The Claim

Mini dizi gibi bir film. Buz kasabası Kingdom Come, tren yolu yapılması için işciler gelmiştir. Bu arada kasabaya 2 kadın gelir. Şerifin eski sevgilisi ve kızı da kasabaya uğrar. Tüm sırlar açığa çıkar. Filmin ağır temposu uyutuyor. Peter Mullan'ın iyi oyunculuğu biraz izletse de bitse de gitsek der gibi. Sinemada olsa uyurdum. Filmin sonunda bazı karakterlerin ölmesi ile bitiyor. Yakarım kingdom come'u da yakarım ben.

An odd tale brought to screen here. The film is generally well made and I had no problem with the acting. I think they maybe tried so hard to make it shocking which didn't really work for me.

Good direction, an okay story and a nice score makes for a solid, but completely unessential western.

It's strange what behind-the-scenes drama and low box office can do to a film's reputation. Hopefully another thirty years will rectify that. The weirdest thing about this movie is that almost all of the roles are badly miscast, especially Jovovich and Bentley, and yet the acting is uniformly excellent. Everyone looks and speaks wrong for the setting and period, and yet here I am praising their performances. Makes no sense. Winterbottom's dedication to verisimilitude is absurd and breathtaking.

The Claim is a film that I feel really unsure about after watching it. One one hand, it tried something unique by not playing out like your generic film. Instead, we get to eavesdrop on some characters, learning about them really slowly, and not really giving them a plot. On the other hand, this style means that there's a lot of downtime and I was frequently bored. I suppose I have to use the "Is It Fun?" test to determine whether I had a good time. The answer to that is a reluctant "no."

nice adaptation of mayor of casterbridge, but a bit plodding.

- avoid at all costs

Really enjoyable, but then again, I love Thomas Hardy.