Well... this took a good 2 months and counting to come back to. How bad am I at keeping track of my own blog? I mean really, I am disappointed with myself, so... very very big apologies on my behalf.
No really, the only excuse was sleeping and ... yeah maybe uni work.
No really, the only excuse was sleeping and ... yeah maybe uni work.
So, the first film I managed to see in 2015 was The Theory Of Everything.
The first night out with a few of my housemates turned out to leave me wiping away a single tear by the end of this film.
I could have balled my eyes out if I was confident enough, but alas I attempted to hold myself together.
Now, this film did really strike me at the time. (Watch me try and remember everything about it) With this film, I felt that it had been a long time coming. I can imagine that there have been countless documentaries and maybe television films made on the one and only Stephen Hawking, however was nice to learn a lot more about his life. Concerning this, during and after the screening I realised how much I didn't know about his life.
And yet, I feel that even with the emphasis on his wife - Jane Wilde Hawking, it was still solely about Stephen... which makes sense. Thought I was going to go off on another rant then didn't ya!
Well in actual fact there is pretty much nothing wrong with this film, it was correct to be hailed as a modern day masterpiece. Looking back, I seriously have nothing to moan about... not that I moan, I criticise. Like anyone would believe that reading my materials.
BUT WAIT... there was a little something! (This is where we all gasp).
The audience who were packing the seats at the cinema, they were all laughing at points which weren't actually funny. E.g. Stephen Hawking, at that point in a crippling stage of his disease, struggles to put his jumper on... If you ask me, the atmosphere was like patronising parents at their child's school play. Pretty annoying. Yet still nothing actually wrong with the film itself!
Anyway, what I took away from The Theory Of Everything was that this is a good movie. It is bordering the line of VERY emotional. The ending proved the scriptwriting as something really unique. You my friends are left with a heartfelt, but inspiring message from Stephen Hawking, and yes... you may very well cry it makes you feel so happy to be alive. And this is coming from someone who is not usually inclined towards a very very happy and soppy finale.
But there I was in the front row of a heaving cinema, turning away from my friends in attempt to wipe away a single tear I was trying to hold back for a while.
Important things to note, but I wont go into:
- Should we really have non-disabled actors play disabled people?
I have no answer for this as I would love more opinions on it from people who are actually disabled.
- Should there have been more of a storyline on Jane, going into her life before Stephen?
Well, yeah.
- Was the ending really that upsetting?
Not upsetting, uplifting... it made me feel all warm and it just wraps the whole film up quite nicely.
- Should Eddie Redmayne have won the Oscar?
I really don't know what to tell you on this. I felt that definitely at least there should have been a nod towards Jake Gyllenhaal.. instead of god forbid anything to do with the propaganda funfair which is American Sniper. But I think I may have been slightly more impressed with what I have seen of Michael Keaton in Birdman... But on the other hand, I had very little care for the Oscars in general.
Racism...
Yes because it only focusses on primarily white middle aged straight men.
So there, just go see it anyway. Even if Felicity Jones should be hailed more for just being an amazing actress all round for this film alone.
If you hadn't guessed, I do like this film.
Don't go see it, buy it because I've written about it too late due to incompetence.
And yet, I feel that even with the emphasis on his wife - Jane Wilde Hawking, it was still solely about Stephen... which makes sense. Thought I was going to go off on another rant then didn't ya!
Well in actual fact there is pretty much nothing wrong with this film, it was correct to be hailed as a modern day masterpiece. Looking back, I seriously have nothing to moan about... not that I moan, I criticise. Like anyone would believe that reading my materials.
BUT WAIT... there was a little something! (This is where we all gasp).
The audience who were packing the seats at the cinema, they were all laughing at points which weren't actually funny. E.g. Stephen Hawking, at that point in a crippling stage of his disease, struggles to put his jumper on... If you ask me, the atmosphere was like patronising parents at their child's school play. Pretty annoying. Yet still nothing actually wrong with the film itself!
Anyway, what I took away from The Theory Of Everything was that this is a good movie. It is bordering the line of VERY emotional. The ending proved the scriptwriting as something really unique. You my friends are left with a heartfelt, but inspiring message from Stephen Hawking, and yes... you may very well cry it makes you feel so happy to be alive. And this is coming from someone who is not usually inclined towards a very very happy and soppy finale.
But there I was in the front row of a heaving cinema, turning away from my friends in attempt to wipe away a single tear I was trying to hold back for a while.
Important things to note, but I wont go into:
- Should we really have non-disabled actors play disabled people?
I have no answer for this as I would love more opinions on it from people who are actually disabled.
- Should there have been more of a storyline on Jane, going into her life before Stephen?
Well, yeah.
- Was the ending really that upsetting?
Not upsetting, uplifting... it made me feel all warm and it just wraps the whole film up quite nicely.
- Should Eddie Redmayne have won the Oscar?
I really don't know what to tell you on this. I felt that definitely at least there should have been a nod towards Jake Gyllenhaal.. instead of god forbid anything to do with the propaganda funfair which is American Sniper. But I think I may have been slightly more impressed with what I have seen of Michael Keaton in Birdman... But on the other hand, I had very little care for the Oscars in general.
Racism...
Yes because it only focusses on primarily white middle aged straight men.
So there, just go see it anyway. Even if Felicity Jones should be hailed more for just being an amazing actress all round for this film alone.
If you hadn't guessed, I do like this film.
Don't go see it, buy it because I've written about it too late due to incompetence.
