tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post5270803992535854862..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Film - My Week With Marilyn (2011)Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-16108532772076095532013-03-23T17:45:26.012-04:002013-03-23T17:45:26.012-04:00S - That was a good moment, yes. And I'm surp...S - That was a good moment, yes. And I'm surprised by just how good Williams was. I bought her too. Keeping the film in a mock-u-mentary realm seemed to me to make them too concerned with hitting superficial marks. There were so many good opportunities for storytelling about the kinds of people they were and, by extension, the kinds of actors, but they seemed to want to have no opinion whatever. As though they were trying to be journalistically or historically "true" to this memoir. It was a missed opportunity, I thought.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-90552249810313850352013-03-23T17:39:20.652-04:002013-03-23T17:39:20.652-04:00Thomas, I agree with you that Williams really caug...Thomas, I agree with you that Williams really caught something about her. It's the filmmaker's storytelling choices that I am critical of. I wanted them to go deeper.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-68182751122523067252013-03-23T13:53:23.307-04:002013-03-23T13:53:23.307-04:00Love your observation about the overuse of montage...Love your observation about the overuse of montage - right on!<br /><br />What I thought interesting about the film (and you know me and my Marilyn love - I went into it totally skeptical) - was encapsulated in the one moment where Olivier watches her do the little private-moment dance by herself - and her magic onscreen is so palpable that he is almost in despair - for himself. As great as he was, he wanted THAT and he couldn't have it. It was just a tiny moment, though. I wanted more of that. <br /><br />I was totally skeptical about Williams as MM - but I was very convinced (especially in the press conference scene - MM was legendary for turning hostile questions around to an asset.)<br /><br />But yes - a tepid film, I couldn't quite understand the brou-haha over it. Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-40464386848045497012013-03-20T15:31:19.511-04:002013-03-20T15:31:19.511-04:00I actually liked this film. At least more than I e...I actually liked this film. At least more than I expected. I am not a fan of Monroe so I didn't think I would really give a hoot. I thought Williams did a fantastic job. Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.com