Comments on: Berlinale 2012 Review: ‘A Royal Affair’ Is A Good-Looking But Unadventurous Period Drama Elevated By Fine Performances https://staging2.theplaylist.net/berlinale-2012-review-a-royal-affair-is-a-good-looking-but-unadventurous-period-drama-elevated-by-fine-performances-20120217/ Fri, 13 May 2016 12:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Karen Schousboe https://staging2.theplaylist.net/berlinale-2012-review-a-royal-affair-is-a-good-looking-but-unadventurous-period-drama-elevated-by-fine-performances-20120217/#comment-82331 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:58:24 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/berlinale-2012-review-a-royal-affair-is-a-good-looking-but-unadventurous-period-drama-elevated-by-fine-performances-112988/#comment-82331 Having read this review I thought that some readers might wish to dance along in the rococo footsteps of Caroline Mathilde – get the ideas for a visit to Copenhagen and experience where she lived her life http://www.europeanhistories.com/royal-affair

]]> By: 2face https://staging2.theplaylist.net/berlinale-2012-review-a-royal-affair-is-a-good-looking-but-unadventurous-period-drama-elevated-by-fine-performances-20120217/#comment-82332 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:58:24 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/berlinale-2012-review-a-royal-affair-is-a-good-looking-but-unadventurous-period-drama-elevated-by-fine-performances-112988/#comment-82332 I agree that the emphasis on formulaic love stories played out by model looking actors makes these movies quite uninteresting. You have seen them a million times and practically tune out when they come. Mostly just checking text messages on your phone and perhaps counting how many cliches they are able to cram in: Chasing by horse – check, Rolling around laughing in field – check, Ripping of clothes while moving towards bed – check, kissing stomach – check, closing eyes passionately – check, lifting head in ecstasy – check, etc.

They should leave the romance novel type love stories for chick flicks and TV movies. The interesting part of this affair is not the romance/sex part but the danger and explosive political consequence of it.

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