Wednesday, February 3, 2016

QUEEN OF THE DESERT

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REVIEWED
This is based on the story of Getrund Bell the daughter of a British dignitary  whole lived in Taheran, lost the love of her life, and decide to travel around countries around the region.She gained respect among the places she went even respected by enemies of her Country. Her qualification was archaeology but her hobby was also capturing what she saw on film.

Before watching, one fact that i gathered from IMDB, was that Nicole Kidman acted in every scene in the film except the first one. That must have been tedious work for her. Imagine having to film in the desert delivering every lines in every part of the film. To me thats no more than a Starring role and bigger than that. Even there are films where actor appeared briefly and they term them as "Actors in Starring Role". This is a 2hr 8min film. And to do that you must be some actor. The audience would love it if they are your fan but others would despise you if they are not.

Now lets get back to the film,
Other familiar faces other than NK are James Franco, Damian Lewis and John Pattison. They all happen to be Getrund's lovers or almost become one. Here you see how Australian and American trying to be British.

My complained is that whenever foreign language was spoken, there should be subtitles unless a translator is around. No doubt Getrund can speak the language but who are we to understand them. There are instances when suddenly they start to speak in English.

From this movie, I came to know the camels a bit closer. They are noisy animals, unlike horses, i am sure when they make noises among themselves, is that they are disgruntling on what they humans are doing with them, riding and carrying heavy things on their backs. Camels are expressive and funnier than horses all right.

This movie is a love story too. But be ready to know love when it was then. Corresponding by letters and using very romantic and cheesy expressions. How romantic and die hard these people were when in love. Well that was back then. Now days some love are simply not that worth it especially when theres a lot of deceiving going round.

See this movie if you want to know on the life of Getrund Bell who won respect and admiration among the arabs even when she was a woman and without an official title from Britain for her role. Slow story but wonderfully told.

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