Prince Valiant (1954)
I never thought I’d see the day when the best part of a movie would be Franz Waxman’s musical score. That speaks very highly of his surprising music in Prince Valiant, and also very poorly of the rest of the movie. It was as if everyone in the film was a rapper, and then when James Mason opened his mouth, an opera aria came out. He just didn’t belong in this movie. It was beneath his talent. Everyone else acted like they were dubbed by foreign actors who didn’t know how to construct proper English sentences and were forced to speak in monotone. This was so incredibly painful to sit through, and I thoroughly recommend that no one ever do it. My mom and I rented it together, because she’s crazy about James Mason, too. We didn’t turn it off, because whenever James Mason opened his mouth, we wanted to hear it. Instead, while everyone else was talking, we talked, too. We spent the entire running time of Prince Valiant pouring generous glasses of apricot brandy and writing out a cast list of the Harry Potter films, if they were made in the 1960s—inspired by how amazing James Mason would have been as Professor Snape. Then, since Prince Valiant still had half an hour left, we made another cast list, if Harry Potter was made in the 1940s.
So, my instructions, in case you’re ever invited to a party where someone has rented Prince Valiant are as follows: bring a bottle or two of apricot brandy and a notepad. Pick a decade and plan out a cast list of an alternate Harry Potter film franchise, only pausing to look up when James Mason is talking. Enjoy your evening!
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So, my instructions, in case you’re ever invited to a party where someone has rented Prince Valiant are as follows: bring a bottle or two of apricot brandy and a notepad. Pick a decade and plan out a cast list of an alternate Harry Potter film franchise, only pausing to look up when James Mason is talking. Enjoy your evening!
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru. And thanks "daniel dona" for posting!
More James Mason movies here!