Slowly, malleable, but very good film. Slightly emotionally underused. The director even though 43 years old, still a little short of experience. I hope in his next work, he will do even more emotional drama.
Agreed--it's the best movie of 2016, in my opinion. It was more or less dumped by the distributor; and without a campaign, unfortunately, any kind of oscar recognition was unfortunately not possible.
shareThe headache and nausea I was experiencing from illness dissipated. That's how engrossing it was. It could have easily been one of those movies that drag on, but the whole two hours I was deeply engaged and very entertained. The acting was good and the story was one to make one think. A moral dilemma vs. escape from agonizing emotional torment and trauma. On one hand, it was easy to fault and ridicule Vikander's character, but on the other I could emphasize. Not emphasize to where I could see myself doing that, but simply knowing there is pain people go through that we could not know unless we are in their shoes.
I feel the character Fassbender portrayed should have been stronger with enough foresight to put his foot down to begin with, but we all have weak moments. In the end I know, in my heart, he did the right thing. They both did, in the end. Weisz' character even embodies my following sentiment: To err is human; to correct and act compassionately, well that's what being a good human is.
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Yeah one of the best i have seen in a long time.
Fantastic acting, story and amazingly beautiful.
The fact that is is not up for awards by the self appointed film experts is more a reflection of where Hollywood is at than it being a great film or not.
This stands far taller than all the other films nominated. Fantastic