Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

SnoopyStyle During the Dark Ages, Briton struggles with its divided tribes after the fall of the Romans. The Irish prospers taking advantage of the divisions. Tristan's father tried to forge an alliance of all the tribes with Marke (Rufus Sewell) as the king. They are surprised and massacred by the Irish. Marke saved Tristan at the cost of his hand. Tristan (James Franco) is raised by Marke. Powerful Irish King Donnchadh (David O'Hara) promises Princess Isolde (Sophia Myles)'s hand in marriage to his best warrior Morholt. Tristan leads a raid on a slaving party and kills Morholt. Tristan is set off on a funeral boat when his men mistakenly believe he died. Tristan's boat drifts to Ireland where he's saved by Isolde.This tries to be a medieval sweeping romance. Franco and Myles are beautiful people who have a beautiful romance. The movie lacks the sweeping nature needed. It's competent but lacking in style. The sets fits the smaller era that is being portrayed. Although, it doesn't have to look small which it does. This romantic story feels limited and stretched out on the screen.

Syl James Franco and Sophia Myles played the title characters of Tristan and Isolde. They both do a believable acting job in their doomed romance. James Franco plays a soldier who is wounded and left to die in Ireland. Isolde helps him to recover and return home. When Isolde is married off to Tristan's king, she has no choice but to accept. Still they cannot stop loving each other. The film depicts the mood and feel of the Dark Ages setting. The film depicts life in the dark ages as it was without apology. Death by illness or war is quite common and a part of life. The supporting cast has strong well known stage actors like Mark Strong. Rufus Sewell is perfect as the king whose wife is in love with his lieutenant Tristan. Sewell does a perfect job in playing him.

phd_travel It was valiant effort to make this movie to acquaint modern audiences with this legendary tale behind the famous opera. Like another famous medieval legend, King Arthur, it's got a frustrating but passionate story or forbidden love. This time it's between an Irish princess and a warrior from England. Yes, they've been fighting since way back then.The main fault is in the casting and acting of the leads. Sophia Myles isn't pretty enough to be the lead. Although not unattractive she is more supporting cast than romantic heroine. She is probably one of the reasons this movie wasn't a big hit. James Franco looks dashing but rather sullen and inexpressive. He doesn't bother to fake an accent much which is good because it might have been a disaster. Supporting cast are better with good performances from Rufus Sewell, Mark Strong and the now rising star Henry Cavill.The battle scenes are confusing with everyone looking alike. Not too violent luckily. Overall worth a watch to see the story brought to life.

Desertman84 Tristan & Isolde is a romantic drama film based on the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Isolde. It stars James Franco and Sophia Myles in the title role together with Rufus Sewell. The movie was produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, and directed by Kevin Reynolds.After the collapse of the Roman Empire, King Donnchadh of Ireland has become the de facto ruler of England, but one of his underlings, Lord Marke, dreams of uniting British forces with an eye toward self-rule. One of Marke's most valuable allies is Tristan,his protégé, who has become a brave warrior since he was rescued by the lord after his parents were murdered by Irish forces during a battle. While Marke and Tristan dream of banishing Ireland's presence in England, Tristan has a secret he's been hiding from Marke after suffering serious wounds during a hard-fought battle, he was rescued and nursed back to health by Isolde ,King Donnchadh's daughter,and the two fell deeply in love. But the couple were separated after Tristan returned to England, and when Donnchadh attempts to quell the British uprising by staging a tournament among the nation's greatest warriors, an extreme and rather personal surprise is in store for Tristan.The movie was boring.No question about it.Despite of the great visual style and a haunting original music score composed by Anne Dudley,the movie does not achieve the romanticism that it aims for.Also,Franco and Myles does not elevate the drama to a compelling and powerful movie.They manage to make Tristan and Isolde's love story a standard romance found in most dramatic films.But nevertheless,it manages to entertain inspite of the fact that its goal is to be more than just a guilty pleasure film. In other words,it has less to offer especially for movies that features romantic piece periods.