Right of the bat..let me tell you.I am in LOVE with Eddie Redmayne.This guy has blown a lot of big timers right out of the water ever since he came into the big boy's game.His AMAZING performance in The Theory Of Everything..a documentary of Stephen Hawking(you guys have obviously seen it) and now this.
Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe
Let me tell you..you will never ever have an idea how "Transgenderism" works if you don't see this movie."The Danish Girl" has been given a rather lowly 6.9 by IMDB and I'm officially not trusting IMDB to govern my movie picking preferences anymore because this is clearly an 8 or more...yeah..it's more.
Featuring..
Eddie Redmayne as Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe
Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener
Amber Heard as Oola Paulson
Matthias Schoenaerts as Hans Axgil
Sebastian Koch as Dr.Warnekos
Director- Tom Hooper
Everything that Eddie Redmayne has achieved has been completely justified by this masterpiece.With beautiful supporting characters like Alicia Vikander and Sebastian Koch and the backgrounds,costumes and moreover the aura of 1926 Copenhagen and Paris captured so magnificently well,it's no surprise that Redmayne and Vikander both bagged Oscar nominations for their monumental roles.
When I started watching this movie..I had high expectations as Eddie Redmayne had more than satisfied my hunger for good cinema with his incredulous performance in The Theory Of Everything. And I am so glad to accept..1 hour and 59 mins well spent!While many of the reviews that I read about this movie claiming that it was slow or the director had paid much more attention to the visuals of Denmark and Paris and the costumes of the characters rather than the story..I was a little deterred.But as I had been waiting..biting my nails in agitation for another Redmayne movie I decided to go through with it.And to my surprise I realized that this cinema contained another one of my favorite actors in Hollywood right now..Alicia Vikander(featuring in movies like Ex Machina and The Man From U.N.C.L.E) my hope was reignited.And thus began my journey into the world of 1926 Denmark.
You know..whenever I compare Hollywood and Bollywood,I am astonished at how blatantly obvious the gaps in Bollywood seem to be.The subtly of characters,the sophistication of their emotions and finally the non-existence of random musicals makes Hollywood much more believable.Like the notion of people actually behaving like Bollywood characters in real life is hard to believe, the folks on the western side make it a bit easier.
Pulling of the role of a woman inside a man's body in 1926 Denmark is no easy task and it astounds me how easily Redmayne made be believe in his inner turmoil,his desperate attempt to reach the real her..living in a world where the aspect of transgenderism was rare if not non-existent.His discovery of the same is the major appeal of this movie..which he delivers like a boss.
You know..whenever I compare Hollywood and Bollywood,I am astonished at how blatantly obvious the gaps in Bollywood seem to be.The subtly of characters,the sophistication of their emotions and finally the non-existence of random musicals makes Hollywood much more believable.Like the notion of people actually behaving like Bollywood characters in real life is hard to believe, the folks on the western side make it a bit easier.
Pulling of the role of a woman inside a man's body in 1926 Denmark is no easy task and it astounds me how easily Redmayne made be believe in his inner turmoil,his desperate attempt to reach the real her..living in a world where the aspect of transgenderism was rare if not non-existent.His discovery of the same is the major appeal of this movie..which he delivers like a boss.
Characters
Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe
Pulling one character off is hard enough,but to do two and that too portraying completely different genders is flabbergasting. And that is what Redmayne here immaculately pulled off.The introduction of Lili Elbe itself was so beautifully done that the transition almost unraveled like a dream.
Einar, a proper gentleman from Denmark,famous for his artistic pieces that involved his disparate recreations of his favorite scenaries,especially focusing on a beloved "childhood spot' he often visited with his friend Hans.(This detail is very important to the whole story,thus the emphasized mention.)
I just realized that this is one FREAKING HUGE post.Sorry guys,really passionate about this movie.More on the characters in the second part of this segment.
P.S- Alicia Vikander won Best Supporting Actress!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY.I knew it..the nominees blew it.Okay,I'm done.
Camera..Rolling..Action!
Einar, a proper gentleman from Denmark,famous for his artistic pieces that involved his disparate recreations of his favorite scenaries,especially focusing on a beloved "childhood spot' he often visited with his friend Hans.(This detail is very important to the whole story,thus the emphasized mention.)
I just realized that this is one FREAKING HUGE post.Sorry guys,really passionate about this movie.More on the characters in the second part of this segment.
P.S- Alicia Vikander won Best Supporting Actress!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY.I knew it..the nominees blew it.Okay,I'm done.
Camera..Rolling..Action!
