Hidalgo
Regie:
Joe JohnstonScenario:
John FuscoCamera:
Shelly JohnsonMuziek:
James Newton HowardActeurs:
Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Adam Alexi-Malle, Saïd Taghmaoui, J.K. Simmons, Peter Mensah (meer)Streaming (1)
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Frank T. Hopkins, een van de beste paardrijders op de lange afstanden, brengt z'n tijd door als artiest in Wild West shows. Z'n claim dat zijn paard Hidalgo het beste ter wereld is valt niet in goede aarde bij een Arabische sjeik, die hem uitnodigt dit te bewijzen in een 3000-mijl lange race door de Arabische woestijn. (Buena Vista International)
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A typical example of an average big-budget film. There’s not much going on other than a few action scenes, a bit of romance, a few nice shots of the desert at sunset. You can really feel the smell of Hollywood's commercialism here.
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Viggo Mortensen is great even in this adventure film, which could almost evoke some of those old good stories from the turn of the century. It has all the qualifications: Interesting locations, quite good characters, and competitiveness. However, even from this cocktail, they failed to squeeze out something substantial, and the right atmosphere simply didn't resonate with me.
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The few technically well-done action scenes in Hidalgo are offset by a few repulsively kitschy poetic scenes. And the better parts of the screenplay in which something interesting happens are offset by unnecessary digressions that only slow the whole film down. The race itself ends up comprising barely a third of the film. Viggo Mortensen is fine here, but not great.
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A naive adventure film of the old school. It reminded me a lot of the May films from Arabia, but with a more generous budget. The cinematography and production design are good, the digital effects and the script not so much. The rest (i.e. the whole lot) is a grey, bland average.
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A classic adventure template in a striking and, to my great joy, irresistible packaging. Mortensen in a hat and on a horse, a beautiful princess, cunning enemies, unexpected friends, and sandy mountains. In the end, it could be a disappointment or a solid average for the average viewer, but for me, it's a soothing balm for the soul. That's how Kara Ben Nemsi could have turned out if Harald Reinl had caught him a long time ago, just like the classic Vinnetou films.
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