Michael & Alicia Fassbender ~ A Loving Couple Thread

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#692
pennylane93 said:
Ha. okay just read more reviews. They're more mixed this time, mostly blaming the lack of chemistry and dullness from Henry and Armie. Some said Alicia and Elizabeth outshined the male leads (go girls :woohoo:). Some said she has the leading lady charisma like she's shown in her previous movies but i also read one that said she's dissapointing compared to her excellent turns in Ex Machina and TOY :shrugs: Some said she and Armie had fun chemistry, other said their romance is force-fed :oh:
Based on these reviews i think the cast are just okay, not bad but nothing really special either, as expected from blockbuster movies
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-man-from-uncle/review/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/11/the-man-from-uncle-review
http://www.theguardian.com/film/201...-style-paired..-with-deathly-boring-substance
http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captur...-from-uncle-is-slick-nimble-pop-entertainment
http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/the-man-from-uncle-film-review-1201556925/
compared to this year's spy movies, i think it wouldn't beat Kingsman and Spy. It's also unfortunate that it was being released around the same time as MI and F4
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Yes,reviews are mixed.Audience reviews seem more positive. I'm not surprised because Ritchie is not everyone's cup of tea. British critics were not particularly kind to his Sherlock Holmes movies either. Robbie Collin likes it,while Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian) hates it. But,like others,he says that she outshines Cavill and Hammer. She has set the bar high with Ex Machina and TOY,but I think Ehrlich (Little White Lies) and Glenn Kenny (Roger Ebert) are right when they say that she's underserved by the material. However some reviews speak about a strong characterization... :confused1:
http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e-31378
And Vikander, poor Vikander, is underserved by the material, but she does a brilliant job of sobering up a movie that’s high on the vapours of its own style.
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The two men manage to generate decent combative chemistry despite never having anything clever to say to one another (the film’s idea of a joke is to have Kuryakin endlessly refer to Solo as “Cowboy”), and their contrasting styles make for a few stellar action beats – one bit, in which Solo takes a bit of a breather and watches Kuryakin handle a few henchmen, is as visually sly as anything we’ve seen this summer. Not for nothing, but the other great sequence here consists of nothing but Vikander dancing out of focus in the background; the world is rich, but Ritchie just has no idea how to foreground its pleasures.
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http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-man-from-uncle-2015
And if you were lucky enough to have seen Vikander in “Ex Machina” (and if you haven’t been you ought to change that), you’ll be profoundly appreciative of just how much she’s wasted here. She’s adorable anyway, however.
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I think this describes the movie very well:
http://www.thewrap.com/the-man-from...mie-hammer-alicia-vikander-elizabeth-debicki/
Ultimately, the actors find the right balance between committing to the material and acknowledging that none of this is to be taken too seriously, and the steady parade of 1960s hats and high-tech and Euro-pop singles makes “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” a breezy cinematic distraction that never pretends to go any deeper than its television roots.
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Other reviews:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottme...-and-the-lone-ranger-save-the-world-in-style/
Outside of various authority figures played by the likes of Jared Harris and Hugh Grant, there are really only two characters of note, and intriguingly they are both women. Alicia Vikander’s Gaby Teller seemingly stumbles into the plot as the estranged daughter of a missing German scientist, and the screenplay does its darnedest to make her more than just the tag-along girl. It is mostly successful in this regard until, slight spoiler, the film tosses her into an extended damsel-in-distress scenario, complete with both would-be male heroes racing to the rescue. She has her moments and gets her fun, and frankly I hope if we get a sequel they find a reason to keep her around.
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http://www.heyuguys.com/the-man-from-uncle-review/
Debicki could have been just another forgettable femme fatale, a character quite common-place in the spy genre, but she is actually rather good as the villain of the piece. Vikander is a known quantity now, and she certainly seems to be having a lot of fun here.
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https://film.list.co.uk/article/73270-the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e/
They are duelling CIA and KGB agents who team up to save a German scientist’s useful yet also beautiful daughter Gaby (Alicia Vikander) from evil Italian clotheshorse Victoria (Elizabeth Debicki). The feisty Vikander doesn’t spoil her record of consecutive immaculate performances. Debicki, however, seems bored with the trappings of a one-dimensional baddie, despite winning on the clothes and accessories front.
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#693
pennylane93 said:
^ i dont think i've ever seen her wear make up when going out and about? it's enviable really :smash:

in other news, looks like U.N.C.L.E is getting positive reviews so far after the premiere
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She's very pretty,I like hair and makeup and she's even able to pull it off... but I hope she continues to wear other designers.. :D
SusanBeach said:
https://instagram.com/p/6Q8q8Jy4CQ/?taken-by=mypaperheart352

Fanpic!



From the premiere in Toronto

http://en.vogue.fr/fashion/daily-fashion/articles/alicia-vikander-in-proenza-schouler/27407
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That Proenza Schouler is better... :cool: Tom and Lorenzo agree... :p http://tomandlorenzo.com/2015/08/al...r-at-the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e-toronto-premiere/
 

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#694
I think it's all about expectations. The ones expecting it to be a reboot of the tv-series are going to be dissappointed, because it has almost non of that. I'm thinking a lot of critics are comparing the movie to the show and have high expectations. The general public don't even know about the show and are only hoping for a good time, they will probably be more pleased with it. It's a popcorn flick and is good enough for that. I read a review saying it wasn't challenging enough, which I can buy. Neither were the Sherlock Holmes movies. Hopefully enough people go see it so it doesn't become a failure. I'd love to se a sequel,just because the cast seem to love each other so much and have great chemestry.

I think it's safe to say that WB did a misstake pushing back the movie to have time for more promotion. It's not a fun spot being compared to MI5, compeating for the same audience. I think the movie will do well in Europe though, just the kind of movie that sells well over here.

I'm happy Alicia is getting great reviews. (Can't remember having read a single bad review in her entire career) I don't think the movie doing poorly is going to effect her in any way, I think quite the opposite, she's proving once again what a wonderful actress she is and that she also has some comedy skills, and reaches out to a wider audience.

I don't in any way think Man From UNCLE is going to be terrible but this is a great quote so I'm going to leave it here! (Seventh Son kind of was though, but she had her reasons for doing that movie!)

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#696
I actually like the white dress she wore to her press junket much better than her premiere dresses.

She's a tiny girl, and the belting on the Vuitton actually makes her look like she has a bit of a pooch. Really unflattering. And I'm not a big fan of the fabric on the Proenza Schouler (or the black band).
 
#697
jcsepjj said:
I think it's all about expectations. The ones expecting it to be a reboot of the tv-series are going to be dissappointed, because it has almost non of that. I'm thinking a lot of critics are comparing the movie to the show and have high expectations. The general public don't even know about the show and are only hoping for a good time, they will probably be more pleased with it. It's a popcorn flick and is good enough for that. I read a review saying it wasn't challenging enough, which I can buy. Neither were the Sherlock Holmes movies. Hopefully enough people go see it so it doesn't become a failure. I'd love to se a sequel,just because the cast seem to love each other so much and have great chemestry.

I think it's safe to say that WB did a misstake pushing back the movie to have time for more promotion. It's not a fun spot being compared to MI5, compeating for the same audience. I think the movie will do well in Europe though, just the kind of movie that sells well over here.

I'm happy Alicia is getting great reviews. (Can't remember having read a single bad review in her entire career) I don't think the movie doing poorly is going to effect her in any way, I think quite the opposite, she's proving once again what a wonderful actress she is and that she also has some comedy skills, and reaches out to a wider audience.

I don't in any way think Man From UNCLE is going to be terrible but this is a great quote so I'm going to leave it here! (Seventh Son kind of was though, but she had her reasons for doing that movie!)

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I think this is a case of style over substance,but absolutely enjoyable.I agree that it will do well in Europe.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottme...-and-the-lone-ranger-save-the-world-in-style/
Yes,Seventh Son,The Fifth Estate are not good movies.. but,if I'm not wrong,she was cast four years ago in Seventh Son,and I remember to have read something about The Fifth Estate while she was doing promotion for AK and A Royal Affair. Working with actors like Moore,Bridges and companies like DreamWorks and WB was absolutely good for her.
 
#698
Yes her press junkets dresses are lovely ! Not a big fan of the red carpet dresses (i guess I'm a bit too conventional when it comes to red carpet looks?) but she looks pretty anyway. I think it's her make up (or lack of. Her makeup artists always said they barely put anything on her) that always spot on

Forbes compares UNCLE and Fantastic 4 :laugh:
Thanks to happenstance and random chance, I found myself seeing Fantastic Four and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. within hours of each other. We now know what I thought of both films, but there was something interesting about seeing them so close as if one acted as the antidote to the other. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is no great artistic triumph, but it is reliable, engaging, and intelligent meat-and-potatoes entertainment. And coming after the devastating catastrophe that was Fantastic Four, there was almost a feeling of relief, a reminder that Hollywood could still pull off this kind of pulpy and relatively unassuming goodness.
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#699
Morgane said:
Yes,Seventh Son,The Fifth Estate are not good movies.. but,if I'm not wrong,she was cast four years ago in Seventh Son,and I remember to have read something about The Fifth Estate while she was doing promotion for AK and A Royal Affair. Working with actors like Moore,Bridges and companies like DreamWorks and WB was absolutely good for her.
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Yes, Seventh Son was her first international movie. She had done A Royal Affair and got a chance to fly over to Hollywood to audition and meet Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges so she took the chance, not really thinking it would lead anywhere, but she got the part. The production was posponed so she got cast and filmed Anna Karenina before Seveth Son started shooting. But Seventh Son was her first english speaking part, don't think you can blame her for taking the chance to work with those people, She was also a fan of 'Mongol' and wanted to work with Sergey Bodrov. :)

Making connections is never a bad thing, she got cast in Tulip Fever partly thanks to writer Tom Stoppard that she worked with on Anna Karenina. Hopefully Alicia gets another chance to work with Julianne Moore :)
 
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Woke up to a load of tweets this morning with rave reviews of Alicia on the Fallon Show last night; apparently she was dancing around and was huge fun, the number of men who are "in love" with her on Twitter, loool! No wonder Michael fell for her. Hope it's made available for people in Europe to watch.
 
#704
Allie28 said:
Here ya go!



It's a fun interview. I loved how they repeated the "little frogs dance" as they went to commercial, lol. Alicia looks great too. I can see why men are drooling all over twitter today, lol.
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This is indeed a funny interview. She made a good first impression to a wide audience. She looked really great and I love that her British accent gets thicker. :D
 
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