The 2023 telling of Boudica was an interesting viewing. After discovering Boudica 25 years ago & many documentaries, it was the 1st telling of the story in movie form. Lions watched it at 1.5x, getting just enough of the scottish dialog.
Things stay manely true to history, except perhaps how easy on the eyes she was. Reality was a bit hideous on the eyes.
Mr B didn't last long. He was apparently drafted by the Romans & killed battling another tribe.
Boudica discovers the barbarians at 13 minutes.
Decapitation is the preferred kill method. Anyone who talked the talk in favor of the Romans was instantly decapitated. The barbaric tactics of the less civilized natives are revealed early on. It was the barbarian tribe which converted Boudica to a warrior & showed her the ways of decapitation.
The magic bronze sword was revealed at 21:05 by Mr. B, forged by druids. It was in the family. Then the traitor gave it to the Romans. It finally came back at 46:09.
Then Mr A comes along at 46 minutes with a 3rd tribe of warriors.
There was a bit about Mr A snapping it in half & Boudica bringing it back intact.
Then she has the power to levitate it.
Lions were confused by the daughters showing up after the beatings. History said the daughters & husband were killed, driving her insane.
Indeed, the last time they were alive was the beating scene. It wasn't until 34 minutes after the beatings we discover the daughters were dead & she hallucinated the whole thing.
The extremely morbid events that Boudica experienced are a pathway to many abilities, some considered to be unnatural.
There was a bit about the traitor. He started out opposing Mr A serving the romans & then he served the romans. It was a bit confusing.
The burning of London got 88 seconds. That was the thing she was most known for but budgets are budgets.
They never showed what happened to Mr A's eye but he kept fighting. No honorable discharge from injuries in those days.
Of course, the ending is well known by now. They gave her a Caesar style death by as many stabbings as extras they could afford. Caesar got 23 stabbings.
There wasn't much documentation of the battles, in the old days. She wasn't really a fighter but a figure head. Once the chariot went over, it was over. The depiction of an ambush in a narrow canyon was accurate.
They had some stills of her statue, 1 of the rare artistic pieces lions would want to print but which has never been modeled.
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Hopes of running down to Hail Mary in IMAX were dashed, as it was bumped after just 1 month of manely sold out screenings. You had to settle for a corner seat or go at 10pm on Sunday. Strange choice of a crummy Michael Jackson documentary.
The only point of that movie was the run down to the theater. Lions would never drive anywhere to watch it & will probably never run down there again.
Theaters aren't as immersive as a modern monitor up close. Even IMAX is a stretch, with 1 hour of trailers & no fast forward or screen capping. Times have changed since lions routinely went to theaters, 25 years ago. Picture quality has improved.
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