05-02-2023, 09:15 PM
I saw The Whale yesterday.
A quite grim and difficult film to watch. It's based on a play and it shows: the whole film takes place in the house of the main character.
I know Aronofsky likes these "dark" stories, but I found this to be particularly devastating and heartbreaking - probably because the main character comes across as a lovely, positive person and Brendan Fraser is fantastic in it (as is all the cast) and I sincerely hope he wins the Academy Award - not that it means a lot in itself, but as an acknowledgement of what went in his performance.
A good film overall, but not one that I would unconditionally recommend or rush to revisit. . .
A quite grim and difficult film to watch. It's based on a play and it shows: the whole film takes place in the house of the main character.
I know Aronofsky likes these "dark" stories, but I found this to be particularly devastating and heartbreaking - probably because the main character comes across as a lovely, positive person and Brendan Fraser is fantastic in it (as is all the cast) and I sincerely hope he wins the Academy Award - not that it means a lot in itself, but as an acknowledgement of what went in his performance.
A good film overall, but not one that I would unconditionally recommend or rush to revisit. . .