Jesus. I watched The Lion in Winter the other night. It's an amazing film. That's inaccurate. It's a towering legend of a film, and rightly so. Peter O'Toole as Henry II, Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Anthony Hopkins as Richard, Jane Merrow as Alais. Timothy Dalton as Phillip of France, John Castle as Geoffrey, and Nigel Terry as John. Each and every performance is exquisite. Incredible, incredible film.
The larger-than-life passion of Henry and Eleanor - whom he lets out of 'jail' for Christmas Court - the machinations and plotting, amazing deviousness right next to raw emotion. Pride that rivals that which let Heathcliff and Catherine destroy the world, rather than bend and forgive, just once.
Incredible, incredible film. You have to just watch it. You can't describe it to someone else. Just watch it. Then, go back and watch it again, and this time, pay even closer attention.
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