CHEVALIER Movie Review With Tim Grierson - Breakfast All Day
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. gives an electrifying performance in the historical drama "Chevalier." The brilliant Tim Grierson (Screen International, @TimGrierson) joins Christy for a review of the film, which tells the story of Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-George: a gifted, mixed-race violinist and fencer who rose to the highest echelons of society in Marie Antoinette's France. Directed by Stephen Williams, written by Stefani Robinson. Co-starring Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Martin Csokas and Ronke Adekoluejo.
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"Aggressively fine." My new favorite film review phrase.
We are also fans of "aggressively bland" around here. Tim is a treasure.
Always the most refined of witty banter when Christy and Tim meet 🤺
I haven't seen the movie yet, but the French Revolution was a HUGE part of his life. For a time it was the only thing that consumed his life and played a major role as he fought in it as a Colonel. So it makes sense that the French revolution becomes weightier material in the movie.
Right exactly it would kind of impossible not to have that be in a story about his life.
The movie is good but I would love to see this as a series.
That's a good idea.
Tim’s entire… being puts me at ease for some reason. Again, the last time I saw him was from What the Flick days. Keep ‘em comin’!
We always love having him here, he has such great insights.
Bio pics are so often thankless. It's to tell a whole life in 2 hours, and keep it accurate, and keep it entertaining.
True, it's tough to balance it all and not fall into cliches.
The Mozart "8 Mile" opening was pretty goofy.
Ha, that's a great way to phrase it.
Actually super stupid and desperate. What is this a Marvel movie?! Sorry Joseph isn't as great as one of the greatest composers ever to live...Mozart
Love when Tim comes around!
So do we, thanks for watching!
Dear lovely Tim, you’re not under the mistaken understanding that “Amadeus" is historically accurate I hope!!!! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Ha, no!
I thought it was a 5. It was a missed opportunity for a really interesting movie
Thanks for your thoughts! Kelvin Harrison Jr. was really good, though.
Good review. The movie was really short and I think they tried to cover a lot of bases. Because Bologne was a colonel leading 1000 men of color during the revolution, I think they wanted to tie in that part but didn't have the time to do so. I thought it was good but too short.
So much more to his life, for sure! Thanks for watching.
The middle of the movie was a little slow, it was an ok movie.
Agree! Thanks for watching, Brent.
I'm really surprised at how positive this review was. For a while I kept seeing the trailer in front of like every movie and I thought it looked so painful.
It's not! Will you check it out?
This movie felt like a well-made turkey sandwich from a local deli. Sometimes I'm in the mood for something that just gets the job done!
That is an amazing comparison 😄
So disappointed. I was hoping this movie was going to be so much better.
It's not bad! It's solid. Let us know if you see it.
@@BreakfastAllDay it not a Movie, it's a hallmark TV movie
Great review of a film that rather sounds like it might have been better as a high-end limited series. BKR should have "Aggressively fine" t-shirts made up. Thanks so much, Christy and Tim.
I actually thought the revolutionary/classism themes were not inly interesting but necessary to tell Chevalier's story. Just to focus on the race would have been a disservice to his life/the setting, and honestly cliche for American biopics.
OmG, Timmy WOULD be an accomplished fencer. Bahaha.
Totally, he's built for it 😄
Well, I did some research and the French Revolution was central to the Chevalier’s life. So the missed opportunity would have been not to show that. He was also even more of a protégé of Marie Antoinette than the movie shows. She took him under her wing, especially after he didn’t get the post as head of the opera. Chevalier would play for her and a small group of friends at Versailles. Also, I saw the mother’s role as far more than just checking in on Chevalier. She actually plays a big role in getting him move past depression when he was at his lowest. I give this movie an A. Gorgeous music, beautiful cast, excellent ambiance.
Can we bring Tim back to review his favorite fencing movie scene? Also I'd have to re-watch it but I'm pretty sure Chevallier appears in the background in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette movie (as well as an actor as composer F. Couperin). I pride myself on knowing my obscure and lesser-known composers. I'm thinking this will be along the lines of that Emily Bronte picture "Emily", kind of true with dramatic stuff added in.
These are all good ideas!
it's hard for me to say, "it's not historically accurate," when beside me, I have a couple of comics pulp action swashbuckling, and palace intrigue french revolution era. One of which by Guillermo Del Toro's concept artist Guy Davis.
How many times has Mini Driver been a diva? Aside from Moulin Rouge, there's also Goldeneye, where she's a Russian lounge singer.
Not to mention Phantom of the Opera.
Ha, true!
How does it compare to Ken Russell's "Lisztomania?"
you lost me at the violin duel against Mozart 😂
It's actually very entertaining!
If it was a piano-forte duel, Mozart would have kicked his ass!!. …But, seriously, not only did a Bologne/Mozart violin duel never happen, their respective situations at the only period where they could have met was nearly the reverse of how the film frames it.
@@BreakfastAllDay hardly
How come they didn’t review Evil Dead Rise
We haven't had a chance to see it yet! Alonso was busy with a book deadline and I had a conflict with another screening. Thanks for asking -- Christy
Just saw this tonight and you make a great point Christy. This movie should’ve been more daring and taken more risks bc this guy was a real badass during his day.
Thanks for watching!
Sit back from the mike, Tim! We should see your face
A brunette Samara Weaving is enough motivation for me to watch this.
She's very good in this!
no review of the new evil dead?
We didn't get a chance to see it, Alonso is busy working on his latest book. Is it good?
@@BreakfastAllDay yeah I thought it was pretty good, passable
1:20 - All too Common English Mispronunciation of the last name 'Bologne' > it should sound like "Boo-loin nh" said fast.... no heavy emphasis on the last letter 'E'
1:27 - King Louis XVI's France - Marie Antoinette was the Queen
2:00 and 7:50 - I agree, the movie could've used an extra 30 - 60 minutes and told the fuller realistic story of the Chevalier.
4:20 - I was also starting to regret paying to watch the dragging movie at this time-point too.
6:20 - Napoleon also tried to destroy the legacy of another prominent Black (West Indian born) celebrity of France, the hero General Alexandre DUMAS.
8:50 - My rating was 3 out of 10 ; I was disappointed it was not a complete life story pic, but ended up an aggressively fine full flair no-nuanced, history-romance movie.
Nice review - thumbs up and subscribed 😊
Thank you for watching and subscribing!
Napoleon did not try to destroy the legacy of St. George. I don't know who started this myth.
@@rogerarchie8332 I mentioned 'Dumas' specifically; I never mentioned St.George. I was saying that Dumas was another famous man in France, who was 'mulatto'/ Black - and Napoleon tried to mess his life up after he returned from Egypt, where the two had a falling out.
I never heard of that myth you stated regarding St.George..... where did you see that?
@@BaronsHistoryTimes Sorry that I misunderstood your comment. It was an honest mistake. However, the trailer for the Chevalier film very clearly asserts that Napoleon specifically attempted to erase the legacy of the Chevalier when he reestablished slavery in the French colonies in 1802. I don’t know what sources the filmmakers used, however if you read the reviews of this film by the critics you will unfortunately learn they are repeating this. I detect that you (like me) honor truth and would be dismayed that a slander was being proliferated.
I should clarify that it is in the ending credits and not the trailer.
Thanks for the review. I’ll watch it when it’s on streaming
Appreciate you watching our review!
Alonso is the perfect guy cos he has a crush on Kelvin Harrison
Does he?
So no one is going to comment on the horrendous violin playing. A movie about a violinist but the violinist in the movie can't even play.
Is he horrendous? We're not violinists so we don't know!
Will never watch this movie.
I'll watch it twice for you.
How come?
Like you did the Mario Bros movie? Lol.
@@tlovehater How do you know what I be watching?
@@bunda713 Just joking buddy lol.