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Coriolanus [REVIEW]

Manka Bros, Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo On Kino, Coriolanus, William Shakespeare, Ralph Fiennes, John Logan, Gerard Butler, Lubna Azabal, Ashraf Barhom, Zoron Cica, Milos Dabic, Nicolas Isia, Zoran Milijkovic, Marija Mogbolu, Milan Perovic, Nenad Ristic, Lawrence Stevenson, Marko Stojanovic, Tamara Krcunovic, Oliver Viktorovic, Danijela Vranjes, Brian Cox, Slavko Stimac, Ivan Djordjevic, Radovan Vujovic, Jovan Belobrkovic, John Kani, Dan Tana, Miodrag Milovanov, Dragan Miconovic, Radoslav Milenkovic, Radomir Nikolic, Zoran Pajic, Harry Fenn, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave, Elizabeta Djorevska, Dusan Janicijevic, Paul Jesson, James Nesbitt, Jon Snow, David Yelland, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Andreja Maricic, Svetislav Goncic, Uros Zdjelar, Bora Nenic, Slobodan Ninkovic, Mona Hammond, Slobodan Pavelkic, Dragoljub Vojnov, Kieron Jecchinis, Mirko Pantelic, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Christopher Figg, Lisa Jordan, Christine Langan, John Logan, Mark Miskovic, Alex Nikolic, Sivojin Petrovic, Gabrielle Tana, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Colin Vaines, Kevan Van Thompson, Andjelija Vlaisavjevic, Robert Whitehouse, Ilan Eshkeri, Barry Ackroyd, Nicolas Gaster, Danilo Beckovic, Jina Jay, Ricky Eyres, Lee Gordon, Bojana Nikitovic, Mark Coulier, Daniel Parker, Meg Clark, Miodrag Stevanovic, Aleksandar Tadic, Zoran Andric, Ljubomir Bozovic, Simon Downes, Nikola Ivanovic, Vesna Milic, Kevin Westley, Temple Clark, Ray McNeill, Ray Beckett, Rob Hughes, Luke Butler, Milan Alavanja, Rowley Irlam, Jaime Ackroyd, Shane Caim, Ameenah Ayub, Stuart Fyvie, Sharmila Kumar, Ellen Payne, Stephanie Jane Smith, Thomas Walters, Jessica Dannheisser, Slavko Novakovic, Milica Bregovic, Branka Cetina, Zoja Djordjevic, Sandra Djurickovic, Alix Graham, Ivan Grbin, Julia Hall, Sanja Ilic, Milan Kobali, Susanna Lenton, Nick McKinless, Debbie Moore, Masa Neskovic, Kate Penlington, Ceris Price, Andrew Semans, Marija Stojanovic, Joan Washington, Howard WatkinsCoriolanus

With Wit, Reviewed By Kimmo Mustonenen

What?

Not 100% CGI?

No robot alien things?

Am I high (yes, I am)?

Then soldiers.  My brain screams – You are within the stuck times of “Battle: Los Angeles!”

The worst of fates that mine could be… to have.

But no.

Winter’s cold has made me for to shrivel (in my man place).

Summer is for the confrontation of the ear (and mind – or mindlessness).

Now is for brain flexing cinema.

Thanks, Odin.

Plot?  Sure!

An angry crowd in a clean-rehearsed choreography calls for bread of the armed military men guarding a bread factory (which makes bread).

A squad of soldiers with heavy artillery and camouflage uniforms (sharp!) stormed a housing estate and speaks in blank verse.

Manka Bros, Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo On Kino, Coriolanus, William Shakespeare, Ralph Fiennes, John Logan, Gerard Butler, Lubna Azabal, Ashraf Barhom, Zoron Cica, Milos Dabic, Nicolas Isia, Zoran Milijkovic, Marija Mogbolu, Milan Perovic, Nenad Ristic, Lawrence Stevenson, Marko Stojanovic, Tamara Krcunovic, Oliver Viktorovic, Danijela Vranjes, Brian Cox, Slavko Stimac, Ivan Djordjevic, Radovan Vujovic, Jovan Belobrkovic, John Kani, Dan Tana, Miodrag Milovanov, Dragan Miconovic, Radoslav Milenkovic, Radomir Nikolic, Zoran Pajic, Harry Fenn, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave, Elizabeta Djorevska, Dusan Janicijevic, Paul Jesson, James Nesbitt, Jon Snow, David Yelland, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Andreja Maricic, Svetislav Goncic, Uros Zdjelar, Bora Nenic, Slobodan Ninkovic, Mona Hammond, Slobodan Pavelkic, Dragoljub Vojnov, Kieron Jecchinis, Mirko Pantelic, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Christopher Figg, Lisa Jordan, Christine Langan, John Logan, Mark Miskovic, Alex Nikolic, Sivojin Petrovic, Gabrielle Tana, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Colin Vaines, Kevan Van Thompson, Andjelija Vlaisavjevic, Robert Whitehouse, Ilan Eshkeri, Barry Ackroyd, Nicolas Gaster, Danilo Beckovic, Jina Jay, Ricky Eyres, Lee Gordon, Bojana Nikitovic, Mark Coulier, Daniel Parker, Meg Clark, Miodrag Stevanovic, Aleksandar Tadic, Zoran Andric, Ljubomir Bozovic, Simon Downes, Nikola Ivanovic, Vesna Milic, Kevin Westley, Temple Clark, Ray McNeill, Ray Beckett, Rob Hughes, Luke Butler, Milan Alavanja, Rowley Irlam, Jaime Ackroyd, Shane Caim, Ameenah Ayub, Stuart Fyvie, Sharmila Kumar, Ellen Payne, Stephanie Jane Smith, Thomas Walters, Jessica Dannheisser, Slavko Novakovic, Milica Bregovic, Branka Cetina, Zoja Djordjevic, Sandra Djurickovic, Alix Graham, Ivan Grbin, Julia Hall, Sanja Ilic, Milan Kobali, Susanna Lenton, Nick McKinless, Debbie Moore, Masa Neskovic, Kate Penlington, Ceris Price, Andrew Semans, Marija Stojanovic, Joan Washington, Howard WatkinsShakespeare meets Balkan war – Ralph Fiennes directorial debut “Coriolanus” (heh, anus) transports the Elizabethan drama in the time and now it is dead right.

Massive, violent and bloody, this film – and psychologically subtle and finely worked, not least thanks to the wonderful language of William Shakespeare (he speaks of English from his mouth-place worse than I – lucky for the press kit or in the wilderness my thoughts were straying).

Fiennes, who plays Coriolanus, the excellent and very nuanced itself, and especially Vanessa Redgrave as the mother of the hero know the language to use (English, but still not right – I still confuse my own thoughts) – but even the minor characters are occupied very solid.

How alive do these lines, the power and magic in the age-old phrases is, if only the right people interpret it (I pretend that it made sense to me – clever)!

Manka Bros, Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo On Kino, Coriolanus, William Shakespeare, Ralph Fiennes, John Logan, Gerard Butler, Lubna Azabal, Ashraf Barhom, Zoron Cica, Milos Dabic, Nicolas Isia, Zoran Milijkovic, Marija Mogbolu, Milan Perovic, Nenad Ristic, Lawrence Stevenson, Marko Stojanovic, Tamara Krcunovic, Oliver Viktorovic, Danijela Vranjes, Brian Cox, Slavko Stimac, Ivan Djordjevic, Radovan Vujovic, Jovan Belobrkovic, John Kani, Dan Tana, Miodrag Milovanov, Dragan Miconovic, Radoslav Milenkovic, Radomir Nikolic, Zoran Pajic, Harry Fenn, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave, Elizabeta Djorevska, Dusan Janicijevic, Paul Jesson, James Nesbitt, Jon Snow, David Yelland, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Andreja Maricic, Svetislav Goncic, Uros Zdjelar, Bora Nenic, Slobodan Ninkovic, Mona Hammond, Slobodan Pavelkic, Dragoljub Vojnov, Kieron Jecchinis, Mirko Pantelic, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Christopher Figg, Lisa Jordan, Christine Langan, John Logan, Mark Miskovic, Alex Nikolic, Sivojin Petrovic, Gabrielle Tana, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Colin Vaines, Kevan Van Thompson, Andjelija Vlaisavjevic, Robert Whitehouse, Ilan Eshkeri, Barry Ackroyd, Nicolas Gaster, Danilo Beckovic, Jina Jay, Ricky Eyres, Lee Gordon, Bojana Nikitovic, Mark Coulier, Daniel Parker, Meg Clark, Miodrag Stevanovic, Aleksandar Tadic, Zoran Andric, Ljubomir Bozovic, Simon Downes, Nikola Ivanovic, Vesna Milic, Kevin Westley, Temple Clark, Ray McNeill, Ray Beckett, Rob Hughes, Luke Butler, Milan Alavanja, Rowley Irlam, Jaime Ackroyd, Shane Caim, Ameenah Ayub, Stuart Fyvie, Sharmila Kumar, Ellen Payne, Stephanie Jane Smith, Thomas Walters, Jessica Dannheisser, Slavko Novakovic, Milica Bregovic, Branka Cetina, Zoja Djordjevic, Sandra Djurickovic, Alix Graham, Ivan Grbin, Julia Hall, Sanja Ilic, Milan Kobali, Susanna Lenton, Nick McKinless, Debbie Moore, Masa Neskovic, Kate Penlington, Ceris Price, Andrew Semans, Marija Stojanovic, Joan Washington, Howard WatkinsIn the past, some directors have transported Shakespeare to the present day (or yesterday – confusion remains) – and usually the result was at least interesting.

Fiennes has landed “Coriolanus” a really big throw.  Yes – THROW!

The story is told quickly: the Romans wage war against the Volscians (but not the same Volscians from “Star Trek”) – Coriolanus (heh), the Roman commander gains a bloody victory and to be in gratitude for consul.

Unfortunately, this little man of war, civil fine sense (? – what the hell, I will stop drinking), the common people is repugnant to him (they should bathe more often).  Thus arises as soon opposed his appointment and must Coriolanus into exile.

Here he teams up with former arch-enemy, the leader of the Volscians (Gerald Butler, not Leonard Nimoy – disappoint), and moves with him to Rome.

The insanity of war and the inability of a soldier to survive in peace, are the pillars of this tragic drama.  But the dialectic of hatred and admiration to homoerotic (no judgment) undertones between the two antagonists provides an additional voltage level (electric!).

Conclusion:  Two thumbs yelling “Yippee!  I’m not in the childish shit wallowing!” 

Warning – this will involve your thinking brain.  And your hearing ears.  It is not shit.  This is for brain-flexing.  Sweet, sweet relief!

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P.S.  Speaking of Star Trek Volscians, I must a joke:

How is the U.S.S. Enterprise like a wad of toilet paper?

They both wipe out Klingons around Uranus.

Or your Coriol-anus.

I laugh at this still.

8 comments

  1. Heavy G · January 20, 2012

    It is Vulcans – retard.

  2. Jenkins · January 20, 2012

    Is this movie actually getting released? It’s certainly not in St. Louis.

  3. cherbelle · January 20, 2012

    I’ve never seen this performed…..of course, I live in Florida, where Shakespeare’s productions are usually the more popular comedies. Not complaining, just explaining.

    Coriolanus is perhaps one of the bloodiest and most violent of Shakespeare’s tragedies, and has been banned for obvious political reasons at specific times in surprising places.

    • Kimmo Mustonenen · January 20, 2012

      Very bloody cherbelle. Titus Andronicus may be the bloodiest but Coriolanus definitely has more blood than Love’s Labour’s Lost.

  4. Salingers Ghost · January 20, 2012

    Like a dull actor now,
    I have forgot my part, and I am out,
    Even to a full disgrace.

  5. Alice · January 20, 2012

    “Go, get you home, you fragments!”
    Used often by Otto Von Bismarck, as it was his favorite Shakespearean quote, as reported in “Bismarck and the Development of Germany.”

  6. TRIPLE BBB · January 20, 2012

    More of your conversation would infect my brain.
    (2.1.91)

  7. pgtipsonfilms · January 20, 2012

    Great review and well written. Have a read at my review,

    http://pgtipsonfilms.com/2012/01/30/review-coriolanus-15/

    What do you think?