Your comment is the evidence that your goal is to \”dis\” Madonna in any way you can, rather than focusing on W.E – which you obviously haven\’t seen.

\”Making a film about Wallis and friends and not delving into their anti-Semitism is like making a film about Joseph McCarthy and leaving out the HUAC hearings\” – that is the most ignorant thing I have read.

With this statement, you not only show that you have no idea of what the movie\’s plot is about, you also imply that a person is an one-dimensional being.

You just made Madonna\’s point at the press conference in Venice earlier today about Wallis: she said fame often reduces celebrities \”to a sound bite\”.

Do you really think that King Edward VIII would have abdicated his throne just to be with a simple one dimensional Nazi lover? It is really simplistic of you to assume that Wallis Simpson had nothing to offer to a king besides her \”anti-Semitic\” inclinations.

Maybe you are just too cynical, but let me tell you: a king would not have given up such a powerful position (his throne) for a woman who had nothing else to offer him.

If you were a little smarter, you would have reached the same conclusion through a different rationale: he had abdicated his throne, he was not in \”politics\” anymore. So Simpson\’s political inclinations (as you say \”antisemitism\”) would not matter for him.

So logically, there was something else about Wallis Simpson. And that is what this film focuses on. Whether she was a Nazi or not, whether she liked chocolate or not, whether she liked milk with her coffee or not – there was something special about her to the point that a king abdicated his throne (his political position) to be with her.

And learn one thing: it is possible to make a movie about well-known names and icons and not focus on cliches or preconceived notions and expectations. For instance: making a film on Osama Bin Laden doesn\’t necessarily have to be about September 11th. One can focus on his beliefs and the path that took him to religious and political extremism, instead of focusing on the terrorrist attacks per se.

Human beings are not one-dimensional. Stop being so simplistic. With a little effort, you may discover that the world is not just black and white, hon.

And just in case you try to refute my accusation that you are here to hate on Madonna more than anything else, remember what you said about her on a page that was supposed to talk about her latest film:

\”Madonna has been living of pity for her lack of talent for far too long.\”

It is what they say: \”Haters are going to hate\”. But that doesn\’t change the fact that I pity people like you. Did you forget to take your meds today?

Wow, what an ureasonably sad little creature you must be, Stephen.

They all state how great the film\’s cinematography is.

When one has every single review talking about \”how great the cinematography is\”; \”how beautiful the images are\”; \”how well detailed were the sets\” it is by far a \”Royal disaster\”.

In fact, when a reviewer misses this point and completely ignores what everyone else is talking about, it is more likely the reviewer doesn\’t know a thing of what he\’s talking about.

And, mmm, @London Fields, the film is not a documentary. It has no obligations to be factually correct. It is not political either. It is a love story. It focuses on the search for the kind of love that forces a king to abdicate his throne for a divorced foreign woman. Whatever their flaws are is not the point the film tries to make.

\”no obligations to be factually correct. It is not political either\”

That personifies Madonna\’s entire career coddling by the
media in a nutshell. Refreshing to see the numerous reviewers like Mr. Lyttelton who are not towing the line and simply telling the truth as they see it. Madonna has been living of pity for her lack of talent for far too long. When her own fans take off the blinders and begin holding her to higher standards she may actually become a real artist.

Blah, blah, blah….is there a tape loop lodged in your head on repeat? Madonna is through. She is a failure. 15 film of hr\’s have all FAILED. This is just a more expensive failure. She is a hater and no one cares. Toronto turkey this week!