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<blockquote data-quote="Toni" data-source="post: 154797" data-attributes="member: 82"><p>Finally I watched a movie I can recommend you though it´s not for the squeamish...So if you disliked profoundly such films as "Nocturnal Animals", "The Girl on the Train", "Sharp Objects", or "Gone Girl", just stop reading or, if you are slightly masochistic, go on...Here is the trailer (I chose the version which exposed the plot the least). </p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]npC005kiRX0[/MEDIA]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>"Dark Places" is a 2015 movie starring Charlize Theron in another of her so-frequent roles of damaged woman who doesn´t care if she looks ugly. The big problem here is that a makeup-less, tomboy-ish Charlize STILL is a very be beautiful woman...</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://megacable.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/charlize-monster.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">This is no "Monster II: The Return" (lucky us!)</p><p></p><p>The story has been adapted from the novel by the same author who wrote "Gone Girl" and "Sharp Objects", and, undoubtedly, the characters of all these movies belong to the same universe, though are separated by a lot of differences. Traumatized people, fractured families, unfit characters and tragedies that aren´t what they seem to be. Luckily, the script and direction here are much better than the one for "GG", which was too hilariously bad to be taken seriously.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5a1jb7PfH1qg40zoo3_250.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The casting is great. Curiously enough, it depended on luck, because Amy Adams had to quit because a previous commitment, and was replaced by Theron. Then it was Samantha Morton who left and wonderful Christina Hendricks stepped in (when she initially was going to play a one-scene role, much more in her "Mad Men"-vibe...) and did a great job against all odds. She plays Charlize´s mum in flashbacks, which is not a spoiler but a little help for you to get into the plot more easily than moi. At first I didn´t realize this was key to understand everything (or was I briefly sleeping already?). </p><p></p><p>The rest of the cast is up to these two superb ladies. Of course, Charlize has done sooo many roles like this one that it gets a bit boring at first. Other outstanding actors are Corey Stoll ("House of Cards", "The Strain"), Tye Sheridan and Nicholas Hoult (both from the new "X-Men" franchise), Sterling Jerins ("The Conjuring" and the series "Divorce"), Andrea Roth ("13 Reasons Why"), Chloë Grace Moretz ("The 5th Wave" and that much-maligned "Carrie" remake), and Drea de Matteo ("Desperate Housewives"), among others. My personal favorite is Stoll, who steals the movie with only a few scenes. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyWfcM0SjeP4d4b2FkRX7tGlbpcYSPhaYft2o2e81we64pK1H6Gg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Incredibly sexy,</p> <p style="text-align: center">amazingly talented</p><p></p><p>The story is gritty, unpleasant, and at some point, it even seems to take a satanic turn. But when it ends, it makes you believe that something like that might have happened in a Kansas rural area, and it´s not based on true facts, thanks God, and, especially, that in every hopeless case there might be a ray of hope too. </p><p></p><p>My only problem with it is what I commented above: I can´t actually distinguish immediately they are narrating the events in two timelines, present and past. I can´t either see any effort to make the eras recognizable, but after all, this may be a virtue because it avoids the non-ending sense of being tuned in to a Top 50 nostalgic channel. I hope you enjoy this movie if you take a look at it. It´s moving, surprisingly recognizable to anyone who has a dysfunctional family, and ultimately satisfying. Acting is top-notch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toni, post: 154797, member: 82"] Finally I watched a movie I can recommend you though it´s not for the squeamish...So if you disliked profoundly such films as "Nocturnal Animals", "The Girl on the Train", "Sharp Objects", or "Gone Girl", just stop reading or, if you are slightly masochistic, go on...Here is the trailer (I chose the version which exposed the plot the least). [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]npC005kiRX0[/MEDIA] [/CENTER] "Dark Places" is a 2015 movie starring Charlize Theron in another of her so-frequent roles of damaged woman who doesn´t care if she looks ugly. The big problem here is that a makeup-less, tomboy-ish Charlize STILL is a very be beautiful woman... [CENTER][IMG]http://megacable.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/charlize-monster.gif[/IMG] This is no "Monster II: The Return" (lucky us!)[/CENTER] The story has been adapted from the novel by the same author who wrote "Gone Girl" and "Sharp Objects", and, undoubtedly, the characters of all these movies belong to the same universe, though are separated by a lot of differences. Traumatized people, fractured families, unfit characters and tragedies that aren´t what they seem to be. Luckily, the script and direction here are much better than the one for "GG", which was too hilariously bad to be taken seriously. [CENTER][IMG]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5a1jb7PfH1qg40zoo3_250.gif[/IMG][/CENTER] The casting is great. Curiously enough, it depended on luck, because Amy Adams had to quit because a previous commitment, and was replaced by Theron. Then it was Samantha Morton who left and wonderful Christina Hendricks stepped in (when she initially was going to play a one-scene role, much more in her "Mad Men"-vibe...) and did a great job against all odds. She plays Charlize´s mum in flashbacks, which is not a spoiler but a little help for you to get into the plot more easily than moi. At first I didn´t realize this was key to understand everything (or was I briefly sleeping already?). The rest of the cast is up to these two superb ladies. Of course, Charlize has done sooo many roles like this one that it gets a bit boring at first. Other outstanding actors are Corey Stoll ("House of Cards", "The Strain"), Tye Sheridan and Nicholas Hoult (both from the new "X-Men" franchise), Sterling Jerins ("The Conjuring" and the series "Divorce"), Andrea Roth ("13 Reasons Why"), Chloë Grace Moretz ("The 5th Wave" and that much-maligned "Carrie" remake), and Drea de Matteo ("Desperate Housewives"), among others. My personal favorite is Stoll, who steals the movie with only a few scenes. [CENTER][IMG]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyWfcM0SjeP4d4b2FkRX7tGlbpcYSPhaYft2o2e81we64pK1H6Gg[/IMG] Incredibly sexy, amazingly talented[/CENTER] The story is gritty, unpleasant, and at some point, it even seems to take a satanic turn. But when it ends, it makes you believe that something like that might have happened in a Kansas rural area, and it´s not based on true facts, thanks God, and, especially, that in every hopeless case there might be a ray of hope too. My only problem with it is what I commented above: I can´t actually distinguish immediately they are narrating the events in two timelines, present and past. I can´t either see any effort to make the eras recognizable, but after all, this may be a virtue because it avoids the non-ending sense of being tuned in to a Top 50 nostalgic channel. I hope you enjoy this movie if you take a look at it. It´s moving, surprisingly recognizable to anyone who has a dysfunctional family, and ultimately satisfying. Acting is top-notch. [/QUOTE]
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