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The Theory of Everything
I have only just finished watching this. I know it won so many awards and accolades but a bit like with 'The Kings speech' I just wasn't all that interested in the subject of the film.
I knew Stephen Hawking's story after watching a documentary on him some time ago so (wrongly) thought that the film would offer me very little.
Unlike a documentary films invite us into the story, and that it exactly what I felt. Rather than watching a film about his life, I felt that I was within his life.
The story is obviously already written as it is a biographical film but the whole thing has to rise and fall on the performance of Redmayne and to a lesser extent Jones.
Redmayne was outstanding!!! I know he received the academy award (and most others) but I don't think I realised how good it was. I found it spellbinding. One of the top 3 representations of real people that I have ever seen in a film.
Jones was superb in her role but it was all about Redmayne.
The film itself was well shot and captured their relationship, their personalities and also the challenges that faced them.
The scene with Stephen receiving his diagnosis really hammered home how helpless the situation was at that time, and also that he was a brilliant mind, in the prime of his life and on the cusp of something special and then...
It also shows the strength of character and the value of perseverance.
A very good film.
The Theory of Everything
I have only just finished watching this. I know it won so many awards and accolades but a bit like with 'The Kings speech' I just wasn't all that interested in the subject of the film.
I knew Stephen Hawking's story after watching a documentary on him some time ago so (wrongly) thought that the film would offer me very little.
Unlike a documentary films invite us into the story, and that it exactly what I felt. Rather than watching a film about his life, I felt that I was within his life.
The story is obviously already written as it is a biographical film but the whole thing has to rise and fall on the performance of Redmayne and to a lesser extent Jones.
Redmayne was outstanding!!! I know he received the academy award (and most others) but I don't think I realised how good it was. I found it spellbinding. One of the top 3 representations of real people that I have ever seen in a film.
Jones was superb in her role but it was all about Redmayne.
The film itself was well shot and captured their relationship, their personalities and also the challenges that faced them.
The scene with Stephen receiving his diagnosis really hammered home how helpless the situation was at that time, and also that he was a brilliant mind, in the prime of his life and on the cusp of something special and then...
It also shows the strength of character and the value of perseverance.
A very good film.