Doctor Strange
I'll Lock Up
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Sunshine - not the 2007 Danny Boyle SF film, the 1999 epic detailing several generations of a successful Hungarian Jewish family across a hundred years. It's got everything you'd expect: rebellious younger generations, anti-Semitism, conversions to be allowed into the oligarchy, pseudo-incest, Olympic medals, Nazi atrocities, the 1956 uprising, dealing with grief and PTSD, loss of family history, etc.
Even at three hours, it felt to me like a six-hour miniseries that was reedited into a feature film. While some of the characters and events were well drawn, there still seemed to be a lot missing. And having Ralph Fiennes playing three different generations of adults - grandfather, father, son - was confusing. (The brilliant casting award for this movie goes to the character played as a young woman by Jennifer Ehle and an old woman by Rosemary Harris - Ehle's real-life mother!) Anyway, I wouldn't say it's exactly a success, but it's an interesting enough flick if you're in the mood for a slog through a century of European history.
Even at three hours, it felt to me like a six-hour miniseries that was reedited into a feature film. While some of the characters and events were well drawn, there still seemed to be a lot missing. And having Ralph Fiennes playing three different generations of adults - grandfather, father, son - was confusing. (The brilliant casting award for this movie goes to the character played as a young woman by Jennifer Ehle and an old woman by Rosemary Harris - Ehle's real-life mother!) Anyway, I wouldn't say it's exactly a success, but it's an interesting enough flick if you're in the mood for a slog through a century of European history.
