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Los Borgia (2006)
25/10/17 20:56(just realised I haven't been here for a while)
So, I still haven't written that supposedly long Borgia-related post I've been talking about since almost the start of this journal - but yesterday I watched Los Borgia. I'm calling it by the original Spanish title to distinguish it from all the other versions (really, their creators should have come up with something... well, more creative than the almost or even identical titles we now have - although it's even worse in Russia where all of the titles are identical, no almost).
As I had expected from a bit-less-than-2,5-hours-long movie that tries to tell the whole story, though it does give a general idea of some of the major events, it's often confusing. I doubt I'd have formed a clear understanding of what's going on there if I hadn't watched three series and read even more non-fiction on the subject. At some point I even became confused as to how many children Lucrezia had, in this movie, before Ferrara. The Naples situation is never clearly explained, and the French are only mentioned. A lot of events are not included. And, sure enough, some things were changed, I guess to look more exciting on screen, but that was to be expected.
On the whole, the movie left the impression of being very superficial in portraying both the events and the characters. Some stories do need far more space than a movie can give.
Note: It is the only version I've watched so far that shows Micheletto (well, ok, Miguel in this one, as far as I remember; a character with many name variations :) ) as Cesare's friend from a while before Rodrigo Borgia's papacy - though, on the other hand, there doesn't seem to be definite proof of that in reality. So, neither a plus or a minus, just an observation on the character the Showtime version makes me pay special attention to... apart from the exact name, apparently - shame on me...
So, I still haven't written that supposedly long Borgia-related post I've been talking about since almost the start of this journal - but yesterday I watched Los Borgia. I'm calling it by the original Spanish title to distinguish it from all the other versions (really, their creators should have come up with something... well, more creative than the almost or even identical titles we now have - although it's even worse in Russia where all of the titles are identical, no almost).
As I had expected from a bit-less-than-2,5-hours-long movie that tries to tell the whole story, though it does give a general idea of some of the major events, it's often confusing. I doubt I'd have formed a clear understanding of what's going on there if I hadn't watched three series and read even more non-fiction on the subject. At some point I even became confused as to how many children Lucrezia had, in this movie, before Ferrara. The Naples situation is never clearly explained, and the French are only mentioned. A lot of events are not included. And, sure enough, some things were changed, I guess to look more exciting on screen, but that was to be expected.
On the whole, the movie left the impression of being very superficial in portraying both the events and the characters. Some stories do need far more space than a movie can give.
Note: It is the only version I've watched so far that shows Micheletto (well, ok, Miguel in this one, as far as I remember; a character with many name variations :) ) as Cesare's friend from a while before Rodrigo Borgia's papacy - though, on the other hand, there doesn't seem to be definite proof of that in reality. So, neither a plus or a minus, just an observation on the character the Showtime version makes me pay special attention to... apart from the exact name, apparently - shame on me...
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