Michael Fassbender
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Not so many spoilers here:
"My friend warned me to bring tissues, but somehow we both managed to forget. BIG mistake. (I’d recommend bringing some powder too if you get red-nosed while ugly-crying like I do.) Although the movie started out slow, a lot happens and you (and the characters) really run the gamut of emotions. The story follows an emotionally damaged man, Tom (Michael Fassbender), as he returns home from WWI to Australia, where he has taken a position manning a lighthouse on a very remote island. He falls in love and marries a young woman who is full of life, and they are very happy until they suffer heartbreaking loss. When a baby washes ashore, along with a dead man, the wife (played beautifully by Alicia Vikander) thinks her prayers have been answered with this baby and wants to keep it. Years later, they return to the mainland and find that their actions have had devastating effects on another woman."
"I can see why the book was so popular. The story is truly gut-wrenching and makes you think about the situations these characters find themselves in. As a mother, you can sympathize with both women and understand how the love you have for your child can define so much of who you think you are. The cast (which also included Rachel Weisz) was spectacular. The sets and costumes were gorgeous. According to my friend, the movie not only did the book justice, but she felt Michael Fassbender did an exceptional job at rounding out his character, who in the book seemed to not have much depth at times."
"This was a great film. I don’t think I’ve cried so much since The Notebook. Normally, sad movies don’t appeal to me, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I could watch Michael Fassbender brush his teeth. But I enjoyed the film, and I can’t stop thinking about it today. I definitely recommend The Light Between Oceans."
Found this: http://ifamilykc.com/blog/movies/weekend-box-office-light-oceans/
And this:
"Unsurprisingly, the movie plays out very much like a novel. I took my mother to the screening and she knew almost nothing about the movie, but leaned over to me part way through and asked me if it was based on a book. This is definitely not the type of movie that you go see with a group of friends when you’re just looking for something fun to do on a weekend night. It’s too much of a downer for that. It left me sad for days afterwards. It is something I recommend seeing though. It’s beautiful to look at, everyone is wonderful in it, and it’s the perfect way to kick off fall movie season."
http://thats-normal.com/2016/08/mov...oceans/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
And these are pretty long articles.
Don't know who this guy is
But it's okay [emoji23]
I'm enjoying reading stuff but I keep sticking on the couple of (positive) comments we had from critics, who know better than us how things work in this industry. All the rest is personal taste, but it's okay to post it since some posters asked.
Waiting for good and bad as always but tbh I'm waiting more for my personal review. If I'm gonna like it -which is pretty sure- I'll be so happy content and pleased I won't really care about the rest, except for the awards' stuff so I keep hoping [emoji57]
"My friend warned me to bring tissues, but somehow we both managed to forget. BIG mistake. (I’d recommend bringing some powder too if you get red-nosed while ugly-crying like I do.) Although the movie started out slow, a lot happens and you (and the characters) really run the gamut of emotions. The story follows an emotionally damaged man, Tom (Michael Fassbender), as he returns home from WWI to Australia, where he has taken a position manning a lighthouse on a very remote island. He falls in love and marries a young woman who is full of life, and they are very happy until they suffer heartbreaking loss. When a baby washes ashore, along with a dead man, the wife (played beautifully by Alicia Vikander) thinks her prayers have been answered with this baby and wants to keep it. Years later, they return to the mainland and find that their actions have had devastating effects on another woman."
"I can see why the book was so popular. The story is truly gut-wrenching and makes you think about the situations these characters find themselves in. As a mother, you can sympathize with both women and understand how the love you have for your child can define so much of who you think you are. The cast (which also included Rachel Weisz) was spectacular. The sets and costumes were gorgeous. According to my friend, the movie not only did the book justice, but she felt Michael Fassbender did an exceptional job at rounding out his character, who in the book seemed to not have much depth at times."
"This was a great film. I don’t think I’ve cried so much since The Notebook. Normally, sad movies don’t appeal to me, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I could watch Michael Fassbender brush his teeth. But I enjoyed the film, and I can’t stop thinking about it today. I definitely recommend The Light Between Oceans."
Found this: http://ifamilykc.com/blog/movies/weekend-box-office-light-oceans/
And this:
"Unsurprisingly, the movie plays out very much like a novel. I took my mother to the screening and she knew almost nothing about the movie, but leaned over to me part way through and asked me if it was based on a book. This is definitely not the type of movie that you go see with a group of friends when you’re just looking for something fun to do on a weekend night. It’s too much of a downer for that. It left me sad for days afterwards. It is something I recommend seeing though. It’s beautiful to look at, everyone is wonderful in it, and it’s the perfect way to kick off fall movie season."
http://thats-normal.com/2016/08/mov...oceans/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
And these are pretty long articles.
Don't know who this guy is
But it's okay [emoji23]
I'm enjoying reading stuff but I keep sticking on the couple of (positive) comments we had from critics, who know better than us how things work in this industry. All the rest is personal taste, but it's okay to post it since some posters asked.
Waiting for good and bad as always but tbh I'm waiting more for my personal review. If I'm gonna like it -which is pretty sure- I'll be so happy content and pleased I won't really care about the rest, except for the awards' stuff so I keep hoping [emoji57]
Oh God, this is embarrassing. I hope that's a transcription error in the title, but I have a feeling its not.
http://theplaylist.net/michael-fass...ll-eminent-sort-disaster-feel-alien-20160829/
http://theplaylist.net/michael-fass...ll-eminent-sort-disaster-feel-alien-20160829/
Since when we expect 100% positive review ?! Or more relatable since when we expect 100% in our scorecard during school days ? ! Of course there are negative review - unless it is a gold bar that sure everyone loves it.
Why cannot accept age gap? Think it is part of the story in the book too ? In real life we see many more couples with relatively huge age gap. Age is not a problem , height is not a distance , weight is not a pressure - so long the couples are happy.
ITA.
The problem is that it's a problem if that guy didn't understand the importance of their age gap in the story... It really is, for him I mean..
Agree about happiness and love [emoji3]
Not everyone on this forum read the book. I know this for sure.
That's why we kept writing spoiler alert when occurred.
Now I think they all know. So... Wow.
I personally don't care about the review by a person who didn't understand the importance of the age gap in this story. It loses all his previous respectability, which I think the review may have had, cos it's a matter of tastes and opinions.
That's why we kept writing spoiler alert when occurred.
Now I think they all know. So... Wow.
I personally don't care about the review by a person who didn't understand the importance of the age gap in this story. It loses all his previous respectability, which I think the review may have had, cos it's a matter of tastes and opinions.
Also, re: the age issue. If Cianfrance didn't actually write scenes where it's clear that the age/experience difference impacts and exacerbates their relationship troubles, then it's more than fair for critics to comment on it. The audience shouldn't have to read the book to understand that characterization. It should be clear on screen.
Since in the book it's very clear and it's an important part of their psychological relationship especially at the beginning, why not in the movie?
Tom is more or less 10 years older than Isabel.
That's it.
Tom is older than Isabel
Fassbender is older than vikander.
It's not a mistake, it's following the book. I think in the script Tom was older than Isabel as well. It's the adaptation from a book..
Tom is more or less 10 years older than Isabel.
That's it.
Tom is older than Isabel
Fassbender is older than vikander.
It's not a mistake, it's following the book. I think in the script Tom was older than Isabel as well. It's the adaptation from a book..
+ other reviews noticed Isabel's naivety and youthful freshness so I think it's pretty clear in the movie too tbh.. Well I haven't seen it.
Btw my concern is about the fact that there's noting wrong with the 10 years age gap between the actors when the characters they're portraying have the same age gap.. That's it.
Btw my concern is about the fact that there's noting wrong with the 10 years age gap between the actors when the characters they're portraying have the same age gap.. That's it.
Because it is Cianfrance's job to show HOW that impacts the relationship. You can't just put the two of them on screen and leave the audience to work it out for themselves. The author of the book made that issue explicit through writing. You're taking it on faith that Cianfrance did the same, and right now that's not at all clear.
It is like a teacher teaching the same to the whole class - some can understand well while some can't.
So there will be some belong to the group of "die die cannot understand ".
Yeah the fact is that first of all the age gap is a objective fact in the book/script: Isabel is young and Tom is older/ so it is in the movie.. Nothing weird in this case. Just following the story.
Then in other older reviews we read/heard people saying in the movie Isabel's naivety and youthful nature compared to tom's integrity was pretty clear and that was the thing who made them sparkle together..
Well I think these are different perceptions/opinions..
Ok. I forgot other than group A "die die cannot understand", there is one more group B "die die refuse to understand ". The latter is stubborn like mad you can't do anything.
To be honest, I sometimes belong to group A for certain movies too. The difference is I admit it is my problem - like some artistic Oscar movies, I found them super boring !