I installed my long-awaited Starlink system the other day. I live in the Outer Darkness, and internet service out here is slow and spotty. Thus, the appeal of the Starlink option was most intriguing. And, it has lived up to billing and more!
Why am I gushing about speedy internet service? Well, because we can now watch movies in 4K and everything, and Mrs. Brewingfrog laid out her demands for Films She Wants To Watch. Her first item was The Last Duel.
Now, I used to have a great deal of respect for Ridley Scott. I really did. And then, for some unknown reason, he dropped trou and took a big steaming dump on the film and franchise which literally made him with the execrable Prometheus. Ridley, from there on out, was off The Brewingfrog's Christmas Card List. Permanently.
The Last Duel is a Middle-Ages drama about a maybe-rape, Medieval Law, and, well, some other nonsense involving two dim-witted guys beating each other to death. Considering it "stars" (insert dumb voice here) Matt Damon, and The Famous Actor With The Lopsided Face, I couldn't have bothered to care one way or another. The other thing was that the film was put together during the Short Period In Which Hollywood Was Allegedly Concerned About Rape, which meant that the film would come in fairly dripping with The Message. I hatey hate hate "message" films. Especially "message" films that try to impress our present-day morality on the distant (in this case, 700-odd years) past. Like some old Hollywood guy said, "If you want to send a message, hire Western Union." I'm damned sure not paying for someone to beat me over the head with some imbecile message for two hours...
Anyway, she wants to watch this damned movie. I'm probably not going to last through the opening credits. Luckily, I just took delivery of Peter Kemp's Ten Years at War, so I can hide in my office until (dumb voice) Matt Damon gets his empty head cut off...
