Your Highness (2011)
A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.
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A lazy, good for nothing prince (Thadeous) is forced by his father, the king, to join his brave and noble brother (Fabious) in his quest of saving his true love from the evil wizard Leezar, before the two moons come together. They are faced with numerous difficulties along the way including the betrayal of their loyal warriors. After a brave female warrior joins their group, Thadeous falls in love but the only way to convince her is to is to change his attitude once and for all.We follow throughout the story the evolution of Thadeous, from a useless idiot to a hero that will save his friends as they get into serious trouble. The movie is like a parody of an epic fantasy movie. Almost all of its sequences are full of humor, jokes and funny acting. That is precisely what makes it special. The plot is not something that will impress you in any way but it's good. It keeps you thrilled, entertained all the time and eager to find out the next funny move of the characters. It was interesting and funny. I like the idea of this movie but it could have been better (especially on the funny side). A good movie overall!
Up front, I admit my bias. The locations used in this film (and Game of Thrones) were my childhood playground. Now, I like a good laugh and a bit of toilet humour is OK by me, but this film was just awful. Danny McBride is a terrible actor and the script is cringeworthy at best: I just cannot believe James Franco, Natalie Portman and Toby Jones agreed to stoop so low, none of whom return good performances. I note that two of our local politicians got a jolly to Hollywood out of it. The film was touted as an economic success for northern Ireland but I am ashamed to think that something as bad as this has been associated with one the world's most beautiful locations. Northern Ireland film should be more diligent and ensure better scripts are brought to film than this disaster.
This movie makes fun of all the fantasy movies that take themselves too seriously. Not just medieval ones, but Star Wars and the like, too.But, it's not a spoof, nor is it a classic comedy, nor a time-travel story (someone from today going back to medieval times or vice-versa). It's a combination of elements from all those and deserves credit for trying something different.It's very silly by intent, so there's no sense in thinking about it's realism or the like. But, it has a mostly coherent story, interesting characters and is funny most of the time.Could have been more funny, relied less on foul language and genitalia related jokes and been even more silly. But, nobody's perfect.The greatest impression for me was Natalie Portman's character. It makes fun of all these unbelievable "strong/warrior women" you get a lot in movies lately, but doesn't over-do it. Even some seemingly ridiculous things, like when she grabs the Danny McBride's character, a larger and slightly over-weight guy, by his crotch and then easily throws him over her head without leverage, seem silly in this context, not forced or off-putting (as Uma Thurman's Kill Bill antics feel). Also, Natalie Portman was a great fit to play this character. In general, the casting is very good.It would be nice if more movies tried to do something different, like this one does, it's refreshing.
I have been watching this for 18 minutes and it is beyond awful. Special effects are not bad - humour is totally non-existent and I find it impossible to believe that anyone would stump up the money to make this rubbish. It seems actors are only any good when the material is good and this material is crap of the worst kind. James Franco,Charles Dance, Damian Lewis, Toby Jones, Natalie Portman are just a few of the fine actors that must have been blackmailed into performing in this insult to the intelligence. I have never seen Danny McBride before but I understand he is partly responsible for this foul mouthed trash. If I never see him again it will be too soon. it has no wit whatsoever - it would make almost anything seem like Shakespeare in comparison. Avoid at all costs only the extremely simple-minded would find anything to enjoy about this pile of ordure.