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    The Hero

    The Hero

    Lee Child

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    Book

    (From the publisher) From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, we...

    Bowmaster

    Bowmaster

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    Draw your bow, take aim and release your inner Robin Hood in the most immersive archery experience. ...

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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Court Jester (1956) in Movies

Apr 20, 2020  
The Court Jester (1956)
The Court Jester (1956)
1956 | Classics, Comedy
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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Lavish musical-comedy spoof. Humble carnival entertainer Hubert Hawkins (Kaye) infiltrates the court of evil king Roderick as his new jester, in an attempt to get the rightful heir back on the throne, little suspecting that the man he's impersonating is the deadliest assassin in Europe.

Feels very dated now, and it's spoofing a genre of films which is even more old-fashioned (e.g. the 1938 Errol Flynn Robin Hood). How you feel about Danny Kaye's clowning, cross-talk routines and patter songs will also affect your response to this movie. Still, you have to admire Kaye's sheer dexterity as a performer, and there is still a touch of genius about routines like the chalice from the palace and the flagon with the dragon. He's well-supported too. Technicolour vaudeville in the end, but still very funny in places.
  
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David McK (3562 KP) rated The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) in Movies

Jan 23, 2021  
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
2002 | Action, Drama
6
8.0 (11 Ratings)
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Kevin Reynolds - who also directed Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - take on the classic Alexandre Dumas (probably more famous for The Three Musketeers) tale of love, loss and revenge, starring Jim Caviezel as Edmond Dantes, who is wrongly imprisoned for treason and who - 13 odd years or so later - finally escapes with the aid of another Prisoner, who vouch safes to Dumas the location of a vast treasure that Dumas then spends to gain his revenge on those who betrayed him (including his former best friend).

Since I've never read (or listened to) the book, I cannot speak to how accurate this is to the source.

I can say, however, that it is an enjoyable enough watch, that reminds me (somewhat) of the likes of 'The Man In The Iron Mask' as well as 'The Three Musketeers' - no surprise there!