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Post by spanishspy on Jan 15, 2018 10:41:02 GMT
Just saw Darkest Hour with Gary Oldman as Churchill. I liked it, and how the man himself was portrayed as a cranky old man (but a competent one). Good acting all around.
Has anyone else seen it? I think it makes a good companion to Dunkirk.
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Post by eurowatch on Jan 15, 2018 14:02:32 GMT
Just saw Darkest Hour with Gary Oldman as Churchill. I liked it, and how the man himself was portrayed as a cranky old man (but a competent one). Good acting all around. Has anyone else seen it? I think it makes a good companion to Dunkirk. Gary Oldman was the best part of the Movie. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 15, 2018 14:52:15 GMT
Just saw Darkest Hour with Gary Oldman as Churchill. I liked it, and how the man himself was portrayed as a cranky old man (but a competent one). Good acting all around. Has anyone else seen it? I think it makes a good companion to Dunkirk. Nope, not yest but it looks good the trailer. |
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Post by stevep on Jan 15, 2018 18:06:34 GMT
Only seen the clips shown on TV and haven't been to the cinima for years [or probably decades]. Also don't do pay-for channels of TV so will probably wait until it comes out on one of the free-view channels.
From what I've seen it does show him as cranky, which he was, but a great motivator and the man Britain needed for it to continue the war. Also quite like the bit between him and Clemmie where he's expressing doubts and she's giving him a morale boost.
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Post by lordroel on Mar 5, 2018 4:46:03 GMT
So it seems that Gary Oldman has won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the late Prime Minister in Darkest Hour.
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Post by stevep on Mar 5, 2018 17:16:56 GMT
So it seems that Gary Oldman has won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the late Prime Minister in Darkest Hour. Speaking as a Brit  excellent news. Had heard a few reports on the radio, chiefly about the winners of best film and best Actresses but hadn't heard of the best actor. |
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Post by lordroel on Mar 5, 2018 17:25:51 GMT
So it seems that Gary Oldman has won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the late Prime Minister in Darkest Hour. Speaking as a Brit excellent news. Had heard a few reports on the radio, chiefly about the winners of best film and best Actresses but hadn't heard of the best actor. Well first Lincoln and now Churchill, seems that you are sure to win a Oscar by portraying a leader in a dark ore trouble period of a conflict. |
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Post by James G on Mar 5, 2018 19:26:48 GMT
He was really good in that film but I had issues with the film. There were serious and funny moments plus, from what I know, it got the history correct.
Then Churchill went and took a ride of the Tube and spoke to 'ordinary Londoners'. It was cringe-worthy and ruined the whole film. The scene stood out as TERRIBLE, just really bad.
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Post by lordroel on Mar 5, 2018 19:32:17 GMT
Then Churchill went and took a ride of the Tube and spoke to 'ordinary Londoners'. It was cringe-worthy and ruined the whole film. The scene stood out as TERRIBLE, just really bad. But did this happen also in real life. |
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Post by James G on Mar 5, 2018 19:35:37 GMT
I don't know. That scene - it was five, maybe ten minutes long: a lifetime - was really, really bad. The portrayal of the ordinary people he met appeared to be written by someone who has never met anyone else in their entire life but themselves.
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Post by kyng on Jun 3, 2018 1:23:06 GMT
I saw it in the cinema, and I thought it was good overall. The narrative was shaky at times - but, Gary Oldman stole the show with his stunning portrayal of Sir Winston Churchill. His Best Actor award was richly deserved.
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excellent news. Had heard a few reports on the radio, chiefly about the winners of best film and best Actresses but hadn't heard of the best actor.
