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Post by gingerale on Nov 5, 2021 14:58:52 GMT
Thought we could use a thread where we didn't have to hide everything under a spoiler - Just finished it now. Got to be honest, after having read some of the reviews I fully expected to find it too sweet for me to be invested in, but it's to BC's and Claire's credit that I found myself genuinely teary at multiple points. Their scenes together were my favorite in the entire movie. That "the world is already beautiful" scene is the absolute highlight (and also where I cried the most, LOL). I'll admit I prefer the first half, but I'm also in the camp that actually enjoyed the trippy imagery in the latter half; I wished we'd seen more of those stop-motion cat-head people because they were my favorite! BC was *incredibly* good acting as an old man; I didn't expect that to be a standout bit to me actually. Him wheezing on the bench almost reminded me of my grandfather. It was eerie. If there was a negative for me, I think it relied too often on Colman's narration to move the story along, particularly when they raised funds to move him to a proper facility in the end. I thought that was already easily shown by his sisters and friends walking around and campaigning. Still overall a really lovely time That last shot calling back to "their place" was wonderful, and the perfect note to end on.
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Post by mllemass on Nov 5, 2021 15:18:50 GMT
I’m trying to remember what I said about the movie way back when I first saw it . . .
Don’t you agree that there should have been a few more minutes of Louis and Emily together before she was killed off? The movie gets so, so sad after that, so they deserved a little more happiness!
I’ve seen the movie 4 times now, and the scene leading up to the match-lighting scene just kills me! Louis is in the kitchen humming happily, getting breakfast for Emily. And then he takes the tray up to her, still oblivious to what has happened. When they didn’t show her in bed, I knew something was wrong, and Louis - and Peter the cat - realized it right after that. With repeated viewings, I was in tears as soon as he took the eggs off the stove, because I knew what was coming.
Also, his overreaction to Peter dying was heartbreaking. He had held it together for Emily’s death, but Peter’s death just destroyed him.
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Post by gingerale on Nov 5, 2021 15:29:29 GMT
Don’t you agree that there should have been a few more minutes of Louis and Emily together before she was killed off? Absolutely! I needed much more of them together. I wanted to see those perfect six months! I should've mentioned this part too - it was incredible. The movie is at its best when it lets its actors, well, act.
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Post by mllemass on Nov 5, 2021 15:34:20 GMT
And let’s not forget the breakdown he had during his voyage back home from the US! He needs an Oscar nomination for that scene alone.
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Post by queenzod on Nov 5, 2021 16:01:28 GMT
He really delivers in the big scenes, doesn’t he? The breakdown onboard the ship was so hard to watch, especially after I realized he’d pissed himself because he was so terrified. 😭 Parts of this movie were so raw and then they’d get tempered by this dreamlike, colorful, fable like atmosphere. Quite strange, all those juxtapositions.
I, too, wanted more of Emily. She was such an interesting character, very bold, and they were lovely together. At least he had her memory to keep him going through life.
The breakfast scene was tremendous. I knew the moment he put the tray down and glanced over at the bed. I think it registered, but obliquely for him. He just poured the tea like if he didn’t acknowledge it, it wouldn’t be happening. Again, 😭😭
My heart went out to him over and over throughout. He was just too gentle a soul to be beset by so much poverty and tragedy like that. At least the Horrid Sister relented a bit at her end. What did she expect of him, anyway? He was doing his best, trying to grasp some happiness in the midst of all that shattering existence.
I was trying to remember where I’d seen the actress who played his mother before and then it occurred to me she played Amanda Root’s snotty older sister in that adaptation of Persuasion with Kieran Hinds in…1995?
We should play 6 degrees of Benedict Cumberbatch some day. At this point I’d bet he’d beat Kevin Bacon. 😂
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Post by mllemass on Nov 5, 2021 16:28:49 GMT
I’m been dying to know what someone else thinks: The scene where he’s running through the rainstorm, with all the lightening - did it really happen, or was it a nightmare/hallucination? I don’t think it was really happening, although it would have felt real to him.
What do you think?
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Post by queenzod on Nov 5, 2021 16:39:21 GMT
I was too much in awe watching him sprint all that long way down the path to have any thoughts at all. Stamina! And then the soaking wet beauty of him. 😍
Sorry, I’m just hanging out today in the shallow end of the pool. 😁
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Post by gingerale on Nov 5, 2021 16:44:48 GMT
Had to click around the movie to remember when that happened - I thought it was real, and we were watching him try to "harness" that electricity he was seeking ever since Emily had died.
On the shallow end of the pool, his legs looked amazing 😍
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Post by mllemass on Nov 5, 2021 18:23:22 GMT
Besides Toby Jones, other Sherlock connections include Indica Watson (Sherlock’s sister, little Eurus), playing the young version of Louis’s youngest sister, and Sharon Rooney (from The Empty Hearse) playing one of the older sisters. And of course, Will Sharpe was from The Hounds of Baskerville.
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Post by prudence on Nov 6, 2021 2:45:34 GMT
I liked it, but not as much as I thought I would. Maybe I was just having trouble concentrating today. I liked the young and old parts better than the middle part. I enjoyed the visuals very much.
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