{"id":2413,"date":"2010-02-22T15:03:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T13:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2010-02-22T15:09:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T13:09:25","slug":"the-woodlanders-a-gorgeous-rufus-sewell-in-an-awful-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/the-woodlanders-a-gorgeous-rufus-sewell-in-an-awful-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woodlanders: A Gorgeous Rufus Sewell in an Awful Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2415\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2415\" href=\"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/the-woodlanders-a-gorgeous-rufus-sewell-in-an-awful-movie\/the-woodlanders\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2415\" title=\"the woodlanders \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-woodlanders.jpg?resize=300%2C429\" alt=\"Rufus Sewell in The Woodlanders\" width=\"300\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-woodlanders.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-woodlanders.jpg?resize=209%2C300&amp;ssl=1 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rufus Sewell in The Woodlanders. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What? I am not going to like ever movie just because Rufus is there. If you want to see good, entertaining Rufus films, check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In a Savage Land<\/strong> \u2013 Beautiful epic, far-off island, true romance: <a href=\" http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/in-a-savage-land-with-rufus-sewell\/\">http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/in-a-savage-land-with-rufus-sewell\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dark City<\/strong>\u2013 Rufus Sewell stars with Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt. From Alex Proyas, director of another brilliant (if not better) cult film <a title=\"The Crow tribute- starring Brandon Lee\" href=\"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/buildings-burn-people-die-but-an-amazing-movie-is-forever\/\">The Crow<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Martha, meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence:<\/strong>Co-star is Joseph Fiennes- fine little romcom:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/martha-meet-frank-daniel-and-laurence-fun-romcom-with-monica-potter-rufus-sewell-and-joseph-fiennes\/\">http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/martha-meet-frank-daniel-and-laurence-fun-romcom-with-monica-potter-rufus-sewell-and-joseph-fiennes\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dangerous Beauty:<\/strong>Beautiful, romantic period drama, set in Venice. Starring Catherine McCormack and Rufus, with Oliver Platt, Jacqueline Bisset, Seymour and Naomi Watts as bonusses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0The Illusionist<\/strong>&#8211; the graceful handsome lead is played by Edward Norton. The baddie is Rufus. Great mystery\/drama\/romance\/thriller. There\u2019s also Paul Giamatti: <a href=\"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/the-illusionist-with-edward-norton-and-jessica-biel\/\">http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/the-illusionist-with-edward-norton-and-jessica-biel\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0There are of course more good Rufus films, but the ones above happen to my favorites. Having\u00a0 that gotten\u00a0out of the way, here\u2019s the plot of The Woodlanders (which will probably let you know why I didn\u2019t like the movie):<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Giles (Rufus Sewell)\u00a0and Grace were childhood seethearts. They grew up together and being the nice and honest guy that Gile is, her father did approve of their love. But when Grace comes back home as an educated young woman, her father thinks she can and should do better than a woodsman. This breaks Giles\u2019 heart but he can\u2019t do anything abo?ut it, since Grace doesn\u2019t seem merely bothered by her dad\u2019s decision. In fact, she is enjoying the charms and the attention she is getting from a doctor. She marries him but as it turns out, her husband isn\u2019t all that great and well, she still loves Giles\u2026<\/p>\n<p>OK. Pros and cons. Cons first:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everything about the plot. Never mind having been told the same story over and over again, there is nothing fun or allutring in the way it was told. Parent wants better for daughter, ending up preventing her happiness. Yeah, yeah&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The actors. Yes, Rufus can act and he does. But the leading actress is playing Grace is so plain, boring and unattractive. Frankly, Ugly Betty would have made a better Grace, as Ugly Betty (I don\u2019t even mean the real life version of America Ferrara). At least she has principles and a brain and character! It is not even if she chose money- he is just a doctor. Not a rich fellow, and an ugly one at that. And there you have Giles. Gorgeous and nice. Well, one flaw of Giles: he couldn\u2019t get over Grace. How can you not get over Grace??? She isnt pretty, nice or intelligent. Well, I am guessing unhappiness serves Giles right- for being such an idiot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2416\" style=\"width: 554px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2416\" href=\"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/the-woodlanders-a-gorgeous-rufus-sewell-in-an-awful-movie\/the-woodlanders-2u\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2416 \" title=\"the woodlanders, rufus sewell\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-woodlanders-2%C3%BC.jpg?resize=554%2C406\" alt=\"the woodlanders with rufus sewell\" width=\"554\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-woodlanders-2%C3%BC.jpg?w=692&amp;ssl=1 692w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-woodlanders-2%C3%BC.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rufus Sewell wastes his talent in a bad movie. It is based on a book and I am betting the book is a hundred times better. But it is of course worth watching for Rufus fans (at least the scenes with him). Look at the guy, for goodness&#39; sake!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a03)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ending. Oh please\u2026I wasn\u2019t asking for a \u201clet\u2019s ride towards the sunset\u201d type of ending but this is even worse.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a01)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rufus Sewell is really pretty here. I mean he is so pretty, he would still be the pretty one even if they had cast a beautful actress as Grace.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>That is it. Eye candy for Rufus fans. Why do you think I watched the movie despite the plot (though the fast forward button came in handy)? Come on, that doesn\u2019t make me any more superficial than guys who watch Megan Fox for her \u201cacting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a03\/10 for the movie<\/p>\n<p>10\/10 for Rufus youth and beauty<\/p>\n<p>1\/10 for the rest of the way the cast looks<\/p>\n<p>6.4 on IMDB, but then again only 234 people have voted. I ain&#8217;t gonna vote. I can&#8217;t do that to dear Mr. Sewell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>IMDB: Never mind. Not many have voted anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What? I am not going to like ever movie just because Rufus is there. If you want to see good, entertaining Rufus films, check out: In a Savage Land \u2013 Beautiful epic, far-off island, true romance: http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/in-a-savage-land-with-rufus-sewell\/ \u00a0 Dark City\u2013 Rufus Sewell stars with Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt. From Alex Proyas, director of another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[1092,1045,1108,1046,1107],"class_list":{"0":"post-2413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-movies-and-actors","7":"tag-in-a-savage-land","8":"tag-rufus-sewell","9":"tag-rufus-sewell-movies","10":"tag-the-illusionist","11":"tag-the-woodlanders","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI4PB-CV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions\/2424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}