A powerful Epic
Added 11/10/2009
Great Film that tells a true story on an epic scale. Reminds you of something from the David Lean or Cecile B. Demille era.
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Masterpiece of a movie--Begs for Blu-ray release!
Added 3/18/2009
I don't have a lot to say that hasn't already been well said, but when I saw this in the theater, it was more emotionally moving than any film I'd ever seen. I would rank it on par with a couple of other great films of that period, Out of Africa and Chariots of Fire. The acting and cinematography are just superb.
If ever available, I would immediately purchase a Blu-ray release. Maybe we can start a campaign to get the studio to release it on Blu-ray.
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A Masterpiece...So Naturally Few People Have Heard Of It
Added 3/3/2009
When I watch a motion picture as glorious and intelligent as this one, it makes me see what the industry is capable of, and conversely saddens me how rarely it lives up to its potential. It's been nearly twenty years since the release of Mountains of the Moon, and how many times since has the big screen hosted a project this impressive? Darn few.
The nineteenth-century English explorer, writer and linguist Sir Richard Francis Burton was one of the most interestingly remarkable people ever to live; his wife Isabel was certainly ahead of her time, as well, and so it is fitting that these extraordinary individuals receive the star treatment they did in a film of this quality. I was pleased start to finish by the often gritty and just as often stunningly beautiful Mountains of the Moon as it changed setting from (darkest!) Africa to (oft-darker still) Victorian Britain and told of Burton's expedition to discover the source of earth's greatest river, the Nile. The story of the Burtons as a couple is at once a meeting of comparable minds, of great adventure, and of love. The tale of Burton's travels, even the tiny portion told in Mountains of the Moon, is refreshingly realistic to the period and Burton's record of it, and modern sensibilities be damned.
Mountains of the Moon isn't for everyone: only those willing to be challenged to think while being entertained.
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Mountains Of The Talent
Added 1/19/2009
Good, well made ingaging film. Patrick Bergin gets an A+ for his role as Capt. Richard Burton. This film reaches out and grabs the viewer and makes one play attention. I can tell when I truely enjoy a film because while watching it the thought "I glad I'm watching this film" enters my mind. It did several times during this film. I didn't know it was based on a true story until the end but I'm glad I made the journey. I think you like the journey too so lace up those walking shoes and climb aboard. Oh, and Fiona Shaw is a very lovely woman.
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No wonder it bombed...
Added 10/11/2008
Informative, educational. An interesting story that is pretty much the way it happened. A look into the world that laid the cornerstone for ours. Good actors that nobody ever heard of. No wonder it bombed. Borrow $2 from somebody and get it used from Amazon.
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A powerful Epic
Added 11/10/2009
Great Film that tells a true story on an epic scale. Reminds you of something from the David Lean or Cecile B. Demille era.
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Masterpiece of a movie--Begs for Blu-ray release!
Added 3/18/2009
I don't have a lot to say that hasn't already been well said, but when I saw this in the theater, it was more emotionally moving than any film I'd ever seen. I would rank it on par with a couple of other great films of that period, Out of Africa and Chariots of Fire. The acting and cinematography are just superb.
If ever available, I would immediately purchase a Blu-ray release. Maybe we can start a campaign to get the studio to release it on Blu-ray.
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A Masterpiece...So Naturally Few People Have Heard Of It
Added 3/3/2009
When I watch a motion picture as glorious and intelligent as this one, it makes me see what the industry is capable of, and conversely saddens me how rarely it lives up to its potential. It's been nearly twenty years since the release of Mountains of the Moon, and how many times since has the big screen hosted a project this impressive? Darn few.
The nineteenth-century English explorer, writer and linguist Sir Richard Francis Burton was one of the most interestingly remarkable people ever to live; his wife Isabel was certainly ahead of her time, as well, and so it is fitting that these extraordinary individuals receive the star treatment they did in a film of this quality. I was pleased start to finish by the often gritty and just as often stunningly beautiful Mountains of the Moon as it changed setting from (darkest!) Africa to (oft-darker still) Victorian Britain and told of Burton's expedition to discover the source of earth's greatest river, the Nile. The story of the Burtons as a couple is at once a meeting of comparable minds, of great adventure, and of love. The tale of Burton's travels, even the tiny portion told in Mountains of the Moon, is refreshingly realistic to the period and Burton's record of it, and modern sensibilities be damned.
Mountains of the Moon isn't for everyone: only those willing to be challenged to think while being entertained.
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