Advantages: It's funny, good to look at, enjoyable and fun! Disadvantages: I don't know how acurate it is and if you hate musicals i wouldn't bother watching it.
I have to admit, i didn't buy this DVD, I won it but after watching it for the first time i think i would have bought it anyway. ~ Plot ~ The story evolves around the king and his three friends, who take a vow of no women, booze and little food for three years in order to concentrate on their studies. Then who happens to show up, a French Princess and her three friends (Yes, just so happens that there are equal numbers) and all of the vows go out ... ...there's lots of disguises, trickery and a funny sublet to comment on the main story line but you might just be a little bit shocked when the characters start to sing and dance. Yes, that's right folks, Kenneth's turned it into a musical. ~ Music and Dance ~ The play is set in the glitz and glamour of the 1930's, with the second world war as a more sober back drop, and so the musical numbers reflect this. If you listen to Branagh's commentary on the ...
sarahbethy 17.04.2001 (19.04.2001)
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