http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/exclusive-clip-a-moral-dilemma-in-the-light-between-oceans-751252 also this featurette, with the cutest new scenes from TLBO. cant waiiiiiiiiiiitttt 
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My interest in TAU is lessening by the minute now. We have been hearing about it for so long and nothing concrete has come out. I hope it gets good reviews at TIFF and a release date as well.
I have no idea what's the holdup cuz I'm still excited to see it
Thanks for this! Some very interesting insights from Michael. I assume the interview was from late July? I note Michael says he won't be acting for 6-8 months but focussing on other things....that should be exciting for him [emoji2]
Wow https://t.co/4vHxLo4D4M
MOVIE REVIEW: “The Light Between Oceans” (the Joy of Feeling Sad)
Why do we enjoy sad stories?
You know, like the ones about abandoned baby monkeys who get adopted by cats or those military dads who surprise their kids at school after months apart. Just this morning, I was bawling over a Major League Baseball player who got his first home-run after his dad died. We see these stories on social media and, even though we know it’ll leave us with swollen eyes and snotty noses, we click that PLAY button every time.
Why? Does the monotony of LIFE leave us so numb that we need a piglet in a homemade wheelchair to feel again?
I don’t have the answers, but I do know I love a good cry and the best ones come from movies.
Steel Magnolias, Terms of Endearment, and Somewhere in Time are some of the best ones to cry through, but my all-time-FAVORITE is The Color Purple. I’ve been known to rewind and watch certain scenes repeatedly, just so I can keep crying. Ooo, like this one where Celie is reunited with her family
And now my nose is running.
A great sad film leaves you feeling somehow cleansed, and more in touch with the things you hold dear. A not-so-great sad film, on the other hand, can be tortuous and unfortunately, that is the case for The Light Between Oceans.
Michael Fassbender stars as a tormented WWI veteran, who takes a job as a lighthouse keeper in Australia. Alicia Vikander plays his new wife, but their happiness is short-lived, due to multiple miscarriages. An abandoned baby turns up and brings them new hope, until the truth of her past comes to light. The Light Between Oceans is pretty much all downhill from there.
OK, there are some nice things about it.
The small town of Stanley, Tasmania is a lovely setting and the lighthouse (actually filmed in New Zealand) lends itself to some gorgeous cinematography. Rachel Weisz is excellent as a grieving local woman and Fassbender, as expected, broods gorgeously. He and Vikander never generate much heat as the lighthouse keeper and his wife though, so you never really root for them. They were dating while filming this movie, so I’d hoped to sense more of a connection. The end result is 132 minutes of beautiful sad people being beautifully sad, which is beautifully boring.
Sad, you see, is no fun if there isn’t any happy to go along with it. It’s like showing me a story about a piglet that can’t walk WITHOUT giving him a wheelchair in the end, which is just mean. I think I’d rather watch Celie meet her kids a few more times instead. –D+
MOVIE REVIEW: “The Light Between Oceans” (the Joy of Feeling Sad)
Why do we enjoy sad stories?
You know, like the ones about abandoned baby monkeys who get adopted by cats or those military dads who surprise their kids at school after months apart. Just this morning, I was bawling over a Major League Baseball player who got his first home-run after his dad died. We see these stories on social media and, even though we know it’ll leave us with swollen eyes and snotty noses, we click that PLAY button every time.
Why? Does the monotony of LIFE leave us so numb that we need a piglet in a homemade wheelchair to feel again?
I don’t have the answers, but I do know I love a good cry and the best ones come from movies.
Steel Magnolias, Terms of Endearment, and Somewhere in Time are some of the best ones to cry through, but my all-time-FAVORITE is The Color Purple. I’ve been known to rewind and watch certain scenes repeatedly, just so I can keep crying. Ooo, like this one where Celie is reunited with her family
And now my nose is running.
A great sad film leaves you feeling somehow cleansed, and more in touch with the things you hold dear. A not-so-great sad film, on the other hand, can be tortuous and unfortunately, that is the case for The Light Between Oceans.
Michael Fassbender stars as a tormented WWI veteran, who takes a job as a lighthouse keeper in Australia. Alicia Vikander plays his new wife, but their happiness is short-lived, due to multiple miscarriages. An abandoned baby turns up and brings them new hope, until the truth of her past comes to light. The Light Between Oceans is pretty much all downhill from there.
OK, there are some nice things about it.
The small town of Stanley, Tasmania is a lovely setting and the lighthouse (actually filmed in New Zealand) lends itself to some gorgeous cinematography. Rachel Weisz is excellent as a grieving local woman and Fassbender, as expected, broods gorgeously. He and Vikander never generate much heat as the lighthouse keeper and his wife though, so you never really root for them. They were dating while filming this movie, so I’d hoped to sense more of a connection. The end result is 132 minutes of beautiful sad people being beautifully sad, which is beautifully boring.
Sad, you see, is no fun if there isn’t any happy to go along with it. It’s like showing me a story about a piglet that can’t walk WITHOUT giving him a wheelchair in the end, which is just mean. I think I’d rather watch Celie meet her kids a few more times instead. –D+
lol where did you find this? it's literally just a random person's blog...
I actually hope he's planning to direct something
and he's relaxing a lot. I just hope to see him around London even tho I don't know if I ever had the strength to tell him something.. Like.. What.. [emoji33][emoji28] At a premiere it's different.
We needed the negative review, there were so many positive ones (also from random people) they were disturbing [emoji873] lol
nothing wrong with it, there's no movie with 100% great reviews even tho the only ones I really 'trust' are the critics' ones. For now David Poland and Dave Karger loved it. And I'm happy for this. [emoji106]
No, agreed--some negative reviews are good, and everything resonates differently with different people. I'd rather hear from critics though. When does the embargo lift again, tomorrow?
I think the embargo lifts on August 31st. And for every negative "review" I've seen of TLBO I see 10 positive ones - fingers crossed some of the critics like it, as well as the two who've already said they love it [emoji120][emoji120]
Yes! Be ready for good and bad and good and bad and good and bad.
Like with any other film.. I'm not very worried about it, it's routine.
Do you remember SJ? Macbeth?
I mean some people said Fassbender wasn't even good in SJ, others said Kutcher's version was better, others adored it. With Macbeth they had problems with chemistry between Cotillard and Fassbender, then some praised it, some other thought the movie was a meaningless bore -it's Shakespeare, you can't expect to have 'fun', just take it as a Shakespearean adaptation!-, not to mention Shame, which some people considered almost "ridiculous" (I still have that Italian video interview of a famous critic criticising the movie.... :/ and I didn't agree) and 12YAS.
It's a matter of perception, apart from the acting/cinematography/directing part, which it's easier to define in a more "universal" way. But again it's a matter of tastes.
That's why I read and post reviews for those who asked, but I'm not really interested in them for myself (they don't affect my opinion: I loved Oceans 12 in spite of the bad reviews and hated Bright Star in spite of the good ones..).
Important critics' reviews, tho, matter for awards season.. [emoji6]
Good interview. Thanks for posting!
He's sticking to that 6 months break from acting. I think it's wise. He won't be twiddling his thumbs all that time but it gets him out of that rat race of going from acting in one film right into another. I'm really curious what sort of film he'll eventually direct.
Ha she's actually a film critic too. Not every review can and should be all "it was so great, I cried"
http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/exclusive-clip-a-moral-dilemma-in-the-light-between-oceans-751252 also this featurette, with the cutest new scenes from TLBO. cant waiiiiiiiiiiitttt
I wanna see this film NOW!!!