The Danish Girl

After a tiring week of work, I decided to wind down on Friday night. I walked on the beach for a while, ate Pho for dinner and went to the theatres to see The Danish Girl. It's a film about one of the most publicized gender-reassignment surgeries in history. The plot was simple; Einar was married to Gerda, but through self-exploration Einar becomes "Lili", the woman that she felt she always was. This has a toll on her relationship with Gerda, and the  movie sort of goes on about that, and explores their relationship quite well.

I mean, the film was based on historical figures, but the plot itself was fictitious- not that I minded. I was just there for a Friday night movie. To be honest, it didn't stir up much in me- I expected to be a lot more moved than I was, but I think the story itself just didn't feel very... I don't know lol. Eddie Redmayne, who plays Lili, was phenomenal. Holy shit. That level of acting was so scarily detailed, like he wanted to get everything just right. I knew he was a good actor when I watched Theory of Everything, but he definitely amazed me again this time. Alicia Vikander was also great, but the focus was on Redmayne and he played it all.

So the film...

Story 6/10 - definitely better than average, but there were definitely points where it just felt... lame.
Music 8/10 - I fell in love with the score
Acting 10/10
Cinematography -idk lol I'm not a film expert.

I read some reviews of the movie- and people sorta criticized it for not being true to "how it's like being transgender" or w/e- but that's a shitty criticism, because 'transgender' is only one aspect of a person anyway, so it's unfair to expect Redmayne to represent everyone. I mean if you think about it, more people are cisgendered and gee there's variation between one person to the next. Then there's the criticism of "WHY CAN'T THEY CAST A TRANS ACTOR IN A TRANS ROLE". Well, I suppose they could. Or they could cast Redmayne, who's fucking scarily good at acting. I mean, I don't think it's a sleight? I mean it's a different matter if you found someone with white skin to play Martin Luther King, but it's not like you can look and just TELL someone was transgender. It's a film, so let actors do what they do--- act.

Would I recommend you go see it? Well if you feel really disturbed by transgender people or issues----then you definitely should because then it might rekindle your human side you cold-blooded beast. Heh. The movie's kind of confrontational, but I think it's far from a "moral depravity", as it has been labelled by some. I just felt sad for Lili (and Gerda, ofc) for most of the movie, but I wasn't in a mood to negotiate with my sensitive side, which is probably why the movie felt dull for a while. If you were like me, and just wanted to relax on a Friday night... defs not worth it. It'd be a good choice over Valentines though, since it's somewhat emotion-evoking...

Anyway, I'll leave you the trailer, you decide.