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Post by mllemass on Nov 9, 2021 7:06:23 GMT
I liked it, very much. I hope all of the BC fans who keep hoping for a romantic comedy see it. Just turn the TV off during his wife's doctor appointment. Then, it is a humorous film about a quirky artist, who marries his true love and settles in a beautiful country house with a kitten. Ha! That’s perfect! How about a romcom where nobody dies - he doesn’t die, his wife doesn’t die, his cat doesn’t die, his mother, father, sisters, publisher don’t die. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for!
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Post by Hannah Lee on Nov 9, 2021 10:11:59 GMT
Yeah, first half = romcom. Second half = romdram. So no, I’m still going to wait for that outright romcom where he doesn’t die in the end, thank you. 😂 Anyone have a secret plot of this elusive romcom they keep in their heads? Is it period or modern, rural or urban, he’s an artist or a worker bee… C’mon, spill. 😉 I don’t have a whole plot, but I’m hoping for a modern romcom, where BC doesn’t wear any period costumes or adopt much of an accent.
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Post by Hannah Lee on Nov 11, 2021 13:11:17 GMT
I’m going to watch again, but in the meantime I’m wondering about the subtitles. Someone else mentioned they only showed up when there was text on screen, and I did notice that.
But they also showed up at times when cats were meowing, such as when Peter and the other cats are being carried in crates “where are we going? Where are we going?” And the little fluff ball saying “meow I’m jomping! I like jomping”
It was precious but I was wondering if the filmmaker was trying to show Louis’ perspective, that HE was perceiving the cats saying things he could understand. Sort of a precursor to his full on hallucinations later?
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Post by mllemass on Nov 11, 2021 13:21:28 GMT
The cats’ words on the screen were to show us what Louis was hearing them say, and he spoke back to them. That’s not really such a crazy idea because the internet is full of cat videos doing the same thing!
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Post by mllemass on Nov 11, 2021 13:26:58 GMT
I have a question!
In the scene where Louis and Emily are teaching kitten Peter to climb the stairs, they sit at the top of the stairs encouraging him to come up. As Peter reaches the top, Louis does a tiny quiet clap with his hands. When I saw that, I immediately thought “That little clap wasn’t in the script. That was Benedict’s idea.” I’m sure we’ve seen him do that before.
What do you think?
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Post by queenzod on Nov 25, 2021 10:21:57 GMT
Don’t know where to put this so I’ll throw it here. I complimented the theramin use, likening it to its use in Ed Wood and heard the same person played it in both movies! Imagine that!
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Post by mllemass on Nov 25, 2021 12:40:02 GMT
How exciting, queenzod! Way to go - asking intelligent questions and being acknowledged! And all of us here knew you before you got so famous . . .
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Post by queenzod on Nov 25, 2021 12:46:20 GMT
Haha Mllemass! Compliments will get you anything.
Great jbc! Obviously not a superior theremin player, but amusing all the same. 😃😂
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Post by mllemass on Dec 13, 2021 11:32:50 GMT
It was the same when I sat in the theatre at TIFF to watch it the first time! Also - when he makes Emily breakfast before he realizes what happened, and when he has the breakdown onboard the ship.
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 23, 2022 23:20:14 GMT
I finally watched it! I agreed that the best part is undoubtedly the scenes between BC and Claire Foy. They are also ironically the most “conventional” scenes and I’m saying “ironically” because that’s what cool critics “hate” and what of the film was accused but the film as a whole tries actually to be different and daring, at least, in the second part. I think some of it worked but I’m not sure about everything. I agreed that maybe Olivia Colman narration affected the the actors a little because indeed, it interrupts them but I think the script just moved too quickly after Emily’s death and clearly they just needed someone explaining what it was happening on screen. That’s the weakest part to me.
But yeah, it’s difficult to dislike some of the “craziness”. Just seeing BC and Andrea Riseborough wearing that ridiculous “Victorian futuristic” clothes from “1999” (according to Louis Wain) worth the ticket (or the PPV rent, in my case!). The last part is chaotic but I imagine that was the intention. So yeah, it’s a very enjoyable little movie.
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