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Opened today.
I'm a bit of a wreck. I wasn't bawling in the theatre or anything, but I just came out with a light head and heavy heart. Pretty draining, and yet there are enough moments of levity and beauty to keep it aloft.
I could have done without the hummingbird crap (shades of Forrest Gump's floating feather?), but the speech to Julia Ormond's character was rather inspirational. So in a film about loss, death, regret, missed opportunities, etc. there's some hope to take with you, and the notion that you can always start over as there are no rules to the game.
Blanchett was phenomenal. It didn't seem like she was doing too much, but she really takes over from a POV perspective in the final movement of the film, and when you stack that alongside her work as the worldly, selfish younger Daisy, and as the bedridden old woman, it's rather staggering what she's done.
Pitt certainly plays a more passive character, but is what he does here any less of an achievement than Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, minus the silly accent? Pitt's best performances are ones where he's allowed to use his eyes and expressions to react, and I thought he did all he had to do to carry the story.
Fantastic all around. Fincher for president.
Opened today.
I'm a bit of a wreck. I wasn't bawling in the theatre or anything, but I just came out with a light head and heavy heart. Pretty draining, and yet there are enough moments of levity and beauty to keep it aloft.
I could have done without the hummingbird crap (shades of Forrest Gump's floating feather?), but the speech to Julia Ormond's character was rather inspirational. So in a film about loss, death, regret, missed opportunities, etc. there's some hope to take with you, and the notion that you can always start over as there are no rules to the game.
Blanchett was phenomenal. It didn't seem like she was doing too much, but she really takes over from a POV perspective in the final movement of the film, and when you stack that alongside her work as the worldly, selfish younger Daisy, and as the bedridden old woman, it's rather staggering what she's done.
Pitt certainly plays a more passive character, but is what he does here any less of an achievement than Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, minus the silly accent? Pitt's best performances are ones where he's allowed to use his eyes and expressions to react, and I thought he did all he had to do to carry the story.
Fantastic all around. Fincher for president.