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05. Dec, 2018 
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Mary Queen of Scots
I’ve Seen Better Episodes Of The Tudors
Official Site | Trailers & Mo
R | 125 min
The history is interesting and worth telling, but the latest and not so greatest iteration of it – the Josie Rourke directed and Beau Willimon written Mary Queen of Scots – somehow doesn’t give the affairs the royal treatment it deservesÂ
Not for a lack of trying. They got black guys and Asian gals and Hispanic dudes playing roles usually reserved for white folk. That was kinda refreshing! And you can’t go wrong with Irish tongued Saoirse Ronan giving Mary the upper Scottish lip, while Aussie Margot Robbie goes ‘ugly’ and white face as her cousin rival ElizabethÂ
History news flash – the two Queens don’t interact much, and basically never face to face, so for the most part, it’s juss a war of words, and a bunch of dudes with staches and ruff necks endlessly scheming. And that’s OK, cause it’s like The Tudors, but like a lesser episode Â
The main issue I had with the film is how muddled it begins and how middling the middle parts were (too many needless side characters we could care less about), but when the film finally hits its stride in the last act, it’s all class act until Mary gets hers. Woulda been nice if her head and the movie was screwed on tighter from the get go, before it gets the chop in the end, but hey, history and herstory is told by the victors, and the victorias, however they want to tell it
Verdictgo: low end Jeepers Sorta Kinda Worth A Peepers
Mary gets bloody at a theater near jews and white nationalists this Friday
want to see a better movie about women in power and women empowerment? seek out the doc ¡Las Sandinistas! – it’s great!!! you’ll learn more about Nicaraguan modern history than you’ve ever known!! and Bernie Sanders is in it!
and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…
