Tristan + Isolde

I did not expect to like this film; the reviews were lackluster, and many seemed to think the leads were mediocre at best. I found the performances riveting and highly engaging. While I do not know the actual historical story,... Full review

There are love stories,and then there are love stories that pack a powerful punch.Tristan and Isolde indeed falls in the latter category. I must confess to not being an avid watcher of romance films,and was expecting not to enjoy much,if... Full review

I must say that I didn't even originally plan on going to this movie, but after I was asked by a friend to see it on its opening night, I said that sure, I would go. I figured that it... Full review

I took my GF to it last night. It was her birthday and she had the pick of which movie to see. I had not seen any of the trailers for it and was told it was a romance. What... Full review

Tristan & Isolde was basically the best Love story that I have seen in a good while. Better than the Notebook, better than Romeo & Juliet, better than anything you could imagine. I went into the movie realizing that I... Full review

Beautiful, full of emotion and moving. The characters are portrayed skillfully and are completely believable. No one is overdone at all. The love between Tristan and Isolde is so powerful and yet so heartbreaking and you feel for them, but... Full review

One of the great love stories from the medieval courtly romances, "Tristan and Isolde" has received many different treatments from medieval poets such as Gottfried of Strasbourg to the haunting opera by the nineteenth-century German composer Ricard Wagner. In each... Full review

I have to admit that I do not remember much about this story from my college Western Civ class, but I enjoyed this director's work in other films, so I took a chance. What a lovely film! The story is... Full review

Sophia Myles is without a doubt one of the most gorgeous actresses ever to appear on screen, and most people's ideal image of what Isolde should look like. The scenery is breathtaking, the cinematography stunning, and the costumes remarkably authentic.... Full review

Tristan and Isolde is one of the most enjoyable films I've seen this year. I saw it in a preview screening without knowing anything about the film or the myth. I expected a mediocre romance, only hoping that it would... Full review

Like that earlier period picture, "Tristan & Isolde" has nothing new to say about either love or filmmaking, but that, too, isn't necessarily a bad thing. In "Tristan & Isolde," the lovers of Celtic mythology, Arthurian legend and Wagnerian libretto fall for each other far from the violent, Dark Ages machinations plaguing their two warring peoples. ... Full Review

way it is an intriguing film..... ... Full Review

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The movie is well worth a watch, at least a rental unless your one of the many that loves this particular genre of movie (affectionately known as the chick flick. Tristan eventually becomes healthy enough and returns to England. A recommended film. ... Full Review

it is as good as one might hope.....During a battle with the Irish, Tristan is mortally wounded and presumed dead.....Tristan is a man of honor, loyalty and righteousness and Isolde is a woman of compassion, warmth and curiosity;....Director Kevin Reynolds is successful in his approach to setting a mood and tone, reveling in a gritty charm.....However, the acting is solid, the action scenes are rousing, the cinematography is great and the romantic tryst.... ... Full Review

LONDON (AP) -- Tristan and Isolde, tables and chairs. That's the extent of the scenery in German director Christof Loy's version of Wagner's epic drama of doomed lovers that premiered Tuesday night as the first new production of the Royal... ... Full Article

By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer George Jahn, Associated Press Writer - 24 mins ago BAYREUTH, Germany - Tristan and Isolde, Wagner once wrote, was meant to be a "monument to that most beautiful of dreams" - love. ... Full Article

Tristan und Isolde (Sept29- Oct 18) The Swedish soprano Nina Stemme, the world's reigning Isolde, a role she recorded with Placido Domingo and Antonio Pappano's Royal Opera, stars in Christof Loy's new production opposite the Tristan of the Canadian tenor... ... Full Article

He poured his infatuation for her into the opera to the extent that it became a major turning point in music. Here was a new range of harmonic colour and orchestration - so vastly different from anything he had written... ... Full Article

Orson Scott Card's review . Card calls it a "serious historical novel," but you would never know it. Although the story is extremely well researched, set within the context of actual 9th century events, and uses vivid details to bring... ... Full Article

MILAN - The gaudiest event of the opera season in Europe, La Scala's opener on Dec. 7 was a sublime new version of "Tristan und Isolde," directed by Patrice Ch?reau under the baton of the house's new principal guest conductor,... ... Full Article