Comments on: Film Review: A Single Man http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-a-single-man/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alice http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-a-single-man/comment-page-1/#comment-11551 Alice Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:20:16 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=9502#comment-11551 Worth a listen: http://www.alicetynan.com/2010/03/tom-ford-on-single-man.html Worth a listen: http://www.alicetynan.com/2010/03/tom-ford-on-single-man.html

]]> By: Glenn Dunks http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-a-single-man/comment-page-1/#comment-11309 Glenn Dunks Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:22:37 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=9502#comment-11309 I would like to point out that I am almost never one of those people who criticises a movie for being "style over substance" since I think cinema is a visual medium and if you can't be stylistic in cinema then when can you be? The problem here was that I felt the style was being used as a way of making the film appear more prestigious and classy than it actually is and that doing it at a more subdued way would have been better for the rather intimate story that is being told. I would like to point out that I am almost never one of those people who criticises a movie for being “style over substance” since I think cinema is a visual medium and if you can’t be stylistic in cinema then when can you be? The problem here was that I felt the style was being used as a way of making the film appear more prestigious and classy than it actually is and that doing it at a more subdued way would have been better for the rather intimate story that is being told.

]]> By: Antonia http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-a-single-man/comment-page-1/#comment-11269 Antonia Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:59:14 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=9502#comment-11269 I do agree that while this film is breathtakingly beautiful, it is sometimes a little too much beauty to bear. The thing is though, for something so stylised and polished, A Single Man has a lot of heart. It's poignant. And while Colin Firth is the reason I was in tears already in the first ten minutes, I think Tom Ford did a great job with the script. There is a lot of love in the writing, and not overtly so. It's as subtle and nuanced as Firth's performance. I do agree that while this film is breathtakingly beautiful, it is sometimes a little too much beauty to bear. The thing is though, for something so stylised and polished, A Single Man has a lot of heart. It’s poignant. And while Colin Firth is the reason I was in tears already in the first ten minutes, I think Tom Ford did a great job with the script. There is a lot of love in the writing, and not overtly so. It’s as subtle and nuanced as Firth’s performance.

]]> By: Beth http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-a-single-man/comment-page-1/#comment-11245 Beth Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:08:35 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=9502#comment-11245 Lovely writing Glenn, I agree-Colin Firth is fantastic. While I did find problems with Hoult's performance- I think he grew better during the film. He wasn't originally cast in the part of Kenny, it was only when the first ‘Kenny’ (a more famous actor) didn't turn up for the costume fitting, just before filming started, that Hoult was called in. The fact that he had next-to-no time to prepare for the role and learn the accent, gives him a little leeway. I completely adored the detailed and over-beautified vision Ford brought to the story. The 60s as we hope and imagine they would have been, instead of (probably) the more boring reality of that time. I was completely transfixed. Lovely writing Glenn, I agree-Colin Firth is fantastic.

While I did find problems with Hoult’s performance- I think he grew better during the film. He wasn’t originally cast in the part of Kenny, it was only when the first ‘Kenny’ (a more famous actor) didn’t turn up for the costume fitting, just before filming started, that Hoult was called in. The fact that he had next-to-no time to prepare for the role and learn the accent, gives him a little leeway.

I completely adored the detailed and over-beautified vision Ford brought to the story. The 60s as we hope and imagine they would have been, instead of (probably) the more boring reality of that time. I was completely transfixed.

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