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grimrose_eilwynnI watched Tim Burton's Big Eyes (with Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz) last night, and I'm here to write a review about it.
My favorite part of the movie was probably Margaret Keane herself. Modest, romantic, and endearingly dorky, Amy Adams really shone playing her. Margaret is an independent woman artist, and you get to see her evolution as an artist, and that part was just fantastic.
And of course, with Walter Keane, you get to watch all the morbid horror and fascination of a sociopath and a top-notch manipulator and con man in action. That there are people out there who are really like that is incredible and somewhat horrifying. My favorite part was the way he stepped in and gave her everything she wanted at a time when she was most alone and vulnerable, because that's what real brainwashers do.
One note I should say about the movie is that the degeneration of the Keanes' marriage is irritating, depressing, and painful to watch. (I kept waiting for her to bitch-slap him, but she never did. Oh well. I was raised by people from New York and Boston, and that's what I'd have done.) While the ending is happy and even triumphant, the movie itself is not. Psychologically speaking, I would have something cheerful to watch afterward.
This could be taken one of two ways:
- You could say it's the fault of the moviemakers for not allowing you to enjoy yourself.
- You could say they were just trying to portray honestly the emotions behind a manipulative and abusive relationship.
In any case, it's an interesting movie and I'd recommend it. It's worth sitting through at least once.
My favorite part of the movie was probably Margaret Keane herself. Modest, romantic, and endearingly dorky, Amy Adams really shone playing her. Margaret is an independent woman artist, and you get to see her evolution as an artist, and that part was just fantastic.
And of course, with Walter Keane, you get to watch all the morbid horror and fascination of a sociopath and a top-notch manipulator and con man in action. That there are people out there who are really like that is incredible and somewhat horrifying. My favorite part was the way he stepped in and gave her everything she wanted at a time when she was most alone and vulnerable, because that's what real brainwashers do.
One note I should say about the movie is that the degeneration of the Keanes' marriage is irritating, depressing, and painful to watch. (I kept waiting for her to bitch-slap him, but she never did. Oh well. I was raised by people from New York and Boston, and that's what I'd have done.) While the ending is happy and even triumphant, the movie itself is not. Psychologically speaking, I would have something cheerful to watch afterward.
This could be taken one of two ways:
- You could say it's the fault of the moviemakers for not allowing you to enjoy yourself.
- You could say they were just trying to portray honestly the emotions behind a manipulative and abusive relationship.
In any case, it's an interesting movie and I'd recommend it. It's worth sitting through at least once.
