Suspension of disbelief


I know there was an earlier thread outlining the various reasons this cannot be regarded as a true story, but my question is a bit different.

Did anyone else find this impossible to enjoy because they could not get past the nagging feeling that is most likely complete fantasy? There were many elements of this I like. I though Williams did an admirable job in the very tough role of someone who is so well known, and Brannagh was also very accurate. Even though the the direction has been criticized, I liked how the scene when MM is mobbed on the street was handled, it get over the top very quickly, and shows how she and her husband felt, as well as the scene when she decides to "be her" for the staff of Windsor castle. I also liked the costumes, score, and period songs.

But the whole time I kept thinking "this never, ever happened." I am willing to accept that a film set gofer is always lurking in the shadows to overhear key dialogue, as this is needed to make the narrative move ahead efficiently. But I had a hard time believing that the directors or the actors ever believed that any of this was true, and yet they are excepting us to believe it. When Marilyn makes a joke about him hiding his state of excitement after a skinny dip, or her locking herself in her room and saying she would only speak to the third assistant director, I just wanted to cry foul at the screen.

Did anyone else feel the same way?

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Actually, I could not "get passed" Michelle Williams!
It was painful to watch her.
She was awful!
Ugh!
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I'm not saying he couldn't have lied, but what makes you think he was? What evidence do you have he was lying?

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I agree with Kuato_and_George here, what is your proof?
I am not saying it happened, but I ain't saying otherwise. All we have is one man's word of the events.
But can you proof him wrong?

The link is just the interpretation of someone who read the book.

But in the DIARY section, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD MARILYN AFTER THE MISSING WEEK. Here he is, her big defender, who adores her, who could even have been her lover, had he chosen to do so, and yet at the end of the week, he is, in his PERSONAL DIARY, emotionless and even vaguely disdainful on the subject of Marilyn Monroe.

There are many reasons for this behaviour. Not everyone gets overly attached and changes their behaviour. That is no proof either way.


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I kept thinking "this never, ever happened."


I'm inclined to think it never happened. Clark wouldn't be the first memoirist to invent and inflate and he won't be the last.

It was a moderately interesting story, the film was well-acted, the production values were first-rate, and I passed a pleasant hour or so viewing this movie.

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I don't know if this story is true or not but it has been advertised as being based upon fact and because of this I can believe that it may well have happened.

Marilyn was not the most innocent of people she did have some short term liaisons when working on films. She would visit Canada with one of the guys she had the hots for in between takes on one picture.The guy was a body guard or something like that.

Marilyn was a beautiful woman both inside and out but she did crave attention!


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