W.E. (2012)

Wonderful film! I consider it to be one of the best, if not the best, film of 2011. I saw it on Redbox, read a brief summary, and decided, "Oh, heck, I'll go with it." And boy, am I glad. I am a huge fan for British films, romances, dramas, and tragedy's. The score is beautiful! The plot, I found fascinating. I loved how Madonna worked in the past and future of this story. I so much loved how she had a poor woman who's in a struggling relationship, to find comfort in a famous love scandal, despite her current circumstances. For I know, when I was in hard times, and not knowing where to turn, I was able to find comfort, security, and a way to escape life, if only for a little bit, in a simple story. So, I can connect with her on a personal level. The romance is beautiful, the plot, fascinating and intriguing at the same time. Madonna had an amazing cast, which I felt helped give the story its richness. And again, the score. I know I can't say this enough, but well done! Madonna hired a wonderful and amazing score writer, Abel Korzeniowski. I just listen to the score and dream in my own romantic fantasies, by it's sheer beauty. My mother saw me watching it (she came in on the last 30mins) not knowing what it was about, thought it was horrible. Well, a year went by, and I was in a dreamy state and felt like watching it again. Well, I sat down to watch it, and my mother joined my at the couch. Knowing it was that very same film she hated. She still watched it again, and at the end of the film......she loved it! She praised its glory and found out why I so dearly loved it, and now I can proudly say, she is a lover of this wonderful film. And I am glad to have changed her mind. I recommend this film to anyone. I am a male and I'm 16.

The romance of King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy) and Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) has been retold many times before, most notably (for me at least) in the TV series EDWARD AND MRS. SIMPSON with Edward Fox in the title role. Madonna's version of the tale juxtaposes the story with a present-day tale involving Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish), her violent husband William (Richard Voyle) and a Russian intellectual employed at Sotheby's in New York, Evgeni (Oscar Isaac). The parallels are obvious enough: Wally identifies with Mrs. Simpson and contrasts her own mundane existence with that of the royal lover. Eventually she comes to realize that she has the kind of life-choices denied to Mrs. Simpson. Shot in rock-video style, with fast cuts preventing any real identification with the characters, W.E. actually seems like an attempt by director Madonna to make sense of her own life as a singer/actress/celebrity. The settings are well drawn; the performances competent (even though D'Arcy looks nothing like the real Duke of Windsor). However the narrative tends to drag a little as it moves towards its predictable end. The film has certain incidental pleasures, notably the appearance of Turkish actor/star Haluk Bilginer as Mohammed Al Fayed.

If you can understand why people in the 1930's or 1940's would be dancing or listening to music not produced until the 1970's and 80's then this is the film for you. I made no sense of any of the first 25mins, and turned it off after that. it was so painful i could not sit through much more than that and had to turn it off. It has no details about wallis simpson that i can't find on wikipedia.I just don't understand why Madonna even attempted this, She should stick to singing and leave the documentary stuff to the experts. bad enough she ruined evita for me.

This is the story of a man who gave up the kingdom for a woman and a woman who gave up everything for the man. Still there are absolutely no chemistry between them whatsoever. The movie totally misses it's mark. No passion, no sex, no feelings - nothing. You missed out on this one Madonna. I a movie are to show us how true passion is bigger than everything - yes, there has to be passion involved. And another thing - spoiler coming - in the contemporary story a woman are married to a cheating husband, who also abuses her - still SHE ask HIM: "Why won't you have sex with me". Come on... please! Why would she be stupid enough to want to have sex with a cheating and abusing husband? This movie really sucks and i would not recommend it to anybody.