Another Country (1984)
Makes me engaged in history
Initially I went into this movie with absolutely no idea what was going to go on other than that one of the characters was going to be gay. I decided to feel my way blindly through it, and did so happily as I'm a fan of Firth's work. I'm happy to say it exceeded any expectations I could have had, and that it's one of those impressionable movies you think about for weeks.
I never had seen Rupert Everett act in anything, so he was a new face to me. I found his character to be compelling, and quite loved the way he made him charming and witty, but brilliant and beautiful, too. Two of the best dialogues delivered in the movie were by Everett, and he delivered them with so much passion I almost cried.
The thing I loved the most about this movie was the friendship shared between Judd and Bennett. While most incredibly unlike, Judd and Bennett were united in their charm and their difference. Judd, a young communist, and Bennett, an openly gay man in a society so punishable of such acts. I found the relationship to be refreshing. The way Judd discredited Bennett's emotion as something unserious in one scene, and the way Bennett lashed at him and told him how unfair it was that he did that, was perhaps my favorite part. Both Firth and Everett delievered astounding performances for people that young, and I'm surprised this didn't propel Firth into stardom before Pride and Prejudice did. I absolutely recommend this to anyone interested in films like "Maurice" or "Call Me By Your Name" and only wish that it had more popularity; "Another Country" certainly is a hidden gem.
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
Been thinking about it for days
Going into this movie I hadn't had high expectations due to the reviews I had read on here. I thought at best it'd be an enjoyable B-list film and at worst, just another Colin Firth movie to mark off the list. What I hadn't expected-and what I most certainly got-was a movie that left my mind reeling for days.
The main characters in the film, Lanny and Vince, leave little to be desired and even less to be imagined. Admittedly I may be bias when I say this, but Colin Firth's Vince and Kevin Bacon's Lanny were two of the most fascinating and inciting duos I've ever witnessed. For all of Bacon's Lanny's slobby comedy and crude humor, there was Firth's refined and every bit of an Englishman Vince to smooth out of the trouble. At the end of the day, however, the two where rather alike in their sleaziness, and, speaking as someone who's seen perhaps too many of Firth's movies, I can honestly say that Vince was a stretch from the usual character Firth plays. I don't know if this is so for Bacon, but that's neither here nor there-the point is that they were both fantastic in their roles, and gave life to their characters that I can't imagine would have been there had the characters been given to others.
I loved this movie a lot, despite the graphic sex and cliche movie star/rockstar/famous person escapades that took place in the movie. If there is one thing I can say about that it's that no action goes without person, and even the sex scenes build character and reveal emotion otherwise hidden. The whole movie was a wonderful experience and I'm sad to see others rate it so poorly.