carrington

have you seen this film?  

i watched it last night.  i recommend it if only for the interiors, craft, art, clothing and the specifics of the bohemian bloomsbury time period.  these were all a thrill to see.  but i had a hard time relating to emma thompson as carrington.  

there is one pivotal scene where carrington is outdoors at night watching the people in her life inside through a series of windows.  it was a great scene conceptually and visually but ultimately i couldn't identify with carrington and her feelings.  in the scene, she was a lonely observer of her life and i knew intellectually the scene served as a pivotal moment for her but because i didn't feel for her i didn't much care.  her character was supposed to be awkward but she played that awkward in a way that left me unsympathetic.

you know what, her hairdo really distracted me and somehow didn't work!  i know the real carrington wore her hair that way but somehow on thompson it just felt distracting and wrong to me!  oh, what a picky picky i am.  i could sense thompson really trying with great effort to inhabit the character.

you'd think i was some sort of film expert, no?  ha.

emma thompson if you are reading, please forgive.  i go on..