Der Adler der Neunten Legion (2011)
43KDer Adler der Neunten Legion: Directed by Kevin Macdonald. With Channing Tatum, István Göz, Bence Gerö, Denis O’Hare. In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father’s memory by finding his lost legion’s golden emblem.
“The movie has a fairly good opening in my opinion, a rather dull middle and a predictable ending.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe problem with it for me is the same problem Iu0026#39;m seeing with a lot of the new action films. The cameras stays very tight, action is all blurred and close up, so you canu0026#39;t see whatu0026#39;s going on. The sound track is all keyed up so you wonu0026#39;t be concentrating on the errors in the action. (Which you canu0026#39;t really see anyway) Golly, give me the days of good stuntmen back again.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI liked the opening half hour or so, but the middle is so much like a North American Indian film you lose all sense of the time period. I agree with the former reviewers comments, Gee, if the Britains lived like this why bother with them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI prefer the mini-series u0026quot;Romeu0026quot; to this any day.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe theater chains are also destroying the movie going experience as I have to agonize over 15 minutes of commercials before the main feature starts.”
