Looked good on paper.
Three well known 'good' actors , well filmed and so on but really?
I always want to like a film when I watch it.
It's bloody awful, Mark Rylance wimping about, always on the verge of tears.
Weird foot fetish.
Not an interesting man at all.
It's set in a non existent colonial outpost somewhere in 'Marocstanlia'
Pattinson is just picking up the cheque, very little presence.
Mr Depp allowed free reign to be 'quirky' (those glasses!)
Why will no director ever say "Don't do that Johnny, it's crap"
He is a good actor but seems to get away with nonsense on a regular basis.
Maybe he is too nice to say no to ?
Too long , a lot of shots of not much happening.
I understand it examines 'colonialism' but in my opinion it does not do it well.
Have not read the book and after this I won't be.
Make your own mind up.
Review of Waiting for the Barbarians
