I really liked it a lot. Andrew Dominik showed us the dark side of Marilyn Monroe simply becuase nobody dared to do this before and there was (for sure) a dark side of her. I liked how he portrayed Monroe as two differnt characters that try to allign with each other. Ana de Armas perfeclty portrayed this rollercoaster of emotions. Showed us a pitch perfect - by the standards - Marilyn and her alter ego Norma Jean perfectly in ambiance. She truly gave one of the best performances I have seen all year and hopefully will get the deserved attnetion coming awards season for it.
I do no understand all the scandal buzz around that film as there was not really anything scandalous about it execpt that it showed us the probably most famous Hollywood icon in a completely different light.
The only thing you can blame Andrew Dominik for is that he still did not let us as close to Marilyn as I hope it would be. Yes he gave us a different version of that known personaity however we never felt close to her. But i guess this might have been intentionally. Because can you be close to such an icon and legend - to the symbol of Hollywood?
The length of the film did not bother me at all - in fact I was afraid a bioic that long that just focuses on one person could have lenghts. Not this one. I was captued to the screen the whole time, thanks to the perfect performances by Ana de Armas but also the creative technical decisions that were chosen. Fantastic cinemtography and score, linked with a very intersting editing.
All in all the experiment worked out in my opinion.
I do no understand all the scandal buzz around that film as there was not really anything scandalous about it execpt that it showed us the probably most famous Hollywood icon in a completely different light.
The only thing you can blame Andrew Dominik for is that he still did not let us as close to Marilyn as I hope it would be. Yes he gave us a different version of that known personaity however we never felt close to her. But i guess this might have been intentionally. Because can you be close to such an icon and legend - to the symbol of Hollywood?
The length of the film did not bother me at all - in fact I was afraid a bioic that long that just focuses on one person could have lenghts. Not this one. I was captued to the screen the whole time, thanks to the perfect performances by Ana de Armas but also the creative technical decisions that were chosen. Fantastic cinemtography and score, linked with a very intersting editing.
All in all the experiment worked out in my opinion.