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The Last Castle (2001)
Decent Concept and Plot with unintelligent dialogue
Being a Robert Redford Movie, one would expect a great, above average movie with sophisticated dialogue.
The movie started half descent, but the characters were flawed, cliché and had no depth. We have a five star General with superior intelligence decides to build a Castle with the prison (Also named Castle), A bit childish and very cliché in my opinion.
Then you also have the "Forest Grunt" Marine, stuttering and all, a character that was unnecessary and just plain dumb.
The movie could have been great had the dialogue and some of the details been better developed. Overall, the movie was decent enough to watch and entertaining. "A rental in essence", but not a Grade A movie as one would expect from Robert Redford.
In the end, this movie was disappointing and left you feeling with a bit unintelligent. A movie to watch when there's nothing else to watch.
I give it 5.5 / 10.
Klondike (2014)
Don't expect a History Lesson but Great Visuals with Good Story
After reading over some of the over reviews, there seemed to be a few negative criticisms. When I heard Ridley Scott had a part in the making of this "show", I expected a masterpiece. I admit I was not mesmerized but I was also not disappointed.
After reading some of the reviews criticizing the poor historical detail, one must remember that in order to keep the viewer watching some Hollywood drama needs to be manifested. After all, who wants to sit through six hours of a cinematic encyclopedia? In conclusion, if you are expecting a university lecture in History 101 with facts that are 100 percent accurate, then you will easy find a lot of things to criticize. If you enjoy western drama's then would recommended you watch the show. You may not get an authentic feel of the real gold rush, so just watch the show not expecting a history lesson.
Please remember this is a fictional story loosely based on historical times in that Era, don't expect accuracy. It has a Good Storyline with very respectable acting and exceptional visuals. A good Watch.