I love old Hollywood movies, the black and white ones. I used to stay up waiting for the Cartoon Network to change its programming to TNT Movies by 12 midnight.(However, now, they don’t show show TNT Movies and shows the Cartoon Network 24/7). So it is not surprising that my favorite actress is from that genre: Audrey Hepburn.
I don’t particularly like Marilyn Monroe. I haven’t seen any of her movies. I guess I gravitate more to brunette classy Hollywood actresses than to blonde bombshells. Marilyn Monroe is a sex symbol and has a flirtatious reputation that doesn’t appeal to me.
But this week, I saw the movie, A Week With Marilyn, and that impression of mine toward Marilyn Monroe suddenly changed….
A Week With Marilyn is a biographical film based on based on two books by Colin Clark when he recounts his days as an assistant director at the 1957 film,The Prince and the Showgirl, how he got smitten by the ‘most famous woman in the planet’, Marilyn Monroe as well as their ‘ week’ together and the ‘special relationship’ they shared.
Ed Redmayne played the part of Colin Clark and he is exceptionally well. He is an English theater actor and model. I couldn’t help but stare at his gorgeous kissable lips, hehe. He was lovely man. He made Colin’s character believable that Marilyn would fancy him even if he is just a young assistant director. (Trivia: He has been link to Taylor Swift and Carey Mulligan).
Some people who read Colin Clark’s book, A Week With Marilyn are skeptical of the memoirs. Some presumed that the accounts are embellished to cater to his boyish fantasy or for some bit fame and probably fortune (which he did get both after writing the memoirs.) It was after-all a recount of a young man experiencing “first love’ and his feelings would have made the account with the silver screen goddess, a tad bit romantic and self-serving for some people but then again, he was ‘in-love’ ( or in-lust?) so give him a break. As Judi Dench said in the movie to Colin Clark:’ First love is such a sweet despair….” How true… We have a great tendency for illusion and romanticism for what it actually is with our first loves…
In the end, I think the movie was wonderful. It was bittersweet and tugged my heartstrings. I have gained respect and affection for Marilyn Monroe. It may not be for those who want some action, some exciting plot & challenges or God-forbid, raunchy sex scenes because you will not find those in this film. It has a lot of talking parts… What it is trying to convey is this: a sad story of a beautiful lonely girl who just wants to be loved. This is the vulnerability of Marilyn Monroe that has slowly destroyed her but it is also the same vulnerability that made us all fall in love with her…..
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Makes me crave to watch the movie ASAP! haha
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