Alexander Skarsgård
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Agree re Nicole and Alex. Very much what I would have seen from the book. Still wrapping my head around Reese in that role, but I think he will handle Perry just fine.
Alan Rickman's career is what I would want if I were an actor. While we speak here a lot about career planning or blockbusters, etc., he was in soo many good roles but never stuck with any of them as a burden or defining him.
So sad, Alan Rickman, RIP
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Tku for the on set pix, I lv them
And I agree Free and Squirrel, Alex and Nicole look so good together, perfect casting. I guess I'd better crack on and start reading my copy of the book 
Yay, I’ve finally seen The Diary of A Teenage Girl, (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Teena...8-1&keywords=the+diary+of+a+teenage+girl+2015), I absolutely loved it. A beautiful story, told with so much understanding of female teenage sexual angst and adventure. Yes there was lots of sex in it, but it was in no way pornographic, just real. I would have loved to see more of Alex (obv) and Bel as I thought their scenes were so good, in fact all the acting was first rate, and the cartoons blended in perfectly.
Having seen the movie I’m even more puzzled why it received an 18 rating in the UK, I’m really disappointed with that as it definitely should be required viewing for 13+. There is nothing to fault with this movie, it is perfect in every way.
beaufortplace
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Tku for the on set pix, I lv them
And I agree Free and Squirrel, Alex and Nicole look so good together, perfect casting. I guess I'd better crack on and start reading my copy of the book Yay, I’ve finally seen The Diary of A Teenage Girl, (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Teena...8-1&keywords=the+diary+of+a+teenage+girl+2015), I absolutely loved it. A beautiful story, told with so much understanding of female teenage sexual angst and adventure. Yes there was lots of sex in it, but it was in no way pornographic, just real. I would have loved to see more of Alex (obv) and Bel as I thought their scenes were so good, in fact all the acting was first rate, and the cartoons blended in perfectly.
Having seen the movie I’m even more puzzled why it received an 18 rating in the UK, I’m really disappointed with that as it definitely should be required viewing for 13+. There is nothing to fault with this movie, it is perfect in every way.
beaufortplace
It's my guess that the British rating committee disliked the tone regarding the sexual freedom for a teenage girl more than anything else, in particular her sexual initiation by a 35 year old man. If the tone had been judgemental and punitive towards him and repressive towards her ( as in girls who sexually experiment too widely and freely come to no good end) then it woud have been deemed fit for those 13+ teen girls it was intended to reach. Societies long used to repressing femal sexuality are not yet ready for this kind of film,although teen girls may very well be. I hope they eventually find it on DVD and buy it.So sad, Alan Rickman, RIP
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Tku for the on set pix, I lv them
Yay, I’ve finally seen The Diary of A Teenage Girl, (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Teena...8-1&keywords=the+diary+of+a+teenage+girl+2015), I absolutely loved it. A beautiful story, told with so much understanding of female teenage sexual angst and adventure. Yes there was lots of sex in it, but it was in no way pornographic, just real. I would have loved to see more of Alex (obv) and Bel as I thought their scenes were so good, in fact all the acting was first rate, and the cartoons blended in perfectly.
Having seen the movie I’m even more puzzled why it received an 18 rating in the UK, I’m really disappointed with that as it definitely should be required viewing for 13+. There is nothing to fault with this movie, it is perfect in every way.
beaufortplace
^ @Maggiesview, If I remember correctly the BFI gave Tdoatg such a high rating for graphic representation of the penis, shock horror, as if we haven't seen similar, and worse, on so many railway stations and park benches!? I definitely think you are right re the real objections of the BFI, and I also think this is the reason Tdoatg missed out on being nominated in any of the major awards as it is certainly worthy. Although I am very happy that now Diary is, or soon will be, generally available, to think how many young teenage girls will be able to see and be reassured by this great movie.
Alex also made a pedophile sympathetic and likable. He was a loser, but you cared about him. It gave the wrong message. The censors probably worried that young girls would be eager to get de-flowered by Alex lookalikes. As if they're easy to find
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Alex also made a pedophile sympathetic and likable. He was a loser, but you cared about him. It gave the wrong message. The censors probably worried that young girls would be eager to get de-flowered by Alex lookalikes. As if they're easy to find
I think the censors were probably as confronted as some viewers - by a girl as young as Minnie who was thoroughly exploring her sexuality. Alex's character was messed up, but Minnie was equally as forthright and confused about her experimentation and not just in the scenes with Monroe ie; the scene where the girls pretend to be prostitutes in the bar.
It was very different in tone to other films about young female sexuality. And I don't know about you but at that age I was crushing on older men and sort of feeling out that "power" that Minnie's mother talks about as a girl blossoming into a woman (not that at 14 I would have known what the hell to do with a guy and would have run scared) but Minnie is just a different kind of girl - her sexuality was all consuming and fueled her art.
Not that it makes Monroe giving into his desires the "right" thing to do. He's flawed and f*cked up. But a lot of this film is driven by Minnie's sexual exploration. I'm reasonably certain that if not Monroe, then Minnie would have found someone else quickly, perhaps in her own age to start that with. He was just there, and he was the wrong choice, he's weak and yeah it's pedophilia.
I'm rambling all over the place, anyhow. Monroe giving in is completely wrong. But I think the censors were more scared of the portrayal of young women who shock! like sex and wanted to be in charge and be loved and made a lot of mistakes without some happy every after.
Oh I totally agree with everything you said, especially about Minnie's exploration and her walk on the wild side making the censors uncomfortable. Of course, there was a positive message there when Minnie came out the other side, stronger and wiser. But the censors disregarded that.
I suspect most girls do crush on older men. I didn't explain it very well. The fact that Monroe was so charming, likable, and gorgeous made things worse aboit the pedophile worries.
I suspect most girls do crush on older men. I didn't explain it very well. The fact that Monroe was so charming, likable, and gorgeous made things worse aboit the pedophile worries.
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Yes,and although Room was a very good movie,DOATG was better and got better overall reviews.It was certainly much better than Brooklyn and Bel's performance totally put Ronan's in the shade . I like Soirise and she was good in Brooklyn but she did not captivate,memorize and totally inhabit her character like Bel did. In Room, Brie Larson did a great job but she didn't carry the film like Bel did. The child actor carried it. Then there is the fact that although Askars did a brilliant job supporting her no awards acknowledged that job. It's as if by recognizing his performance,they are somehow giving a tacit nod of approval to what his character ,Monroe did in the film. At least the very that was most likely the perception they feared the public would have.
That and more (or less).
Reese isn't who I physically imagined for Madeline, but I think she'll get the personality.
I think Alex will be fine as Perry, there's a nuance/duality to him even in the book, and Alex does that well anyway. But watching some of the scenes between Perry and Celeste, that's going to be difficult.
DOATG: I'll be eagerly awaiting my Amazon delivery next week, it seems like it took Sony forever to get it out on DVD.
As for the ratings, here in the States the ratings board has a well documented issue with its 'problems' with female sexuality vs. its more relaxed attitude toward male sexuality (and violence). I believe there was surprise from the DOATG people that they had problems with the UK board. I'd like to believe that sometime soonish this double standard in regards to female sexuality/nudity vs. male nudity (plus the American attitude toward film violence) will be a thing of past. But I doubt it.
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I guess Björne is busy now being the plus one to his famous Swedish friends. He went with Alicia to last night's Critic's Choice.