I remember this film being released and then suddenly the book was the best selling book that year and everyone I saw was reading the book. I was still in school and I wanted to read it and see what all the fuss was about but I was told that I was too young so I didn't read it. Instead, i watched the film years later.
It was a weird film in the way that it was done. I liked it in it's own way and once you have seen Memento, nothing is weird. I compare it to Memento because it was structured in a similar way. It started at the beginning and then flicked forward and backwards to explain events after they had happened.
So lets start with Keira Knightley. I think that in all the films that I have seen her in (which is every film that she has made apart from begin again and the dutchess) I have given her criticism apart from the immitation game. I am not sure if I am praising her or not in this film. When she spoke she mostly sounded exactly like she did all through pirates of the Caribbean when she was kinda angry or trying to make it sound urgent. Keira is the first person that I have listened to and thought that she maybe needed voice acting training. I know that there are so many people out there that say everything in a monotone and she isn't one of them but i kinda lost everything she was saying because I was just hearing her ramble on about being a pirate lord etc. It's weird how sometimes this happens to people and it is just unfortunate that it happened to me in this film. Apart from that Keira was quite good. I have watched films where i have sat there and practically cursed her from start to finish and this wasn't one of them so i am really pleased with that.
Now I will move on to James McAvoy. I remember watching him in wanted last year and thinking that it was a truly rubbish film. I also watched him in days of future past and thought that he was quite good but it wasn't a stand out performance. I kinda think that this was going along the lines of stand out for him. I feel that he challenged himself in every way in this film. It seemed like his role was going to be the typical gentlemen in this film but it wasn't and when it didn't turn that way I enjoyed it a lot more because I got to see another side to him. I feel that James is a complete actor in every way now.
I don't want to discredit anyone by only talking about the stars but in order to keep this post short I am talking about the people that stood out for me and unfortunately those were the big names. Benedict Cumberbatch was another that stood out. I liked his gentlemanly air but darker side to the character as well. I felt that there should have been more for his character than there was and i don't know if there is more in the book for him but i kinda hope that there is. This character has so much potential but was hardly even touched upon. Cumberbatch was the right man for it as he made it impossible to forget that he was in that film and so even when you were reaching the end of the film and thought that he was long gone, he would just pop up and give you a gentle reminder that he was around.
Overall- a much better film than i was led to believe.
It was a weird film in the way that it was done. I liked it in it's own way and once you have seen Memento, nothing is weird. I compare it to Memento because it was structured in a similar way. It started at the beginning and then flicked forward and backwards to explain events after they had happened.
So lets start with Keira Knightley. I think that in all the films that I have seen her in (which is every film that she has made apart from begin again and the dutchess) I have given her criticism apart from the immitation game. I am not sure if I am praising her or not in this film. When she spoke she mostly sounded exactly like she did all through pirates of the Caribbean when she was kinda angry or trying to make it sound urgent. Keira is the first person that I have listened to and thought that she maybe needed voice acting training. I know that there are so many people out there that say everything in a monotone and she isn't one of them but i kinda lost everything she was saying because I was just hearing her ramble on about being a pirate lord etc. It's weird how sometimes this happens to people and it is just unfortunate that it happened to me in this film. Apart from that Keira was quite good. I have watched films where i have sat there and practically cursed her from start to finish and this wasn't one of them so i am really pleased with that.
Now I will move on to James McAvoy. I remember watching him in wanted last year and thinking that it was a truly rubbish film. I also watched him in days of future past and thought that he was quite good but it wasn't a stand out performance. I kinda think that this was going along the lines of stand out for him. I feel that he challenged himself in every way in this film. It seemed like his role was going to be the typical gentlemen in this film but it wasn't and when it didn't turn that way I enjoyed it a lot more because I got to see another side to him. I feel that James is a complete actor in every way now.
I don't want to discredit anyone by only talking about the stars but in order to keep this post short I am talking about the people that stood out for me and unfortunately those were the big names. Benedict Cumberbatch was another that stood out. I liked his gentlemanly air but darker side to the character as well. I felt that there should have been more for his character than there was and i don't know if there is more in the book for him but i kinda hope that there is. This character has so much potential but was hardly even touched upon. Cumberbatch was the right man for it as he made it impossible to forget that he was in that film and so even when you were reaching the end of the film and thought that he was long gone, he would just pop up and give you a gentle reminder that he was around.
Overall- a much better film than i was led to believe.
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