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chatchien

Oscar Films for 2016: The Danish Girl

Jan 15, 2016 17:25

The Danish Girl was not nominated for the Best Picture of the Year (and I could see why not, if the Academy of Moving Pictures Arts and Sciences is primarily men---70% or more?---the guy/girl did slice his junk off), but the two primary actors, Alicia Vikander and Eddie Redmayne were nominated for Best Actor/Actress and the costumes were also ( Read more... )

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brijeana January 26 2016, 17:37:50 UTC

Wow!!! I spoke to a coworker who hated this film. He said it was "weird" and that he was knocked out of the movie when Eddie rolled up his stockings really slowly after seeing his wife put hers on normally ( ... )

Woman? Schwomin! chatchien January 26 2016, 19:34:42 UTC

He said it was "weird" and that he was knocked out of the movie when Eddie rolled up his stockings really slowly after seeing his wife put hers on normally.

There it is! In that sentence you have captured everything I hate about this movie and Mr. Redmayne's performance.

Miss Vikander is just a woman, she is very natural and low key in the movie. She simply IS A WOMAN. And she gets nominated for that? Just how poor are representations of WOMEN in film for that performance to receive an Oscar nomination. Does anyone at the Academy have a sense of Irony?

I don't dislike Mr. Redmayne. He is a good actor and a good physical actor, see his performance in The Theory of Everything. But I don't know what he thought that he was doing in this film, every physical move that he makes is false except when he reaches for the pregnant woman's belly at the end of the film. His physical performance seems to indicate that he doesn't know how to be a Woman, but his character is a Woman in a Man's body. How does that Hidden Woman manifest her real ( ... )