Movie: The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (2008)
- Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
- Release Date: 10 October 2008 (Iceland)
- Writers: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson (screenplay) Benedikt Jóhannesson (writer)
- Run Time: 80 min
- Country: Iceland , Philippines , France , Thailand
- Genre: Biography , Drama
- MPAA: Rated R for sexual content, language and some nudity.
Tagline: A Cinderella Story
Trivia: While filming in Paris, Raquela was chased frequently up and down the streets by enthusiastic overly romantic men.
“Raquela is a transsexual-or “ladyboy”-from the Philippines who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a ladyboy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming? Written by Johannesson, Olaf de Fleur”
When Phil happens home from function and sees Claire dressed to the nines, he decides that tonight may be the nighttime to switch it up to the much better. Claire and Phil venture out to the newest Manhattan restaurant on a Friday nights without a reservation.
By taking two from the funniest comedians today and placing them inside a film tailor-made for them is somewhat like a blessing. “Date Night” is usually a romantic comedy, with a slight detour into the action thriller genre. Nevertheless it nevertheless has many laughs, massive hearty ones, specifically from each Carell and Fey.
It’s a quite professionally created film. Fantastic actors, wonderful production design, excellent images. It’s great to watch mainly because you feel you might be in the capable hands of Ridley Scott. But don’t assume to be astonished through the story or even the acting. Apart from dame Marion, the characters are two dimensional and predictable. The movie pretends to become historically correct, but is needless to say a properly dressed fantasy. You will find a couple of battle scenes, filmed from the Gladiator way. They are fascinating, but not quite convincing. In fact, they’re totally ridiculous whenever you believe you might be watching a historically right movie. The worst for me had been the boats in the last battle, apparently looking to induce a D-Day feeling.
General, the story is off balance. Some scenes have a incredibly slow pace, while other scenes, typically key factors that explain how Robin Hood came into existence, are decreased to several shots and proclamations. The end with the movie tells it all: it reminds us that we were supposed to see the story of how the legend of Robin Hood started. The makers just forgot to tell it.
After they get for the restaurant and get denied a table, Phil and Claire pose as “the Triplehorns” in order to get seated. Although eating they get approached by two goons who think they’re “the Triplehorns.” This is exactly where the enjoyable begins as Phil and Claire’s easy date nighttime has turned into a nighttime of mistaken identity and running for their lives from crooked cops as well as the mob. Lots of laughs and catchy one particular liners ensue…
This has to become a single with the greatest films I’ve seen with my household.
The characters came to life and was immediately hooked.
I’ve young kids and they hardly flinched all through. The draw towards the screen was basically magnetic.
A definite must see for all of the family, and also the 3d version bought it to living, completely!!
The story was properly written, even even though I ought to admit the start was a bit slow, but all in all well done dream-works. You’ve another winner on your hands here.
p.s. can’t stop talking about it, and its been a week because I’ve seen it- I can see Oscars within the not too distant future.
The film begins off powerful and doesn’t let up. It’s brilliantly played out by the actors and actresses and it becomes far more entertaining with every second. I loved the entire idea and discovered myself smiling at so a lot of scenes for how endearing it was. The characters, although not one of the most superb characters ever conceived, are very believable and likable to an extent. The actors and actresses make them seem sincere and also the directing is very good too, as well as the writing.
Truly what makes me take pleasure in this film so significantly is how entertaining and compelling it ends up becoming at every turn. I always love Amanda Seyfried’s performances as well as the movie itself is a actually adorable and amusing adventure. I laughed, I felt compassion, and I walked out of the theater feeling refreshed and rejuvenated since of how sweet it absolutely was and how much it moved me. Actually the only downside is that there was a Taylor Swift song used around the end.
Even though it is certainly not a masterpiece, I praise it for being capable to go way past the regular “rom com” or “tearjerker” and just be a merely pleasing encounter with extremely fun scenes and a excellent sense of romance and happiness that I was touched by. It was a employment well done, along with a breath of fresh air from lots of trash heaps that are passed off as Romance films nowadays. I suggest anyone who can get pleasure from this light-hearted, fun and delightful adventure see it correct away!
You see, each of them play a bored married few who decides to liven up their adore life by heading into a posh (and extremely snobbish/overbooked) restaurant within the Large Apple. So the loving husband, desperate to perform points out, claims (or instead, steals) an unoccupied reservation in order that their night time together can be romantic and luxurious. Big mistake, as they are mistaken for someone else, which leads to some night time of danger, intrigue and excitement.
So yeah, fundamental premise, married couple seeking a little alter (their buddies are splitting up), go out to ‘The City’ (NYC of course) and to some really wonderful restaurant. In the move that could appear away from a Seinfeld episode, they can’t get a reservation so Carrel overhears a waitress calling for somebody else for a reservation and he decides they must take it since they’re no-shows. The “Tripplehorns”, because it turns out, have some shady dealings with some bad dues with guns, and so the Fosters, our baffled heroes, go within the run within the city. Whenever the movie focuses for the core plot of all of this, it’s by the numbers stuff, conserve for the climax that ratchets up the absurdity of everybody included (which includes excellent actors playing decent-to-mediocre baddies like William Fichtner and Ray Liotta).
A extended time ago I realized that the way the ideal love stories perform would be to make the audience wish they might be the character for the screen. This movie does this in spades.
The major weight of carrying the film rested squarely about the shoulders of Amanda Seyfried. Other than becoming very lovely shoulders, she did an excellent job of portraying her character. She has a excellent variety of endearing expressions. I’ve witnessed her in the couple of other films that I enjoyed her in, but none far better than this; even contemplating the broader production values of “Mama Mia”. She was radiantly gorgeous and added just the correct note of intelligence, warmth and charm. In a single scene wherever her character described her fantastic education, it didn’t seem ludicrous coming from her as it has inside past from other actors. I’m searching forward to seeing much more of her – and not just because of her radiant beauty either.
The rest of the cast did an admirable employment too. Gael García Bernal did nicely in his part of Seyfried’s distracted workaholic fiancé. Later inside film, the arrival of Christopher Egan as counterpoint to Bernal was handled with greater than average skill by Egan. His grandmother, played with subtlety by Vanessa Redgrave, was the concentrate from the story and has in no way seemed a lot more sensitive and caring. But hey, fellas, whoever was wrangling the script (Rivera/Sullivan), she wasn’t believable saying she was 65 when she’s 73. But that was the only off note to me. Lastly, Oliver Platt added an enjoyable aside as Seyfried’s boss.
By taking two from the funniest comedians these days and putting them inside a movie tailor-made for them is somewhat like a blessing. “Date Night” is really a romantic comedy, with a slight detour into the action thriller genre. Nonetheless it still has many laughs, major hearty ones, specifically from each Carell and Fey.
Second, a cast of voice talent that does not demand as well a great deal consideration from the man/woman behind the microphone is refreshing. Baruchel is not over-playing the sugar or the heroics and, as significantly as an animated character might be, he is believable and as three-dimensional since the visuals. Butler isn’t significantly stretched here but manages to stay just the correct side of a Mike Myers impression so as not to annoy. How numerous children will now believe the Vikings have been a fearsome race of Americans and Scots? Oh, well!
So a bond involving man and mythical beast gets struck, and christened as Toothless, this really is one pest who gradually grows into a pet, with Hiccup’s secret rendezvous resulting in growing appreciation for the species, despite what the know-how that his kinsman had compiled right into a Dragon compendium which details details all ending with an advisory on compulsory annihilation.