'Love' is such a played-out theme in the movie industry, everyone trying to reinvent it in some way, but in the end, sadly, it ends up being either a heartbreaking story or a happy-hearted one.
'Beginners' being a story of acceptance, friendship and love, left me feeling weirdly indifferent, which I must admit is a new experience for me.
This is a story about a 30-something man, Oliver Fields (Ewan McGregor) who learns, soon after his Mother's (Mary Page Keller) death, that his Father (Christopher Plummer) is gay and has terminal cancer. Don't let the trailer fool you, it's witty, but has some extraordinary-indie-movie depth. The 'cancer' theme (as seen in 50/50 and The Bucket List) hits home for many. Sad as it is, Arthur (Cosmo), Hal's (Christopher Plummer) Jack Russell terrier left me in stitches a few times, and who couldn't love that face?
I absolutely fell in love with the way the movie was put together, (big up to Mike Mills - Director and Writer) delving into Oliver's graphic designer mind, showing us how he saw and experienced everything – purple sweater and all.
Winning the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as Hal, I kept on hoping the movie would have more of Christopher Plummer in it, even though I realize that would defeat the purpose of him having won the supporting award. He does play a superb gay old man! Seeing him in love and giggly (with Goran Visjnic, 'Andy') just made this film even more of a gem than I'd be able to make it out to be. And Christopher Plummer dancing – PRICELESS!
Don't get me wrong, Ewan McGregor didn't do a bad job at acting out the main character. I do believe he had a similar demeanor to his character in 'Star Wars' though. Laugh it off, but he was the same type of man, kind of cold, but oh-so-amusing. Obi-Wan Kenobi, being a Jedi, generally doesn't show his emotions, but Oliver didn't because he grew up in a family which rarely showed him the warmth which every child should be brought up to know. This emotional detachment being a reason for his romantic relationships (before Anna) not working out - lucky for us, seeing as one falls in love with Anna (Mélanie Laurent) just as fast as he did.
In the end this is a happy-heartbreaking story. Truly precious.
"I don't want to be gay in theory; I want to do something about it." - Christopher Plummer as 'Hal'.
'Beginners' being a story of acceptance, friendship and love, left me feeling weirdly indifferent, which I must admit is a new experience for me.
This is a story about a 30-something man, Oliver Fields (Ewan McGregor) who learns, soon after his Mother's (Mary Page Keller) death, that his Father (Christopher Plummer) is gay and has terminal cancer. Don't let the trailer fool you, it's witty, but has some extraordinary-indie-movie depth. The 'cancer' theme (as seen in 50/50 and The Bucket List) hits home for many. Sad as it is, Arthur (Cosmo), Hal's (Christopher Plummer) Jack Russell terrier left me in stitches a few times, and who couldn't love that face?
I absolutely fell in love with the way the movie was put together, (big up to Mike Mills - Director and Writer) delving into Oliver's graphic designer mind, showing us how he saw and experienced everything – purple sweater and all.
Winning the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as Hal, I kept on hoping the movie would have more of Christopher Plummer in it, even though I realize that would defeat the purpose of him having won the supporting award. He does play a superb gay old man! Seeing him in love and giggly (with Goran Visjnic, 'Andy') just made this film even more of a gem than I'd be able to make it out to be. And Christopher Plummer dancing – PRICELESS!
Don't get me wrong, Ewan McGregor didn't do a bad job at acting out the main character. I do believe he had a similar demeanor to his character in 'Star Wars' though. Laugh it off, but he was the same type of man, kind of cold, but oh-so-amusing. Obi-Wan Kenobi, being a Jedi, generally doesn't show his emotions, but Oliver didn't because he grew up in a family which rarely showed him the warmth which every child should be brought up to know. This emotional detachment being a reason for his romantic relationships (before Anna) not working out - lucky for us, seeing as one falls in love with Anna (Mélanie Laurent) just as fast as he did.
In the end this is a happy-heartbreaking story. Truly precious.
"I don't want to be gay in theory; I want to do something about it." - Christopher Plummer as 'Hal'.